KJLS-FM 103.3 10am Sundays
June 7, 2026
Revenge and Hatred
Part 1
Hello, Central Kansas and around the world! Happy closing days of Spring as we are almost beginning Summer; welcome to Mix 103’s unique top 10 show, “Message at the Top”. I am Fr. Mike, your host. This program at Mix 103 continues to give you only the very best in radio entertainment, / by including not only the popular songs of today and yesterday, but we also seek to find meaning within them, meaning that can inspire and challenge each of our lives. Our motto throughout the show is to enjoy the music and listen to the message so that the message can help us live a little better. As usual, we have music from the present and the past all warmed up on these fancy computers, and we are all set to bring them to you. Last week the number 1 song was from Bruno Mars. We’ll see if he stays there.
Today is Iggy Azalea’s birthday. Her real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly and she is 36 years old today. She hails from Sydney Australia and has won all kinds of music awards. One of her songs that she sings with Rita Ora gave me the incentive I needed to learn about Black Widow spiders.
The name of her song in 2014 is “Black Widow,” and the person in the song wants to "get back" at a former love partner, and the way she proposes / is to be like a black widow spider. “I’m gonna love ya until you hate me,” the lady in the relationship begins, “And I’m gonna show ya what’s really crazy. You should’ve known better than to mess with me, honey. I’m gonna love ya like a black widow.”
So, I looked up what that meant. The black widow spider is known for its venomous bite, especially the female. Not only that, the female is a sexual cannibal, and will eat the male after mating, hence the name “widow” spider. It is a very interesting study. What the lady is saying is that the relationship is not only over, but it will be one that the other person will remember for a long time, and it will not be a pleasant memory, just as the bite of a Black Widow is never pleasant.
There is little doubt that one of the most difficult times in a person's life is when a love relationship fails in some way. It happens when one of the partners decides that he/she wants to have the opportunity to search around a little more, or when one of them begins to sense that the relationship is not what it should be. Rejection, even when someone only thinks it is rejection, is not easy to take. In order to make the human being "feel better," there will be some desire to retaliate, to become the black widow, and to punish the other in some way.
Revenge and hatred have no place in a Christian's point of view, and therefore cannot be a part of a Christian's life, even in the most difficult of personal situations. Therefore often the Christian cannot agree with the thought of songs like this. And given the nature of our world and our natural desire to “get back” at others, Christians should not agree with the thought of revenge and hatred that is often present. But unfortunately, often they do.
Let’s spend some time this morning with the thought of revenge and hatred and think of some other possible solutions. Rita Ora is a British singer/songwriter/actress, and together she and Iggy Azalea sing from the year 2014, from Iggy Azalea’s album “The New Classic,” the song “Black Widow” on MATT.
(double) BLACK WIDOW / Iggy Azalea f/Rita Ora
FANCY / Iggy Azalea f/ Charli XCX
Part 2
A double play from Iggy Azalea, this time featuring Charlotte Emma Aitchison, that is, Charli XCX, and their song “Fancy” also from the year 2014 on MATT. Happy birthday to Iggy Azalea. The song is also from her album “The New Classic” and is a song of pride on being with it in the culture of today. The song gives a little view of what the songwriters think of the world today. You have to listen closely to the rap part to see what that is. According to them it is the pleasure of the use of alcohol, the possession of money, selfish pride, and sexual pleasure but the refrain is, “I’m so fancy. You already know I’m in the fast lane from LA to Tokyo. I’m so fancy, can’t you taste this gold? Remember my name, ‘bout to blow.” The culture of today is indeed fast lane and interested in the gold, as she sings. We have to be interested in that culture, to be sure—it is part of our world, but we have to be very careful with it, I believe. It is almost accepted practice in that culture that we become revengeful and hate some things, our theme today, and in the long run, that will only hurt us.
Let’s go to our current top 10 right now, beginning with number 10 and a song that keeps hanging around our top 10. It is from the songs of meaning of 2025 and a song about a man in a relationship talking of the lifestyle of each of the partners. His own is a late-night one along with a little too much relaxation / and the partner is an early bird with a cautious lifestyle. “It can’t be said I’m an early bird, it’s ten o’clock before I say a word. I can never tell how you sleep so well. You keep telling me to live right, to go to bed before the daylight, but then you wake up for the sunrise. But while in this world, I think I’ll take my whiskey neat, my coffee black and my bed at three. You’re too sweet for me.” We have mentioned before that opposites sometimes attract when people are discovering love, but not often, and too often those situations end up in revenge and hatred, our theme today. From his extended play “Unheard” this is Andrew John Hozier-Byrne better known as Hozier, and his song “Too Sweet” on MATT.
(triple) 10 TOO SWEET / Hozier
ANTI-HERO / Taylor Swift
9 AMERICAN GIRLS / Harry Styles
Part 3
Harry Styles from his album “Kiss All the Time, Disco Occasionally,” his song “American Girls” number 9 this morning on MATT. It is a philosophical thought about dating. Harry Styles said that the song gave him the opportunity to look at his own dating patterns. “Right at home with perfect timing,” he begins his song, “A face that knows her perfect lighting ‘cause time will show that you should try it, those American girls you spend your life with. I’ve known you for ages, it’s all that I’ve heard. My friends are in love with American girls; I’ve seen it in stages all over the world. Her sweet eyes, your temptations don’t deny her frustrations. Just spend your life with those American girls.” He sees that his friends are all getting married as he continues his dating process. In terms of our theme this week, understanding our dating pattern well will keep us from hatred and revenge.
Before him, Taylor Swift for the first time on our show today from her album “Midnights,” and the song “Anti-Hero”, a song on my website www.frmikescully.com on Tuesday from 2022 and the latest song of my top 6 songs since 1980 with the most meaning. It is a great teaching song because it talks about the negatives of a person’s life, and the desire to get rid of them. The video acts it out very well. There’s no better explanation than in Taylor Swift’s own words: “This song is a real guided tour throughout all of the things I tend to hate about myself. We all hate things about ourselves. It's all of those aspects of the things we dislike and like about ourselves that we have to come to terms with if we're going to be this person. So, I like "Anti-Hero" a lot because I think it’s really honest.” In the words of the song: “I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser. Midnights become my afternoons when my depression works the graveyard shift. All of the people I’ve ghosted stand there in the room. I should not be left to my own devices; they come with prices and vices, I end up in crisis, I wake up screaming from dreaming. One day I’ll watch as you’re leaving ‘cause you got tired of my scheming. It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.” And some great words in the song with the story of a life gone bad because of “the monster on the hill” as she calls her bad self, the self who is causing the problems. Without actually saying it, although it is clear from the song: she teaches us that we are the ones who are making bad choices, but we can reform if we want. And, in terms of our theme, part of what we can do is get rid of any revenge or hatred in our lives.
We will continue our presentation of songs from the top 10 from today and yesterday after these messages. Get ready for music from Sombr and Huntr/X in our top 10, as well as music from Myles Smith, Lana Del Rey and the band Clean Bandit. May I take you to break with a thought from Bobby Layne, once upon a time NFL quarterback—I love this because it an immensely positive statement. He had lost a game, and the media was on him calling it his fault. His response: “I never lost a game. I just ran out of time.” Right on, Bobby. Time teaches a bunch of things, like negatives revenge and hatred that really hurt you in the long run. Your dial is set for “Message at the Top”; may I implore you to keep it there. As MacArthur, we will return!
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Part 4
Hi, everyone. You are in tune with “Message at the Top,” your top 10 show that plays songs from the current top 10, but also great songs of meaning from past top 10’s as well. Welcome back to the songs that make us think—truly think. We take the top 10 of the past 46 years including the present day, study their messages, and then call our show MATT. Happy almost Summer to all of you. Our plea to you is to enjoy the music and listen to the message. I’m your host, Fr. Mike. It’s great to have you here. We’re concentrating on a theme from a song from birthday person today Iggy Azalea together with Rita Ora, and their song “Black Widow.”
Another song featured on my website this week—on Friday, is up next for us. 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 such a feeling is a great feeling for a young person, our theme today, but it has to be real. Which means that there can be no revenge or hatred connected with it. This is British singer/songwriter Myles Smith from his extended play “A Minute…” from 2024 and his song “Stargazing”, former number 1 on MATT.
(double) STARGAZING / Myles Smith
8 GOLDEN / Huntr/X
Part 5
The song at number 8 this week, former number 1, “Golden” on MATT from three Korean young ladies named Huntr/X. It is from the soundtrack of the best animated feature of this year according to the Academy Awards, “KPop Demon Hunters” the name of it. It is the theme of the Netflix film that follows them who lead double lives facing off against a rival boys band, the Saja boys whose members are secretly demons. The words recall that story. “We’re going up, it’s our moment. You know together we’re glowin, gonna be golden. I’m done hidin’ now, I’m shinin’ like I’m born to be, oh, our time, no fears, no lies, that’s who we’re born to be.” It is a song of determination to do the right thing, and in terms of our theme, the right thing is to stay away from revenge and hatred in our lives.
