Ending a high school career is exciting. Today is the end of mine (and many seniors') and to reflect on that, here's a goodbye playlist - to this blog, to high school,...:
1. "To Sir With Love" - Lulu
2. "Don't You Forget About Me" - Simple Minds
3. "Hello, Goodbye" - The Beatles
4. "The Best Is Yet To Come" - Frank Sinatra
5. "Wave Goodbye" - Steadman
6. "We've Got To Get Out Of This Place" - The Animals
It's almost over. Just two (and a half-ish) weeks until seniors are graduating, and everyone goes on their way. Because it isn't done yet, here are some school songs to see you through:
1. "Popular" - Nada Surf
2. "School" - Nirvana
3. "Fifteen" - Taylor Swift
4. "Rock Star" - Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana (This is purely grade school nostalgia...)
5. "I Hate the Homecoming Queen" - Emily Osment
6. "School Is Out" - Cat Stevens
7. "Another Brick in the Wall" - Pink Floyd
8. "Troublemaker" - Weezer
9. "High School Never Ends" - Bowling for Soup
10. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" - The Yardbirds
Happy Mother's Day! Posting this a little early to make it fully relevant, but here's to the moms in our lives. Whether the Lorelai to our Rory or the Edith to our Edie, we love our mother no matter the tone of the relationship! This one's for you, Mama:
1. "Mother's Little Helper" - The Rolling Stones
2. "Ava Adore" - The Smashing Pumpkins
3. "Let It Be" - The Beatles
4. "Cold-Blooded Old Times" - (Smog)
5. "Hair" - Cast of Hair
6. "Harper Valley PTA" - Martina McBride
7. "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom" - Everclear
8. "Where You Lead" - Carole King
9. "Mothers of the Disappeared" - U2
10. "Mama" - My Chemical Romance
11. "Silent House" - The Dixie Chicks
12. "Mama Told Me Not To Come" - Three Dog Night
13. "Mama's Boy" - Suzi Quatro
14. "Tell Mama" - Etta James
15. "Motorcycle Mama" - Sailcat
16. "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" - Mama Cass Elliot (My mother's favorite Mama Cass song)
A friend was talking about getting "a 5 in AP Procrastination," and it occurred to me that it might also end up my only 5 at this rate... If you're in the same boat (or you're much better at time management than I) take a break from all of that stressful putting-off and enjoy some selected tunes:
Each person has a 1 in 52 chance that it's there birthday week. It just so happens that it's mine, so, whenever your birthday falls, here's a celebration playlist:
1. "Birthday" - The Beatles
2. "Aquarius/ Let the Sunshine In" - The 5th Dimension
3. "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl" - Broken Social Scene
4. "Brown Eyed Girl" - Van Morrison
5. "Saturday's Child" - The Monkees
6. "Furr" - Blitzen Trapper
7. "Happy Birthday" - Altered Images
8. "I Saw Her Standing There" - The Beatles
9. "Molly" - Sponge
10. "Surrender" - Cheap Trick
11. "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" - Cast of The Sound of Music
Spring (while lagging) is still (hopefully) on its way. Some Californian songs (because this blogger got into USC's school of music) should harken its approach, or act as consolation until the weather and the wildlife reflect the calendar.
1. "California Dreamin'" - The Mamas & The Papas
2. "California Bound" - Carolina Liar
3. "More Bounce In California" - Soul Kid #1
4. "California" - Phantom Planet
5. "Going To California" - Led Zeppelin
6. "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)" - Scott McKenzie
I've been hearing that the videos are slowing loading on the blog, so until that is resolved, I'll be posting lists (and if there's a particularly good video, a link) with artist and song title instead. For St. Patty's, though, I'll take advantage of the change in system to honor some Irish artists out of the confines of specific songs. Enjoy some greats from across the pond:
Because Valentine's Day actually falls within this post cycle, here are songs honoring those who find themselves especially celebrated on this particularly romantic day:
1. "Goodnight Moon" - Go Radio
2. "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" - Death Cab For Cutie
3. "Baby Lee" - Teenage Fanclub
4. "About A Girl" - Nirvana
5. "Somewhere Only We Know" - Keane
6. "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" - The Beatles
Sometimes, the best things in life are the ones we don't understand. Here's a list of some great foreign language songs to enjoy across our second Polar Vortex:
1. "Certamente" - Madreblu
2. "Dis Moi" - BB Brunes
3. "Drunken Piper" - Natalie MacMaster
4. "The Girl From Ipanema" - Stan Getz and João Gilberto
5. "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" - The Beatles
6. "Lady Marmalade" - Pattie LaBelle [This one is worth "foreign language's" stretched definition.]
7. "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" - Doris Day [This one, too.]
Today, we celebrate the great leader of the Civil Rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. For that reason, it seems fitting to appreciate the musical works that acknowledge and support other movements. For MLK day, here's a protest playlist (some of which were played at King's March on Washington [courtesy of http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/08/27/songs-tied-to-the-1963-great-march-on-washington/2703773/] and then some others yet):
1. "Sister Rosa" - The Neville Brothers
2. Bob Dylan @ the March on Washington
3. "Mississippi Goddam" - Nina Simone
4. "We Shall Overcome" - Pete Seeger
5. "Fortunate Son" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. "Oh Freedom; Come and Go With Us; I'm On My Way" - Odetta
7. "Eyes on the Prize" - Mavis Staples
8. "I've Been 'Buked, and I've Been Scorned" - Mahlia Jackson
9. "How I Got Over" - The Blind Boys of Alabama
10. "People Get Ready" - The Impressions
11. "Long Walk to D.C." - The Staple Singers
12. "For What It's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield
13. "Signs" - Five Man Electric Band
14. "Whatever It Takes" - Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman
For those stressful last few hours of studying, here are some songs to jangle your nerves awake, energize your final assault on that math textbook, or otherwise reflect your test-induced tension:
1. "Ride" - The Vines
2. "Walkie Talkie Man" - Steriogram
3. "Blank Generation" - Richard Hell & the Voidoids
