The Music Never Stopped.....

Every now and then, a movie comes along that you just have to see..... not often are there movies about music. I read about this movie on a Facebook ad; The Music Never Stopped caught my eye, and I had to see what it was all about. The more I read about the movie, the more I knew I just HAD to see it. The movie originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. And it certainly didn't hurt that it stars one of my favorite actors, J.K. Simmons as the father.


I didn't know at the time this was a song title from the Grateful Dead. I was never a huge fan of the band, but neither was the father in the movie. The movie is based on a case study by Dr Oliver Sacks called "The Last Hippie". The story shows the relationship between a father and his long lost son recently reconnected through the son's cerebral trauma. The Music Never Stopped is truly the most heartwarming, oft gut-wrenching story of father and son struggling to bond only through the music that ironically tore them apart two decades earlier. 


This story shows that love and devotion prevails if you open your heart and learn to accept others for who they are. 




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Mood Music.....

Ahhh, a nice rainy day here in Phoenix, Arizona.... We don't get many of them, but when we do,we revel in it. So many things I love about the rain - waking up to it on a day off from work, opening the curtains to watch it come down; so very relaxing. My definite favorite part of a rainy day is the feeling it gives you and the mood it puts you in. For me, I celebrate with rainy day music and a movie.


Straight up music? Evanescence's album Fallen. I can listen to it top to bottom on any rainy day. Probably the most "rain" type song would be Going Under:

Looking at the rainy day movie, I pick the original, the best.... The Crow starring Brandon Lee every time. Not only did Brandon Lee give the performance of his life, literally, for this movie, but the soundtrack for the film is easily my favorite movie soundtrack over any other. Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine, The Cure, Violent Femmes, Pantera, just to name a few. How could you not love a soundtrack with so many music legends??? My favorite widely known track is definitely Big Empty by Stone Temple Pilots:

Even the lesser known bands on the soundtrack are just so fitting for the movie and amazing...  My favorite lesser known song is Golgotha Tenement Blues by Machines of Loving Grace:

What's your favorite rainy day soundtrack?