Remaining in our countdown, let’s go to a song of desire for the girlfriend of someone else. “You leave me filled with regret,” he sings, “at the end of the night. I always find myself wondering why. Do you got plans for life? ‘Cause I don’t wanna just romance tonight. I wanna see you in another light—with rhythm, there is rhyme. With you, there always can be I. I don’t wanna talk down on your lover, I don’t wanna be a homewrecker. I just know I can be better, I don’t wanna be a broken record. We lay and contemplate—just one more round of love before you go home to another one.” The love that he wants just may come to be, as the video shows, but before it happens, there will have to be some compromise to work things out, not to mention that he has to make a decision of which one to pursue in a relationship. One of the most important decisions that we make in our lives is whether to marry, and who to marry, and in the process we have to stay way from the evil of hurting another, and causing things like hatred and revenge, our theme today. It is the first song for sombr on our countdown this morning, “Homewrecker”, number 7 on MATT.
(triple) 7 HOMEWRECKER / Sombr
SUMMERTIME SADNESS / Lana Del Rey 13
RATHER BE / Clean Bandit f/ Jess Glynne
Part 6
The band Clean Bandit there singing with British singer/songwriter Jessica Hannah Glynne better known as Jess Glynne and their song “Rather Be” from their album “New Eyes” on MATT. They are a British group formed in Cambridge, England in 2009, and their song is another song of devotion to another while the interesting video goes another direction. “We’re a thousand miles from comfort; we have traveled land and sea, but as long as you are with me, there’s no place I’d rather be. I would wait forever, exalted in the scene. As long as I am with you, my heart continues to beat. If you gave me a chance I would take it; it’s a shot in the dark, but I’ll make it. Know with all of your heart, you can’t shame me.” It is another song in which you don’t know how the other feels, but if it is the same way as the one singing, you can count on the fact that there will be no revenge or hatred in their relationship, our theme today.
Before them, we heard another song from my website as given on Saturday, from Elizabeth Woolridge Grant better known as Lana Del Rey from her album “Born to Die,” her song of 2013, “Summertime Sadness”. It is a song of someone going away from the love situation. “Kiss me hard before you go” she sings. “Summertime sadness. I just wanted you to know that you’re the best. I got my red dress on tonight, dancing in the dark in the pale moonlight, done my hair up real big beauty-queen style, high heels off, I’m feeling alive. I feel it in the air, telephone wires above are sizzling like a snare. I’m on fire, I feel it everywhere, nothing scares me anymore. I’ve got that summertime sadness.” The lady in the relationship is going away and will not return and is leaving the situation probably because of a love that did not work out. That often happens in relationships, of course, and one of the problems with it is that revenge and hatred, our theme today, may come about in the relationship, and life will not be good, at least for a while.
Always great stuff to think about here, and we have great stuff to go yet. The title of MATT today is “Revenge and Hatred.” Iggy Azalea gave us the thought from her song “Black Widow”. Our next 60 minutes of music and message will explore that theme with great top 10 music from our remaining top 10 and music from people like the band Coldplay and Taylor Swift again. Here to lead you to break is a thought from Shelley Winters: she was correcting someone who had the courage to speak their mind and call her “a little overweight,” she said: “I’m not overweight, I’m just nine inches too short.” The truth is always important and essential and if we have it, there will usually be very little revenge and hatred. Yes, indeed. I’m Fr. Mike for “Message at the Top”. Don’t even think about touching that dial!
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Part 7
We are back, as we celebrate the first Sunday of June with you, Spring on its way out, Summer looking at us. I hope today is a good one for you. This is “Message at the Top” on Mix 103. I’m Fr. Mike, ready to lead you through the second hour of our show today, playing and speaking about all of our songs working on a theme which takes the songs’ meanings, and ties them into the thought—on our show today—of revenge and hatred. Thanks for joining us.
Let’s begin our second hour this morning with another song which is on my website this week, in fact, today from Dua Lipa. It is a song about strong feelings for another, in fact, feeling like she is floating or levitating in his presence. “If you wanna run away with me,” she sings, “I know a galaxy and I can take you for a ride. I had a premonition that we fell into a rhythm where the music don’t stop for life, glitter in the sky, glitter in my eyes, shining just the way I like. If you’re feeling like you need a little bit of company, you met me at the perfect time. You want me, I want you, I’m levitating, the milky way, we’re renegading.” As I say, strong feelings for another, and it is obvious at that time anyway, that she means to keep those feelings active and there will be no revenge or hatred, our theme today. But she must be careful because feelings tend to change quickly. This is Dua Lipa and her song “Levitating” from 2020 from her album “Future Nostalgia”, former number 1 on MATT.
(triple) LEVITATING / Dua Lipa 7
SHAKE IT OFF / Taylor Swift
6 ORDINARY / Alex Warren
Part 8
From his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid” that was Alexander Warren Hughes or simply Alex Warren, and his song “Ordinary”, number 6 on our countdown this week on MATT. It is a song that has been on our countdown the longest since it has been in the top 10 for a complete year plus. As I have said, it is a song about the opposite of its title. It is about what is not ordinary in life as it talks of an “ordinary” love relationship and says that what he has for a friend of his is not part of “the 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 how to make life a little better and stay away from revenge and hatred, our theme today—try to make the mundane happenings so special that they become masterpieces.
Before him, we heard from Taylor Swift for the second time this morning, and her song from her Grammy award winning Album of the Year, “1989”, and her song “Shake It Off” from 2014 with the lady in the song saying that she "shakes off" the insulting words that are spoken to her. "I stay out too late. Got nothing in my brain, that’s what people say. I go on too many dates, but I can’t make them stay. At least that’s what people say. But I keep cruising, can’t stop, won’t stop moving. It’s like I got this music in my mind, saying ‘It’s gonna be alright.’ ‘Cause the players gonna play, and the haters gonna hate. I’m just gonna shake. I shake it off. Heart breakers gonna break, and the fakers gonna fake. I’m just gonna shake it off.” She is taking charge of her own life, not worrying about what people say. That, of course, is very good, and it is exactly what one should do before they turn to revenge and hatred, our theme today, which unfortunately a lot of people do.
We go into the top 5 right now and a song about the fact that a couple have given themselves completely to each other physically, and now one of them just wants to be friends, and that, he concludes, is a contradiction. He sings, “How can we go back to being friends when we just shared a bed? How can you look at me and pretend I’m someone you’ve never met?” It seems as though the lady in the relationship wants to have a breakup or at least a temporary time apart, but the two have already made it clear that they are committed to each other. As I have mentioned, it is unfortunately a common enough experience. In terms of our theme, I believe that one of the evils of society is giving in to too much physical involvement because the physical involvement tends to dominate rather than learning how to talk to one another and the like. And in the long run can easily turn into hatred and revenge. This is the second song on our show this morning for Sombr, that is Shane Michael Boose, in the top 10 at number 5 from his album “I Barely Know Her” and his song “Back to Friends” on MATT.
(triple) 5 BACK TO FRIENDS / Sombr
DIE WITH A SMILE / Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL / One Direction
Part 9
They went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016, the band One Direction from their first album “Up All Night” and their song about personal beauty called “What Makes You Beautiful” from 2011. It is a statement about the beauty of a girlfriend. “You’re insecure,” they sing, “Don’t know what for, you’re turning heads when you walk through the door, don’t need make-up to cover up. Being the way that you are is enough. You light up my world like nobody else, you don’t know you’re beautiful. If only you saw what I can see. You don’t know you’re beautiful. That’s what makes you beautiful.” And this type of complimentary words will take away any revenge or hatred in their relationship, to be sure.
Before them, we heard the number 1 song for the year 2025, in fact on every weekly top 10 chart of the whole year from the extremely talented duo--Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga and Peter Gene Hernandez, better known as Bruno Mars and their song “Die with a Smile”. It is a song of strong commitment to each other. “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.” Fitting into our theme, if they keep that commitment, there will be no revenge or hatred in it.
As we just said, our theme this late Spring morning is that thought of exploring revenge and hatred. It came from birthday-person Iggy Azalea and her song “Black Widow” which she sings with Rita Ora. We’ll see how the songs of our final segment fit into that theme, as we have music lined up for us from KT Tunstall, the band Coldplay and the top 4 songs in our land. Taking us to a little break, here is a statement from Mr. Winston Churchill: “I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” You bet—it would have been interesting to hear the conversation between Churchill and his maker. Did Mr. Churchill spend some time thinking about that? Do we spend time thinking about that type of thing? Good questions. You’ve got Mix 103.3 on your radio dial right now. Please keep it there—we’ll be right back.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
Part 10
Every song has a message, and much of the time that message can help us live a little better. Such is our belief on this show which we call MATT. Happy closing days of Spring to all of you. We welcome you back to the only show that gives you the music and meaning of the top 10 popular songs of today and yesterday. My name is Fr. Mike, and we are studying the songs of our show today in light of birthday person today Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora’s song “Black Widow” and the theme we are using is the topic of that song, revenge and hatred.
