Suppose We Never Fell in Love . . .
I'm forgoing my usual grumpiness about Valentine's Day for a very important reason: The Courage Campaign is lobbying for the California State Supreme Court to overturn Prop. 8.
This past spring, during the brief window when marriage was legal in the state of California, I saw the faces of men and women who'd finally been allowed to marry, sometimes after decades of commitment to one another. This year's Pride was especially poignant, with couples wearing tee-shirts that proclaimed "Together 25 Years -- Finally Married" and other homemade slogans, showing off rings and whooping and hollering when Gavin Newsom -- who'd originally allowed couples to marry in San Francisco's City Hall -- went by. It was one of the happiest collective moments I've ever been a part of, and my heart broke on election night when I heard that Prop. 8 had passed.
Now, Ken Starr (Yes, that Ken Starr, of the infamous Lewniskygate) has filed a brief to forcibly dissolve all of the gay marriages performed in California while it was legal. In case you haven't seen this all over your Flist yet, you should check out the Courage Campaign's response here:
If nothing else, it's a reminder that everyone deserves love and happiness in life. And with that thought in mind, I put together a Valentine's Day mix:
Reinvent Love zip file
Tracklisting:
1) Fidelity -- Regina Spektor
And suppose I never ever met you/Suppose we never fell in love/Suppose I never ever let you kiss me so sweet and so soft/Suppose I never ever saw you/Suppose we never ever called/Suppose I kept on singing love songs just to break my own fall
2) Radical (Live) -- Catie Curtis
I'm not being radical when I kiss you/I don't love you to make a point
3) Yours and Mine -- Fountains of Wayne
Picking up the paper/Coffee's been made/It's book review and face the nation time/Two in the same mind/Yours and mine
4) That Kind of Love -- Alison Krauss
If we don't understand/What this life is made of/We learn the truth/When we find that kind of love
5) I Believe in Love -- The Dixie Chicks
Today i got the answer/And there's a world of truth behind it/Love is out there waiting somewhere/You just have to go and find it
6) Folkin' Around -- Panic at the Disco
You've never been so divine in accepting your defeat/And I've never been more scared to be alone/If love is not enough to put my enemies to sleep/Then I'm puttin' out the lantern, find your own way back home
7) All You Need Is Love -- The Beatles
All you need is love, love/Love is all you need
8) One Love -- Bob Marley and the Wailers
Sayin' one love, one heart/Let's get together and feel all right/I'm pleading to mankind (One Love)/Oh Lord (One Heart)
9) Closer to Free (Live) -- The BoDeans
Everybody wants to live/How they wanna live/And everybody wants to love/Like they wanna love
And everybody wants to be/Closer to Free
10) Hooray for Love -- Ella Fitzgerald
Love, love, hooray for love/Who was ever too blase for love/Make this the night for love/If we have to fight, let's fight for love
11) Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do -- Bessie Smith
Some folks will criticize me/So I'm gonna do just what I want to anyway/And don't care if you all despise me
12) He Loves and She Loves -- Fred Astaire
He love and she loves/And they love, so why can't/You love and I love you?
13) Can't Help Falling in Love With You -- The Eels
Take my hand, take my whole life too/For I can't help/Falling in love with you
14) The Puppy Song -- Harry Nilsson
I'd take my friend most everywhere/La la la la I wouldn't care/And we would stay away from crowds/And signs that say no friends allowed/Oh we...we'd be so happy to be/We...we'd be so happy to be together
15) It's Alright (Live) -- The Indigo Girls
And it's alright if you hate that way/hate me cause I'm different, hate me cause I'm gay/Truth of the matter come around one day/So it's alright
16) Love Love Love -- The Mountain Goats
Some things you do for money/And some you'll do for fun/But the things you do for love/Are gonna come back to you one by one
17) Tell Everybody I Know -- Keb' Mo'
It's no secret, I don't care/Gonna shout it out everywhere/Well, I love my baby/Hot, cold, fast, or slow/I love my baby, gonna tell everybody I know
18) When My Boy Walks Down the Street -- The Magnetic Fields
Everyone sings hallelujah when my boy walks down the street/Life just kind of dances through ya from your smile down to your feet/Amazing he's a whole new form of life/Blue eyes blazing and he's going to be my wife
19) Love & Happiness -- Al Green
Happiness is when you really feel good with somebody/Nothing wrong with being in one with someone/Oh, baby, love and happiness
20) Mad as Rabbits -- Panic at the Disco
We must reinvent love/Reinvent love/Reinvent love
And just to end things on a happy Valentine's note, one of the reasons that the Courage Campaign has been coming up so often of late around these parts is because of miss_begonia's new fic Come Back to the Place You Are, which is amazing wedding fic set in her Yogaverse. Not only that, but it comes complete with two incredible soundtracks which have kept me bopping around happily all week.
Go! Read! Comment! You'll be glad you did. How could you not love a fic in which is the summary is as follows:
“I love you,” Brendon says, fluttering his eyelashes. “Please come keep me warm, my angel.”
