Happy Valentine's Day (aka Single Awareness Day)! Whether or not you have a Valentine, I hope you can enjoy these love songs.
Fall in Love
by: Peter and Evynne Hollens
Something 'Bout Love
by: David Archuleta
This was one of the cutest Valentine's presents ever! Taylor Swift wrote the song "Enchanted" about Adam Young (Owl City), which he discovered by decoding the secret message in her lyrics. When he figured this out, he remembered the night she was referring to and decided to sing the song back to her as a Valentines gift. He wrote a really sweet message to go along with it as well. I don't know if she ever heard it or what her reaction was but it was still very sweet. Here are both versions of the song.
Loving You Is Easy
by: Union J
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Hope you have a splendid day :)
These are some of my favorite feel-good songs that remind me of the joys of life and to live it to its fullest.
Beautiful Life
by: Union J
New Year's Day
by: Abandon
Undefeated
by: Jason Derulo
Something Beautiful
by: Newsboys
Up And Up (Acoustic)
by: Relient K
There are a few people in this video to look out for that you might recognize. If you watch Studio C (comedy sketches from BYU), Mallory, Whitney, Jason, Natalie, Adam, and Jeremy are in this. Also, If you've seen Napoleon Dynamite (who hasn't?), Jon Heder makes an appearance. I didn't notice any of them until someone pointed it out to me so you have to look closely.
Here are some songs I have been listening to a lot lately.
Girls Like You
by: The Naked and Famous
*I know, not the best band name
End of All Time
by: Stars of Track and Field
The Heart of Life
by: John Mayer
So Easy
by: Phillip Phillips
Beautiful Words
by: The Afters
I first heard these songs on Pandora and have kept listening to them. If you like them, I would recommend a station called Siberia. It's a song by Lights and I have heard some great stuff on that station.
Ok seriously this guy is spectacular and in this post I am going to prove to you why he is so amazing.
This is the first video of his that I saw and I absolutely loved his voice. I found it because I'm a fan of Landon Austin and was listening to some covers he had done. As you can imagine, this cover made me really happy with both of them in it.
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (originally by Taylor Swift)
by: Peter Hollens and Landon Austin
Lately I have been going on YouTube and re-discovering Disney songs. I don't think we fully appreciate them as kids but going back now that I'm older I have a new-found love in the amazing and wholesome messages they portray with beautiful music to accompany it. I was looking for a medley and the first one I saw was this one and I thought "hey, I recognize that guy!". Needless to say, I was blown away with his talent once again.
Disney Medley
by: Peter Hollens and Alex G
After listening to that song like 10 times, I started a mad search through YouTube to hear more of his songs. I found this song that I have heard numerous times but I thought it was a lot cuter to watch him sing it with his wife who also happens to posses an incredible amount of talent. Oh, and as if I wasn't already well on the road to obsession with his music, he made me like him even more by saying in the description of that video "Music is so powerful it needs to be used for redeeming work, to lift people's spirits and lift their souls. Hope you find some of this in my music." Thank you for restating my purpose in making this blog. I'm glad someone else sees the the importance of listening to clean and wholesome music.
(By the way, I've heard the movie this song is from is not exactly something worth recommending. So, don't watch it.)
Seasons of Love (originally from the musical Rent)
by: Peter Hollens Feat. Evynne Hollens
I'm not a big Star Wars fan but the nerd inside of me comes out when I see something this cool (and apparently so does theirs). The video was done so well and I thought it was also cool that I recognized Lindsey Stirling. She is a phenomenal violinist who breaks far away from any violinist stereotypes. Watch and you will get a glimpse of what I mean. Check out her other collaborations, original songs, and covers here: http://www.youtube.com/user/lindseystomp
Star Wars Medley
by: Peter Hollens and Lindsey Stirling
Being a Lord of the Rings/ Hobbit fan, I was pretty excited to find this. I am amazed at how much of a range he has when it comes to singing. Acapella music never ceases to amaze me. (Pst. There is also a version he did with Jun Sung Ahn who is playing the violin. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylfb3FRvuVU ).
