Media with Murph is a little side something I wanted to do with Lil’ Murph for a long time. We don’t always have another day, week or month to carry through with plans, do we? I have some photos of Murph checking out a couple of videos with me. I’m broken about not having more, but I’m grateful I have some. I don’t think our Murphy was impressed with the videos, that he gave clues to anyway.
The videos I want to share today have a special place in my heart and the first one (the first I planned on sharing to begin with) is appropriate for Memorial Day – in a way. I certainly hope you like or at least can appreciate them, even if they’re not your style.
Today is one month since Murphy transcended as I held him on my heart. He and I knew… we just knew. I haven’t been blogging or supportive of others, as I don’t know how to help lizards or showcase Murphy right now, and it’s hard to do this without him. Still reeling in pain from the loss of my perfect best friend, I felt compelled to do our “Media With Murph” segment. Murph is here with me at the laptop as I type, the only way he can be.
Here is what we were watching:
*Note: If you think all Heavy Metal music is a bunch of screamers and devil worshippers, this is not so. Very often, the songs are political. See for yourself, listen to the words or look up the lyrics. This is the original video that captivated me when I was 12. To this day, Metallica is one of my favorite bands. Together, they have a sound that is meant to exist, and larger than themselves. This is evident if you watch them in concert playing their classics.
This song is about a man who has suffered the loss of his limbs and the ability to live a happy life from being in war (other men’s war)… and an Angel of Mercy.
The reason this song that came out in 1988 is special to me, is not only did I love this the first time I heard it, and my intuition told me who the band was, which I didn’t recall hearing of previously (weird), but my mom loved this song. She said it reminded her of a fiancé she had who was shot in the head in Vietnam. Although she was very young when the Vietnam war began, it was a ridiculously long war. She shortly thereafter, met my fabulous dad.
Get this… my dad got Metallica concert tickets for me, Mom, and two friends of mine back in xxxx ☺️. My mom was headbanging with the rest of us during this song! Years later, when Mom had to be in a nursing home, I’d pick her up to take her to see Dad, the house, and their cats, and she would request I play this in the vehicle nearly every time we were out. When it and it’s energy ended, she was like, “Whew!” Watching this for the first time after Mom passed, was a tearful experience.
I can’t help but think it is possible Murph liked this song because we are so connected, however, it’s tricky sometimes to see if music is having an effect on our animal friends. I’ve witnessed my Bearded Dragons showing interest in an acoustic guitar being played in the room. But we do have that post: Did You Know Bearded Dragons Are Music Snobs?
🎼🦎Some Metallica facts:
🎶Dave Mustaine of Megadeth was the original lead guitarist for Metallica from 1981-1983. The amazing Kirk Hammett took that role in ’83.
🎶Metallica’s bassist, Cliff Burton died in a tragic bus accident in Sweden in 1986. That top bunk was not a safe place to sleep. The rest of the band was alright. Jason Newsted became the bassist shortly afterward.
🎶Robert Trujillo, from Suicidal Tendencies, took Jason Newsted’s place as bassist in 2003, and he still has that sort of unique, Californian Heavy Metal squatting, crawling walk thing seen in Suicidal Tendencies videos – you’ll see what I mean if you watch Metallica concert videos older that ’03!
🎶Metallica is still touring and has the original singer and drummer, the marvelous James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.
🎶Metallica has a 3D movie called Metallica: Through The Never. Hetfield’s car in it is amazing! The music and effects are amazing! When someone special took me to see it, I couldn’t hold still, it was almost like being at the concert again! I very highly recommend it, even if you can’t see it in a theater with 3D glasses and the loud volume, which is important.
The next video is also special, and I haven’t watched it in its entirety since my dad was here, but will share it. My Dad was so quick-witted with a unique humor, and so knowledgeable in geography, math, & much more. But, when dementia reared its ugly head, Dad could no longer read but loved to hear Jimmy Swaggart songs.
I think a Jimmy Swaggart concert was my first concert. I have a pin and notecard from my parents’ belongings, possibly from their attendance there. I don’t know, I remember a huge place, music, my parents, and a flashback of my paternal grandmother taking me to the little ladies’ room.🤔☺️
If you’ve stayed with us until the end here, I’d like our fellow blogger friends to know, for whatever it’s worth, that through all of our loss of our precious Murph, you have helped to change me. Your comments regarding prayers for us made me realize something about myself, not only is it okay to pray more frequently, I can pray for others whether I know them or not. And I have prayed for every one of you who said prayers for us, and more. Thank you for kindness and a revelation.
Real quick: Being that it’s Memorial Day, I want to take a moment to mention GP. If you don’t know him yet, he has a terrific blog featuring amazing stories about his dad’s experiences in war. His record-keeping with photos and information is admirable, and his knowledge and researching skills are amazing in the realm of history! I appreciate his military memes and what I love is the way he has a “Farewell Salute” to fallen soldiers at the end of his blogs. See GP’s blog HERE.
CARE TO SEE SOME NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHOTOS OF MURPH?
IN ORDER WE HAVE:
- The way he held his hands so… I call them “fancy hands,” Just one more thing to love about Murph
- “Spa time”
- Sleeping Beauty
- Unimpressed with floating objects
- Look at that gorgeous white beard, A.K.A chin poof
“Give me Lizardry or give me Death!” ❤️Murph (still) & Dawn
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