BuBoo, MY MOST FAVORITEST SINGER EVER !!!
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Track:Your Face - (with The Frames DC)
Hopefully by now - y'all know I have a nephew (also my Godson) *CHASE* ! You also may know that when he was 5 months in his mommy's belly she & I had a last hurrah before her life (& in some minute way my life) changed forever. It was a change for the better there is NO DOUBT in my mind & I've seen her with him - knowing she is one of the finest mothers I have ever known. BuBoo, the little man Chase is quite a heartstealer... but it was this past Friday where he made his auntie most proud, & though I don't consider myself a grinch - my heart grew 9 sizes larger that afternoon. Being the music junkie in his life with the most eclectic tastes, it became my DUTY to give this kid a well-rounded education & appreciation for all things musical. What better way than to take him to the Electric Picnic at the exact time when he was starting to hear from inside Deb's womb. He heard The Frames play three times (twice, but then Glen & Marketa played songs from the Swell Season). _*Once*_ (heheh) we got back stateside, I would play music for him with a set of headphones placed on Deb's tummy... all sorts of songs from a rainbow of artists & bands... some we knew he loved, some - he was less than thrilled with, but he always listened with an open mind.The Frames are one of my - aw hell - they are my favorite band. I love so many artists & bands - but The Frames - they're it - they are the pinacle - they bring me to my knees every time. EVERY TIME. 
So I pick up my second nephew (I have three now - Tobey, sweetest & coolest two year old ever, then there's Chase, & finally Tobey's little brother, Jacob - a love with the best expressions), & we head to Barnes & Noble before play time begins & we wait til his mommy gets home from work. It's the car ride home that nearly had me pulling over to the side of the road. I am playing a mix I made him after he was born - when he would get really fussy the first two months, sometimes the only thing to calm him was music & movement - but mainly the music. I would sing to him & he would quiet down & sleep. The song *+YOUR FACE+* comes on - if you've never heard it - seek it out - the versions on youtube are both less than stellar & wouldn't do it justice. I always sing in the car - he's used to me singing really anywhere. But I begin to hear this little voice coming from the back seat. This dear sweet little voice, & this voice is singing. He wasn't babbling, he wasn't crying, he was actually singing to the song Your Face. I am a girl in touch with my emotions & I freely admit a few tears fell down my cheeks as I turned down the music just a little to hear him better. He paused, then started right back up again. I could feel it coming from him - "Aunt lizzie, I love our Friday dates, I love when you sing to me, I love The Frames - I remember them from the EP - you always play them for me & now I get to sing these songs *+with+* you" !!! (Maybe not all that - but it's what I heard in a 7 month old singing along to The Frames with his auntie - he picked my favorite band, one of my favorite songs of theirs to be the first song we'd sing together. Even now, through a huge smile the eyes are welling up a teensy bit. When you know you really have given the gift of music to someone you love - especially a little someone - where you see the years ahead of them all filled with the magic of music, the soothing salve of music, the angry angst-ridden music, the love music... et al, you know you've given them the greatest gift of all. This kid has it bad - but thanks to his Auntie - he has the BEST taste & he always will - I'll make sure of it. 
Since it _IS_ covers Sunday, the first song is *Astral Weeks* by +Van Morrison+ as sung by *Glen Hansard* the lead singer of *The Frames*. The second song is another slower song from my band *The Frames**+ASTRAL WEEKS.VAN MORRISON+**+Star Star+*Glen's face is one of my favorites - but BuBoo so far outshines him... it's unreal :)
So I pick up my second nephew (I have three now - Tobey, sweetest & coolest two year old ever, then there's Chase, & finally Tobey's little brother, Jacob - a love with the best expressions), & we head to Barnes & Noble before play time begins & we wait til his mommy gets home from work. It's the car ride home that nearly had me pulling over to the side of the road. I am playing a mix I made him after he was born - when he would get really fussy the first two months, sometimes the only thing to calm him was music & movement - but mainly the music. I would sing to him & he would quiet down & sleep. The song *+YOUR FACE+* comes on - if you've never heard it - seek it out - the versions on youtube are both less than stellar & wouldn't do it justice. I always sing in the car - he's used to me singing really anywhere. But I begin to hear this little voice coming from the back seat. This dear sweet little voice, & this voice is singing. He wasn't babbling, he wasn't crying, he was actually singing to the song Your Face. I am a girl in touch with my emotions & I freely admit a few tears fell down my cheeks as I turned down the music just a little to hear him better. He paused, then started right back up again. I could feel it coming from him - "Aunt lizzie, I love our Friday dates, I love when you sing to me, I love The Frames - I remember them from the EP - you always play them for me & now I get to sing these songs *+with+* you" !!! (Maybe not all that - but it's what I heard in a 7 month old singing along to The Frames with his auntie - he picked my favorite band, one of my favorite songs of theirs to be the first song we'd sing together. Even now, through a huge smile the eyes are welling up a teensy bit. When you know you really have given the gift of music to someone you love - especially a little someone - where you see the years ahead of them all filled with the magic of music, the soothing salve of music, the angry angst-ridden music, the love music... et al, you know you've given them the greatest gift of all. This kid has it bad - but thanks to his Auntie - he has the BEST taste & he always will - I'll make sure of it. Since it _IS_ covers Sunday, the first song is *Astral Weeks* by +Van Morrison+ as sung by *Glen Hansard* the lead singer of *The Frames*. The second song is another slower song from my band *The Frames**+ASTRAL WEEKS.VAN MORRISON+**+Star Star+*Glen's face is one of my favorites - but BuBoo so far outshines him... it's unreal :)
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