Misty Mountains
by: Peter Hollens
I wish this was my job. I guess I need to practice singing more.
Pirates Medley
by: Peter Hollens and Gardiner Sisters
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I went to the Library a few days ago because I wanted some new music and they had a fairly large selection of CD's. I checked out six of them and made a list of ones that I wanted to get when I came back. I wanted to share my findings and give you reviews of the music as I listen to it. I will post videos for my favorite songs off of the album and give reviews of the other tracks to tell you what is clean and what isn't.
First up is the album lovestrong. by Christina Perri. I had only heard maybe three of her songs before and I thought they were pretty good but since listening to the whole album I realized that I really like it. The album starts out strong and mellows out by the end but I still enjoyed it.
Overall, there is no sexual content or language. However, I wouldn't recommend the first track, entitled bluebird, because of the frequent use of a certain word I'm not comfortable with (H-E-double hockey sticks, if you know what I mean). Also, in the song mine, liquor is referenced briefly, so if you don't care for that, in my opinion, this track could be skipped. To my understanding, all other tracks on this album are clean and I would recommend listening to them.
The tracks are:
1. bluebird 2. arms
3. bang, bang, bang 4. distance
5. jar of hearts 6. mine
7. interlude 8. penguin
9. miles 10. the lonely
11. sad song 12. tragedy
I love the second track, entitled arms. This is probably my favorite song off of the album.
Here is a song you are probably more familiar with- jar of hearts. I actually heard it on the radio the other day.
Penguin is a pretty cute and enjoyable song about finding time to spend with those who really care about you and appreciating the people in your life.
If arms is my favorite, then track #9, miles, is my second favorite. The lyrics are beautiful and unique which is why I love it.
So now that you have seen a variety of posts on this blog, I would like some feedback. What do you like? What don't you like? What do you want to see more of? What would be helpful to you?
To review, so far you have seen posts with:
random songs
a theme (such as Christmas songs)
multiple tracks from a single artist
and an album review
Leave a comment on this post and let me know... and maybe subscribe while you are at it. (If I'm not mistaken, to do so, one would scroll to the very bottom of this page and look for a hyperlink that says "subscribe", click it, and follow the instructions at the top of the page it opens).
Here is a collection of some of my favorite Christmas songs that you will probably never hear on the radio or in the stores.
Peppermint Winter
by: Owl City
*Owl City also has a song called Christmas Song (creative, huh?).
When I was taking guitar lessons, my teacher liked to start out the class by having us watch the music video for the song we would be learning. He loved Coldplay (and Switchfoot) so we learned this song on guitar for Christmas.
Christmas Lights
by: Coldplay
Relient K came out with a Christmas album a few years ago called Let It Snow, Baby... Let It Reindeer which has a combination of original songs and covers of classical Christmas songs. I would recommend listening to the whole album but this is my favorite song off of the album.
I Celebrate The Day
by: Relient K
I don't think David Archuleta wrote this song originally but it's still a good song. He did write a song called Melodies of Christmas which you might want to check out.
Pat-A-Pan
by: David Archuleta
This song makes me think about the direction God gives us in our lives. He is there to help us through anything we have problems with. He loves us no matter what and if we sin he is always willing to accept us back with open arms when we decide to repent. He wants us to return home to him and is with us every step of the way to ensure we can.
I absolutely love Andrew McMahon's voice. He has done many different styles and his career has definitely evolved since he started actively producing music in 1998 with the band Something Corporate.
I Woke Up in a Car
by: Something Corporate
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Andrew decided to pursue a side project by himself during this time (with Something Corporate) and called it Jack's Mannequin. In 2005 he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but made a full recovery. His music changed as he changed and learned how to cope with what he was dealing with. He wrote this song based on his experience.
Swim
by: Jack's Mannequin
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This song was on the last album he wrote under the name Jack's Mannequin, entitled "My Racing Thoughts".
Amelia Jean
by: Jack's Mannequin
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Recently Andrew McMahon announced that he would just be going by his name for his musical career. He said that he associated the name Jack's Mannequin with the period of his life when he was sick and going through a tough recovery process. He was ready to move on.
Here's to new beginnings!