As promised, we begin this portion of MATT with British artist KT Tunstall. Her song is the story of a love given to someone, then it did not work out, and now she’s not enjoying life very much. She had met the man, the big black horse image in the song, who surprises her and says, ‘Will you marry me?’ She says ‘No.’ But then her heart had a problem, and she changed her mind. She went back to the man, but he had gone on in life, and now, she has ‘a hole’ where her heart should have been. It is a song about the complexities of romantic life, and when those complexities do not work out the way the person wants, the only way to act is to accept the problems, but unfortunately, we dwell on those problems, and turn to revenge and hatred, our theme today. This is British singer KT Tunstall from 2005 from her album “Eye to the Telescope” and her song “Black Horse & the Cherry Tree” on MATT.
(triple) BLACK HORSE AND THE CHERRY TREE / KT Tunstall
A SKY FULL OF STARS / Coldplay
4 THE FATE OF OPHELIA / Taylor Swift
Part 11
Still in the top 10, in fact the top 5 at number 4 this morning from Taylor Swift for the third time on our show today and her album “The Life of a Showgirl,” and the song “The Fate of Ophelia” on MATT. As we have said over the months it has been in the top 10, it cleverly involves a study of one of the plays of William Shakespeare, namely his play “Hamlet” and Hamlet’s once-upon-a-time presumed future wife Ophelia. The play is a tragedy, but the song is a powerful anthem about being rescued from the brink of psychological collapse by an all-consuming lover. He brings about a true resurrection for her. “Late one night,” she sings, “you dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.” It is exactly what is supposed to happen if there is a deep love of each other. As I have said a couple times, perhaps we should learn from Taylor Swift’s song more than Mr. Shakespeare’s play, and do everything to stay away from the evils of hatred and revenge, our theme today, so that we can live well.
Before her, we heard from the English band Coldplay and their song “A Sky Full of Stars” from their album “Ghost Stories”. It is a love song, and very clever in its composition. The video is clever also, but does not act out the words. “’Cause you’re a sky full of stars,” they sing, “I’m gonna give you my heart, ‘cause you light up the path. I don’t care, go on and tear me part, I don’t care if you do, ‘cause in a sky full of stars I think I saw you. I wanna die in your arms.” It is a dangerous thing to do—to give yourself completely to someone and give them the opportunity to tear you apart, as they sing. This type of commitment should be made only when the two are ready to be with each other forever. What happens often is that people may make this very good statement—tear me apart because I love you—and when they do tear them apart, then often the people will want to get back at them, causing hatred and revenge, our theme today.
And we go to our top 3 of this first Sunday of June. Number 3 begins a double play in the top 3 for Olivia Dean, and the first one is a song about what I call the virtue which is most needed in any relationship, namely, communication. “Talk to me,” she begins her song, “looks like we’re making up for lost time; need you to spell it out for me. Don’t be shy, just come be the man I need. Tell me you got something to give. I want it. I kinda like when you call me wonderful, whatever the type of talk it is. Come on then, I gotta know you’re meant to be the man I need. Talk to me. I’d like to think you feel the same way, but I can’t tell with you sometimes. So, let’s get on the same page. Stop making me read between the lines.” So, communication,...and the one thing that we must have to stay away from the evils like revenge and hatred, our theme today, that come from trying to set up a permanent relationship. Beginning a double play from her, Olivia Dean, from the album “The Art of Loving,” and her song “Man I Need”, number 3 this week, former number 1, on MATT.
(double) 3 MAN I NEED / Olivia Dean
2 SO EASY / Olivia Dean
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The second song in the top 3 from her, and close of that double play, London born Olivia Dean, also from her album “The Art of Loving,” and her song “So Easy” now at number 2 on MATT. It is a song of the desire for love of one particular person. “I could be the twist, the one to make you stop,” she begins the song, “The icing on the cake, the cherry on the top. It’s heaven in my heart, and we could find you some space. I could be the world to you, the missing piece, that extra kind of chemistry. Some people make it hard; with me, that isn’t the case ‘cause I make it so easy to fall in love. So, come give me a call, and we’ll fall into us. I’m the perfect mix of Saturday night and the rest of your life. Anyone with a heart would agree: it’s so easy to fall in love with me.” So, a rather straightforward statement to someone looking for love of a particular person. In terms of our theme, she is fighting the evils like hatred and revenge that try to block true love, it seems.
And back at number 1 for nine weeks altogether is the song “I Just Might” from his album “The Romantic”, Bruno Mars, that is Peter Gene Hernandez. It is a song of wanting another to show her love for him by good dancing. “It would break my heart,” he sings, “if I find out you can’t move. You better show me now ‘cause when I take you to the floor, you gotta get down. Hey, Mr. DJ, play a song for this pretty little lady ‘cause if she dance as good as she look right now, I just might make her my baby.” It is a rather selfish song in the sense that the man is really only thinking of himself, but some general thoughts on dancing might be in order as we think of the song as we have done over the weeks it has been number 1. As usual with him—Bruno Mars—the song has quite a good dance video. In terms of our theme this week, if someone wants to dance well, they will no doubt have to make an effort to overcome any revenge or hatred in their relationship.
Our theme today has been that thought of revenge and hatred and how it fits into life. The thought came from Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora and their song “Black Widow.” My prayer for you and me is that every one of us will be able to understand how revenge and hatred can ruin our lives and therefore stay away from it. My thanks to the producers of “Message at the Top,” to the staff here at Mix 103, and to our sponsors, some of whom include my friends at Hays Car and Truck Alignment, at Auto World in Hays, at TMP-Marian Junior and Senior High School in Hays, and at Holy Family Elementary School in Hays. If you have any suggestions for me, or if you want to comment on anything I have said, feel free to write me here at KJLS-FM, Hays, KS 67601 or e-mail me at frmikescully@yahoo.com. My website is www.frmikescully.com where you will find a transcript of the show and some great meditations on these songs and some good movies. Remember that you can join us on the web by choosing www.hayspost.com every Sunday morning at 10 Central Daylight Time and clicking on Mix 103. A thought to lead us out comes from my favorite author, Mr. Mark Twain: “The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.” Whoa, cynical as always, but a truth—pun intended—that we should spend time acquiring. The number 1 song in our land is once again from Bruno Mars and his song “I Just Might” and here it comes, as I remind you that you are listening to today’s best music Mix 103 .3 and as usual, we remind you among the other things that we have said to hold a good thought. We’ll spend some time next week with nominees and winners of the American Music Awards. Thank you for your time today. From West Virginia through downtown Lawrence, KS and into the area of Hays and Central KS and around the world, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Be Safe. Peace to you and be good.
1 I JUST MIGHT / Bruno Mars
May 31, 2026
“Fighting the Evil”
Part 1
Good morning, Central Kansas and around the world! Welcome to Mix 103’s unique top 10 show, “Message at the Top”. I am Fr. Mike, speaking to you through the technology of Mix 103.3 in Hays, KS and actually speaking from the privacy of my room in Vienna, West Virginia and Lawrence, KS. Ah, the beauties of modern technology! This program at Mix 103 continues to give you only the very best in radio entertainment, / by including not only the popular songs of today’s and yesterday’s top 10, but we also seek to find meaning within them, meaning that can inspire and challenge each of our lives. Our motto throughout the show is to enjoy the music and listen to the message so that the message can help us live a little better. And sometimes it helps to have a history lesson.
As in our opening song. One of the more interesting bands in our top 40 world right now is the band Fall Out Boy. They began their existence in 2001 in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. They consist of lead singer Patrick Stump and Pete Wintz, lead lyricist, Andy Hurley and Joe Trohman. It’s Pete Wintz’s birthday on Friday when he will be 47 years old. Their song here which is our lead song this morning is a very interesting song to study.
I have gone on record to say although I am trained to teach math and religion that the most important subject in any leadership curriculum is history. The name of their song is “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and it is an update of Billy Joel’s 1989 song of the same name which we will play as part of the double play. History may be the most important course you can take because every event of this world is a type of those that follow and you can learn most of all what NOT to do.
Billy Joel gave us the first part, so to speak of the song with events from 1949 to 1989, and the band Fall Out Boy here continues the history lesson from 1989 till the present day, and they both tell us in effect that history is shaping us whether we like it or not. But it is more than a history lesson. Following the original by Billy Joel, they sing about what has happened by mentioning names or events and that the history we have witnessed is in many instances, an evil one that could possibly be bearing fruit in the present time. Consequently, the song becomes an appeal to stop the evil that has grown out of the past: “We didn’t start the fire,” they sing, “it was always burning since the world’s been turning. We didn’t start the fire; no, we didn’t light it, but we’re trying to fight it.” We may not have started the problems but we see the messes that so much evil has caused in our world. Their conclusion as was Billy Joel’s was pessimistic, because they sing that it will go on and on and on and on.
Their words come very quickly, but they mention among many other events and persons the Oklahoma City bombing, Harry Potter, Nuclear bombs, and the war on terror. Not all of what they mention are evil, but so many things led to evil, and so their refrain is that we didn’t begin the problems, but here we are trying to fight them. That gives a pretty good theme today, I believe. Let’s call our show “Fighting the Evil”, and starting us off, this is from their album “So Much for Stardust,” the band Fall Out Boy—happy birthday to Pete Wintz—and their song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire” from 2023 on MATT.
