MARC GUNN: A TRIBUTE TO LOVE!

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Friday, February 23, 2007

The idea for this CD arose in the Fall of 2006. I wanted to release an album of love songs for Valentine's Day. Alas, through too much procrastination, that goal totally fell through. It was put on the back burner until... Valentine's Day, when I leaped head first into this project with all my heart.

Love. I've been in love. I've felt myself floating on it's wings and sang to the angels in thanks. Once upon a time, I was a hopeless romantic. But I don't like being hopeless. So I became a hopeful romantic. I began looking for love and found myself falling. The challenge I discovered is that just because I'm in love doesn't not mean we are meant to be together. Our differences may segregate us and keep us from achieving whatever holy state of being may exist from a "perfect" romance.

And perhaps THAT is the real challenge. My expectation. There are ups and downs, ins and outs in love. It's not all romantic love songs. That's why when I began to choose the love songs I wanted to record, I decided to keep it real. To cover a wide variety of love that is not all flowers and candy. Some times it's filled with heartbreak. Other times, it's comical. Still other times it's unreal, mystical.

That's what this CD is about. A Tribute to LOVE! is an album of love songs. There are some folk songs about love, and then there are some songs from my own experience. These are the songs I love to sing when I want to feel romance in my life. And I hope others will find them just as romantic.

Track Listing:

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2008, 13 Songs, Mage Records

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posted by Marc Gunn @ Friday, February 23, 2007

6 Comments:

At 12:29 AM, Wendy said...: Rush says it best, I think...

"I don't believe in destiny, or the guiding hand of fate.

I don't believe in forever, or love as a mystical state.

I don't believe in the stars or the planets, or angels watching from above...

But I believe there's a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love... and make it last."

I'm looking forward to seeing what songs you put on your album...
At 2:45 AM, Wendy said...: Oops, I just re-read my comment and realized that it kinda sounds insulting.

I meant to say that Rush says it best... for ME. Because I'm not as clever as you when it comes to putting my thoughts into a song. :)

I hope you weren't offended by my boneheaded comment.

*shuffles off, looking embarassed*
At 12:48 AM, Todd said...: I have a review up here: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=37783157&blogID=307586681
At 6:40 PM, Lacey O'delle said...: Lacey O'delle's review
I Love When She Held Me In Her Arms!
At 11:22 PM, Cateline said...: I loved the whole album! Seriously - Here's To The Dreamers was beautiful, but you had me at the first note of "A Silhouette of Longing Love"

Cat
At 1:30 PM, Bopoge said...: Marc,

I love it the best of them all.

Here's my review.

http://bopoge.blogspot.com/2007/09/tribute-to-love.html