A "Collective" guest blogger

Pshh, like I have the clout to get a member of the band Collective Soul to post here.  Even a hi, BUT that being said back in the day when they tweeted they read and responded.  One of the members has popped over to this blog a couple times, one was for this post, What does @collective_soul and Tick me off Tuesday have in common?  I got attention from the band without even meaning to, but more to amuse you all I told the TMOT story about my not being able to find their new CD that had dropped that morning.  Said band member retweeted my tweet and I ended up with one of my dearest friends from that one little act, Marsha.  Thanks Dean!

So any who the point since I don't have a whole lot of time right now if the weatherman asks I have not posted in like a week.I'm typing the 356 pages for med typing or doing A&P 2.  So Marsha and an unlikely group of friends I have acquired in the last couple months were all tossed together by a bunch of trollish cyber stalkers that are either skeezy arse sycophants or wanna be cougars wearing hooker boots and messing around, she sent us all this email and I thought it cute enough to post here as a  cop out to me being to busy to amuse you tribute to one of my favorite bands.

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So, I have been thinking about writing a blog using all 101 songs from Collective Soul.  So, here goes, I am going to RUN with it……

I’ve had a CROWDED HEAD now for some time now (at least since DECEMBER), trying to decide where to start and I have used a great deal of my ENERGY trying to figure it out.  I’ve found myself STARING DOWN at a blank sheet of paper for long periods of time thinking about EVERYTHING Collective Soul.  I just wasn’t sure how I would GENERATE something worth reading.  AFTER ALL, I didn’t want it to be HEAVY, just SIMPLE - NO MORE, NO LESS.

During MY DAYS, the music industry has given us such a plethora of artists to whom we can LISTEN, but I always find myself going back to THE WORLD I KNOW of Collective Soul. It is now more than 10 YEARS LATER since I heard Collective Soul’s first hit, SHINE and I still find the GENERAL ATTITUDE of ALL of their songs to be extremely GIVING.

Their songs are heartfelt and honest, speaking of FORGIVENESS, BLAME, LOVE, NEEDS and a DANDY LIFE. They encompass so many emotions like HAPPINESS or speak of BURNING BRIDGES and REUNIONs. This band definitely has an UNDERSTANDING of the meaning of HOME, YOUTH, GIVING and WASTING TIME (in a good and fun way!). They have no problems whatsoever, BEARING WITNESS to their southern roots, in fact they BOAST about it.  They have said that they are PERFECT TO STAY in their HOME state of Georgia.

Their music tells me that it’s okay to VENT and SCREAM and then IN A MOMENT to BREATHE AFTER ALL is said and done.

It’s the PERSUASION OF YOU, Collective Soul, that my husband (a SMASHING YOUNG MAN) tells me that it FEELS LIKE (IT FEELS ALL RIGHT) that I eat, sleep, BREATHE and BLEED Collective Soul music, which to me is a COMPLIMENT.  He enjoys more of a variety of music, doesn’t want to LISTEN solely to one particular artist, so he asks WHY? PART 2 of my answer is below:

Their words DIG deep sometimes asking such questions as HOW DO YOU LOVE? Or they show me THERE’S A WAY UNDER HEAVEN’S SKIES and that I am NEVER HERE ALONE because HEAVEN’S ALREADY HERE if I just TURN AROUND and see the COLLECTION OF GOODS that surrounds me.  Whether I am OVER TOKYO or in HOLLYWOOD, they help me see WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS and the path that I should follow which is to SLOW down and GIVE of myself, to help my friends, feel BETTER NOW and tell them “SISTER DON’T CRY” or LIGHTEN UP-whatever the case may be.

 Their music gives me the courage to sing a HYMN FOR MY FATHER, to tell HIM that LOVE LIFTED ME and that it was because of His son’s CROWN of thorns that I am who I am today.

 It encourages me to state my PRECIOUS DECLARATION to LOVE my husband completely, unconditionally, to TREMBLE FOR MY BELOVED and to be his guiding SATELLITE if need be; to have a HEART TO HEART whenever necessary and to never say “AIN’T THAT ENOUGH”, or “I’m NOT THE ONE,” and to always say WHAT I CAN GIVE YOU no one can ever take away. Their music helps me realize that we should never fall asleep angry and I should always be able to say “GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GUY.”

Their music helps me understand WHEN THE WATER FALLS and explain to my daughter when SHE GATHERS RAIN that it can be a GOOD MORNING AFTER ALL even when we feel a little FUZZY about why things are the way that they are; that I am to be her guiding SATELLITE too, no matter what SHE DOES or what SHE SAID.

This band is still ADORED by and can REACH a multitude of fans that they have LINKed together across the globe. They have created a network of fans GELled together IN BETWEEN Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and the worldwide web. Before Twitter, I used to think I DON’T NEED ANYMORE FRIENDS. Well, I was wrong. I am now a part of that network of Collective Soul friends – and their newly released CD brought what seemed to be a NEW VIBRATION to their music when in actuality it was Collective Soul going back to basics.

ALL THAT I KNOW is that this GEORGIA GIRL is COUNTING THE DAYS until she can spend AN EVENING WITH Collective Soul at their NEXT HOMECOMING concert. I know that they will WELCOME ALL AGAIN and it will definitely make for a PERFECT DAY. MAYBE I’ll have the opportunity to say to them “YOU SPEAK MY LANGUAGE” and “thank you for GIVING me the gift of your songs.”

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We have good fun with those Georgia boys in mind.  Not letting what some of their other stalkers"fans" get us down.   Great job Marsha, thanks for once again covering my arse when I am too busy to post.  Love ya girl!