KJLS-FM 103.3 10am Sundays
September 14, 2025
“Some Things to Believe In”
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Hello, Central Kansas and around the world. Happy second Sunday of September, almost the season of Fall, and happy football to those who you who enjoy that sport. I hope all is well with you. Right now, welcome to Mix 103’s unique top 10 show, “Message at the Top”. I am Fr. Mike, your host. We play the top 10 of today and yesterday and give you their meanings at the same time. Today we continue that tradition, giving you the songs that have been most popular as of this week, ending today September 14, 2025. As promised, we will give you the meanings of the songs so that they can inspire and/or challenge each of our lives. During our show today, we not only will give you the top 10 in countdown fashion in a unique way, but we will use as our lead song one of the six songs with the most meaning since 1980 in my opinion. Last week we used one such song; this week we do the same.
I’m often asked about the songs with the most meaning that I have worked with over the past 45 years since this show began. I love to talk about them, of course. And this is one of them. It is from the group Poison and released in 1990. The song was a statement of real concern on the part of heavy metal, a segment of our society, interestingly enough, who are a real concern themselves for some of that society. The group sings of almost insurmountable problems: church hypocrisy, the Vietnam-caused confusion of living, the death of a close friend, the homeless, the embarrassing chasm between the rich and the poor. And their plea is a prayer in their refrain: “Give me something to believe in; if there’s a Lord above, give me something to believe in. O Lord, arise!” What should we hold on to? That is, the something to believe in? Incredibly, it is the Lord, as the group Poison calls him.
You and I live in a time of spiritual shallowness. We do not have God in our “active vocabulary.” The music and music video industry are proofs of it, may even be partially the cause of it. Could it be that God is working through songs like this one to bring into our consciousness the spiritual shallowness and almost like a slap in the face, say: “Wake up, America, there is something lacking in all of your selfish desires, oil-protecting wars and consumerism-thoughts.” I find this song not only interesting, but—the word would be—inspirational.
There is another song with the same title as Poison’s—not as totally inspirational, but certainly a very good song. We’ll play that one after Poison’s lead song here. From their album “Flesh and Blood” with the theme this morning which we will call “Some Things to Believe In” this is “Something To Believe In”, the group Poison on MATT.
(double) SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN / Poison
SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN / Parachute
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The song with the same title as our lead song, the band Parachute formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2006 from their album “The Way It Was”, “Something To Believe In” on MATT. This one is also a high category song since it talks about what I think can save all of us, namely love. “You wake up every morning, looking for your answer,” they begin their song, “you’re waiting for your sign. You walk the streets at night still looking for your reason, but you don’t wanna try. You swear the world has got you backed into a corner, but no one holds your hand to walk into a fight. You swear the light is gonna find you, but it can’t find you when you’re waiting all the time. You say, ‘keep your head from going down’ just for a little. Love, if you can hear this sound, oh, just give me something to believe in. Love, come take me now.” Love is one of the great answers to the problems that we have, and when we are able to love, truly love others, we will be people who have reason to live with others and our world. In answer to our lead question, what is something to believe in; “love” is a great answer.
And
let’s triple play the beginning of the top 10 right now. At number
10 is a song that
explores the ins and outs of a love relationship, and in particular
the love relationship of Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Bieber, his
wife, emphasizing
the importance of the commitment even though there are ups and downs.
“’Throwin'
petals like, "Do you love me or not?’ he
begins his song, “Head
is spinnin', and it don't know when to stop.
You
said ‘Forever,’ babe, did you mean it or not? Hold on, And if it
ain't right, babe, you know I respect it. But if you need time, just
take your time. Honey, I get it. Way you got me all in my head,
Think I'd rather you in my bed. Whatever it is, you know I can take
it. I'm countin' the days, how many days 'til I can see you again?”
It
is an important point: even though the permanent commitment has been
made, there are still question marks and there must be days of
re-commitment. In terms of our theme, it is something to believe in
as you choose the love. From his latest album “Swag”, this is
number 10 this morning, and “Daisies”, Justin Bieber on
MATT.
(triple)
10
DAISIES
/ Justin Bieber
9 THAT’S SO TRUE / Gracy Abrams
8 UNDRESSED / Sombr
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MATT presenting Shane Michael Boose there, that is Sombr, and his song at number 8 this week from his album “I Barely Know Her,” “Undressed”. It is a song of pain because of a breakup that the man in the song did not realize was happening, it seems. “You had a dream,” he begins his song, “you wanted better. I’m lookin’ at you, you’re lookin’ at me, but the glimmer in your eyes is saying that you wanna leave. You say you don’t mean what you’re sayin’ to me, but the glimmer in your eyes is telling me other things. I took the train to see my mother, I look across the tracks to see you with another. There’s nothing worse than seeing your lover movin’ on while you still suffer. I don’t wanna get undressed with a new person all over again.” In terms of our theme, it is my belief that you will eventually find the one to believe in, but you might have to work through some tough situations first.
Before him, we heard our number 9 song this morning and a song of intense jealousy. It is from this young lady’s first album “The Secret of Us,” newcomer American singer/songwriter Gracie Abrams and her song “That’s So True”. “I could go and read your mind,” the lady in the relationship addresses her words to her ex-boyfriend, “Think about your dumb face all the time. Living in your glass house, I’m outside, Looking into big blue eyes. Did you do it just to hurt me, make me cry, Smiling through it all? Yeah, that's my life. You're an idiot, Now I'm sure. Now I'm positive. I should go and warn her. Bet you're thinking, ‘She's so cool,’ Kicking back on your couch, making eyes from across the room. Wait, I think I've been there too.” Every romantic relationship is a risk. You really don’t know how it will turn out. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes, it’s a bitter disappointment and only an immature attempt at love as in this song. In terms of our theme, the lady in the relationship has been really hurt in a relationship of the past, and as we said before, she will find someone to believe in, but it may take a little work.
Our theme this Sunday morning is the thought of finding things in this life that we can believe in. We will continue to pursue that thought in a couple of minutes with music from in order of appearance Ed Sheeran, Bruce Springsteen, Andy Grammer, Tracy Chapman, and the All American Rejects. First, here is a quote to lead you into break from Anne Frank: “Think of all the beauty around you and be happy.” She could say that after all she had been through and what she knew would probably happen to her at the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen in 1945. Super lady, super thought. I’m Fr. Mike, this show is “Message at the Top” and your dial is set at Mix 103.
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Part 4
We are back for “Message at the Top” and we welcome you back to the top 10 songs of today and yesterday as determined by our research and your requests. We call our show MATT and analyze their messages in the light of how we can live better in this complicated world of ours. I am Fr. Mike, your host for the top 10 show of the best mix of music, Mix 103, and we are pursuing the thought of finding things that we can believe in to make us better people, that thought having come from Poison’s excellent song “Something to Believe In.”
As promised, let’s take one of Mr. Ed Sheeran’s songs and see what it says about something to believe in. It is a song which reflects, as he says, losing someone, his friend by the name of Jamal, saying music helps heal, and he’s dancing with his eyes closed to try to get through it. “I know it’s a bad idea,” he begins his song, “But how can I help myself? Been inside for most this year, dealing with the cards life dealt while my friends are somewhere else. Every song reminds me you’re gone, and I feel the lump in my throat cause I’m here alone. Just dancing with my eyes closed ‘cause everywhere I look I still see you and time is moving so slow, and I don’t know what else that I can do, so I’ll keep dancing with my eyes closed.” He’s feeling the pain of loss, and takes his time to remember, good memories being something to believe in and foster, I believe. Its album which is a dash sign was nominated for best pop album of the year at the Grammys that year of 2023, Ed Sheeran and his song “Eyes Closed” on MATT.
(double) EYES CLOSED/ Ed Sheeran
GLORY DAYS / Bruce Springsteen
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Going back into the 80’s this morning we heard from the one and only Boss as we called him 40 years ago, 75 years old, soon to be 76, Mr. Bruce Springsteen and one of his classic songs “Glory Days” from 1985. It was from his album “Born in the USA,” and a great statement about the waste of time, some of which is not bad, as he sings of three scenarios in life. You might want to check out a live performance of it on You Tube. We need to relax, / and remember the good old days—the “Glory Days” as he sings—but we don’t want to dwell too much on them, because time will slip away someday, and we need more than glory days to show accomplishment in our lives. A little preachy again, but the something to believe in from the song is the good feeling that accompanies the fact of relaxation. Happy, good song.
As usual we give you lots of triple plays on our show, and yet another one is all warmed up on these fancy computers, all three “give” songs. This first one begins by calling his mother a “sunshine soldier” which is an agent of change, and the change that she suggests is that we give love: “I give love to all of my people; all of my people need love; I give some. ‘Cause in the end, the love we take’s got nothing on the love we make. So, give love. She said, ‘You’re gonna be a light in a cold world, you got extra love pumping in your veins’ To my people feeling down and my people feeling empty, I got so much of this love, I gotta give it away.” Now, I could talk long and hard about his sunshine soldier mother because I think it ultimately means God, but that’s beside the point. The point is that we can give love to people who need it. And once again the something to believe in that the song suggests is the fact of love of others because if we manage to do that, we WILL change our world. From his album “The Good Parts”, from the year 2017, this is Andy Grammer and “Lunchmoney” Lewis and their song “Give Love” on MATT.