(double) WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE / Fall Out Boy
WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE / Billy Joel
Part 2
The number 2 song of meaning of the whole year of 1989 according to MATT, from Billy Joel, “We Didn’t Start The Fire” from his album “Storm Front”, the first part of our lead thought which Fall Out Boy continued. He gives us a history lesson beginning with 1949 until 1989 when the song was released and tells us in effect that history is shaping us whether we like it or not. He mentions among other things Red China, Richard Nixon, the H-bomb, Joseph Stalin, Elvis Presley and Trouble in the Suez. He sings that the history we have witnessed is in many instances, led to some evil times that could possibly be bearing fruit in the present time. Consequently, as Fall Out Boy’s song, the song becomes an appeal to stop the evil that has grown out of the past: “We didn’t start the fire,” he sings, “it was always burning since the world’s been turning. We didn’t start the fire; no, we didn’t light it, but we tried to fight it.” Great thoughts from those two songs, basically telling us to learn from the past and stop the evil that flowed from it.
Let’s go to our countdown this week to number 10 to begin this triple play. It is a philosophical thought about dating. The writer said that the song gave him the opportunity to look at his own dating patterns. “Right at home with perfect timing,” he begins his song, “A face that knows her perfect lighting ‘cause time will show that you should try it, those American girls you spend your life with. I’ve known you for ages, it’s all that I’ve heard. My friends are in love with American girls; I’ve seen it in stages all over the world. Her sweet eyes, your temptations don’t deny her frustrations. Just spend your life with those American girls.” He sees that his friends are all getting married as he continues his dating process. In terms of our theme this week, understanding our dating pattern is a way of fighting evil in the sense that we will stay away from the evil that another has. This is Harry Styles from his album “Kiss All the Time. Disco Occasionally,” his song “American Girls” number 10 this morning on MATT.
(triple) 10 AMERICAN GIRLS / Harry Styles
DEMONS / Imagine Dragons
SUCKER / Jonas Brothers
Part 3
One of the songs featured this week on my website on Thursday, the Jonas Brothers from their album “Happiness Begins” and their song “Sucker” on MATT. “We go together,” they begin their song, “Better than birds of a feather, you and me. We change the weather: I’m feeling heat in December when you’re ‘round me. I’ve been dancing on top of cars and stumbling out of bars. I follow you through the dark, can’t get enough. You’re the medicine and the pain, the tattoo inside my brain. It’s obvious, I’m a sucker for you. Say the word and I’ll go anywhere blindly. Any road you take you know that you’ll find me. I’m a sucker for all the subliminal things.” I’ve spent a lot of time with the song to talk about subliminal things. If we manage to work with those subliminal things in our personalities, that is, those things that lead us in a wrong way, we will control a lot of evil in our worlds, our theme today.
Before them, we heard another 10+ song with an excellent video, Imagine Dragons from their album “Night Visions” and their song “Demons.” “When the days are cold, and the cards all fold, and the saints we see are all made of gold. When your dreams all fail and the ones we hail are the worst of all, and the blood’s run stale, I wanna hide the truth, I wanna shelter you, but with the beast inside there’s nowhere we can hide. This is my kingdom come.” The answer to the pain is to understand that pain will be part of our lives. We all possess human natures, and that makes us imperfect in some way. It’s the idea of “welcome to my world” and the world sometimes has pain as part of it. One of the marks of maturity is that we learn to deal with it. Again, they sing: “Your eyes, they shine so bright. I wanna save that light. I can’t escape this now unless you show me how.” The words could be a prayer to God, or a note to a friend, or a reflection that some guiding principle like learning leadership can help us. The point is that there is a solution—in terms of our theme, indeed, there is evil in the world, but we can overcome it.
We have taken the theme of “fighting the evil” on our show today, that theme coming from thinking about Fall Out Boy’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire”. We will continue to pursue that theme in a couple of minutes with people like Taylor Swift and Alanis Morissette. Here is a thought from one of my favorite quote people, Mr. Albert Einstein, “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” Yes, indeed. I’m Fr. Mike, this show is “Message at the Top” and your dial is set at Mix 103. We’ll be right back.
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Part 4
We are back for “Message at the Top” and we welcome you back on this last Sunday and last day of May to the top 10 songs of today and yesterday 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 the light of how we can live better in this complicated world. 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 “fighting the evil” today.
We are celebrating Pete Wintz’s birthday this Friday, one of the front men of the band Fall Out Boy, and let’s go to another song from them. The song is quite a challenge to interpret and so I went to the writer, Pete Wentz. He describes it as an empowering song saying to people not to give up, but remember that legends actually begin very small. Here are some of the words: “Some legends are told, some turn to dust or to gold. But you will remember me. Remember me for centuries. And just one mistake is all it will take. We'll go down in history. And I can't stop 'til the whole world knows my name 'cause I was only born inside my dreams.” The video is very interesting, and seems to be the same idea only with a strong biblical theme. In terms of our theme today, having no hope is an evil that we should fight against. This is Fall Out Boy again from their album “American Beauty/American Psycho,” and their song “Centuries” from 2015 on MATT.
(double) CENTURIES / Fall Out Boy
9 GOLDEN / Huntr/X
Part 5
The song at number 9 this week, former number 1, “Golden” on MATT from three Korean young ladies named Huntr/X. It is from the soundtrack of the best animated feature of this year according to the Academy Awards, “KPop Demon Hunters” the name of it. It is the theme of the Netflix film that follows them who lead double lives facing off against a rival boys band, the Saja boys whose members are secretly demons. The words recall that story. “We’re going up, it’s our moment. You know together we’re glowin, gonna be golden. I’m done hidin’ now, I’m shinin’ like I’m born to be, oh, our time, no fears, no lies, that’s who we’re born to be.” It is a song of determination to do the right thing, and in terms of our theme, the right thing in life is to avoid and fight the evil around us.
Yet another triple is all set on our computers and ready to give us number 8 in our countdown to begin the triple. It is the first song on our top 10 countdown from Taylor Swift. The song has all kinds of references to Elizabeth Taylor’s movies, and the video has the same. The words reflect the similarities of the two stars. They say how fame and public perception affect personal relationships. “I’d cry my eyes violet.” she sings, “Elizabeth Taylor, tell me for real: do you think it’s forever. You’re only as hot as your last hit. And I can’t have fun if I can’t have you.” The study of the lyrics leads to a study of the life of both Elizabeth Taylor and Taylor Swift. In many ways, they were both trying to do what our theme suggests—to fight the evil of their times while advancing their own careers. Taylor Swift here from her album “The Life of a Showgirl,” and her song written with the thought of a person who is thought to be similar to Taylor Swift herself, namely Elizabeth Taylor who died in 2011, and the song named “Elizabeth Taylor” at number 8 this morning on MATT.
(triple) 8 ELIZABETH TAYLOR / Taylor Swift
PRECIOUS ILLUSIONS / Alanis Morissette
IRONIC / Alanis Morissette
Part 6
The close of a double play from her. Her birthday is tomorrow when she will be 52 years old, her, being Alanis Morissette and a good song to study, her song “Ironic” from her album “Jagged Little Pill” from 1996. She sings that somehow things are going to work out. “Life,” she says, “has a funny way of helping you out.” Likewise, however, there are many things that could make one bitter. “An old man turned ninety-eight: he won the lottery and died the next day. It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late. It’s like rain on your wedding day. It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid. Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think. A traffic jam when you’re already late. It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife. It’s meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting his beautiful wife. A little too ironic.” But she is not bitter at all: “I really do think,” she sings, “life has a funny way of helping you out / when you think everything’s gone wrong and everything blows up in your face.” For the person in the song, there is no such thing as chance or luck or even bad news. Somehow, life will help you out. And that kind of attitude can make one feel pretty good about life, and it is a great way to fight the evil of being depressed all the time. Great song.
Before her, her again, and the beginning of the double play from her, Alanis Morissette and her song “Precious Illusions” from 2002 and her album “Under Rug Swept”. She sings, “This won’t work now the way it once did, and I won’t keep it up even though I would love to. Once I know who I’m not, then, I’ll know who I am, but I know I won’t keep on playing the victim. These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless, and parting with them is like parting with invisible best friends.” But / part she must if she is to be mature. One of the ways to fight the evil, our theme today, is to recognize the areas in which we are not mature, and desire to do something about them.
We are looking at the songs of our show today in that light, namely fighting the evils in life whether in ourselves or the world. During this next segment, we will hear from people like Billie Eilish and Alex Warren. First, a thought from Mark Twain, and therefore a little sarcastic: “Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.” Yes, indeed. I hope your day is a great one, and I hope our music and message is making it even a little better. I’m Fr. Mike, your dial is set at Mix 103.3, and I hope you keep it right where it is.
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Part 7
We are back for “Message at the Top,” and we welcome you back to our show on this last day of May, 2026. We call our show MATT because we take the top 10 songs and analyze their meanings in the light of how we can live better in the complicated world we live in. I am Fr. Mike, your host for 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 us better than we are. This Sunday morning, we are pursuing the thought of what the songs of our show say about fighting evil. It came from birthday person Pete Wentz on Friday and his band Fall Out Boy and their song “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”
Number 7 begins our second hour this morning. It is a song of desire for the girlfriend of someone else. “You leave me filled with regret,” he sings, “at the end of the night. I always find myself wondering why. Do you got plans for life? ‘Cause I don’t wanna just romance tonight. I wanna see you in another light—with rhythm, there is rhyme. With you, there always can be I. I don’t wanna talk down on your lover, I don’t wanna be a homewrecker. I just know I can be better, I don’t wanna be a broken record. We lay and contemplate—just one more round of love before you go home to another one.” The love that he wants just may come to be, as the video shows, but before it happens, there will have to be some compromise to work things out, not to mention that he has to make a decision of which one to pursue in a relationship. One of the most important decisions that we make in our lives is whether to marry, and who to marry, and in the process we have to stay way from the evil of hurting another, our theme today. It is the first song for sombr on our countdown this morning, “Homewrecker”, number 7 on MATT.
