11-22-2010, 05:32 PM
Last night, I watched a show on CMT called Crossroads. Basically the show pairs artists from rock/pop backgrounds with artists from country backgrounds and they record and perform together finding common musical ground. This night was Train and Martina Mcbride. Train, I have listened to. Martina MacBride…knew of her, but never followed her music.
It was really dynamic show with 2 fantastic vocalists blending their styles. During the show, they taped a one on one conversation with the 2 stars. Pat Monohan (lead vocals for train) was talking about his song “Drops of Jupiter”…I’ve heard that song on and off for several years. Just figured it was about a relationship of some sort and never gave it much thought. Then Monohan related the story of how when his mother died…he thought she came back to say goodbye to him in a dream…and how he wrote that song in tribute and as much to ask about what she found on the other side.
Then they sung that song as a duet and even though having heard that song so many times in the past…listening to that duet taken taken in the context of his story made it all that more poignant.
It literally brought tears to my eyes.
Richard
It was really dynamic show with 2 fantastic vocalists blending their styles. During the show, they taped a one on one conversation with the 2 stars. Pat Monohan (lead vocals for train) was talking about his song “Drops of Jupiter”…I’ve heard that song on and off for several years. Just figured it was about a relationship of some sort and never gave it much thought. Then Monohan related the story of how when his mother died…he thought she came back to say goodbye to him in a dream…and how he wrote that song in tribute and as much to ask about what she found on the other side.
Then they sung that song as a duet and even though having heard that song so many times in the past…listening to that duet taken taken in the context of his story made it all that more poignant.
It literally brought tears to my eyes.
Richard