“Another Lonely Night” Adam Lambert
“High Dive” Andrew McMahon InThe Wilderness
“Oasis” A Great Big World
“Looking Up” Safetysuit
“First“. Cold War Kids
Fix My Eyes”. For King and Country
“Hollow” Tori Kelley
“Hold On Forever” Rob Thomas
Category: Tunes
Highlights from the soundtrack of my life.
January 2016 Faves
“Used To Love You” Gwen Stefani
“Stand By You” Rachel Platten
“Water Under the Bridge” Adele
“Get Away” Paperwhite
“Till It Happens to You” Lady Gaga
“I Know What You Did Last Summer” Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
“Victorious” Panic! At The Disco
December 2015 Faves
It feels SO good to have my car back!!! I’ve missed you Bea!!! (my car is a girl). She is named after Colbie Caillet (the 1st song I heard on the radio the first time I drove it). I can hear songs now!
Sean says that I listen to “teeny-bopper” music. Yeah, well… Whatever.
“Wildest Dreams”. Taylor Swift
“Hello”. Adele
“Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah)” (EXPLICIT) Andy Grammer
“She Used To Be Mine” Sara Bareillis
“Worth It” Fifth Harmony
“Renegades” X Ambassedors
“Go Big Or Go Home” American Authors
Throw Back Tune: (I WAS a teeny-bopper!)
“Disease” Matchbox Twenty
All-Time Christmas Faves 2015
It’s about that time and STILL TOTALLY is NOT Christmas without these tunes!!!
“Last Christmas” Wham!
“I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” Gayla Peevey
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” Judy Garland
“Merry Christmas, Darling” Karen Carpenter
“All I Want For Christmas Is You” Mariah Carey
“Feliz Navidad” Jose Feliciano – DUH!
“Christmas Shoes” Alabama
“Shake Up Christmas” Train
“Mary, Did You Know?” Cee Lo Green
“Please Come Home for Christmas” Bon Jovi
“O, Holy Night” Jon Secada
“River” Sarah McLachlan – Parker digs this one so I do now too.
Added these songs in 2014:
“Underneath The Tree” Kelly Clarkson
“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Band Aid
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings” Barenaked Ladies Feat. Sarah McLachlan
My Mom played this one for me on Veteran’s Day this year. I’ve heard it before but… I cried.
Da
So, I have been without my car radio for so long that random songs will just pop up into my head. As I was just about to fall asleep last night, I thought of this one. I saw U2 live with my brother and a few other colleagues. I saw them perform this song but that was when MY DAD was still alive. It’s different for me now. I used to drive to work and listen to this song in the months just after he died and I used to ball the whole way to work. I’d wear my sunglasses into the building even though it was before daylight savings time and it was still pitch black outside.
I listened to this song a few times last night and cried EVERY time. I still do now. Because I was Irish in my past life, I guess I used to call him “Da” too. I always called my dad, “Daddy” but I guess it really doesn’t matter…
November 2015 Faves
My car was involved in a car accident (I wasn’t driving it); it is still n the body shop. I’ve been listening to this song because Sean’s birthday is tomorrow. He’ll be 14. I used to sing this song to him when he was a baby…
“Beautiful Boy”. John Lennon
I’ve been missing listening to some U2 so I also listen to this one:
“Stuck in a Moment“. U2
ANOTHER October 2015 Fave
I forgot about this song until last weekend. I was first introduced to it like 12 years ago. I saw a drumline perform this song about 8 or 9 years ago. I HAD to post this one when it was STILL October…
“Moondance” Van Morrison
October 2015 Faves
My car dealership ordered me another radio so I’m STILL riding in silence! I have listened to random Gavin Degraw tunes though. If I had to pick my top 5 Gavin tunes, it would be:
5. “Follow Through” The reason I started loving Gavin… The movie Laws of Attraction, Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, IRELAND!
4. “Fire” Saw this one used in an NFL advertisement.
3. “Medicate the Kids” It didn’t get radio play but it goes along with why I believe in NOT medicating.
2. “Crush” When I first realized that I had a crush on Gavin.
1. “You Know Where I’m At” LOVE it!
*** I have also been listening to this song before I fall asleep. Reminds me of my Dad. I cry.
“Only the Strong Survive” Jerry Butler
September 2015 Faves
The radio in my car is STILL not fixed. I’ve started back to work so I am EXHAUSTED when I go to sleep. I pray a lot when I’m falling asleep or think about what needs to be done at work the next day. Occasionally, I will listen to some Sheryl Crow as I fall asleep.
“I Shall Believe” Sheryl Crow
“No One Said It Would Be Easy” Sheryl Crow
August 2015 Faves
So, summer has been a little bit rough for me. The radio in my car broke. I haven’t taken my car to Les Stanford to get it fixed. Since it has been SO warm, I haven’t driven anywhere much anyway. So unfortunately, I haven’t heard any new music. I listen to A LOT of U2 live on my phone or iPad because I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Bono and I really dig live music!!!
I scroll through previous posts in my “Tunes” category also. When I wait in the car for whatever reason, I pull up one of these 2 songs. I listen to them before I go to sleep sometimes. They DEFINITELY are some throwback tunes but I STILL dig ’em… A LOT! So they aren’t new, but these two are my faves this month.
Check them out:
“You’ll Think Of Me”. Keith Urban
“I Was Made For You” Brandi Carlile