(triple) 7 HOMEWRECKER / Sombr
SUGAR WE’RE GOIN’ DOWN / Fall Out Boy
6 ORDINARY / Alex Warren
Part 8
From his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid” that was Alexander Warren Hughes or simply Alex Warren, and his song “Ordinary”, number 6 on our countdown this week on MATT. It is a song that is certainly the longest on our countdown right now since it has been in the top 10 for a complete year plus. It is a song about the opposite of its title. The title of it is “Ordinary” and it is about what is not ordinary. It is a song which talks of an “ordinary” love relationship and says that what he has for a friend of his is not part of “the 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 how to make life a little better and fight the evil, our theme today—try to make the mundane happenings so special that they become masterpieces.
Before him, we heard from Fall Out Boy again, from 2005 from their album “From Under the Cork Tree,” and their song, “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down”. It is a song that you really have to think about a little in order to understand, as most of this group’s songs are. Their refrain is: “We’re going down, down in an earlier round, and sugar, we’re going down swinging. I’ll be your number one with a bullet, a loaded God-complex, cock it and pull it.” That is a constant refrain throughout the song, with verses that seem to reflect a girlfriend using the person in the song. “I’m just a notch in your bedpost,” the man in the relationship sings. And he knows what’s going on, and is willing to let her use him: he calls himself a God-complex, ready to be her savior if she wants. That’s good and it’s bad. It’s good in that he wants to help her, but it is mainly bad, because all she is doing is using him, controlling him in some way, and the whole thing will probably end up very badly. Tying it into our theme, using another person for one’s own purposes is usually an evil that people should fight, and stay away from.
Back to our countdown now in our top 5 at number 5 is a song about the fact that the couple have given themselves completely to each other physically, and now one of them just wants to be friends, and that, he concludes, is a contradiction. He sings, “How can we go back to being friends when we just shared a bed? How can you look at me and pretend I’m someone you’ve never met?” It seems as though the lady in the relationship wants to have a breakup or at least a temporary time apart, but the two have already made it clear that they are committed to each other. As I have mentioned, it is unfortunately a common enough experience. In terms of our theme, I believe that one of the evils of society is giving in to too much physical involvement because the physical involvement tends to dominate rather than learning how to talk to one another. This is the second song on our show this morning for Sombr, that is Shane Michael Boose in the top 10, at number 5 from his album “I Barely Know Her” and his song “Back to Friends” on MATT.
(triple) 5 BACK TO FRIENDS / Sombr
WHAT WAS I MADE FOR / Billie Eilish
4 THE FATE OF OPHELIA / Taylor Swift
Part 9
Still in the top 10, in fact the top 5 at number 4 this morning from Taylor Swift again and her album “The Life of a Showgirl,” and the song “The Fate of Ophelia” on MATT. As we have said over the months it has been in the top 10, it cleverly involves a study of one of the plays of William Shakespeare, namely his play “Hamlet” and Hamlet’s once-upon-a-time presumed future wife Ophelia. The play is a tragedy, but the song is a powerful anthem about being rescued from the brink of psychological collapse by an all-consuming lover. He brings about a true resurrection for her. “Late one night,” she sings, “you dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.” It is exactly what is supposed to happen if there is a deep love of each other. Perhaps we should learn from Taylor Swift’s song more than Mr. Shakespeare’s play, and do everything to stay away from evil, our theme today, so that we can live well.
Before her, we played a song which is on my website www.frmikescully.com this Saturday. I consider it to be my number 1 song for the year 2024, the Song of the Year at the Grammys. It is sung as Barbie as she discovers what is real in life. It is the thought of a person growing up in a world that sometimes is too complicated. The song is a great message from Billie Eilish from the soundtrack of the movie “Barbie,” and a great video which Billie Eilish directed, “What Was I Made For?”. “I used to float,” she sings, “now I just fall down. I used to know, but I’m not sure now. What was I made for? Takin’ a drive, I was an ideal, looked so alive, turns out I’m not real. I don’t know how to feel, but I wanna try. Someday I might.” And she closes the song in a hopeful manner: “Think I forgot how to be happy, something I’m not, but something I can be, something I’m made for.” So, her answer to the question of her song: what was I made for?—is “to be happy.” In terms of our theme, we are called to fight the evil that keeps us back from being real in our approach to life.
And we have made it to our final segment today. During that final segment, you will hear and hopefully enjoy music from our top 10 from Olivia Dean twice and Bruno Mars as well as music from birthday people Alanis Morissette and Peter Wentz and another song from my website this week from Bruno Mars again. I take you to break with a thought about something we can always learn more about, as we learn from the messages of these songs. It comes from Mark Twain again, so watch for the twist: “It is better to deserve honors and not have them / than to have them and not deserve them.” One super thought, Mr. Twain or Mr. Clemens as the case may be and one that will help us as we fight evil in ourselves and others. I’m Fr. Mike, and you’re listening to “Message at the Top” on Mix 103.3.
We are back for our final segment of MATT which is using the theme of “Fighting the Evil” today. It came from birthday person Pete Wentz and his band Fall Out Boy and the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire”. As usual, we are playing the music and listening to the message of the present top 10 and more. I hope this wonderful season of Spring-almost-Summer is good for you. I’m your host, Fr. Mike on “Message at the Top” on today’s best music Mix 103. Thank you for joining us again this morning. It’s great to have you with us, as we play and think about our music.
As promised, let’s play some more music from Fall Out Boy and one of the greatest titles to a song of the songs that I have studied. It sounds like a happy song, but it is a song of anger. “Be careful making wishes in the dark,” they sing, “can’t be sure when they’ve hit their mark, and besides in the meantime, I’m just dreaming of tearing you apart. I’m in the details with the devil, so now the world can never get me on my level. I just gotta get you out of the cage, I’m a young lover’s rage, gonna need a spark to ignite. My songs know what you did in the dark, light em up.” And a little later, a real line of anger: “You’re the antidote to everything except for me.” The person in the relationship is really upset, to say the least. Anger is one of the difficulties in life that we have to face, and one of the evils in life that we should fight, our theme today. This is their song from 2013 and a song of real movement, Fall Out Boy from their album “Save Rock and Roll,” “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark” and in parentheses “Light Em Up” on MATT.
(triple) MY SONGS KNOW WHAT YOU DID IN THE DARK / Fall Out Boy
UNINVITED / Alanis Morissette
THAT’S WHAT I LIKE / Bruno Mars
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Another song on my website this week on Tuesday, that was Peter Gene Hernandez better known as Bruno Mars and his song, Song of the Year a number of years ag0, from his album “24K Magic,” “That’s What I Like” from 2017 on MATT. It is the message of the man in the relationship to his girlfriend to come and be with him. “Anything you want,” he sings, “just to put a smile on it. You deserve it, and I’m gonna give it to you. Gold jewelry shining so bright, strawberry champagne on ice, lucky for you, that’s what I like.” And he likes a bunch of other stuff that they can do together as well. In terms of our theme, the man in the relationship feels that he can fight the evil with her.
Before him, we heard another song from birthday person Alanis Morissette and her song “Uninvited” from her album “The Collection” and her song with what I call a haunting melody. The person in the song sings of a person who didn’t expect to fall in love, in fact, she “simply wanted an object to crave,” she said. Then she found Mr. Right, and she sings—“You, you’re not allowed, you’re uninvited.” Love came into her life, and she wasn’t prepared for it. So, she does the exact thing that she should do: she takes the time to think about it. She closes her song with “I don’t think you unworthy; I need a moment to deliberate.” One of the ways to fight evil in our lives and others our theme today, is to take the time to deliberate so that we can do something about it.
To our top 3 we go. Number 3 begins a double play in the top 3 for Olivia Dean, and the first one is a song about what I call the virtue which is most needed in any relationship, namely, communication. “Talk to me,” she begins her song, “looks like we’re making up for lost time; need you to spell it out for me. Don’t be shy, just come be the man I need. Tell me you got something to give. I want it. I kinda like when you call me wonderful, whatever the type of talk it is. Come on then, I gotta know you’re meant to be the man I need. Talk to me. I’d like to think you feel the same way, but I can’t tell with you sometimes. So, let’s get on the same page. Stop making me read between the lines.” So, communication,...and the one thing that we must have to stay away from the evils that come from trying to set up a permanent relationship, our theme today. Beginning a double play from her, Olivia Dean, from the album “The Art of Loving,” and her song “Man I Need”, number 3 this week, former number 1, on MATT.
