OK ... Am I nuts????????? But seriously ... How many times does a person have to listen to a song over & over & over & over again before they're considered nuts???? I have had my BLACKWATER CD in my truck CD player since I came back from Winthrop ... I have it on repeat for "Brighter Days" ... I just can't get enough of that song ... sorry but just had to share with you all ...
Only 13 more days until I get to see JJ Greay & Mofro again in Seattle .... Good Lord I have not been this hooked on music in years .... Got JJ GREY & Mofro?????
............. I SURE DO ....... yahoo 8-) .............
no you are not nuts, I have a CD that I made with JUST different versions of "Brighter Days" & I listen to that over and over and over and over...well, you get what I am a sayin.
I sure wish I could say 13 more days, or like Kimberleah & DT, 21 more days..........but my time will come, I just don't know when it is, so I will patiently wait and get my (as Giggles would say) my FRO-fix via DVDs and CDs.......... ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
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:o) ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
From the moment I heard the first strains of Brighter Days I have been completely enthralled by this song. JJ's voice is so wrought with emotion, so haunting and compelling that the listener can't help but be drawn into the visceral vortex that he creates, his voice and narrative vacillates between hope and despair. The music and words just wrap around you like the silken threads of a cocoon, enveloping you in the mood and moment of the song.
Lately I have been COMPLETELY obsessed with the acoustic version of Brighter Days, I find myself watching the youtube clip from SSSJ multiple times a day and being damn near moved to tears. I consider this song an opus: a profound and moving musical composition! ---------- Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History
:o) ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
Too cool ..... now I have Sunshine & Giggles & Brighter Days thanks to folks 8-}
I think I better go check out this you tube clip right now ..... we all need to meet up sometime for an event ..... glad to know that this music touches so many of us .... & I thank my friend Richard for introducing us to this wonderful stuff .... woo hoo!! And to Mofrofans1 for creating this awesome site to share all this fun stuff!!!!!!
I would never make fun of you......you just speak so eloquently and you are smooooooth.... :o) ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
Like I have stated before; not sure what it is, but this song just does it to me.... sometimes I just can't help myself and I git carried away with what I call my "feel good energy" and just let er rrrrip! I fan the flames, fuel the fire if you will....
---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
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and jjhitsmysoul, I didn't mean to ignore your invitation of someday us all getting together, that was too kind of you to suggest that!! When, and I say when the boys come to the Orange Peel, Imma gonna extned my invitation to have a gathering of these fine folks from the board in my backyard with BBQ and in the backround of course would be the music of M*O*F*R*O playing from every speaker I have.......someday...
...but what kind of life would we be leading if we didn't have dreams?.... ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
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ahem , I'm too addicted to that song. I was flyin home on my spaceship from a show in tampa and listened to that song to whole entire way home to my planet. so, i understand.. ---------- "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." - Herman Melville
...As I was laying in my pool on this warm afternoon, and as the sun was shining down, I found myself begining to sing the first verse of "Brighter Days"...and it was then, that I realized - I was indeed experiencing a 'brighter day' - had a few wonderful moments that followed my epiphany...........I enjoyed the warmth of the sun as I lay in the cool water........ I could hear a couple of Carolina Wrens conversing with one another.....living in the moment - Priceless.
Brighter Daaaays.........where you going.....
nnaaaa nnnnaaa nnaaaa nnnnnaaaa naaaaa
:O) ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
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Hey Giggles ... Well Friday 8/7 I listened to Brighter Days oh about 7 or 8 times ... My B-Day was 8/8 so we went to the Ocean with some friends ... we drove around & listened to ..... drum roll ..... YUP none other than JJ Grey ... they loved him too!!! Our Friend Richard was able to get them 2 tickets to go to the zoo with us on the 19th so there will be six of us jammin with JJ on August 19th ... so excited ... keep the brighter days coming & the mofro alive ... LIFE IS GOOD 8-}
...what? someone had a birthday and we-ins fergot!
Happy Belated!! ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
Thanks for the birthday wishes ... 41st b-day ... it was great ... kind of wild that now I get to say that I'm IN MY 40's but it's all good ... 8 more days & brighter days are 4sure coming ... THE ZOO BABY ... yippee I'm so excited ...
Here's another Brighter Days, this one from the recent Gathering of the Vibes. What's great about watching this is the camera operator panned around the audience several times...you can see the love in the smiling eyes and faces.
THANKS for the pick me up today mofrofans1!!! That brought me there again ... can't wait to be up in front of the stage again next Wednesday ... hope to get some more good pics & video to share =}
so comforting as I drove into work listening (as I always do) to one of JJ's versions of this song..... ---------- "If you've never seen us before, don't be bashful - sing along from start to finish........and dance & feel good.....there's enough shit in the world, let it all out...........Brighter Daaaaays...."
Ahh, Clay, ya done gone and posted the oldest rarest Mofro out there. I am pretty sure these two are the earliest recordings, both Video and Sound of anything Mofro. I love the original version of Lochloosa, even though it doesn't have any harp, just sounds raw and very powerful.
"where the trees meet the sky"
"I pray the blackwater rolls, from a Florida Bay, all the way, to Lochloosa, I know!!!!!!!!!"
---------- Delerious Tyme
Mofro for life in Arizona The Rhythm Room is exactly that when the boys are kicking it here. "Walking on Moonlight in the Day."
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