As the internet here is a bit sketchy its hard to stream things so my music selections have been limited to those I brought with me. However, I got an itunes gift card from a great friend for my birthday this year and I’ve had a blast picking and choosing a few new pieces to add to my collection. Some are new releases, some are older. Some I picked to use for school, some were purely personal. Some were randomly chosen from the small snippets you can hear before you buy them, some from the blogs or recommendations of others, of those, some heard in their entirety and some not heard at all. The finished product is this fun playlist.
Anything great I’ve missed while I’ve been gone that I should add to the next round?
Firework-Katy Perry
Let Her Go-Passenger
Counting Stars-One Republic
Hard Times Come and Go-Pokey LaFarge
Poor Man's Son-Noah Gunderson
A Crooked Road-Darrell Scott
Brave-Sara Bareilles
Have You Met Miss Jones-Chet Baker
Made It Up The Mountain-The Wood Brothers
(If) You Want Trouble-Nick Waterhouse
Let It Go-Idina Menzel
Just Give Me a Reason-Pink
Morning Song-The Avett Brothers
Come Out of the Woods-Matthew and the Atlas
I'll Take You Dreaming-Danny Kaye
Battle Hymn of the Republic-Red Nichols and his Five Pennies
Blue Ridge Mountain-Hurray for the Riff Raff
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Monday, June 17, 2013
a music swap!
It's that time again! Time for a music swap update. This round is dedicated to the tunes of summer and has seen many differing anthems circling through the post.
Summer is about getting up early and staying out late. It’s popsicles and ice cream and watermelon and cookouts in the park or the mountains. It’s road trips and beach trips and no trips at all but just being lazy, laying on the grass in the backyard working on your tan or reading a great book or counting the stars. It’s about first loves and fireworks and feeling like a kid again. And of course, it’s about music.
When I was little my mom wouldn’t let me listen to modern music. At home it was classical, jazz, a few records that made it through from my dad’s high school days and the MoTab. As for the radio I grew up in Salt Lake and we had a local station, KUTR, that played mostly church music. A gospel station for the Mormon set. I was subjected to Janice Kapp Perry and Michael McLean, Saturday’s Warrior and other cheesy ‘uplifting’ tunes (I’ll Build You a Rainbow, anyone? Anyone?!) But finally after some serious familial coercion (god bless you, Aunt Julia!) I was allowed to listen to the Oldies station. Back then ‘oldies’ meant 50s and 60s and I was in heaven. My days were now punctuated with The Beatles, Elvis, Motown standards, Simon and Garfunkel, and my first ‘fan girl’ favorite, The Monkees. These hits became the soundtrack of my life and the basis for many a ridiculously choreographed dance in the backyard sprinklers.
Fast forward a few years to my first real relationship. I’d just graduated from high school and had college on the horizon and the world at my doorstep when in walked a guy who was inexplicably enamored of me. He was sweet and although I wasn’t all that interested in him I was flattered and loved the idea of him. He was a few years older than I was, prepping for med school and, wait for it, was in a band! Yours truly, a perpetually music-stunted individual spent hours that summer watching him jam on his guitar (and I admit it, possibly crushing on his best friend, the drummer) and listening to a wide and varied selection of music that would have made my mother cringe. He even took me to my first two concerts; Sarah MacLachlan in a huge arena and Richard Marx out under the stars. (Outdoor concerts will always be my faves!)
College brought the introduction of country music and resurgence of the hits of the 80s and I’ve slowly been inundated by alternative and indie music as the years have gone by. I’m still a beat or two behind the musical times and still have a thing for drummers (and pianists, and trumpeters, and banjo players, and bag pipers!) but music of all kinds has remained a constant. I doubt there will be any songs here that are new to anyone, but perhaps that’s for the best. Maybe they’ll work their summer magic and transport you back in time to a happy memory of your own, if only for three short minutes! (I've linked a few but you might have to just do a little work yourself and check out the others.)