(double) 3 MAN I NEED / Olivia Dean
2 SO EASY / Olivia Dean
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The second song in the top 3 from her, and close of that double play, London born Olivia Dean, also from her album “The Art of Loving,” and her song “So Easy” now at number 2 on MATT. It is a song of the desire for love of one particular person. “I could be the twist, the one to make you stop,” she begins the song, “The icing on the cake, the cherry on the top. It’s heaven in my heart, and we could find you some space. I could be the world to you, the missing piece, that extra kind of chemistry. Some people make it hard; with me, that isn’t the case ‘cause I make it so easy to fall in love. So, come give me a call, and we’ll fall into us. I’m the perfect mix of Saturday night and the rest of your life. Anyone with a heart would agree: it’s so easy to fall in love with me.” So, a rather straightforward statement to someone looking for love of a particular person. In terms of our theme, she is fighting the evils that want to block a permanent commitment, it seems.
And back at number 1 for eight weeks altogether is the song “I Just Might” from his album “The Romantic”, Bruno Mars, that is Peter Gene Hernandez. It is a song of wanting another to show her love for him by good dancing. “It would break my heart,” he sings, “if I find out you can’t move. You better show me now ‘cause when I take you to the floor, you gotta get down. Hey, Mr. DJ, play a song for this pretty little lady ‘cause if she dance as good as she look right now, I just might make her my baby.” It is a rather selfish song in the sense that the man is really only thinking of himself, but some general thoughts on dancing might be in order as we think of the song. As usual with him—Bruno Mars—the song has quite a good dance video. In terms of our theme this week, if someone wants to dance well, they will no doubt have to make an effort to overcome the evils in their lives.
And there you have it, the top 10 of Mix 103 for this date of May 31, 2026. Our theme today has been that idea of fighting evil in our lives. It came from the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” from Fall Out Boy as we celebrate Pete Wintz’s birthday this Friday. My prayer for you and me today is that we will always have the faith and stamina to fight the evils of this world that affect us personally. Thank you for your time today. If you want to contact me for any reason, my e-mail address is frmikescully@yahoo.com or the address at the radio station: KJLS-FM, Hays, KS 67601. My website is www.frmikescully.com where you can obtain a transcript of the show and some meditations on our music and some great movies. You can be with us on the web by going to www.hayspost.com and clicking on Mix 103.3 and at 10 CDT every Sunday morning. My thanks to the producers of our show, and to our sponsors, especially Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior and Senior High School in Hays, Holy Family Elementary School in Hays, Hays Car and Truck Alignment and Auto World in Hays.
Before our final thought, a little advertisement for the job of being a minister. Our world needs a lot of help, and I give thanks to the ministers of our area for trying to help. I hope you young people keep that possibility of being a minister in your thought.
Our final thought today and one that is quoted a lot. It comes from perhaps our greatest president, Mr. Abraham Lincoln: “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool / than to speak out and remove all doubt.” You bet. We close our show with the song “I Just Might” from Bruno Mars and as you listen to it, may I remind you that you are listening to today’s best music Mix 103, and among the things that we have said today, we advise you to hold a good thought. From West Virginia through Lawrence, KS, and into Hays and community, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Stay safe and peace to you, and be good!
1 I JUST MIGHT / Bruno Mars
May 24, 2026
“Straightening Out Right Now”
Part 1
Hello, Central Kansas and around the world! Welcome to “Message at the Top” your top 10 show on Mix 103, and I hope your second last Sunday of the great month of May is a good one for you. Happy Memorial Day weekend to you. Thank you to all who have served our country in one capacity or another. Right now, you have your dial set to a show that gives you the messages of the top 10 of today and yesterday, and, surprisingly enough, the songs enable us to see exactly what can help our lives be a bit better than they are already. I’m your host, Fr. Mike; thanks for being part of our show this morning. This morning we will celebrate Lenny Kravitz’s birthday which is Tuesday when he will be 62 years old. Quite a performer and writer.
He had a song in 2005 that seems like a love song to a lady friend of his, saying things like: “I’m weak and I’ve gone hazy,” he says, “I’m crazy for that lady. She’s chic but she’s not shady. Sophisticated lady, and she makes me feel good, she’s so fine.” But as he sings about this sophisticated lady, he makes a statement that is intriguing to me. He sings: “Never knew there was such a lady that would make me want to straighten out my life at this time.” I like that idea. The lady is making him want to straighten out his life at the present time, and in that, I think I see a theme that we can use on our show this morning.
As I was thinking about that and as I was searching “The Book of Virtues” by William J. Bennett, I discovered a poem called: “What Have We Done Today?” by Nixon Waterman:
We shall do much in the years to come,
But what have we done today?
We shall give our gold in a princely sum,
But what did we give today?
We shall lift the heart and dry the tear,
We shall plant a hope in the place of fear,
We shall speak the words of love and cheer,
But what did we speak today?
We shall be so kind in the after while,
But have we been today?
We shall bring to each lonely life a smile,
But what have we brought today?
We shall give to truth a grander birth,
And to steadfast faith a deeper worth,
We shall feed the hungering souls of earth,
But whom have we fed today?
We shall reap such joys in the by and by,
But what have we sown today?
We shall build us mansions in the sky,
But what have we built today?
‘Tis sweet in the idle dreams to bask;
But here and now, do we our task?
Yet, this is the thing our souls must ask,
What have we done today?
It is a great thought about straightening out our lives today, and not leaving it to the future. And so, let’s call our show “What Does It Take To Straighten Out Our Lives Today?”, and to start us off, this is Lenny Kravitz, from his album “Baptism,” and his song, “Lady” on MATT.
(double) LADY / Lenny Kravitz
AGAIN / Lenny Kravitz
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The second half of a double play from him, Lenny Kravitz, and his song “Again” also from 2004 and his album “Baptism” on MATT. “All of my life,” he sings, “where have you been? I wonder if I’ll ever see you again. And if that day comes, I know we could win. I wonder if I’ll ever see you again.” He may have seen her at one time, or she may simply have been in his dreams, but he wants to see her now in the worst way. This is love of someone, but the someone is not there—not a good situation at all for the man in the relationship. The power of love probably makes these thoughts active in his mind, and if they are about one particular person, chances are that she may not be around, and he should keep looking. Tying it into a theme that Lenny Kravitz supplied for us, it may take the power of love to straighten out our lives, and we should foster that love in everything we do.
Right now, let’s begin our countdown for this week that ends today, May 24, 2026, and give us the final 3 songs in triple play of that top 10. At number 10 is a song from the soundtrack of the best animated feature of this year according to the Academy Awards, “KPop Demon Hunters” the name of it, It is sung by the group Huntr/X, three talented Korean ladies and their song is the theme of a Netflix film that follows them who lead double lives facing off against a rival boys band, the Saja boys whose members are secretly demons. The words recall that story. “We’re going up, it’s our moment. You know together we’re glowin, gonna be golden. I’m done hidin’ now, I’m shinin’ like I’m born to be, oh, our time, no fears, no lies, that’s who we’re born to be.” It is a song of determination to do the right thing, and in terms of our theme, the right thing in life is to attempt to continually straighten out our lives. This is the song at number 10 this week, former number 1, “Golden” on MATT.
(triple) 10 GOLDEN / Huntr/X
9 AMERICAN GIRLS / Harry Styles
8 ELIZABETH TAYLOR / Taylor Swift
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Taylor Swift there for the first time on our show this morning, from her album “The Life of a Showgirl,” and her song written with the thought of a person who is thought to be similar to Taylor Swift herself, namely Elizabeth Taylor who died in 2011, and the song named “Elizabeth Taylor” at number 9 this morning. The song has all kinds of references to Elizabeth Taylor’s movies, and the video has the same. The words reflect the similarities of the two stars. They say how fame and public perception affect personal relationships. “I’d cry my eyes violet.” she sings, “Elizabeth Taylor, tell me for real: do you think it’s forever. You’re only as hot as your last hit. And I can’t have fun if I can’t have you.” The study of the lyrics leads to a study of the life of both Elizabeth Taylor and Taylor Swift. In many ways, they were both trying to do what our theme suggests—to straighten out their lives, certainly in the sense of pursuing their music abilities.
Before her, we heard our theme last week when we spoke about dating. The reason is Harry Styles’s latest song in the top 10, from his album “Kiss All the Time. Disco Occasionally,” his song “American Girls” number 8 this morning from Harry Styles for the first time on our show this morning. I call it a philosophical thought about dating. He said that the song gave him the opportunity to look at his own dating patterns. “Right at home with perfect timing,” he begins his song, “A face that knows her perfect lighting ‘cause time will show that you should try it, those American girls you spend your life with. I’ve known you for ages, it’s all that I’ve heard. My friends are in love with American girls; I’ve seen it in stages all over the world. Her sweet eyes, your temptations don’t deny her frustrations. Just spend your life with those American girls.” He sees that his friends are all getting married as he continues his dating process. In terms of our theme this week, understanding our dating pattern is certainly a way of straightening out our lives.
Our theme this week is what the songs suggest about straightening out our lives right now, that thought having come from birthday person Lenny Kravitz’s song “Lady.” Let me take you to break with this thought from philosopher Andy Rooney-- well, somewhat of a philosopher anyway: “It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.” Why don’t we know that? Your dial is set for Mix 103 and you are listening to “Message at the Top”.
