Music Crush #15 (Playlist)!

Hey!

Obviously this weeks Music Crush had to be Christmas song - the problem is, I can't decide which one. I know I have this problem a lot but this week it's big and it's real. Decisions are just not happening.

So we're going to mix it up a little bit and do a Music Crush Playlist. Uh huh. I'm mixing it up good!

In no particular order...

1.

Last Christmas - Wham!

2.

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Michael Buble

3.

Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea

4.

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard

5.

All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

6.

Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens

7.

Underneath The Tree - Kelly Clarkson

8.

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin

9.

Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984 Version) - Band Aid

10.

Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade

11.

Run Run Rudolph - Kelly Clarkson

12.

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Michael Buble

13.

White Christmas - The Drifters

14.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams

15.

Finally, and definitely the best of them all...

Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

There! That is my Christmassy playlist! I love Christmas music and especially all of the old ones, they get me feeling all festive!

Katie x

Music Crush #10

Hello!

I can't believe we're at Music Crush #10 already! I've seriously just gone back through all the previous ones, sure I'd made a mistake and missed a few numbers out along the way! Apparently not though, apparently we really are at the tenth Music Crush!

I recently heard that Charlie Simpson (a former member of Busted, if you're not sure who he is) has brought out a new album; his second solo album. 

I've heard a few songs on it but haven't had the chance to get out and buy it yet so I haven't listened to all the songs to decide which is my favourite. It really made me want to listen to his previous album though, so I did!

This weeks Music Crush was easy for me... for once!

Charlie Simpson

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Cemetery

Being all predictable on my song choice there by choosing his first single from that album but I seriously adore it. I love this one and Farmer and His Gun is probably a very close second favourite.

I can't even tell you what it is that gets me so much about this song. It's one of my most played songs on my iTunes (you can read my Top 25 HERE, if you're interested, if not... just don't click it!), I think it was sitting at #25 last time I looked but that's probably changed the amount I've listened to it this week!

Maybe it's all of the imagery that the lyrics provide me with and the metaphors... so English student-y of me, I know, what can I say, I have English analysis on my brain 24/7.

I love the opening lines:

Welcome to my cemetery gates

I lost your love and I buried it here

The idea of there being a cemetery for all your past loves and broken hearts is something even my over-imaginative brain had never thought of.

I think everyone will like something different about this song and have their own interpretation, the best way to figure out what you think about it is to listen to it! Aaaand, because I'm so nice, I've embedded a video so you can listen to it right here!

Katie x

Music Crush #9

Hello!

Sorry about the lateness of this weeks Music Crush but I've had a lovely day out with the Big Little Ones and then a pamper night and somehow I only managed to get back an hour ago... I honestly don't know where the time went!

I've been really indecisive about what song to choose this week. I've been listening to 5 Seconds of Summer's debut album on loop for most of it but I feel like I'd be cheating making them my Music Crush because they got their chance to shine only a few weeks ago. Therefore, I was left with the task of trying to find another song I've been loving just as much. The next song that came to me was a one by The Script, but they were last weeks Music Crush!

 Then it came to me. This weeks Music Crush should be...

*DRUM ROLL*

MAGIC!

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Rude

This is definitely not the kind of music I normally listen to but I'm in love with it!

I originally heard the beat to the song on an amazing rendition sang by a father who didn't want a certain man to marry his daughter - it's hilariously amazing - and I googled what the song it was originally based on was and found this one. 

I think it's just something about the laid-back tone to it that I love. It seems so chilled. The lead singer, Nasri, has a reggae sound to his voice, a bit Bob Marley-like to a certain extent, and it makes the song seem less about a serious topic and more about just being content.

So here is the original song by MAGIC! for you to listen to:

And if you fancy listening to a father's response to the song, which is one of the best things I've heard in a long time, then here you go!

Katie x

Music Crush #6

Hello!

I've struggled slightly with this week's Music Crush because I've been listening to the same things over and over again, and those songs have already taken the lime light in previous Music Crushes.

That's why this week is a special Music Crush - rather than it just being one song, it's a whole EP by two girls who started off on YouTube, several years ago now, and it's been on loop on my iTunes.

Megan & Liz

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Simple Life - EP

I did think about trying to choose just one song for the Music Crush but then I felt like I wasn't being fair to the rest of them.

So, the whole EP is my Music Crush!

However, if you do want just one song, aside from the obviously awesome song Simple Life - which the EP was named after - that tells you about the differences in their life since they moved from Nashville to LA and back, I would also suggest New At This - a great song if you've just turned eighteen (in the UK) or twenty-one (in America) because every word of it is so true about the new stage you start in life at that point.

Katie x

Music Crush #5

Hello!

This weeks song has basically been the anthem to mine and my friends weekend, so I thought it was deserving of being the fifth music crush!

Tiesto

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Wasted (feat. Matthew Koma)

I think this song was on in practically every different club we went to on Friday night and it just became our little anthem of the night!