(triple) GIVE LOVE/ Andy Grammer f/ “Lunchmoney” Lewis
GIVE ME ONE REASON / Tracy Chapman
GIVES YOU HELL / All American Rejects
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That was from their album “When the World Comes Down,” and their song “Gives You Hell” from 2008 on MATT from the All American Rejects. It is a song of revenge, getting back at another. It seems as though there has been a breakup in the past, and no doubt, it was a bitter one. Now the man in the relationship is showing his revenge in song to his once-upon-a-time girlfriend: “I wake up every evening,” they sing the thoughts of the man, “with a big smile on my face, and it never feels out of place. When you see my face, hope it gives you hell, when you walk my way, hope it gives you hell. If you find a man that’s worth a damn and treats you well, then he’s a fool, you’re just as well; hope it gives you hell.” MATT places it high in meaning because we must think about revenge even though it is not a pretty thought at all, and it comes up often in songs especially when there has been a bitter breakup. Thinking of our theme of some things to believe in, one of them would be that we can learn from the bitter past like a breakup.
Before them, as part of the “giving” triple play, we heard from Tracy Chapman and her song “Give Me One Reason”; 1996 was the year, from Tacy Chapman’s album “New Beginning”. “Give me one reason to stay here,” she sings, “and I’ll turn right back around. You got to make me change my mind. This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I’m too old to go chasing around, wasting my precious energy. Give me one reason why I should stay.” In the world of dating and love, there are many who can learn from this song. There are more than a few young people who are part of unhealthy relationships that do nothing more than create victims instead of lovers. Tracy Chapman speaks to them, saying, give your final warning and then get out. In terms of our theme today, sometimes we have to know and believe that some relationships are not what they should be, and either we should do something about them or get out of them.
We are exploring that theme of “what are some things to believe in” today. During this next segment, we will hear from people like Ravyn Lenae and Pink. First, a thought from an anonymous author: “We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.” Yes, indeed, and learning to live together is something we can believe in. I hope our music and message will help you live a little better. I’m Fr. Mike, your dial is set at Mix 103, and I hope you keep it right where it is.
We are back for “Message at the Top” and I am Fr. Mike. We call our show MATT because we take the top 10 songs and analyze their messages in the light of how we can live better in the complicated world we live in. Welcome back to the top 10 show of Mix 103 where our plea is for you to enjoy the music and listen to the message, allowing that message to make you better than you are. We begin hour number 2 together on this almost Fall Sunday morning, and we are pursuing some thoughts about finding some things to believe in to make us better people, a thought which we took from Poison’s song “Something to Believe In.”
Yet another triple play begins this second hour together today, and the triple begins with a song from the band Fun. It is a story of a couple who have had rough times. He was physically abusive to her in the past, and now he’s trying to make up for it. “I’m trying hard to take it back,” the man in the relationship sings, “so, if by the time the bar closes and you feel like falling down, I’ll carry you home. Tonight, we are young, so let’s set the world on fire. We can burn brighter than the sun. Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart.” And the lady in the relationship finally agrees, saying, “Carry me home tonight.” Therefore, the two in the relationship are making up and want to try again. In terms of our theme, there is hope in the fact that the two are making up, and it is something to believe in, our theme today, but as I have done in the past with these types of songs, if there is physical abuse, a future relationship should be planned only very carefully. This is a grammy award winning Song of the Year and number 1 for a long time from the band Fun. singing here with Ms. Janelle Monae, American R&B singer/songwriter from right here in the Kansas City area from their album “Some Nights” and their song from 2011. “We Are Young” on MATT.
(triple) WE ARE YOUNG / Fun.
GLITTER IN THE AIR / Pink
TRY / Pink
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Closing off a double play from her, Ms. Alecia Beth Moore Hart better known as Pink, an excellent song of meaning from her album “The Truth About Love,” and her song “Try” on MATT. It is a great song in my opinion, one that illustrates the leadership principle of “Never Stop Trying to do Your Best.” “Ever wonder,” she sings, “about what he’s doing, how it all turned to lies. Sometimes I think that it’s better to never ask why. Where there is desire, there is going to be a flame. Where there is a flame, someone’s bound to get burned. But just because it hurts don’t mean you’re gonna die. You gotta get up and try.” She is singing of a failed love relationship, but it is a very good principle of living. In fact, if we can bring ourselves to believe that we can bring about change if we keep trying, we will have found something to believe in, our theme today.
Before her, the first part of the double play dedicated to her, Pink from her album, “Funhouse,” and her song “Glitter in the Air” from 2010. It is a beautiful song of romantic poetry, I believe. Some really good thoughts here: “Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?” she sings, “Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, ‘I just don’t care’? It’s only half past the point of no return, the tip of the iceberg, the thunder before the lightning, the breath before the phrase, have you ever felt this way? There you are, sitting in the garden, clutchin’ my coffee, calling me ‘sugar.’ Have you ever wished for an endless night? Lassoed the moon and the stars and pulled that rope tight?” As I say, beautiful poetry expressing love, and the feeling of love about to happen with joyful expectation. As we have said a couple times today, the possibility of real love is something to believe in, our theme today.
Let’s go to yet another triple play of popular songs right now beginning with Olivia Rodrigo. It is a story in song of a person who is very bitter about a breakup again. The lady in the relationship is in pain because the man in that relationship decided to move on, and she is reflecting on it. At first it sounds like she is okay that he has achieved what he wanted after he left her, but as you listen, you hear how bitter she really is. “Well, good for you,” she sings, “I guess you moved on really easily. You found a new girl and it only took a couple weeks. Remember when you said that you wanted to give me the world. And good for you, I guess that you’ve been working on yourself. Well good for you. I guess you’re getting everything you want. It’s like we never even happened. What is up with that? Well, the heck with you. You will never have to hurt the way you know that I do. You look happy and healthy. Not me, if you ever cared to ask. Maybe I’m too emotional, but your apathy’s like a wound in salt.” I cleaned up the words a little. So she is really angry at him even while she sarcastically says “Good for you.” In terms of our theme, she knows that the truth is truly something to believe in, but becase of the circumstances, it will never show up. Olivia Rodrigo here from the year 2021 from her album “Sour,” “good 4 u” the name of the song on MATT.
(triple) GOOD 4 U / Olivia Rodrgio
RIDE / Twenty-One Pilot
7 LOVE ME NOT / Ravyn Lenae
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Number 7 in our countdown from newcomer Ravyn Lenae Washington or simply Ravyn Lenae and her song from her latest album “Bird’s Eye”, and her song, “Love Me Not” on MATT. “See, right now,” she begins her song, “I need you, I'll meet you somewhere now; slow down, be cool, I miss you, come here now. I need you right now, once I leave you I'm strung out; if I get you, I'm slowly breaking down. Oh, it's hard to see you, but I wish you were right here. Oh, it's hard to leave you when I get you everywhere. All this time I'm thinking we could never be a pair; Oh, no, I don't need you, but I miss you, come here. He love me not, he loves me. He holds me tight, then lets me go.” Generally speaking, we like our independence, but at the same time, we like the fact of choosing a commitment that will bind loved ones together. In terms of our theme this week, when we have something to believe in, we will make the necessary adjustment in our lifestyle.
Before her, we heard the song of the media meditation on my website today, that is, www.frmikescully.com and the song “Ride” from Twenty-one Pilots, that is, Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph from their album “Blurryface”, from 2016. It is a song that speaks of life, I believe—that is, trying to live it as best we can, but life is difficult at times. The person in the song is enjoying the ride, taking his/her time living, but it often feels like he/she is falling, that is without direction. During the life, the person thinks about what it means to be a friend of someone, whether he/she would die for the other or not. Then it seems the person in the song feels like he/she is thinking too much, saying “Help me” either to a friend or perhaps even to God. It is a very interesting song, and one that you can spend a lot of time analyzing along with the video. In terms of our theme, finding and being a friend is indeed something to believe in as we celebrate life here.
Which brings us to our final segment that will begin in just a few moments with the remaining songs in our top 10 today from number 6 to number 1. To break, let me give you this thought from my anonymous collection: “A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.” You bet, and being truly happy is something to believe in as we live our lives for the better. Yes, indeed. Don’t go way, we’ll be right back on / the MATT music network.
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Part 10
We are back for the final portion of the show MATT, a show that takes the top 10 songs from the past 45 years including today and studies their messages in the hope that those messages can truly help our lives. Our motto therefore is to enjoy the music and listen to the message. The theme of our show today deals with some things that we can believe in, and thus make us better human beings. And, as promised, we begin with the number 6 song in our top 10 right now.
It is a song of the man in a relationship just having fun or being totally immature which eventually causes a breakup. I’ve said before that it is a song whose story is told for all practical purposes by its title. He’s waiting for his current fiancee, meets an old flame, realizes that she, the old flame, is the one that he currently likes, and promptly breaks up with the one he is waiting for. In terms of our theme this week, this relationship has a long way to go before it becomes the something to believe in that directs a life. From his album “American Heart,” Benson Boone, number 6 on our top 10 this week and the song, “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else” on MATT.
