”…But when I close my eyes, I remember.
You were no more than a child,
but than so was I, young and tender.
{at the top of your lungs} Staaaaaaaaay for a while…”
Do you remember what she was wearing in the foldout poster in the record cover for “Straight Ahead”? I do.
Did you play out the piano part of “Sing Your Praise To The Lord” on the back of an armchair while your sister mimed the violin part? Allie and I did.
Audrey and I knew every single word of every single song on “Unguarded” and it was the closest we could get to punk rock (the album was our hero’s big move to pop) since our mothers had forbidden us from singing “We Built This City on Rock & Roll.”
No, I am not making that up. They thought it was the devil’s theme song. It’s amazing we grew up to be as normal as we are.
The Lead Me On Tour was my first real concert and I remember waiting for some guy named Micheal W. Smith to get off the stage because who was he compared to the one, the only, my musical idol- Amy Grant.
I still love and respect Amy Grant. She’s been through some rough patches, had to endure it all in the limelight but has come through it all graciously and with an amazing head of hair.
Sigh. I still want her hair.
I’m going to go listen to “All I Ever Have To Be” now. And cry. That song always make me cry.
Every important moment of my life has an Amy Grant song that goes with it- I've loved her since Straight Ahead. I'm telling you...you and I were separated at birth - it's very creepy. AND - we are all enthralled with your owls!
ReplyDeleteYep... I was a big Amy Grant fan, and still am! Just another thing we have in common! (Like there weren't enough already!)
ReplyDeleteLove the Old School Amy Grant the best!!!!
ReplyDelete"Father's Eyes" just about kills me every time I hear it.. especially because me & my dad have brown eyes together in the family & the parallels of having my earthly AND Heavenly Father's eyes... it makes me just tear up!
I went to school with a girl who looked EXACTLY like Amy Grant too! Always LOVED her hair!
So this will get you. I went to school with her niece and everyone of her friends except for me got to meet her one day - privately at he house! I don't know where I was but at the time I didn't think I was missing anything - I was much more Depeche Mode than AG.
ReplyDeleteI used to listen to "All I Ever Have To Be" in my car and cry in high school. The Collection is still a fave. Did you know that the singer from Mr. Mister ("Broken Wings") sings backup on "Stay"? A certain Natty worship leader pointed that out to me.
ReplyDeleteI totally was singing "my father's eyes" the other day - in a stolen moment all to myself.
ReplyDelete- Carlye