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You are in tune with “Message at the Top,” your top 10 show on Mix 103.3. Thank you for joining us this Memorial Day weekend. We welcome you back to the songs that have been the most popular in this area during this past week. We take the top 10 and study their messages, and then call our show MATT. I am your host Fr. Mike. It’s great to have you here. We began our show with a 2004 song from Lenny Kravitz called “Lady,” and the theme that comes from it is how to straighten out our lives at the present time.
Let’s stay in the early 2000’s and 2004 in particular and listen to one of John Mayer’s songs and an excellent song about family. “I know a girl,” he begins his song, “she puts the color inside of my world, but she’s just like a maze,” he says. So, he has some problems with her, thinks that he could possibly be the reason, but then sings: “Now I’m starting to see, maybe it’s got nothing to do with me.” He then goes into a directive to parents: “Fathers, be good to your daughters; daughters will love like you do. Girls become lovers who turn into mothers, so mothers, be good to your daughters too. You see that skin? It’s the same she’s been standing in. Since the day she saw him walking away, now she’s left cleaning up the mess he made. Boys would be gone without the warmth from a woman’s good heart. On behalf of every man, looking out for every girl, you are the god and the weight of her world.” Her father left, and that has affected her forever. What a magnificent song. I’ve said with this song before, parents, here is a song to remember. As we work with our theme today, the best way to straighten out a young person’s life is for the parents to be good ones. A 10+ category song, the highest I get, from his album “Heavier Things,” this is John Mayer, and his song “Daughters” on MATT.
(double) DAUGHTERS / John Mayer
7 HOMEWRECKER / Sombr
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A song of desire for the girlfriend of someone else. It is the first song for sombr on our countdown this morning, “Homewrecker” at number 7 on MATT. “You leave me filled with regret,” he sings, “at the end of the night. I always find myself wondering why. Do you got plans for life? ‘Cause I don’t wanna just romance tonight. I wanna see you in another light—with rhythm, there is rhyme. With you, there always can be I. I don’t wanna talk down on your lover, I don’t wanna be a homewrecker. I just know I can be better, I don’t wanna be a broken record. We lay and contemplate—just one more round of love before you go home to another one.” The love that he wants just may come to be, as the video shows, but before it happens, there will have to be some compromise to work things out, not to mention that he has to make a decision of which one to pursue in a relationship. One of the most impotant decisions that we make in our lives is whether to marry, and who to marry, and you can bet that we have to straighten out our lives, our theme today, before we make such a decision.
Yet another triple play right now as we stay in our countdown and go to number 6. It is a song that is certainly the longest on our countdown right now since it has been in the top 10 for a complete year plus. It is a song about the opposite of its title. The title of it is “Ordinary” and it is about what is not ordinary. It is a song which talks of an “ordinary” love relationship and says that what he has for a friend of his is not part of “the 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 how to make life a little better—try to make the mundane happenings so special that they become masterpieces, and in order to do that, we’ll have to straighten out our lives, our theme this morning, in order to accomplish it. From his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid” this is Alexander Warren Hughes or simply Alex Warren, and his song “Ordinary”, number 6 on our countdown this week on MATT.
(triple) 6 ORDINARY / Alex Warren
BETTER DAYS / Goo Goo Dolls
GIVE A LITTLE BIT / Goo Goo Dolls
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The close of double play from the group Goo Goo Dolls and their album “Live From Buffalo,” and their song “Give A Little Bit,” a former number 1 from the songs of meaning of 2oo4 again on MATT. “Give a little bit,” they sing, “give a little bit of your love to me; I’ll give a little bit of my love to you. There’s so much that we need to share, so send a smile and show you care. I’ll give a little bit of my life for you. Give a little bit of your time to me. Now’s the time that we need to share, so find yourself, we’re on our way back home.” The person in the song is quite anxious to get into love, but you’re not sure about the partner. That idea of giving is so absolutely important in a relationship, in fact, if both people of the couple are into giving, the relationship will always work out in some way, our theme today.
Before that song, the beginning of the Goo Goo Dolls double play and another 10+ category song named “Better Days” from their album “Let Love In.” It can be considered to be a Christmas song, actually. They sing: “And you ask me what I want this year?” Their answer: “Just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days 'cause I don’t need boxes wrapped in strings, and desire and love empty things. So take these words and sing out loud ‘cause everyone is forgiven now, 'cause tonight’s the night the world begins again.” They go on to say what will happen as the world begins again—it will be a world of faith and trust and peace and concern for children, suggesting that we stop and say a prayer for them. They sing that one poor child has saved this world, and that if everyone was loved, somehow we would stop all fighting. In terms of our theme today, how about this thought: the way to straighten out our lives right away is to want the better days that will come with faith and trust. Good song.
Ah, we always do a lot of thinking with the songs that we play here, I believe. We have past top 10 music from Kelly Clarkson, Max McNown, Harry Styles and Demi Lovato as well as top 10 music now from Taylor Swift again and Sombr again up. Before that, however, let’s take a little break. To lead you to it, here is a quote from author Spencer Johnson: “Honesty is telling other people the truth, and integrity is telling myself the truth.” Good quote, and integrity and honesty are some of the virtues that we must have as we straighten out our lives. You’ve got MATT this morning of the second last Sunday of May on Memorial Day weekend 2026 on Mix 103.3. We’ll be right back.
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Every song has a message and most of the time thinking about that message can help us live a little better. Such is our belief. My name is Fr. Mike and we are back for “Message at the Top” on Mix 103.3. I’m ready to begin with you the second hour of our show this morning. Our motto continues to be to enjoy the music and at the same time, listen to the message as we find in that music some thoughts to help us live better in this complicated world of ours. Happy Memorial Day weekend. And we are celebrating that Memorial Day with a theme of straightening out our lives right now from a song by birthday person on Tuesday, Mr. Lenny Kravitz and his song “Lady”.
We begin our second hour together with a song from 2004 again. The person in the song “grew up in a small town,” she sings, “and the rain would fall down, I just stared out my window, dreaming of what could be, and if I’d end up happy I would pray. Trying hard to reach out, but when I’d try to speak out, felt like no one could hear me. Wanted to belong here, so I pray I could breakaway. I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly. I’ll do what it takes till I touch the sky. I’ll make a wish, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway.” She wants to get out of the place where she grew up, and move on with her life, “travel on a jet plane, far away” she sings. As we think of ways to straighten out our lives, many people think that it is necessary to breakaway from where they live in the small town. I wouldn’t necessarily agree with that, but that is my opinion. From her album named after the song “Breakaway”, Kelly Clarkson on MATT.
(triple) BREAKAWAY / Kelly Clarkson
BETTER ME FOR YOU / Max McNown
5 THE FATE OF OPHELIA / Taylor Swift
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Still in the top 10, in fact the top 5 at number 5 this morning from Taylor Swift again and her album “The Life of a Showgirl,” and the song “The Fate of Ophelia” on MATT. As we have said over the months it has been in the top 10, it cleverly involves a study of one of the plays of William Shakespeare, namely his play “Hamlet” and Hamlet’s once-upon-a-time presumed future wife Ophelia. The play is a tragedy, but the song is a powerful anthem about being rescued from the brink of psychological collapse by an all-consuming lover. He brings about a true resurrection for her. “Late one night,” she sings, “you dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.” It is exactly what is supposed to happen if there is a deep love of each other. Perhaps we should learn from Taylor Swift’s song more than Mr. Shakespeare’s play, and do everything to straighten out our lives, our theme today, so that we can live well.
Before her, we heard from Max McNown from his album “Night Diving”, and “Better Me For You” from last year. It is a song that says that when we fall in love with someone who is a better person that we are, it is good for us. The man in the relationship was not a very good person before he met her. “Love was a game I played,” he begins his song, and he went off the deep end because of too much drinking, but then he met his girlfriend like an angel waiting. “I didn’t know you’d have brown eyes, like to pray to Jesus, spending Friday nights at home. Didn’t know you’d be the strong kind, deeper than a coal mine lovin’ with a heart of gold. You’re everything that I’m not, everything that I want. There’s a God and you’re proof in those brown eyes. I know that I got to find a better me for you.” And the presumption is that he changes for the better. In terms of our theme this week, one of the ways to straighten up our lives is to fall in love with better people than ourselves.
At number 4 in our countdown is a song about the fact that the couple have given themselves completely to each other physically, and now one of them just wants to be friends, and that, he concludes, is a contradiction. He sings, “How can we go back to being friends when we just shared a bed? How can you look at me and pretend I’m someone you’ve never met?” It seems as though the lady in the relationship wants to have a breakup or at least a temporary time apart, but the two have already made it clear that they are committed to each other. As I have mentioned, it is unfortunately a common enough experience. In terms of our theme, if either one of them are trying to straighten themselves out, they will do their best to be honest in their physical relationship. This is the second song on our show this morning for Sombr, that is Shane Michael Boose in the top 10, at number 4 from his album “I Barely Know Her” and his song “Back to Friends” on MATT.