(triple) 6 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE / Benson Boone
5 DIE WITH A SMILE / Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
4 WHAT I WANT / Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae
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Our number 4 song on our countdown and a song about having fun, from Morgan Wallen’s album “I’m the Problem”, Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae and their song “What I Want” on MATT. “She said ‘You don’t want this heart, boy, it’s already broke’” they sing, “told me everything she touch / just goes up in smoke, only stay a couple nights, then she’s gonna be gone. I said, ‘Baby, that’s what I want. And you ain’t gotta worry ‘bout no trust issues with me. I got ‘em too; you ain’t gotta worry ‘bout no exes that’s crazy, I got ‘em too. If you’re in a hurry, nah, you ain’t gonna hurt me tonight and it won’t be the worst thing if this is all it is and in the middle of a kiss.” The couple is only beginning their relationship and it sounds like they are being totally honest with each other, and they are not ready to be serious yet. And they are okay with that. It is an immature relationship, but it is something they are enjoying. In terms of our theme of something to believe in, well, even though the relationship is still young, at least they can believe in the good feelings of what they have at the present time.
Before them, we heard a song that has been in the top 10 over a year now from Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta or Lady Gaga along with Peter Gene Hernandez that is Bruno Mars, and their song of the year this year “Die With a Smile” at number 5 this week. It is a song about true commitment to one another. “I just woke up from a dream,” they sing, “Where you and I had to say goodbye; and I don't know what it all means, but since I survived, I realized wherever you go, that's where I'll follow. Nobody's promised tomorrow, so I'ma love you every night like it's the last night. If the world was ending, I'd wanna be next to you. If the party was over and our time on earth was through, I'd wanna hold you just for a while and die with a smile.” So, as I say, words of strong commitment, but there had been struggles, it seems. They sing, “Lost in the words that we scream, I don't even wanna do this anymore 'cause you already know what you mean to me. And our love's the only war worth fighting for.” It seems that the couple was close to a breakup before, but they did some serious thinking and some strong communication, probably, and they remained together, and no doubt they were able to overcome every problem in their commitment to one another, and celebrating then and there a great moment together. In terms of our theme this week, and we have said this a couple times, when a couple experience this type of commitment, they certainly have something to believe in.
And we move to number 3 this week and a song about something that the person in the song wishes he had, but it’s a long way from him. “Man, what a hell of a year it’s been,” he begins the song, “keep on bluffin’, but I just can’t win, drowned my sorrows, but they learned to swim. Head in a bottle for my heart in a case. Yeah, it’s getting’ harder to act my age. Play a sad song on a tiny violin for the man at the bar confessin’ his sins. I need some good news; sittin here, sippin’ on cold truth. Nobody knows what I’m going through; bet the devil wouldn’t walk in my shoes; wish someone told me. Still stuck singin’ these blues. All I really need is a little good news. Love keeps knockin’, but I just stay home.” There is nothing but bad news for the man in the relationship. He needs to understand the fact that he must work with the thought of bad news in his relationships because bad news unfortunately happens a lot, and in terms of our theme, as I say what I believe, eventually he will find something to believe in. This is Collins Obinna Chibueze better known as Shaboozey, the country and pop artist, from his album “Where I’ve Been Isn’t Where I’m Going: Deluxe edition,” and his latest song in the top 10 at number 3, “Good News” on MATT.
(double) 3 GOOD NEWS / Shaboozey
2 MANCHILD / Sabrina Carpenter
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From her latest album “Man’s Best Friend,” at number 2 this morning “Manchild”, Sabrina Carpenter on MATT. The lady begins the song, “You said your phone was broken, just forgot to charge it; Did you just say you’re finished? Didn’t know we started. It’s all just so familiar, what do you call it? Stupid, or is it slow? Maybe it’s useless? But 2`there’s a cuter word for it, I know, Man-child. Why you always come a-running to me? Won’t you let an innocent woman be? Never heard of self-care, half your brain just ain’t there. Man-child, why you always come a-running, taking all my loving from me?” It is a song that is speaking of the immaturity of young adult love, especially men and it is a picture of what can happen when one is only out for fun in a relationship. In terms of our theme this morning, the relationship is not something to believe in yet because there is no strong commitment.
And the number 1 song for thirteen weeks in a row—one more time and it will tie a record, and a song that makes a distinction between an ordinary love and a SPECIAL ordinary love. He talks of an “ordinary” love relationship and says that what he has for a friend of his is not part of “the ordinary.” It comes from 24 year old Alexander Warren Hughes better known as Alex Warren from his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)” and his song “Ordinary”. In fact, his birthday is this Thursday when he will be 25. He begins with the thought that everything is pretty much ordinary: “They say ‘The holy water’s watered down and this town’s lost its faith. Our colors will fade eventually.” But he has a solution; he continues: “So, if our time is runnin’ out day after day, we’ll make the mundane our masterpiece.” Right there is a great description of something to believe in, our theme today. If we have made our world into the masterpiece that it can become, we are living out the something to believe in. Great song.
We have worked with that thought throughout our show today—what are the things to believe in as we live out our lives on this earth, a thought that the group Poison gave us two hours ago. My prayer for you and me is that we will always be people who find something to believe in to make our lives better than they are. My thanks to our producers and our sponsors, especially our sponsors at Hays Car and Truck Alignment, Holy Family Elementary School in Hays, and Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior and Senior High School in Hays. If you want to contact me by mail, I hope you do so at KJLS radio, Hays, KS, 67601 or my e-mail address is frmikescully@yahoo.com. My website is www.frmikescully.com where you can find some meditations on some Gospels, our music and some movies along with a transcript of the show. The meditation for today is on Twenty-One pilots’ song “Ride” which we played earlier. You can join us on the web every Sunday morning by clicking on www.hayspost.com and then choosing Mix 103 at 10 am. A final thought as we lead into the number 1 song, this thought from retired American cartoonist Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes: “The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” Now, you have to think about that, and it is not complimentary to us at all. We must remember that we can be a bit more intelligent, and it is something to work at. As we close with the number 1 song, Alex Warren and his song “Ordinary”, may I remind you that right now you are listening to today’s best music, Mix 103, and part of our advice to you is to hold a good thought. From beautiful downtown Lawrence as we prepare for Fall next week, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Be safe, peace to you, and be good.
1 ORDINARY / Alex Warren
September 7, 2025
“Some Good Virtues in Our Autobiography”
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Good morning, Central Kansas and around the world; thank you for joining us this morning, this first Sunday in September, 2025, and getting close to the season of Fall which begins later this month, ah, looking forward to it. A couple days from now, of course, is a sad remembrance day. We remember all of those who died on 9/11 and those injured, especially the families who were affected. May the Lord give them peace. Right now, welcome to MATT on today’s best music, Mix 103. It’s great to have you with us today as we discover exactly what the attitudes and meanings of popular music are all about. I’m Fr. Mike, your host for MATT and it’s my pleasure to work with some great songs and great messages—that being what we are all about: songs and messages. We take the top 10 popular songs of today and yesterday, study them a little bit, and come up with a message that can help us live better. We’ll let Natasha Bedingfield direct our thinking today.
I have mentioned several times that MATT has chosen six songs with the most meaning over the past 45 years and we play them a lot, of course. One of them is the the number 1 song of meaning of the year 2006, and is from the Bristish artist Natasha Bedingfield. The song is a poetic statement about the fact that we are determining what kind of life we are going to lead. “I am unwritten,” she begins her song, “can’t read my mind, I’m undefined. I’m just beginning, the pen’s in my hand, ending unplanned. Staring at the blank page before you, let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find. Release your inhibitions, feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you, only you can let it in. No one else can speak the words on your lips, drench yourself in words unspoken, live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.”
The words are marvelous, because they imply that the person who sings them is looking at life from a maturity point of view. I look at it as a statement of where we are and that from now on, no matter what has happened in our lives, from now on, we will be able to live our future with arms wide open. We can begin again. We can recognize that perhaps we haven’t done as well as we should have, but now it’s different. Today is where our book begins, the rest is still unwritten, and we are beginning to write it right now—let’s write it with maturity and leadership and integrity and honesty.
We’ll call our theme “Some Good Virtues in our Autobiograpy,” as we play some top songs of the past along with our own top 10 right now. To start us off this is a wonderful song, Natasha Bedingfield from her album named after this song, the number 1 song of meaning of 2006 according to MATT, “Unwritten” on MATT.
(double) UNWRITTEN / Natasha Bedingfield
POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE / Natasha Bedingfield
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Double Natasha Bedingfield there and that last one, her song “Pocketful of Sunshine” from her album named after the song on MATT. She sings, “I got a pocket, got a pocket full of sunshine. I got a love that knows that it’s all mine. Do what you want, but you’ll never break me; sticks and stones are never gonna shake me. Take me away, a secret place, a sweet escape, take me away to better days, a hiding place. The sun’s on my side, take me for a ride, I smile up to the sky, I know I’ll be alright.” Life is a great positive experience even in the midst of sticks and stones, as she sings. It has a clever video also of people discovering good things and getting away from negatives. One of the virtues that should be part of our autobiographies, our theme today, is to be very positive people in everything that we do.