“I will kick you in the nuts.”
Happy VD!
This past spring, during the brief window when marriage was legal in the state of California, I saw the faces of men and women who'd finally been allowed to marry, sometimes after decades of commitment to one another. This year's Pride was especially poignant, with couples wearing tee-shirts that proclaimed "Together 25 Years -- Finally Married" and other homemade slogans, showing off rings and whooping and hollering when Gavin Newsom -- who'd originally allowed couples to marry in San Francisco's City Hall -- went by. It was one of the happiest collective moments I've ever been a part of, and my heart broke on election night when I heard that Prop. 8 had passed.
Now, Ken Starr (Yes, that Ken Starr, of the infamous Lewniskygate) has filed a brief to forcibly dissolve all of the gay marriages performed in California while it was legal. In case you haven't seen this all over your Flist yet, you should check out the Courage Campaign's response here:
Click to viewIf nothing else, it's a reminder that everyone deserves love and happiness in life. And with that thought in mind, I put together a Valentine's Day mix:
Reinvent Love zip file
Tracklisting:
1) Fidelity -- Regina Spektor
And suppose I never ever met you/Suppose we never fell in love/Suppose I never ever let you kiss me so sweet and so soft/Suppose I never ever saw you/Suppose we never ever called/Suppose I kept on singing love songs just to break my own fall
2) Radical (Live) -- Catie Curtis
I'm not being radical when I kiss you/I don't love you to make a point
3) Yours and Mine -- Fountains of Wayne
Picking up the paper/Coffee's been made/It's book review and face the nation time/Two in the same mind/Yours and mine
4) That Kind of Love -- Alison Krauss
If we don't understand/What this life is made of/We learn the truth/When we find that kind of love
5) I Believe in Love -- The Dixie Chicks
Today i got the answer/And there's a world of truth behind it/Love is out there waiting somewhere/You just have to go and find it
6) Folkin' Around -- Panic at the Disco
You've never been so divine in accepting your defeat/And I've never been more scared to be alone/If love is not enough to put my enemies to sleep/Then I'm puttin' out the lantern, find your own way back home
7) All You Need Is Love -- The Beatles
All you need is love, love/Love is all you need
8) One Love -- Bob Marley and the Wailers
Sayin' one love, one heart/Let's get together and feel all right/I'm pleading to mankind (One Love)/Oh Lord (One Heart)
9) Closer to Free (Live) -- The BoDeans
Everybody wants to live/How they wanna live/And everybody wants to love/Like they wanna love
And everybody wants to be/Closer to Free
10) Hooray for Love -- Ella Fitzgerald
Love, love, hooray for love/Who was ever too blase for love/Make this the night for love/If we have to fight, let's fight for love
11) Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do -- Bessie Smith
Some folks will criticize me/So I'm gonna do just what I want to anyway/And don't care if you all despise me
12) He Loves and She Loves -- Fred Astaire
He love and she loves/And they love, so why can't/You love and I love you?
13) Can't Help Falling in Love With You -- The Eels
Take my hand, take my whole life too/For I can't help/Falling in love with you
14) The Puppy Song -- Harry Nilsson
I'd take my friend most everywhere/La la la la I wouldn't care/And we would stay away from crowds/And signs that say no friends allowed/Oh we...we'd be so happy to be/We...we'd be so happy to be together
15) It's Alright (Live) -- The Indigo Girls
And it's alright if you hate that way/hate me cause I'm different, hate me cause I'm gay/Truth of the matter come around one day/So it's alright
16) Love Love Love -- The Mountain Goats
Some things you do for money/And some you'll do for fun/But the things you do for love/Are gonna come back to you one by one
17) Tell Everybody I Know -- Keb' Mo'
It's no secret, I don't care/Gonna shout it out everywhere/Well, I love my baby/Hot, cold, fast, or slow/I love my baby, gonna tell everybody I know
18) When My Boy Walks Down the Street -- The Magnetic Fields
Everyone sings hallelujah when my boy walks down the street/Life just kind of dances through ya from your smile down to your feet/Amazing he's a whole new form of life/Blue eyes blazing and he's going to be my wife
19) Love & Happiness -- Al Green
Happiness is when you really feel good with somebody/Nothing wrong with being in one with someone/Oh, baby, love and happiness
20) Mad as Rabbits -- Panic at the Disco
We must reinvent love/Reinvent love/Reinvent love
And just to end things on a happy Valentine's note, one of the reasons that the Courage Campaign has been coming up so often of late around these parts is because of miss_begonia's new fic Come Back to the Place You Are, which is amazing wedding fic set in her Yogaverse. Not only that, but it comes complete with two incredible soundtracks which have kept me bopping around happily all week.
Go! Read! Comment! You'll be glad you did. How could you not love a fic in which is the summary is as follows:
“I love you,” Brendon says, fluttering his eyelashes. “Please come keep me warm, my angel.”
“I will kick you in the nuts.”
Happy VD!