I love music, as most people do. However, I don’t listen to it as much as some. Some people turn on the radio when they get home, have it playing while they clean house, etc. Not me. I enjoy the quiet at home more than I enjoy music. However, I still listen quite a bit. In my car (always). At work (mostly). And occasionally at home, if I’m getting ready for a date night or something.
I get all of my music from iTunes. The last ‘real’ CD I purchased was ‘Prism’ by Katy Perry, and the only reason I got that is so that my husband and I could share it (instead of us each purchasing the album from iTunes). But before that purchase, it had been YEARS since the last time I bought a ‘real’ CD. Thank goodness for iTunes!
I like everything mostly, except for most country and, you know, polka. Ha ha. I have a bit of everything in my iTunes account. I tend to gravitate towards the typical ‘top 40’ songs. Pop, alternative, indie, r&b, etc. But I also have a lot of soundtracks (Hunger Games, Midnight in Paris) and Broadway tunes. Phantom of the Opera. The Lion King. Les Miserables (both the Broadway version and the movie version from last year).
It’s amazing too how some songs can bring memories flooding back, or make me think of a certain tv show episode or something like that.
One of those moments happened on the plane somewhere over the Atlantic (almost to France). I had been sleeping, and my sister woke me up because the flight attendants were starting to serve breakfast. We were a couple hours away still. So I woke up and was still in that groggy state, however very excited. I looked out the window and the blue water of the Atlantic was below us and I put in my ear buds, turned on my ipod on Shuffle and thought to myself, ‘whatever song comes up first, THIS is the song that I am going to remember as I’m flying to France. I hope it’s a good one.’ And it was:
So now whenever I hear that song I immediately start thinking of that plane ride and the excitement I felt as I ate my fruit and croissant, knowing that just in a couple hours we would be in Paris.
Whenever I hear ‘Forever’ by Chris Brown, I think of this scene from The Office:
(sorry for the poor video, it was the only one I could find)
Whenever I hear ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica, I think of riding in the car with my brother through the twisty roads of southern Missouri in the Ozarks on our way to Silver Dollar City.
Whenever I hear ‘The Man that Got Away’ by Judy Garland, I think of this wonderful scene from Gilmore Girls, when Luke and Lorelai get back together (poor Lorelai, all alone eating her sad Chinese food):
And don’t even get me started on Parenthood. There are AMAZING songs in that show every single week. I don’t know how they do it.
Here are a few of my overall favorites:
Of Monsters and Men – I listen to their album on repeat and it never gets old
Imagine Dragons – Radioactive, Demons – great music.
Katy Perry. I could probably do an entire post on Katy Perry. I was never really a big fan of hers until I watched her movie/documentary ‘Part of Me’. It sheds a whole new light on her life, how she got started, how her marriage fell apart, and what kind of person she is. It is really good (it’s on Netflix streaming if anyone is interested). It follows her around on tour. Yes, she’s an oddball. Yes, she’s quirky and wears weird clothes and wigs. Yes, her music videos are funny and she definitely doesn’t take herself too seriously (Roar? She paints an elephants’ toenails, brushes a crocodiles teeth and names the tiger 'Kitty Purry'). But her songs are good. She writes a lot of her own music. My favorites? Firework. Roar. (listen to those two if you’re having a bad day and feeling bad about yourself). ET. Dark Horse. The One That Got Away (the acoustical slower version):
One Republic
Pink – her Truth About Love album is great
My favorite artists to exercise to:
LMFAO, Maroon 5, Madonna, Katy Perry, The White Stripes, Macklemore, Robin Thicke, Chris Brown, Dr. Dre, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, The Killers, Michael Jackson (Billie Jean), Pink
My favorites for relaxing:
Adele, The Civil Wars, Birdy, Coldplay, The Lumineers
Those are just a few of my favorites!