We’ll give you the songs in countdown fashion this morning and that means that we will begin with number 10, a song of intense jealousy. “I could go and read your mind,” the lady in the relationship addresses her words to her ex-boyfriend, “Think about your dumb face all the time. Living in your glass house, I’m outside, Looking into big blue eyes. Did you do it just to hurt me, make me cry, Smiling through it all? Yeah, that's my life. You're an idiot, Now I'm sure. Now I'm positive. I should go and warn her. Bet you're thinking, ‘She's so cool,’ Kicking back on your couch, making eyes from across the room. Wait, I think I've been there too.” Every romantic relationship is a risk. You really don’t know how it will turn out. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes, it’s a bitter disappointment and only an immature attempt at love as in this song. In terms of our theme, the lady in the relationship has been really hurt in a relationship of the past, and has chosen to be independent for a while, and independence is a good virtue to learn and would look good in our autobiography .Our number 10 song on our countdown today from this young lady’s first album “The Secret of Us,” newcomer American singer/songwriter Gracie Abrams and her song “That’s So True”, number 10 on MATT.
(triple) 10 THAT’S SO TRUE / Gracie Abrams
COOLER THAN ME / Mike Posner
9 STARGAZING / Myles Smith
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Coming back into our countdown at number 9 this week, British singer Myles Smith and his song “Stargazing” on MATT. It is a song of discovered love. “Time stood still,” he begins his song, “just like a photograph; you made me feel like this would last forever. Lookin' in your eyes, I see my whole life. They say you know it when you know it and I know. Promise that you'll hold me close, don't let me go. Take my heart, don't break it; love me to my bones. All this time I've wasted; you were right there all along, you and I stargazin', intertwinin' souls. We were never strangers; I lose my mind when I'm around you; how I come alive. When I'm without you I can't help but feel so lost. I wanna give you all I've got.” He says that when you know that you are in love, then you know, and / he knows. That is, he is thinking that his love is a mature love, and a good virtue for anyone’s autobiography, our theme today.
Before him, we heard from Mike Posner from his album “31 Minutes To Takeoff,” his song, “Cooler Than Me” from 2010. The song is about a relationship that is troubled. “If I could write you a song and make you fall in love,” he begins his song, “I would already have you up under my arm. I used up all of my tricks; I hope that you like this. But you probably won’t, you think you’re cooler than me. You got designer shades just to hide your face and you wear them around like you’re cooler than me. And you never say, ‘hey’, or remember my name. It’s probably ‘cause you think you’re cooler than me. You got your high brow shoes on your feet, but you don't know the way that you look, when your steps make that much noise." Like I say, a troubled relationship, with both thinking that each is better than the other because of too much pride on at least one of their parts. In terms of our theme today, this is not a virtue that we would like for our autobiographies.
Important things being said there—not because I said them, but because we all need to understand them to understand life and its beauty a little more. We’re talking about the best in popular music for the past 45 years on our show that we call MATT and today exploring thoughts about how we might want our autobiographies to read. Get ready for music from Ellie Goulding and Morgan Wallen. Leading us to break, let me quote my famous anonymous quotebook: “If you think you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.” Yes indeed. You’ve got MATT on your dial today, this 7th day of September 2025. I’m your host Fr. Mike, and this is your invitation to stay right where you are.
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We continue with MATT. Welcome back to the only show of its kind in these parts. We take the attitudes of the songs we play here on Mix 103, and we look at their meanings in the hopes that you and I can learn to live better. I’m Fr. Mike, your host, and it is great to have you with us again today. Our theme came from an excellent song by Natasha Bedingfield and we are talking about good virtues that we might want to say are part of our lives.
We are up to number 8 in our countdown this September summer morning. It is a song of pain because of a breakup that the man in the song did not realize was happening, it seems. “You had a dream,” he begins his song, “you wanted better. I’m lookin’ at you, you’re lookin’ at me, but the glimmer in your eyes is saying that you wanna leave. You say you don’t mean what you’re sayin’ to me, but the glimmer in your eyes is telling me other things. I took the train to see my mother, I look across the tracks to see you with another. There’s nothing worse than seeing your lover movin’ on while you still suffer. I don’t wanna get undressed with a new person all over again.” In terms of our theme, one of the good virtues that should be described in our autobiographies is the ability to bounce back from bad situations. Shane Michael Boose here, that is Sombr, and his song at number 8 this week from his album “I Barely Know Her,” “Undressed” on MATT.
(double) 8 UNDRESSED / sombr
SOBER / Pink
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Ms. Alicia Beth Moore Hart better known as Pink, and a thought-provoking song from her album “Funhouse,” and the name of the song “Sober”, number 3 of all the songs of meaning of 2009. “I don’t wanna be the girl who laughs the loudest,” she began her song there, “or the girl who never wants to be alone. The sun is blinding, I stayed up again. Oh, I am finding that’s not the way I want my story to end. I’m safe up high, nothing can touch me, but why do I feel this party’s over? How do I feel this good sober?” As I say, a thought-provoking song, and to me the key line is that it’s not the way the person in the song wants the story to end, namely to have a good time with all kinds of pleasure-seeking, that ends up empty. And so she has to look for something else. In terms of our theme, she is developing the virtue of reflection on herself, and that will always help a personality.
Our countdown continues, and let’s begin this triple play with number 7 right now. It is a song about having fun. “She said ‘You don’t want this heart, boy, it’s already broke’” they sing, “told me everything she touch / just goes up in smoke, only stay a couple nights, then she’s gonna be gone. I said, ‘Baby, that’s what I want. And you ain’t gotta worry ‘bout no trust issues with me. I got ‘em too; you ain’t gotta worry ‘bout no exes that’s crazy, I got ‘em too. If you’re in a hurry, nah, you ain’t gonna hurt me tonight and it won’t be the worst thing if this is all it is and in the middle of a kiss.” The couple is only beginning their relationship and it sounds like they are being totally honest with each other, and they are not ready to be serious yet. And they are okay with that. It is an immature relationship, but it is something they are enjoying. In terms of our theme this week, a part of our autobiographies should be devoted to the discover process of mature relationships. This is from Morgan Wallen’s album “I’m the Problem”, Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae and their song “What I Want”, number 7 on MATT this morning.
(triple) 7 WHAT I WANT / Morgan Wllen & Tate McRae
SHALLOW /Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
CLOSE TO ME / Ellie Goulding f/ Diplo & Swae Lee
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We’ll have a number of 2019 top 20 songs on our show today and that is one of them, number 12 that year, Ellie Goulding, Diplo and Swae Lee, and their song “Close to Me” on MATT. It is a song of really wanting someone special to be close to someone, and not accepting anyone else. “We know that we’ll be alright,” they sing, “So don’t let me down, keep me in trouble, born to be wild out in the jungle, And I don’t want to be somebody without your body close to me, and if it wasn’t you, I wouldn’t want anybody close to me. ‘Cause I’m an animal, an animal like you.” One of our great virtues,our theme today, is the ability and desire to stay close to someone when we said we would.
Before them, we heard the Grammy award winning Pop Duo Group Performance for 2019, from the movie “A Star is Born”, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, and their song “Shallow”. “Tell me somethin’ girl,” the man sings, “are you happy in this modern world or do you need more? I’m falling.” And then the lady sings, “Tell me somethin’, boy, aren’t you tired tryin to fill that void? I’m falling.” So both are falling and both are searching. Of course, then, they find each other and apparently their searching brought about happiness and commitment. It brings up the whole question of what can make us happy. And a person who is honestly seeking to be happy in what they do is developing a virtue that would be very complimentary in our autobiographies, our theme today.
We are looking at the top 10 of this week together with some top 10’s of the 2000’s mostly, some from the 90’s and even 80’s every once in a while. We have taken our lead from Natasha Bedingfield and her excellent song “Unwritten” and we are speaking about developing good virtues. During this next segment, we will hear music from in order of appearance Ravyn Lenae, Ava Max, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, Benson Boone, R City and Clean Bandit. Let’s close out this segment with a quote from Mr. Socrates, from a long time ago, and still great advice: “The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” A superb thought, and if we live with honor, when we make a commitment, we will mean it, and it will be a great virtue to develop. We look forward to your joining us after the break. I’m Fr. Mike, your dial is set at Mix 103, and I hope you keep it right where it is.
Thank you for joining us this morning—it’s great to have you here. We are back for “Message at the Top,” and we do welcome you back to the top 10 songs of our area as determined by our research and your requests. We call our show MATT because we take those top 10 songs and analyze their meanings in light of the messages of human living. I am Fr. Mike, your host for the top 10 show of Mix 103, “Message at the Top.” Our theme this morning came from a song from Natasha Bedingfield and we are thinking about good virtues that would look good in our autobiographies.
As promised, we are up to number 6 in our countdown from newcomer Ravyn Lenae. It was our theme last week when we took the opportunity to talk about the difficulty in wanting to be in a relationship but wanting to be independent as well. “See, right now,” she begins her song, “I need you, I'll meet you somewhere now; slow down, be cool, I miss you, come here now. I need you right now, once I leave you I'm strung out; if I get you, I'm slowly breaking down. Oh, it's hard to see you, but I wish you were right here. Oh, it's hard to leave you when I get you everywhere. All this time I'm thinking we could never be a pair; Oh, no, I don't need you, but I miss you, come here. He love me not, he loves me. He holds me tight, then lets me go.” Generally speaking, we like our independence, but at the same time, we like the fact of choosing a commitment that will bind loved ones together. In terms of our theme this week, part of our autobiographies ought to be developing the virtue of independence, but at the same time developing that art of making a truly permanent commitment. This is from newcomer Ravyn Lenae Washington or simply Ravyn Lenae and her song from her latest album “Bird’s Eye”, and her song at number 6 in our countdown, “Love Me Not” on MATT.