1. Summertime ~Oscar Peterson
2. June Hymn ~The Decemberists
3. The Morning Sun ~Gashcat
4. Summer in the City ~The Lovin’ Spoonful
5. Pleasant Valley Sunday ~The Monkees
6. Summer Breeze ~Jason Mraz
7. I Will Live on Islands ~Josh Rouse
8. Hot Fun in the Summertime ~Sly and the Family Stone
9. Roam ~The B-52s
10. Ice Cream ~Sarah MacLachlan
11. Endless Summer Nights ~Richard Marx
12. Aint Goin’ Down… ~Garth Brooks
13. America the Beautiful ~Martin Sexton
Summer is about getting up early and staying out late. It’s popsicles and ice cream and watermelon and cookouts in the park or the mountains. It’s road trips and beach trips and no trips at all but just being lazy, laying on the grass in the backyard working on your tan or reading a great book or counting the stars. It’s about first loves and fireworks and feeling like a kid again. And of course, it’s about music.
When I was little my mom wouldn’t let me listen to modern music. At home it was classical, jazz, a few records that made it through from my dad’s high school days and the MoTab. As for the radio I grew up in Salt Lake and we had a local station, KUTR, that played mostly church music. A gospel station for the Mormon set. I was subjected to Janice Kapp Perry and Michael McLean, Saturday’s Warrior and other cheesy ‘uplifting’ tunes (I’ll Build You a Rainbow, anyone? Anyone?!) But finally after some serious familial coercion (god bless you, Aunt Julia!) I was allowed to listen to the Oldies station. Back then ‘oldies’ meant 50s and 60s and I was in heaven. My days were now punctuated with The Beatles, Elvis, Motown standards, Simon and Garfunkel, and my first ‘fan girl’ favorite, The Monkees. These hits became the soundtrack of my life and the basis for many a ridiculously choreographed dance in the backyard sprinklers.
Fast forward a few years to my first real relationship. I’d just graduated from high school and had college on the horizon and the world at my doorstep when in walked a guy who was inexplicably enamored of me. He was sweet and although I wasn’t all that interested in him I was flattered and loved the idea of him. He was a few years older than I was, prepping for med school and, wait for it, was in a band! Yours truly, a perpetually music-stunted individual spent hours that summer watching him jam on his guitar (and I admit it, possibly crushing on his best friend, the drummer) and listening to a wide and varied selection of music that would have made my mother cringe. He even took me to my first two concerts; Sarah MacLachlan in a huge arena and Richard Marx out under the stars. (Outdoor concerts will always be my faves!)
College brought the introduction of country music and resurgence of the hits of the 80s and I’ve slowly been inundated by alternative and indie music as the years have gone by. I’m still a beat or two behind the musical times and still have a thing for drummers (and pianists, and trumpeters, and banjo players, and bag pipers!) but music of all kinds has remained a constant. I doubt there will be any songs here that are new to anyone, but perhaps that’s for the best. Maybe they’ll work their summer magic and transport you back in time to a happy memory of your own, if only for three short minutes! (I've linked a few but you might have to just do a little work yourself and check out the others.)
1. Summertime ~Oscar Peterson
2. June Hymn ~The Decemberists
3. The Morning Sun ~Gashcat
4. Summer in the City ~The Lovin’ Spoonful
5. Pleasant Valley Sunday ~The Monkees
6. Summer Breeze ~Jason Mraz
7. I Will Live on Islands ~Josh Rouse
8. Hot Fun in the Summertime ~Sly and the Family Stone
9. Roam ~The B-52s
10. Ice Cream ~Sarah MacLachlan
11. Endless Summer Nights ~Richard Marx
12. Aint Goin’ Down… ~Garth Brooks
13. America the Beautiful ~Martin Sexton
Saturday, March 9, 2013
new music!
It's that time of year again. Time to whip out the blank CDs and favorite tunes and make some playlists for our music swap. We've recruited a few more contributors this time around so I'm looking forward to getting 5 different mixes in the mail over the next few weeks.
