And I'm Back

Heyyyy guys!

I've kind of taken a break from blogging...just to figure out which songs I'd like to post. Let's get back to it.

Cute songs. It's almost Valentines Day so I figured I'd post a cute song. I love cute things this time of year.

I've really enjoyed this channel lately. You need a sappy romantic movie? Go to this channel.

My faaaaavorite chocolates

My favorite valentine! (Georgie)

The cutest V-Day commercial.

Okay so some songs. Two songs. Completely random. The first is by the band, Goldfrapp. Have you heard of them? It consists of two people--Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory. GREAT band. They're a really good group to workout to. Come to think of it, I was running to this song today:

Catchy song right? Well they also sang this cute song called Number 1. It's definitely not the most romantic, but it's good nonetheless. The song is "Number 1". The music video is super weird so I'll play just the song:

The last song I want to post, to reallllllllly get you going is by the best gentleman in the world (in my opinion)---Mr. Joshua Radin. As I've mentioned before, I saw him last Valentines Day and he really did steal my heart. What a cutie. I'm going to post the acoustic version of the song "You've Got What I Need"--I guarantee you will love this.

Dance Party

I am a huge Grey's Anatomy fan. I have all the seasons, and I could quote all day every day if I could.

I mean think of it, these individuals live in Seattle, which is super rainy and yucky all the time. What do they do? They save people. Conjoined twins, pregnant men, Alzheimer's, parasites in brains...

It doesn't really hurt that they are all super good looking.

Anyways, the best part of this show is that they provide excellent advise about life. Cue dance parties. Whenever something is bothering you--if you're sad, mad, stressed, just dance it out. Don't believe me? Check out this clip:

Dance it out guys. Sometimes you just need a fun dancing song that you can blast in your apartment, house, sidewalk, wherever and just groove to it. Am I the best dancer? Heck no. But sometimes, awkward dancing is a must. Therefore, I have a cute, indie song that is good to dance to. Also, the lyrics are all about dancing... so that works, right?

Cue the Sappy Music Please

Today is the PERFECT day for some sappy music. I guess I just needed something to make me think, 'oh woe is me...everyone is against me'. You know that kind of music. Actually, I know how to describe it. When you want a pity party for yourself.

Yeah...this pretty much sums it up.

Okay so last night, I was watching Pretty Little Liars. Judge all you want. I absolutely LOVE this show.

I'm okay with admitting how much I love this show because in my opinion, I feel that you need a stupid, completely pointless show in your life. Something that you fall back on because you know, there's no way that this show would actually be real. It's kind of like The OC.

Anyways, it was as though PLL knew how I was feeling last night because the episode had an AWESOME soundtrack. I mean really. It was phenomenal. There were so many sappy, stupid, wah wah wah moments and they had the best songs to counteract that. So lucky you! You all get to listen to these songs. After you do, I'll bet you won't think PLL is as lame as you originally do.

First song is Daniel Ahearn- I Will Let You Go. Apparently it was in No Strings Attached? Didn't see it. Listen to this song and start feeling sorry for yourself:

Okay next is the absolutely amazing song by The Rescues-My Heart With You. If you don't shed a tear during this, then you have no soul.
BY THE WAY--I don't suggest looking at yesterday's post and then listen to these songs. Your brain/emotions might not know how to handle it. Trust me.

Sue Me For Needing the Sun

Alright this snow has got. to. go.

I'm going stir crazy here in the bitter cold North. Sometimes, it's nice....no...sometimes, it's necessary to remember warmer times. Now to some of you, you might not like the warm weather. And that's cool...you're just weird. For the rest of you who are missing the warmth, the beach, the summertime, I'm going to post some songs that just remember me of sun.

Are these relatively 'deep' songs? No. Are the lyrics going to ultimately going to effect your life? Of course not. They're just nice to listen to.

I present 2 songs. Colbie Caillat is a complete guilty pleasure of mine. When I think of happy, giddy songs, I think of her. She ALWAYS has a cute song. Sometimes you just need these. If you are a male and are reading this, give it a shot--you'll probably catch on as well.