(triple) 6 LOVE ME NOT / Ravyn Lenae
SWEET BUT PSYCHO / Ava Max
5 DIE WITH A SMILE / Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta or Lady Gaga along with Peter Gene Hernandez that is Bruno Mars, and their song of the year this year “Die With a Smile” at number 5 this week on MATT. It is a song about true commitment to one another. “I just woke up from a dream,” they sing, “Where you and I had to say goodbye; and I don't know what it all means, but since I survived, I realized wherever you go, that's where I'll follow. Nobody's promised tomorrow, so I'ma love you every night like it's the last night. If the world was ending, I'd wanna be next to you. If the party was over and our time on earth was through, I'd wanna hold you just for a while and die with a smile.” So, as I say, words of strong commitment, but there had been struggles, it seems. They sing, “Lost in the words that we scream, I don't even wanna do this anymore 'cause you already know what you mean to me. And our love's the only war worth fighting for.” It seems that the couple was close to a breakup before, but they did some serious thinking and some strong communication, probably, and they remained together, and no doubt they were able to overcome every problem in their commitment to one another, and celebrating then and there a great moment together. In terms of our theme this week, as we have said a couple times, one of the good virtues connected with our autobiography is the ability to make a truly permanent commitment.
Before them, we heard from 32 year old Amanda Ava Koci, that is, Ava Max and her song “Sweet But Psycho”, another song from 2019 on MATT. “She’s sweet but a psycho,” she begins her song, “at night she’s screamin’ I’m out of my mind. She’ll make you curse, but she’s a blessing; you’ll be coming back, just can’t help it. You’ll play along, let her lead you on. You’ll be thinking, ‘No, no,’ then saying ‘Yes, yes. Yes’ ‘cause she’s messin’ with your head. She’s poison but tasty. People say, ‘Run, / don’t walk away.’” They are pretty smart people who say that in my opinion. There are sometimes in relationships when we simply have to run—not walk—away. And perhaps one of the good virtues that can be talked about in our autobiographies, or theme today, is the ability to discern when a relationship is real or not.
Yet another triple play is in store for us coming out of these fancy computers, and this one begins with the number 4 song on our present coundown. It is a song of the man in a relationship just having fun or being totally immature which eventually causes a breakup. I’ve said before that it is a song whose story is told for all practical purposes by its title. He’s waiting for his current fiancee, meets an old flame, realizes that she, the old flame, is the one that he currently likes, and promptly breaks up with the one he is waiting for. In terms of our theme this week, one of the good virtues that should be desribed in our autobiographies is the virtue of simply having a good time. From his album “American Heart,” and the song, “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else”, Benson Boone, number 4 on our top 10 this week on MATT.
(triple) 4 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE / Benson Boone
LOCKED AWAY / R City f/ Adam Levine
REAL WORLD / Matchbox Twenty
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The band Matchbox Twenty a group formed in 1995 in Orlando, Florida and their song “Real World” from their album “Yourself or Someone Like You” from the year 1998. It suggests that we look for the stability of friends in the world. The person in the song desires to be someone important, “I wonder what it’s like,” he sings, “to be the rainmaker, to be a super hero, to be the head honcho.” But life doesn’t work out that way for him. Instead, he gets hassled by people. “I wish the real world would just stop hassling me,” he sings. He realizes that he must have someone who is a friend to him: “Please don’t change,” he begs such a friend, “please don’t break. The only thing that seems to work at all is you.” That idea of friendship is an important one—and as we think of our autobiography, our theme today, having one or two really good friends will help anyone’s life story.
Before them, we heard from Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, this time solo singing with R City or Rock City, that is a duo from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Theron and Timothy Thomas and their song, “Locked Away” from the year 2015. Their song is an important extended question about commitment, and phrased very well, a question that every serious couple should ask themselves. “If I got locked away,” they sing, “and we lost it all today, tell me honestly, would you still love me the same? If I showed you my flaws, if I couldn't be strong, tell me honestly, would you still love me the same? Right about now, if you ‘judge for life’ me, would you stay by my side? Or are you gonna say goodbye?” Such an important question for both of the people involved in the commitment, and when one is studying their autobiography, our theme today, it is a question that must be asked and answered a number of times.
An interesting mix of songs there. Get ready for more music from 2019 and then the remainder of the top 10. Let’s go to another good quote from my favorite author Mark Twain. “No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.” Dare I say, that we find evidence of that in our political parties. And my comment: idiots can never make a real commitment. I’m Fr. Mike, your host for this show which we call MATT, and we are on the airways on Mix 103.3 in Hays, KS and on the internet at www.hayspost.com. I hope you are still here when we come back in a few moments.
Hi again, everyone, this is “Message at the Top”, on Mix 103. Thank you for spending part of your Sunday with us. I am Fr. Mike, and our show gives you the top 10 songs of our area, as well as some great songs of the past. And what is amazing about them is that with a little bit of help, those songs can actually teach us something about ourselves and about our behavior. That aspect of behavior that we are talking about right now is what kind of good virtues should be described in our autobiographies.
Let’s stay in the year 2019, a year that we have been featuring with a number of songs today. This one is a song of begging another to care for him. “I'm going under,” he sings the thoughts of the man in the relationship, “and this time I fear there's no one to save me. This all or nothing really got a way of driving me crazy. I need somebody to heal, somebody to know, somebody to have, somebody to hold. I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain. Now the day bleeds into nightfall. And you're not here to get me through it all. I let my guard down and then you pulled the rug. I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved.” Breakups are very difficult, as you can sense from his pain in the song and we must be very careful about what we do and say after we suffer through them. In fact, part of our autobiographies will always contain some breakups, and one of the secrets of a good autobiography is that we will have handled painful breakups well. This is from Lewis Capaldi and his song from his album with the ominous title of “Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent”, and “Someone You Loved”, one of the top 20 of 2019, on MATT.
(triple) SOMEONE YOU LOVED / Lewis Capaldi
BE ALRIGHT/ Dean Lewis
YOU SAY / Lauren Daigle
Part 11
An incredible song for the pop music charts, hitting number 1 on most Christian music stations, Christian artist Lauren Daigle and her prayer actually that every young person should listen to, I believe, “You Say”, another song from 2019. She begins her song: “I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough. Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up. Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low? Remind me once again just who I am, because I need to know. You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing. You say I am strong when I think I am weak. You say I am held when I am falling short. When I don’t belong, You say that I am Yours. And I believe You say of me, I believe the only thing that matters now is everything You think of me. In You I find my worth, in You I find my identity.” A Christian clergyman like myself cannot say enough about songs such as these. In terms of our theme, one of the good virtues that should be mentioned in our autobiographies would be the belief in a Higher Power who will listen to us. Great song.
Before her, we heard from a singer / songwriter from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Mr. Dean Lewis and his song “Be Alright”also from 2019. It is a song of wondering what to do when your girlfriend has cheated. “I look up from the ground to see your sad eyes. You look away from me, and I see there’s something you’re trying to hide. And then you say to me you made a dumb mistake. And I feel the color draining from my face. And my friend said, ‘I know you love her, but it’s over. It doesn’t matter, put the phone away. It’s never easy to walk away. Let her go, it’ll be alright.” Smart friend and a little later he sings: “Nothing heals the past like time. They can’t steal the love you’re born to find.” Great advice, and it will be alright, but he has to make the move first to move on unless she really means her love this time. Part of the good virtues that should be part of our autobiographies, our theme today, is that we were able to judge the seriousness of the relationships we entered into.
And now, as is our custom, we close off our show with our top 3 songs as we speak. Here at number 3, the lady begins the song, “You said your phone was broken, just forgot to charge it; Did you just say you’re finished? Didn’t know we started. It’s all just so familiar, what do you call it? Stupid, or is it slow? Maybe it’s useless? But 2`there’s a cuter word for it, I know, Man-child. Why you always come a-running to me? Won’t you let an innocent woman be? Never heard of self-care, half your brain just ain’t there. Man-child, why you always come a-running, taking all my loving from me?” It is a song that is speaking of the immaturity of young adult love, especially men and it is a picture of what can happen when one is only out for fun in a relationship. In terms of our theme this morning, as we have mentioned, one of the good virtues that should be part of our autobiographies is the ability to work with relationships thatare merely fun relationships. From her latest album “Man’s Best Friend,” at number 3 this morning “Manchild”, Sabrina Carpenter on MATT.