It's a real feel-good song, it reminds me of what a good night I had with my friends and all of the fun and laughter.

I'm not so sure about the lyrics mind. Personally, I don't like us better when we're wasted - some drunk people do some really stupid stuff and I witnessed a lot of it on Friday - but I get the way it's saying when people are wasted (although please don't get wasted - it's always nice to remember what you did that night!) they let go a lot more, so some people like it... If that makes sense?

Anyway, here is the song, it's a great, up-beat one and if you're having a bit of an I-can't-be-bothered-with-anything, down day then I think this song will really help!

What's your weekend anthem?

Katie x

Music Crush #4

Hello!

As some of you may know, I went on a rather adventurous (if that's what you want to call it... possibly more disastrous, actually) road trip with my brother the other day - don't worry though, I documented the whole thing HERE, just for you!

Anyway, a road trip with my brother means some of the best, old-school music of our lives, that we both stupidly sing along too, and it's that road trip CD that has inspired this weeks music crush...

This deserves an epic drum roll, with a guitar riff and maybe even a bit of bass...

Fall Out Boy

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Sugar, We're Goin Down

I remember when this song came out and I loved it straight away - I think it's one of those timeless rock songs that never gets old... In fact, I think most of Fall Out Boy's songs are timeless!

This song just gives me so many good memories, mainly of my brother and I rocking out to it on our many road trips; it's a classic!

What do you think?

Katie x

Have you read the previous music crushes?

Music Crush #1

Music Crush #2

Music Crush #3

Music Crush #2

Hello!

It's that time of week again where I have to make a decision on what my favourite song of the week has been... It's never an easy decision.

I decided (after a very long deliberation) to choose the song I've been listening to most this week and that is...

*drum rollllll*

Hunter Hayes

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Wanted

It is such a cute song! The lyrics are what really catch me, I think.

I don''t know whether it's the literature student in me or the creative writing one, or maybe it's just a me thing, but I'm the kind of person that listens to the lyrics more than the song itself and the melody (although it has to be good to a certain extent if I'm going to listen to a song at all, it is the tune that catches you before the lyrics, after all). 

I wanna wrap you up,

Wanna kiss your lips,

I wanna make you feel wanted

How can you not love someone who is singing lyrics like that? Maybe I'm just too soppy and sentimental but I love them.

Surprisingly, I quite like the underlying country tone to it, too... 

Overall, this song gets a ten out of ten from me on the cuteness scale!

What do you think?

Katie x

The Top 25...

Hello!

I like all kinds of different music but, because I'm super nice, I thought I'd let you have a little insight into my top 25 most played songs, on my iTunes... I'm just going to get started or this could end up being a very long post.

Starting at the bottom, then!

25.

Cemetery 
 Charlie Simpson

24.

When I Look At You 
 Miley Cyrus 
(Yes, I like Miley Cyrus - new and old!)

23.

Salvation 
 Gabrielle Aplin

(She has such an amazing and beautiful voice, well worth a listen)

22.

Little Black Dress 
 One Direction

21.

Next to Me (Radio 1's Live Lounge Version) 
 Emeli Sande
(I didn't think it was possible but, she sounds even more amazing live)

20.

Dear Photograph 
 Lilygreen & Maguire

19.

Walk
Foo Fighters
(A bit more rocky than the others, I know. What can I say - I like to surprise people)

18.

A Drop In the Ocean 
 Ron Pope

17.

Great Escape
Mike Dignam

16.

Sexy Lady 
 Jessie J 
(Seriously one of the best feel good songs ever... For the ladies anyway!)

15.

Without You 
 Glee Cast

14.

I'm Like a Lawyer With the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off
 Fall Out Boy

13.

Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
Aerosmith

12.

Wanted 
 Hunter Hayes

11.

Cry Me A River
Michael Buble
(Love his voice sooo much! I wish he could just sing me to sleep every night)

10.

What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) 
 Kelly Clarkson 
 665 Plays
(If you need a song to pick you up and motivate you, this is it)

9.

Mr Brightside
The Killers
 757 Plays

8.

The One 
 Olly Murs 
 801 Plays

7.

Already Gone 
 Kelly Clarkson 
 841 Plays

6.

Wide Awake
Glee Cast 
844 Plays
(I like Glee, so what? They do some amazing covers; I like some better than the originals!)

5.

The Writer 
 Ellie Goulding 
 846 Plays

4.

Read All About It (Pt. III) 
 Emeli Sande 
 933 Plays

3.

Sleeping With the Light On 
 Busted 
 1282 Plays

2.

Thunder 
 Jessie J 
 1579 Plays

1.

Always Tomorrow 
 Shane Filan 
 A whopping 2640 Plays!

AND

Pumped Up Kicks (Cover)
Lilygreen & Maguire
Also on 2640 Plays!

So there is a little insight into my iTunes library - quite the privilege really! A bit of an eclectic collection! If you were to see my Top 50, you would probably give me a lot of funny looks - it goes from Panic! At the Disco to Disney, at one point!

Katie x