Day 14- A Song No One Would Expect Me To Love - I Love The Way You Lie

Much has changed in my life in the last year and a half.  Some of it has been good, some has taken some adjustment time, and some still annoys the CRAP out of me, but I'm still here.  One of these changes has been a surprising transition in some of the types of music I listen to.  Previously, when asked what kind of music do I like to listen to, my standard answer would always of been "Anything but Rap".  It just was not my thing.  Apparently that has changed now, at least a little bit. 

Spending my weeks out of town in a new city, Fort Wayne which from here forward will just be The Fort,  I went through the whole mundane discovery process that everyone goes through in living in a new place.  I found the grocery store I liked (which just closed this week to be leveled and rebuilt into a bigger and better store...in a YEAR......Arrrghhhhh!), found a place to get my haircut (every 3rd one is halfway decent, thank goodness my hair grows fast), found my place for Pizza (Hungry Howies....yummm), and found the two clubs in town (After Dark and Babylon) that on those weekends I am stuck in town I can go and hang out with some non canine friends (sorry Sebas, but some times I just gotta).  Radio stations however were a challenge.  When I did find one that played the most of the music I liked, I found that it also mixed in a fair amount of Rap, namely Eminem.

His new album Recovery, had just came out and the song I Love The Way You Lie, I think played every hour.  Rhianna's intro to the song provided the hook that kept me listening and soon I had learned every word to the song.  It's kind of a story song, so of course I liked it even more.  It is an angry song, about being caught in a vicious circle with no apparent escape.  It struck a chord with me.  I soon downloaded several other tracks off of Recovery, read some interviews with Eminem, and soon developed a grudging respect for his work.  Now, I do not discount the genre just out of hand.  I have found several other artists that I like (BYOB, Tinne Tempah, Nicki Minaj, JayZ) and now have added them to the list. 

My Ipod is a little schizophrenic these days.  A playlist can have Eminem, Glee, Carrie Underwood, Kei$ha, Sugarland, JayZ and Cher added in with selections from Dreamgirls, Rent, Miss Saigon, the South Park Movie, and Mamma Mia.  My playlist is like the thing they say about Ohio weather, "if you do not like it, stick around for about 10 minutes, and it will change." 

Love the Way You Lie....Eminem

Since it's Friday, let me give you a little bonus.  It turns out that every story has two sides.  There is a Love The Way You Lie Part 2!!!  The primary voice in the first song is from the guy's point of view.  In Part 2, you get the perspective from the girl.  The song was only released on Rhianna's album, and is a strikingly different tone from the first, not surprisingly.  Put together, the two paint a very vivid picture.  I hope you like it.