(double) 3 MANCHILD / Sabrina Carpenter
2 GOOD NEWS / Shaboozey
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MATT presenting Collins Obinna Chibueze better known as Shaboozey, country and pop artist, from his album “Where I’ve Been Isn’t Where I’m Going: Deluxe edition,” and his latest song in the top 10 at number 2, “Good News”. It is a song about something that the person in the song wishes he had, but it’s a long way from him. “Man, what a hell of a year it’s been,” he begins the song, “keep on bluffin’, but I just can’t win, drowned my sorrows, but they learned to swim. Head in a bottle for my heart in a case. Yeah, it’s getting’ harder to act my age. Play a sad song on a tiny violin for the man at the bar confessin’ his sins. I need some good news; sittin here, sippin’ on cold truth. Nobody knows what I’m going through; bet the devil wouldn’t walk in my shoes; wish someone told me. Still stuck singin’ these blues. All I really need is a little good news. Love keeps knockin’, but I just stay home.” There is nothing but bad news for the man in the relationship. He needs to understand the fact that he must work with the thought of bad news in his relationships because bad news unfortunat3ly happens a lot.
And the number 1 song for twelve weeks in a row—getting close to the record of 14 weeks in a row, and a song that makes a distinction between an ordinary love and a SPECIAL ordinary love. He talks of an “ordinary” love relationship and says that what he has for a friend of his is not part of “the ordinary.” It comes from 25 year old Alexander Warren Hughes better known as Alex Warren from his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)” and his song “Ordinary”. He begins with the thought that everything is pretty much ordinary: “They say ‘The holy water’s watered down and this town’s lost its faith. Our colors will fade eventually.” But he has a solution; he continues: “So, if our time is runnin’ out day after day, we’ll make the mundane our masterpiece.” Right there is a great description of what happens when we realize how to make a good virtue out of every day living—we realize that we have moved from the mundane and have made our lives a masterpiece. Great song.
That rather interesting theme of finding the good virtues that would be part of our autobiographies was taken from Natasha Bedingfield and her excellent song “Unwritten” and we have tied in that idea with all of the situations of the songs of our show. I hope it made some sense to you. My prayer for you and me is that every one of us will seek the virtues that will add to our lives and therefore our autobiography. My thanks to our producer Jeff and sponsors, especially our sponsors at Hays Car and Truck Alignment, Holy Family Elementary School in Hays, and Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior and Senior High School in Hays. If you want to contact me by mail, I hope you do so at KJLS radio, Hays, KS, 67601 or my e-mail address is frmikescully@yahoo.com. My website is www.frmikescully.com where you will find some meditations on the Gospels and on these songs and some great movies and a transcript of this show. Our meditation today is on the song “Rather Be” by Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne. If you want to join us on the web, go to www.hayspost.com and click on Mix 103 at 10am every Sunday morning. One final thought, this one from my quote book marked anonymous: “Always borrow money from a pessimist, he doesn’t expect to be paid back.” I love it. As we close with Alex Warren’s song “Ordinary,” may I remind you that you are listening to today’s best music Mix 103, and our advice today among all the other points that we have said is to hold a good thought. From beautiful downtown Lawrence, KS, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Be safe, peace to you, and be good.
1 ORDINARY / Alex Warren
August 31, 2025
“Independent or Relationship”
Part 1
Hello, Central Kansas and around the world. Thank you for spending some of your time with us this mild summer Sunday morning and we celebrate together the final day and final Sunday of August, 2025. Happy Labor Day weekend to all of you. Welcome to MATT on today’s best music, Mix 103. It’s great to have you with us. I’m Fr. Mike, your host for MATT. We take the top 10 songs of the past 45 years, songs that we have played here on Mix 103 and we talk about their meanings and their applications to our lives in this often mixed-up complicated world of ours. Our motto here is: enjoy the music, and listen to the message, allowing that message to influence our lives for the better. Today, besides our top 10 we will hear songs from our past top 10’s as well, with people like Charlie Puth, Selena Gomez and Macklemore.
Our
lead song this morning is from newcomer Ravyn Lenae Washington or
simply Ravyn Lenae and her song from her latest album “Bird’s
Eye”, and her song “Love Me Not.” It will give us the
opportunity to talk about the diffculty in wanting to be in a
relationship but wanting to be independent as well. “See, right
now,” she begins her song, “I
need you, I'll meet you somewhere now; slow down, be cool, I miss
you, come here now. I need you right now, once I leave you I'm strung
out;
if
I get you, I'm slowly breaking down. Oh, it's hard to see you, but I
wish you were right here. Oh, it's hard to leave you when I get you
everywhere. All this time I'm thinking we could never be a pair; Oh,
no, I don't need you, but I miss you, come here. He love me not, he
loves me. He holds me tight, then lets me go.”
One of the more difficult times in a love relationship is the time immediately before the decision is made to make a permanent commitment mainly because both are giving up their independence and freedom. Generally speaking, we like our independence, but at the same time, we like the fact of choosing a commitment that will bind loved ones together. Let’s talk about those facts with our songs this Labor Day weekend. And it’s interesting to talk of “Labor” with this topic. Because it is such a difficult choice, it really is “labor” to finally make it.
This is our lead song today at number 6 in our top 10, Ravyn Lenae and her song “Love Me Not” on MATT.
(double) 6 LOVE ME NOT / Ravyn Lenae
IS IT OVER NOW / Taylor Swift
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Arguably, the most popular artist in the world right now, Taylor Swift, from her album “1989”, “Is It Over Now?” on MATT. It is a song about the aftermath of a failed relationship and the complicatad feelings that that situation generates. “Once the flight had flown with the wilt of the rose,” she sings, “I slept all alone; you still wouldn’t go. Let’s fast forward to 300 takeout coffees later; you dream of my mouth before it called you a lying traitor; you search in every maiden’s bed for control, red blood, white snow, blue dress on a boat, your new girl is my clone. And did you think I didn’t see you? I think about jumping off of very tall somethings just to see you come running and say the one thing I’ve been wanting, but no.” It is an on-again-off-again relationship and it leaves her wondering “Is it over now?” but she ultimately accepts that it has ended. It is part of our theme today as we consider the fact that we want independence, but we also want commitment.
Our first triple play of the day begins with a song that was popular in both 2022 and 2023 and is the story in song of just what the title says, bad habits. The song’s conclusion although unwritten is that bad habits will never take away a problem. And that is a pretty good conclusion to remember as I judge things anyway. The man in the relationship’s problem is that the lady of the relationship has led him to her through bad habits: “Every time you come around, you know I can’t say no, every time the sun goes down, I let you take control. I can feel the paradise before my world implodes, and tonight had something wonderful. My bad habits lead to late nights ending alone, conversations with a stranger I barely know, swearing this will be the last, but it probably won’t. I’ve got nothing left to lose, or use, or do—my bad habits lead to wide eyes stare into space, and I know I lose control of the things that I say. I was looking for a way out, now I can’t escape. My bad habits lead to you.” It sounds as though things are not going to work out between the two, and in terms of our theme, the reason is probably that both want to hold on to their freedom and bad habits a little longer. This is from the album which is an equals sign from Ed Sheeran and his song “Bad Habits” on MATT.
(triple) BAD HABITS / Ed Sheeran
WISH YOU THE BEST / Lewis Capaldi
10 PINK PONY CLUB / Chappell Roan
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MATT presenting there the Grammy artist of the year, Ms Kayleigh Rose Amstutz better known as Chappell Roan, and her song at number 10 this week “Pink Pony Club” on MATT. It is a song about a place, Los Angeles, and a special little place in LA, a club, and her mother is not happy about it. “I know you wanted me to stay, “she sings to her mother, “But I can't ignore the crazy visions of me in LA. I heard that there's a special place. I'm having wicked dreams of leaving Tennessee. Oh, Santa Monica, I swear it's calling me. Won't make my mama proud. It's gonna cause a scene. She sees her baby girl, I know she's gonna scream--what have you done. You're a pink pony girl and you dance at the club. Oh mama, I'm just having fun on the stage in my heels. It's where I belong down at the Pink Pony Club.” She really isn’t interested in too many serious things yet in her life—she’s just not there yet. In terms of our theme, she is certainly being independent in her thinking.
Before her, we heard from Lewis Capaldi and his song “Wish You the Best” from his album “Broken by Desire to be Heavenly Sent” from 2023: “I miss knowing what you’re thinking,” the boyfriend says in the song,” and hearing how your day has been. Do you think you can tell me everything? But leave out every part about him. Right now, you’re probably by the ocean while I’m still out here in the rain. Maybe it’s supposed to be this way. But oh, my love, I wanna say, ‘I miss the green in your eyes’ and when I said we could be friends, guess I lied. I wanna say ‘I wish you never left,’ But instead, I only wish you the best. I wanna say, ‘Without you, everything’s wrong’ and you were everything I need all along. I wanna say ‘I wish that you never left’, but instead, I only wish you the best.” To me it is an unbelievable attitude—he has broken up with her, and it was difficult, of course, but he has accepted it and moved on with very good thinking. And it seems that he will go back to his independent lifestyle, our theme today, rather easily which is not something easy to do.
Our theme of independence or commitment came from Ravyn Lenae’s song “Love Me Not.” Get ready for the music of top 10 from Sabrina Carpenter and Gracie Abrams as well as music from 5SOS, The Chainsmokers and Rema. And, thanks to my trusty quote book, as usual, I have a thought for you to close this session. This one comes from Mr. or Mrs. Anonymous: “It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your pride.” That is a great thought. You’ve got today’s best music Mix 103 on your dial right now; I’m your host Fr. Mike, and you are in tune / with the MATT music network.
