Stuff I like (Apparently that would be hyperlinks)

 

                When it comes to music, I am eccentric.  I inherited my father’s record collection from ABBA to Frankie Yankovic.  (Literally: I cataloged all his 45s.)  To this record collection, I added some ELO, Billy Joel, and La Bionda(Do you know how hard it is to get a La Bionda record?!); among others. In my own music collection of CDs (yes, I still have CDs—I’m old school), I have a weird assortment.  I have (among other things) Throat Culture (an a capella group), Moxy Früvous, The Chieftains, Counting Crows, and Judy Garland: that doesn’t even cover my husband’s country music or my extensive Lost and Found collection.

                My XM radio in my minivan (I’m a mom—don’t judge) is set to. . .PopRocks.  If you are unfamiliar with this Sirius station, it plays pop/rock songs from the 1990s and the 2000s.  I love Bing Crosby, but I also love Fall OutBoy and Imagine Dragons.  Yes, I have eclectic musical taste.

                All that being said, what I really like is the sound.  I’m not talking the “it’s got a good beat and I can dance to it” or “I don’t listen to the words but the sound” philosophies.  A song with good lyrics can transport a listener or make one think.  Take, for example, “99 Red Balloons” by Nena: The English version is far more moving than the original German “99 Luftballons”.  “You and I in a little toy shop buy a bag of balloons with the money we’ve got” is far more poetic than “Do you have time for me?  I will sing you a song of 99 balloons.”

I like the music too.  The opening harmonization of “Some Nights” by Fun. is amazing—or a great piano line such as in “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton or “I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” by Meatloaf will make me want to listen to a song over and over.  Then there is the rhythm, such as the opening of “It’s Time” by Imagine Dragons.   Let’s not forget the awesome synth in “Something Just Like This” by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay.

Today, I’m going to leave you with a song I became recently familiar with.  I’m normally a Josh Groban fan more than a Michael Bublé fan: in fact, I didn’t even know this song was by Michael Bublé .  I happened to hear it in a made-for-TV-movie and liked it.  It’s got a good piano part and sweet lyrics.  Enjoy “Everything”.