Music Monday: You Oughta’ Tune — Yer Makin’ Me Cry

Sometimes a song will just grab you for several different reasons. Lyrics hit close to home, a melody moves you, or the rhythm makes you want to dance. I listen to a wide variety of music, as I wrote about in a previous Music Monday: Music Monday: So Many Genres.

Here are a couple of recent favorites that may or may not make your list:

Did auto-tune ruin music? Some say that it did. It may be overused by some artists, but there is something about it in this song that makes it effective. If I’m driving when it comes on, I do turn it up.

I was going to use the video, but it was very blinky and strobey, so I didn’t want to inflict that on anyone with sensitivities.

This next song made me cry the first time I heard it. The second time too. Maybe the third. Perhaps the fourth. I can’t listen to it without tearing up.

I can’t follow up a song like that, so I’ll call it a day.

-Leon

Leon Stevens is a blogger, composer, artist, and an author of three books (so far): Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures, Journeys: Eight Original Pieces for Classical Guitarand The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories.

Originally published at http://linesbyleon.com on May 24, 2021.