We continue on the MATT music network on Mix 103. Welcome back to the only top 10 show of its kind in these parts, maybe in the whole world. We look at the meanings of the songs we play in the hopes that you and I can learn to live better as we follow our motto to enjoy the music and especially to listen to the message. I’m Fr. Mike, your host, and it is so good to have you with us today. We are using a theme of wanting independence even as we want to make a permanent commitment. Let’s see how that theme fits in with a song from The Chainsmokers and Halsey from 2017.
It is a love story of a couple who meet again after being four years apart. The man in the relationship met the woman, and it fell apart at first for some reason. Then he met her again: “Now you’re looking pretty,” they sing, “in a hotel bar.” He can’t stop himself as he sings, and their relationship seems to take off again. He sings, “Pull me closer in the back seat of your Rover that I know you can’t afford. You look as good as the day I met you.” It is a love that seems to happen too quickly in my opinion, both at first and then four years later. Young relationships can blossom over time but we must keep our independence as we develop the love relationship. The song is a former number 1 from The Chainsmokers along with Halsey. The Chainsmokers are DJ Andrew Taggert who is also singing in the song and Alex Pall, the song featuring Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, better known as Halsey, and their song “Closer” on MATT.
(double) CLOSER / The Chainsmokers f/ Halsey
8 THAT’S SO TRUE / Gracie Abrams
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Our number 8 song on our countdown today from this young lady’s first album “The Secret of Us,” newcomer American singer/songwriter Gracie Abrams and her song “That’s So True” on MATT. It is a song of intense jealousy. “I could go and read your mind,” she addresses her words to her ex-boyfriend, “Think about your dumb face all the time. Living in your glass house, I’m outside, Looking into big blue eyes. Did you do it just to hurt me, make me cry, Smiling through it all? Yeah, that's my life. You're an idiot, Now I'm sure. Now I'm positive. I should go and warn her. Bet you're thinking, ‘She's so cool,’ Kicking back on your couch, making eyes from across the room. Wait, I think I've been there too.” Every romantic relationship is a risk. You really don’t know how it will turn out. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes, it’s a bitter disappointment and only an immature attempt at love as in that song. In terms of our theme, the lady in the relationship has been really hurt in a relationship of the past, and has chosen to be independent for a while, and that’s fine, but perhaps she should be a bit less bitter.
Let’s set up another triple play and begin it with a song about a relationship which is not going very well at all. The group sings: “Remember the words you told me, ‘love me till the day I die’, Surrender my everything ‘cause you made me believe you’re mine. Yeah, you used to call me baby, now you’re calling me by name. You push and I’m pulling away from you. I give and you take. Youngblood, say you want me out of your life, but you need it, all of the time. Youngblood, say you want me back in your life, so I’m just a dead man crawling tonight ‘cause I need it all of the time.” So, a relationship that is pretty messed up. And the reason why it is messed up is given at the very beginning of the song: the words that Youngblood said to him did not have the meaning they should have had. This is a song from 2018 the group 5SOS or also known as 5 Seconds of Summer who were formed in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 2011, and their song “Youngblood” on MATT.
(triple) YOUNGBLOOD / 5SOS
CALM DOWN / Rema f/ Selena Gomez
4 MANCHILD / Sabrina Carpenter
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From her latest album “Man’s Best Friend,” at number 4 this morning “Manchild”, Sabrina Carpenter on MATT. She begins the song, “You said your phone was broken, just forgot to charge it; Did you just say you’re finished? Didn’t know we started. It’s all just so familiar, what do you call it? Stupid, or is it slow? Maybe it’s useless? But there’s a cuter word for it, I know, Man-child. Why you always come a-running to me? Won’t you let an innocent woman be? Never heard of self-care, half your brain just ain’t there. Man-child, why you always come a-running, taking all my loving from me?” It is a song that is speaking of the immaturity of young adult love, especially men and it is a picture of what can happen when one is only out for fun in a relationship. It certainly is a way of maintaining independence since she is not ready to be involved with that man, to be sure.
Before her, we heard from Nigerian singer Rema and Selena Gomez from Rema’s album “Rave and Roses” and the song “Calm Down”, number 6 of all the songs of 2024 on MATT, a song of being led to find l0ve at one time in the singer’s life. It started at a party, he says, where he saw a girl who stood out from other girls, but her friends didn’t approve, but afterwards they did get together. He begins the song “Baby, calm down, girl this your body is put in my heart for lockdown. You sweet like Fanta. If I tell you, say, ‘I love you’, you know they tell me ‘no.’ Finally, I find way to talk to the girl but her friends gum her like chewing gum.” And she says, “Yeah, I know I look shy but for you I get down.” I put some words into English there because with the song, my knowledge of this type of music is pretty limited, to say the least. Be that as it may, it seems to be a story of the ability that everyone of us have to choose how to have fun and fall in love, or in terms of our theme, when to remain independent and when to make the relationship real.
That theme of remaining independent or joining a committed relationship came from newcomer Ravyn Lenae and her song “Love Me Not.” We have another hour to go yet today with MATT. In fact, get ready for people like Morgan Wallen and Katy Perry. Popular music always has a message, and the songs of popular music always contain something to talk about, and we will continue to do just that in a couple of minutes. First, a little break, and before the break a thought from Christian author C. S. Lewis: “A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and of course, as long as you are looking down, you can’t see something that’s above you.” Now, that’s one great insight, Mr. Lewis. And the person who is looking down on others will often make mistakes in relationships. I’m Fr. Mike, inviting you to keep your dial right there as we continue shortly / on the MATT music network on today’s best music Mix 103.
We continue with the only top 10 show of its kind in this area as we celebrate the last day of August 2025. Happy Labor Day weekend everyone. It is great to have you with us on 100,000 watts of power, and the show we have labeled MATT, the show that takes only the top 10 of today and yesterday, and discovers just what their messages are, often giving us some thoughts to live by. Our motto is to enjoy the music, and listen to the message, allowing that message to influence our lives for the better. My name is Fr. Mike, your host, and we are featuring the thought of Ravyn Lenae this morning from her song “Love Me Not,” and we are studying the songs of our show in light of remaining independent or joining a committed relationship.
And let’s begin our second hour together this Labor Day weekend with our number 5 song on our playlist, the song that has been in our top 10 for the longest time recently. It is a song about true commitment to one another. “I just woke up from a dream,” they sing, “Where you and I had to say goodbye; and I don't know what it all means, but since I survived, I realized wherever you go, that's where I'll follow. Nobody's promised tomorrow, so I'ma love you every night like it's the last night. If the world was ending, I'd wanna be next to you. If the party was over and our time on earth was through, I'd wanna hold you just for a while and die with a smile.” So, as I say, words of strong commitment, but there had been struggles, it seems. They sing, “Lost in the words that we scream, I don't even wanna do this anymore 'cause you already know what you mean to me. And our love's the only war worth fighting for.” It seems that the couple was close to a breakup before, but they did some serious thinking and some strong communication, probably, and they remained together, and no doubt they were able to overcome every problem in their commitment to one another, and celebrating then and there a great moment together. This is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta or Lady Gaga along with Peter Gene Hernandez that is Bruno Mars, and their song of the year this year “Die With a Smile” at number 5 this week on MATT.
(triple) 5 DIE WITH A SMILE / Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
GOOD OLD DAYS / Maclemore f/ Kesha
9 WHAT I WANT / Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae
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From Morgan Wallen’s album “I’m the Problem”, Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae and their song “What I Want”, number 9 on MATT this morning. It is a song about having fun. “She said ‘You don’t want this heart, boy, it’s already broke’” they sing, “told me everything she touch / just goes up in smoke, only stay a couple nights, then she’s gonna be gone. I said, ‘Baby, that’s what I want. And you ain’t gotta worry ‘bout no trust issues with me. I got ‘em too; you ain’t gotta worry ‘bout no exes that’s crazy, I got ‘em too. If you’re in a hurry, nah, you ain’t gonna hurt me tonight and it won’t be the worst thing if this is all it is and in the middle of a kiss.” The couple is only beginning their relationship and it sounds like they are being totally honest with each other, and they are not ready to be serious yet. And they are okay with that. It is an immature relationship, but it is something they are enjoying. In terms of our theme this week, they are staying with their independence rather than getting together in commitment because they are simply not ready for it.
Before them, we heard from Benjamin Hammond Hagerty better known as Macklemore and with him is Kesha Rose Sebert better known as Ke$ha and their song “Good Old Days” from 2017 from Macklemore’s album “Gemini”. It is an excellent song about the magic of the good old days, basically saying we must live in the present and realize that what we did in the past is affecting what we do today. “I wish somebody would have told me,” Ke$ha begins the song, “someday, there will be the good old days, all the love you won’t forget and all these reckless nights you won’t regret—someday soon, your whole life’s gonna change.” In the rap part of the song, Macklemore says, “Now look at where we are, still growing up. Now that I’m here, wishing for those good old days.” Some great philosophy in the song, telling us that remembering the past is good, but we will always be able to remember the past—what we must do now is live well. “Been scared of the future, thinking about the past while missing out on now,” they sing. Thinking of it with our theme, there have been times of the past when we were pretty independent and times no doubt together with another in some relationship, and we can learn some pretty good things from both of those memories.