Okay so you're kind of still in the 'happy sunshine-y mood'? Good. One more song just to fully grab your attention. Have you heard of the amazing artist, Zee Avi?

Isn't she precious? I think so too. She reminds me of a female Jack Johnson. I'm going to recommend you check out her entire album but the song I'm going to add is called "Bitter Heart". I hope you guys are feeling more sunshiney!

Sunday Mornings

Sunday mornings are always a win if two things happen.

1.) You must be able to sleep in.
2.) You treat yourself to Panera for breakfast.

Clearly, these two things happened for me this morning so I am winning. I felt totally cool as I walked into Panera, 8:30 in the morning with my big nerdy glasses, iPhone in hand, and pajamas. Was this the winning triad of classiness? I mean, you guys can decide that one but I'm going to go with a definite, 'yes'.

This was week was a little nuts but I was trying to figure out a good song to post. Yesterday we got about 4 inches of snow (uncool) so I'm kind of feeling something mellow.

A really great friend of mine introduced me to "The Head and the Heart". They are a band from Seattle and are becoming more and more well-known.

I absolutely love them. They are such a fun group to listen to. I really like their entire album, but there are two songs that have really gotten stuck in my head. The first one is "Sounds Like Hallelujah".

Hooked? You should be. The second song is "Ghosts". Enjoy!

Still Obsessed With Flo

Yes yes yes. I of course am referring to Florence Welch from Florence + The Machine.

Just like everyone else in America, I first heard her most popular song, "Dog Days Are Over" on the "Eat Pray Love" trailer. Okay maybe you heard her some other time but whatever.

When I saw the music video for this song, I was taken aback. It's....different. Weird almost. Then I heard Cosmic Love, You've Got the Love..and so on and so forth.

To be honest with you, I kind of just stopped listening to her for a while. You know how it goes---you listen to a specific artist for so long that you need to move on. Too much.

A dear friend of mine sent me her new album a few months ago titled, "Ceremonials". I didn't really listen to it because I heard "What the Water Gave You" and I wasn't impressed. Well, at the beginning of December, I was driving down to Chattanooga by myself. It was a Friday after half a day of work and then a 10 hour drive ahead of me. Needless to say, I was super tired.

It kind of looked like this but dark.





I turned my Ipod on Shuffle and the song, "Breaking Down" off of her new album came on. Instead of turning to the next song, I thought, "you know what...it's not like I'm going anywhere, let me see how this sounds".

Just like that--I was obsessed again. I listened to the entire album over, and over, and over again. Her voice is just soothing. She brings different beats and sounds so that every song that you listen to is new and different than the last. So I have this thing, that if I hear a song on my Ipod (off of an album), I have to make sure that the artist/s sound good live. Well, I'm going to post Florence singing, "Shake It Out" on the X Factor. You tell me if she sounds good or not:

(By the way, the answer is that she sounds amazing live).
After you listen to this, check out the song "Breaking Down" that I was talking about. I LOVE this song. I love her whole album actually. Check out her album "Ceremonials" if you have time and honestly, shoot me an email if you want it. It's great music from a very talented woman. Enjoy!

Let's Mash It Up

Okay so as you've probably noticed, I've been doing alot of running lately. I pretty much look like this.

Except I'm female.....and not Rocky. But still cue the Theme from Rocky please.


Anyways, so I've really been trying to figure out what kind of groove I'm in with my music--I mean let's be honest here, I was listening to classical music on a run during the last post. But today is going to be different---much different than the music that I've been posting. Two words (or maybe one...it depends):

Mash.Up.

I am hooked. Let's just take about, oh, 2 seconds and watch the video from Glee when they did a mash up on Adele. Now take note--a mash up is whenever two or more songs are combined (MAAAASSHHHEDDD) together to create a single, awesome, song. Hence, mashed. Like mashed potatoes.

yum yum yum yum






Okay I'm getting hungry. Here's the song from Glee:

It's different---right? I love mashups. But the one that I really want to post, is very different than what has been posted in the past. It's by a group called, "Girl Talk" and I am OBSESSED. They are awesome if you're looking for some awesome rap/mashup goodness. The song that I'm posting is "Like This". It's brilliant. Hope you enjoy this!