March tends to be the ushering in of springtime and a change in scenery for me both physically and emotionally. February drags on and on and by the end the winter blues and ennui have settled in pretty deep. But once March is underway I've shaken the cobwebs from my brain, kicked up my heels and am ready to throw open the windows and let the sunshine in. This list isn't quite the perfect representation of that transformation but it comes as close as I could get while sticking to the song/time limit parameter. Here's what I sent:
1. Winter in My Heart The Avett Brothers
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter Simon and Garfunkel
3. Why Does It Always Rain on Me? Travis
4. Stop This World Diana Krall
5. Into the Ocean Blue October
6. Hunted by Ghosts The Local Strangers
7. Up the Road Blackberry Smoke
8. Cold Wind Among Savages
9. Boston Augustana
10. Things Will Change Treetop Flyers
11. Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
And of the two I've gotten in the mail so far these are the tracks that I just can't stop listening to!
This tune is one I came across a couple of months ago in some of my musical wanderings but then had failed to write down what it was and where I found it. I was so tickled that it crossed my path again! Musical fate, it's a magical thing!
And this one just sort of gets in your brain and doesn't let go!
What's featuring in the soundtrack of your life lately?
March tends to be the ushering in of springtime and a change in scenery for me both physically and emotionally. February drags on and on and by the end the winter blues and ennui have settled in pretty deep. But once March is underway I've shaken the cobwebs from my brain, kicked up my heels and am ready to throw open the windows and let the sunshine in. This list isn't quite the perfect representation of that transformation but it comes as close as I could get while sticking to the song/time limit parameter. Here's what I sent:
1. Winter in My Heart The Avett Brothers
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter Simon and Garfunkel
3. Why Does It Always Rain on Me? Travis
4. Stop This World Diana Krall
5. Into the Ocean Blue October
6. Hunted by Ghosts The Local Strangers
7. Up the Road Blackberry Smoke
8. Cold Wind Among Savages
9. Boston Augustana
10. Things Will Change Treetop Flyers
11. Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
And of the two I've gotten in the mail so far these are the tracks that I just can't stop listening to!
What's featuring in the soundtrack of your life lately?
Monday, June 25, 2012
Happiness is...
*A new pair of shoes
*This movie
and the subsequent dreaming about Scotland that followed
*Lemon meringue pie
(PS-It was pretty delicious. Don't you wish you'd taken me up on my offer last week?) ;)
*This movie
and the subsequent dreaming about Indian food that followed
*And a new Summer-flavored playlist
Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
Fireflies Owl City
Ice Cream Sarah MacLachlan
America Neil Diamond
Summer in the City The Lovin’ Spoonful
Fun, Fun, Fun The Beach Boys
I’m a Believer The Monkees
Ain’t Going Down Til the Sun Comes Up Garth Brooks
Walkin’ on the Sun Smash Mouth
Home Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
Coconut Harry Nilsson
You Are My Sunshine Sara Gazarek
Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
It’s my Life Bon Jovi
Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly and the Family Stone
Shine Vienna Teng
July, July The Decemberists
Walt Whitman Trampled by Turtles
It’s a Great Day to Be Alive Travis Tritt
Late in the Evening Paul Simon
Summer Breeze Jason Mraz
Summertime Oscar Peterson
How's your summer progressing?
See you tomorrow with more book reviews!
*This movie
*Lemon meringue pie
*This movie
*And a new Summer-flavored playlist
Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
Fireflies Owl City
Ice Cream Sarah MacLachlan
America Neil Diamond
Summer in the City The Lovin’ Spoonful
Fun, Fun, Fun The Beach Boys
I’m a Believer The Monkees
Ain’t Going Down Til the Sun Comes Up Garth Brooks
Walkin’ on the Sun Smash Mouth
Home Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
Coconut Harry Nilsson
You Are My Sunshine Sara Gazarek
Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
It’s my Life Bon Jovi
Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly and the Family Stone
Shine Vienna Teng
July, July The Decemberists
Walt Whitman Trampled by Turtles
It’s a Great Day to Be Alive Travis Tritt
Late in the Evening Paul Simon
Summer Breeze Jason Mraz
Summertime Oscar Peterson
How's your summer progressing?
See you tomorrow with more book reviews!
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