Yet another triple play will grace these airwaves again, and this one begins with a song about greed. The lady in the relationship is singing about a boyfriend who doesn’t understand her at all, but she does understand herself. “He says, ‘Are you serious,’” she begins her song speaking of the boyfriend in the relationship; “I’ve tried,” he continues, “but I can’t figure out; I’ve been next to you all night and still don’t know what you’re about.” But she says, “I would want myself. Please believe me. I’ll put you through hell just to know me, so sure of yourself, don’t get greedy—that stuff won’t end
well.” I changed the words a little. She said of the song that it is about confidence and about female empowerment. In terms of our theme, she is singing of her independence, but is willing to join a serious relationship. From her album “Think Later” from last year, this is “Greedy”, Ms. Tate McRae again singing solo this time on MATT.
(triple) GREEDY / Tate McRae
PART OF ME / Katy Perry
7 UNDRESSED / Sombr
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That was another newcomer on the music scene these days, Shane Michael Boose, that is Sombr, and his song at number 7 this week “Undressed” on MATT. It is a song of pain because of a breakup that the man in the song did not realize was happening, it seems. “You had a dream,” he begins his song, “you wanted better. I’m lookin’ at you, you’re lookin’ at me, but the glimmer in your eyes is saying that you wanna leave. You say you don’t mean what you’re sayin’ to me, but the glimmer in your eyes is telling me other things. I took the train to see my mother, I look across the tracks to see you with another. There’s nothing worse than seeing your lover movin’ on while you still suffer. I don’t wanna get undressed with a new person all over again.” In terms of our theme, the man in the relationship is being forced into an independent lifestyle again, our theme today, because he suddenly has no chance of a permanent relationship—with that girl, anyway.
Before them, MATT presented Ms. Katy Perry from her album “Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection,” and her song “Part of Me”. The person in the song has been hurt by her boyfriend, but she is saying something quite true—she will survive. “Days like this,” the lady of the relationship sings, “I want to drive away, you chewed me up and spit me out like I was poison in your mouth. But that was then and this is now. This is the part of me that you’re never gonna ever take from me. Throw your sticks and your stones, throw your bombs and your blows, but you’re never gonna break my soul.” We have to always look at the fact that we have the wherewithal to survive even difficult breakups. And we will if we manage to develop our independent feelings well, our theme today.
Which brings us to another momentary break in the music and message. Get ready during our final segment for songs from Charlie Puth along with the top 3 songs in our nation right now. Here is a thought that comes from Mr. Will Rogers who died in 1935: “Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.” Well said Mr. Rogers, which means we must do more than simply talk about things in order to live well. Stay with us as we pursue a theme that has come from Ravyn Lenae’s song “Love Me Not.” This is MATT on Mix 103.
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Part 10
Welcome back to MATT on Mix 103. I am Fr. Mike, and we are beginning the final segment of our show this Labor Day weekend. We take the songs of the top 10 of today and yesterday, and we speak about the messages of those songs, those messages often giving us some good thoughts to live by. Our motto as always is to enjoy the music of our show and this great radio station, and at the same time, listen to the message so that our lives can be a bit better than they are now.
And we are up to a segment 10 presentation of a young man who was born in Rumson, New Jersey in 1991. He is a singer, songwriter and record producer, and his first song here is a song of a person who understands that his partner in the relationship is not serious with him, and that all she wants, as he says, is attention. “You’ve been runnin’ around throwin’ that dirt all on my name ‘cause you knew that I’d call you up. I know that dress is karma, perfume regret. You got me thinking ‘bout when you were mine. You just want attention; you don’t want my heart. Maybe you just hate the thought of me with someone new. Yeah, you just want attention. What are you doin’ to me?” He knows what she is doing, but he still doesn’t want to let go of the relationship. In terms of our theme, he is hurting both his independence and his desire to be with another because he is not facing the problem. This is Charles Otto Puth Jr., that is Charlie Puth from his album “Voicenotes” from 2017 and his song “Attention” on MATT.
(triple) ATTENTION / Charlie Puth
WE DON’T TALK ANYMORE / Charlie Puth f/ Selena Gomez
ONE CALL AWAY / Charlie Puth
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The song featured tomorrow on my website www.frmikescully.com, Charlie Puth again and his song “One Call Away” on MATT. It camw from the album “Nine Track Mind” from 2015. He sings in the song “I’m only one call away, I'm only one call away; I'll be there to save the day. Superman’s got nothing on me. I'm only one call away. Call me if you need a friend. I just wanna give you love. Reaching out to you, so take a chance. Come along with me and don't be scared. I just wanna set you free. You and me can make it anywhere. For now, we can stay here for a while 'cause you know, I just wanna see you smile.” It seems the man in the relationship would like it to turn into a real relationship but for right then, he was just interested in making her feel good. He is hanging on to his independence, but will soon move into a relationship it seems, our theme today.
Before him, him again, Charlie Puth together with Selena Gomez and their song “We Don’t Talk Anymore” also from Charlie Puth’s album “Nine Track Mind”. It is a song that says that because of the lack of communication, there can be no love. In the song, the man in the relationship has recently learned that his girlfriend is with another man, and he knows that he should just move on, but he doesn’t. As he looks back at their relationship, he knows that it was just a game, and there’s every reason to move on to another relationship. It’s interesting because the lady in the relationship is saying the same thing, and therefore it is a very mixed up relationship. And it all began with the fact that they don’t talk the way they should. As I have said on this show many times because communication comes up so often—one of the things that people must understand is how to communicate with each other whether one is being independent or part of a committed relationship, our theme today.
As we customarily do, we close off our show with the top 3 songs right now. They begin with a song of the man in a relationship just having fun or being totally immature which eventually causes a breakup. I’ve said before that it is a song whose story is told for all practical purposes by its title. He’s waiting for his current fiancee, meets an old flame, realizes that she, the old flame, is the one that he currently likes, and promptly breaks up with the one he is waiting for. In terms of our theme this week, the song is a statement of independence—he doesn’t seem to care about hurting someone in a previous relationship. It is the type of independence that hurts someone else, and one must be very careful with that situation because it leads to too much selfishness. From his album “American Heart,” and the song, “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else”, Benson Boone, number 3 on our top 10 this week on MATT.
(double) 3 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE / Benson Boone
2 GOOD NEWS / Shaboozey
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MATT presenting Collins Obinna Chibueze better known as Shaboozey, country and pop artist, from his album “Where I’ve Been Isn’t Where I’m Going: Deluxe edition,” and his latest song in the top 10 at number 2, “Good News”. It is a song about something that the person in the song wishes he had, but it’s a long way from him. “Man, what a hell of a year it’s been,” he begins the song, “keep on bluffin’, but I just can’t win, drowned my sorrows, but they learned to swim. Head in a bottle for my heart in a case. Yeah, it’s getting’ harder to act my age. Play a sad song on a tiny violin for the man at the bar confessin’ his sins. I need some good news; sittin here, sippin’ on cold truth. Nobody knows what I’m going through; bet the devil wouldn’t walk in my shoes; wish someone told me. Still stuck singin’ these blues. All I really need is a little good news. Love keeps knockin’, but I just stay home.” There is nothing but bad news for the man in the relationship. He needs to understand the fact that he can do something about bringing about some good news, and that is something that he can do in his own way, showing his independence, our theme today, in helping himself.
And the number 1 song for eleven weeks in a row—getting close to the record of 14 weeks in a row, and a song that makes a distinction between an ordinary love and a SPECIAL ordinary love. He talks of an “ordinary” love relationship and says that what he has for a friend of his is not part of “the ordinary.” It comes from 25 year old Alexander Warren Hughes better known as Alex Warren from his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)” and his song “Ordinary”. He begins with the thought that everything is pretty much ordinary: “They say ‘The holy water’s watered down and this town’s lost its faith. Our colors will fade eventually.” But he has a solution; he continues: “So, if our time is runnin’ out day after day, we’ll make the mundane our masterpiece.” Right there is a great description of what happens when we realize that we are moving into a relationship involving commitment to another—we realize that we have moved from the mundane and have made our lives a masterpiece. Good song.
And there you have it, the top popular songs of this area according to Mediabase 24-7 and KJLS-FM along with their meanings. It has been a good theme today and something we all should think about: being independent in life as well as being together in a shared commitment. My prayer for you and me is that we will be able to develop well, no matter what our choice of a way of life. My thanks to our producers and sponsors, especially our sponsors at Holy Family Elementary School in Hays, Hays Car and Truck Alignment, and Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior and Senior High School in Hays, all made up of great people. If you want to contact me by mail, I hope you do so at KJLS radio, Hays, KS, 67601 or my e-mail address is frmikescully@yahoo.com. My website is www.frmikescully.com where you will find some good meditations on the Gospels and songs and movies and a transcript of the show. You can join us on the web every Sunday morning at 10 by tuning to www.hayspost.com, and choosing Mix 103. A final quote to lead us out of our show today from an anonymous author again: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” That is, we have to do more to bring about good things than merely talk about it. Yes, indeed. As we close with Alex Warren and his number 1 song “Ordinary”, may I remind you that you are listening to today’s best music on Mix 103, and as you do, I hope you hold a good thought. Thanks for your time today. I hope your Labor Day weekend is a great one! From beautiful downtown Lawrence, KS, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Stay safe, peace to you, and be good.
1 ORDINARY / Alex Warren