(triple) 4 BACK TO FRIENDS / Sombr
AS IT WAS / Harry Styles
COOL FOR THE SUMMER / Demi Lovato
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Demetria Devonne Lovato from Albuquerque, New Mexico or simply Demi Lovato an American singer, songwriter, and actress who began as a child actress in Barney & Friends, then into Disney Channel Television. Her song came from her album “Confident,” and her song “Cool for the Summer” from 2015. It is a song of seeking pleasure, especially physical pleasure, it would seem. “Tell me what you want,” the lady in the relationship sings, “What you like. It's okay. I'm a little curious too. Tell me if it's wrong, if it's right. I don't care. I can keep a secret. Can you? Got my mind on your body, and your body on my mind. Don't tell your mother. We're cool for the summer. Don't be scared ‘cause I'm your body type; we’re cool for the summer.” The lady in the song is pretty much interested only in the pleasure of the moment, and she should be more interested in what will happen in the future because when people act out only in pleasure, it is no basis for any real relationship and will eventually only lead to stress. The way to straighten it out, our theme today, is to begin working on a better understanding of love.
Before her, we heard from Harry Styles again, and his song from his album “Harry’s House,” and his song nominated for both Record and Song of the Year, “As It Was” from 2023. The commentators on the song said it was about the artist’s relationship with fame and how his life is not the same as it once was since he has entered the public eye. I look at it as a statement of the need for change. “Holdin’ me back, gravity’s holdin’ me back,” he sings, “I want you to hold out the palm of your hand. Why don’t we leave it at that? Nothin’ to say when everything gets in the way. Seems you cannot be replaced and I’m the one who will stay. In this world, it’s just us. You know it’s not the same as it was.” He has had a relationship with someone in the past, and it is over, and he must let it go in order to have a happier life. As we think about how to straighten out a life, one of the thoughts must be that we are willing to move on when one love relationship doesn’t work out.
Important words being said here for love relationships and other situations, coming from these popular songs. Up next, we will continue some thinking associated with the thought of how to straighten out our lives right now. On the way out of this segment, let me give you a thought from James Dean, American movie star and symbol of rebellion who died in 1955: “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” Good stuff, and it is a thought that will lead to actions that will help straighten out a life. I’m Fr. Mike, this show is “Message at the Top”, this radio station is Mix 103.3, and we’ll be right back.
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We are back for MATT on Mix 103. I am Fr. Mike, your host for the show that is the top 10 show of Mix 103, giving you the top 10 songs of today and yesterday along with their meanings. Our motto over the years has been a simple one—enjoy the music and listen to the message, and we can work with that message to make our lives better. It’s great to have you with us again, as we pursue a theme this morning of straightening out our lives right now. It came from the 2004 song from Lenny Kravitz—his song “Lady.”
Mr. Thomas DeCarlo Callaway or as we know him Cee Lo Green has a birthday this Saturday. He will be 51. His song here is a song of anger because the person in the song’s girlfriend has chosen to go out with someone else. “I see you driving 'round town with the girl I love and I'm like; forget you. I guess the change in my pocket wasn't enough; I'm like, forget you! And forget her too! I said, ‘if I was richer, I'd still be with ya’. And although there's pain in my chest, I'm sorry, I can't afford a Ferrari, but that don't mean I can't get you there. I pity the fool that falls in love with you.” He is very upset about what has happened. And it could very easily lead him to be revengeful, and that is no way to solve any problem. If we stay away from revenge, we will be a lot better person and it is definitely a way of straightening things out, our theme today. This is rather straightforward song “Forget You” from his album “The Lady Killer”, Cee Lo Green, from the songs of meaning from 2011 on MATT.
(triple) FORGET YOU / Cee Lo Green
DIG IN / Lenny Kravitz
WHERE ARE WE RUNNIN’ / Lenny Kravitz
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We are continuing to celebrate his birthday, that is Lenny Kravitz on MATT and his song “Where Are We Runnin’” from the year 2004 from his album “Mad Hatter’s Daughter.” It is a good song in my opinion, a 10+ category of meaning song, the highest I get. "Fast lane," he sings, "high speed, on the grind, 24/7, no time, always running here and there, chasin' the money, so much jibber jabbers, clogging up the soul. Where are we runnin, we need some time to clear our heads, where are we runnin, keep on working till we're dead, where are we running now." And at the end of the song, he addressed the young lady who was running too fast as well, saying she needs to slow down a little. What a great message. We all need to slow down a little, and a perfect way to straighten out our lives, our theme today.
We played another of his songs before that one, his song “Dig In” from his album “Lenny” from the year 2001. “Wake up and shake it,” he sings, “you didn’t make your contribution. There ain’t no time for you to spare. If you ain’t part of the game, then how can you find a solution? Nobody said that it would be fair. When the mountain is high, just look up to the sky. Ask God to teach you, then persevere.” Great message, I believe. You have to dig in—the name of his song—for life to happen, and the way you do it, is to put forth a lot of effort by yourself, and then ask God to help. “Once you dig in,” he sings, “you’ll find it coming out the other side.” And once you dig in, you’ll find that you’ll have yourself a good time. It will be a good time because you will feel good about yourself, you will have accepted the responsibility that goes with life. You’ll find that you are part of the game, and therefore someone who can help with a solution. And we will be able to straighten out ourselves and others, our theme today.
And we are up to our top 3 right now. Number 3 begins a double play in the top 3 for Olivia Dean, and the first one is a song about what I call the virtue which is most needed in any relationship, namely, communication. “Talk to me,” she begins her song, “looks like we’re making up for lost time; need you to spell it out for me. Don’t be shy, just come be the man I need. Tell me you got something to give. I want it. I kinda like when you call me wonderful, whatever the type of talk it is. Come on then, I gotta know you’re meant to be the man I need. Talk to me. I’d like to think you feel the same way, but I can’t tell with you sometimes. So, let’s get on the same page. Stop making me read between the lines.” So, communication,...and the one thing that we must have is a desire to straighten out ourselves in the sense of who we are and why we are—communication with ourselves, so to speak. Beginning a double play from her, Olivia Dean, from the album “The Art of Loving,” and her song “Man I Need”, number 3 this week, former number 1, on MATT.
(double) 3 MAN I NEED / Olivia Dean
2 SO EASY / Olivia Dean
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Falling from the number 1 position which she held for three weeks in a row, is the second song in the top 3 from her, London born Olivia Dean, also from her album “The Art of Loving,” and her song “So Easy” now at number 2 on MATT. It is a song of the desire for love of one particular person. “I could be the twist, the one to make you stop,” she begins the song, “The icing on the cake, the cherry on the top. It’s heaven in my heart, and we could find you some space. I could be the world to you, the missing piece, that extra kind of chemistry. Some people make it hard; with me, that isn’t the case ‘cause I make it so easy to fall in love. So, come give me a call, and we’ll fall into us. I’m the perfect mix of Saturday night and the rest of your life. Anyone with a heart would agree: it’s so easy to fall in love with me.” So, a rather straightforward statement to someone looking for love of a particular person. In terms of our theme, she is in the process of straightening out her life in order to date well, it seems.
And back at number 1 for seven weeks altogether is the song “I Just Might” from his album “The Romantic”, Bruno Mars, that is Peter Gene Hernandez. It is a song of wanting another to show her love for him by good dancing. “It would break my heart,” he sings, “if I find out you can’t move. You better show me now ‘cause when I take you to the floor, you gotta get down. Hey, Mr. DJ, play a song for this pretty little lady ‘cause if she dance as good as she look right now, I just might make her my baby.” It is a rather selfish song in the sense that the man is really only thinking of himself, but some general thoughts on dancing might be in order as we think of the song. As usual with him—Bruno Mars—the song has quite a good dance video. In terms of our theme this week, if someone wants to dance well, they will no doubt have to make an effort which could mean that they will straighten out their lives a littl—a little stretch there, but close to the truth.
Our theme today has been that idea of finding ways to straighten out ourselves and others right now. It came from the song “Lady” from 2004 from Lenny Kravitz. My prayer for you and me today is that if we need straightened out, we will work at it right away. Thank you for your time today. I hope the rest of your Memorial Day weekend is a good and safe one. My thanks to Jeff Leiker and the production staff here at Mix 103, and to our sponsors, especially Hays Car and Truck Alignment, Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior and Senior High School in Hays, Holy Family Elementary School in Hays and Auto World in Hays. If you would like to request a song to be studied or want to comment on any of my comments, feel free to write me here at KJLS, Hays, KS 67601 or e-mail me at frmikescully@yahoo.com. My website for meditations on some Gospel passages, songs and movies is www.frmikescully.com. We invite you to join us on the web if you happen to be away from our area—by choosing www.hayspost.com and clicking on KJLS or Mix 103.3. One final thought comes from one of my favorite people, Mr. Abraham Lincoln who had some amazing quotes, and a pretty amazing president: “And in the end,” Mr. Lincoln writes, “it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.” That’s very good. Part of that life deals with straightening out our lives right away. As you listen to the number 1 song from Bruno Mars and his song “I Just Might”, may I remind you that you are listening to today’s best music Mix 103, and our advice to you among the other things that we have said to you today—hold a good thought. From West Virginia, through Lawrence and Hays, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Stay safe, peace to you, and be good.
1 I JUST MIGHT / Bruno Mars