June 2014 Playlist

Here are 30 songs that impacted my life in the month of June.  Enjoy :)

1. Burn-Ellie Goulding: Because sometimes you just have to let it burn (ok so maybe that's from Usher, but it's still true with Ellie's song). 

2. Here (In Your Arms)-Hellogoodbye: I love this song :)  It's so upbeat :0)

3. Mr. Vain-Culture Beat: Not much needs to be said here....  classic :)

4. Heaven-DJ Sammy:  Ahh the memories of growing up.

5. Amber-311:  One of my all-time favorite bands and this song is so wonderful...  It is such a great mellow song, like old times when people used to slow dance...

6. Hazy-Rosi Golan: I love Rosi she has some great songs.  "What if I fall and hurt myself, would you know how to fix me?  What if I went and lost myself, would you know how to find me?  What if I forgot who I am, would you please remind me?  'cause without you things get hazy."

7. Bad (Remix)-Wale feat Rihanna:  Had to get my RiRi fix :)  Whenever I hear this song, I think about Rihanna bad luck in love and wonder if these words are true for her.

8. Bounce-Timbaland feat Justin Timberlake: I love the beats that Timbaland comes up with, and this song just cracks me up.

9. Missin' You-Trey Songz: There honestly aren't many Trey Songz... uh songs that I don't love :)  It's a song about missing someone but the beat makes you want to sing and dance along.

10.  This Time-John Legend:  This is such a powerful song from John Legend, you can feel the emotion behind it.  It really resonates with me, because it has been that second chance excuse...  Always makes me wonder when I can meet someone who can get it right the first time without having to say words like this, it should be "all of you" from the first time.

11. Under the Bridge-Red Hot Chili Peppers: This will forever by my favorite RHCP song...  even if the video is weird as crap haha

12. Are You That Somebody?-Aaliyah: Oh Aaliyah, I will always love you.  And this song.... Reminds me of growing up, and I still love it.  90s style and 90s dancing haha

13. Death of a King-Approaching Nirvana: I find that anytime an AN song comes on that I am in love with it from the very start, this one keeps standing out to me lately, I had to share it's musical beauty.

14. He's a Pirate-David Garrett: Recently I have been recommended a lot of Pirates of the Caribbean music, and I can't say that I mind it, hearing this makes me think of Jack Sparrow and his mischievous grin ;)

15. Moment of Clarity-Jay-Z: This is one of favorite songs by Jay-Z, I love the beat and the way that the flow of the song stays constant throughout the entire song.  The lyrics are very personal also. 

16. 'Till I Collapse-Eminem: This has always stood out as a powerhouse song from Eminem to me.  His genius rhymes always show his intelligence shining through.  Also Nate Dogg on here...  Oh how Nate Dogg added such a smooth element to any song he was a part of.

17.  Slow Jam-Usher feat Monica: From when I first fell in love with Usher's music

18. Through With Love-Destiny's Child: I will always be a DC fan :)  "I'm through with it... love, I'm finally givin' it up.  I've given so much love in the past for a love that I never had."

19. Freak On A Leash-Korn: During the cartoon music video era.  And when I was a huge Korn fan, such a unique and great song.  I love how the video incorporates Korn's album covers, I can't even count how many times we watch the bullet flying through the video.

20. Words as Weapons-Seether: Seether is good for consistent greatness, and I am loving this newer song by them!

21. Arms-Christina Perri: I have seriously been on a Christina Perri obsession lately, I can just loop her for hours (and have at work).  This song just makes me want to have someone to hold in my arms.  "I hope that you see right through my walls, I hope that you catch me 'cause I'm already fallin'  I'll never let a love get so close, you put your arms around me and I'm home"

22. Say Something-A Great Big World feat Christina Aguilera: This song always makes me cry, the message is so powerful...  "Say Something I'm giving up on you. I'll be the one if you want me to.  Anywhere I would have followed you.  Say Something I'm giving up on you... I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you.... And I will swallow my pride, you're the one that I love, I'm saying goodbye..."  The video gets me every time.

23. What's Up-4 Non Blondes: You just can't not listen when this song comes on.  Great classic.

24. Lovefool-Cardigans: Romeo & Juliet.... Leo DiCaprio... need I say more?  Also this song has always felt like such a love conundrum....  Unfortunately I have related to it in my younger dating years.

25. Cello Wars-The Piano Guys: The talent is amazing, I just love this one.

26. You Learn-Alanis Morissette: Alanis always sticks with me.  The older I get the more her lyrics mean to me.  I just lover her more every year. 

27. Roundtable Rival-Lindsey Stirling: I love this song, I feel like somebody needs to be dancing a jig around a bar to it :)  And then she throws in the guitar to rock it out :)

28. Brain Stew-Green Day: Oh man the memories of good old school Green Day :)

29. You're Gonna Go Far Kid-The Offspring: I have been nothing short of thrilled with my Offsping station that gives me nothing by great songs such as this.  I always forget how many songs I love by the Offspring until I start binge listening.

30. Weightless-Natasha Bedingfield: I always love the message in Natasha's songs.  Her songs always speak to me, and she is always pushing back against the conformity of society traditions.  "The sky is the limit and I just wanna flow.  Free as a spirit on a journey of hope.  Cute the strings and let me go, I'm weightless."

April 2014 Playlist

Many songs contributed to an amazing birth month for me!  Here are 30 of them, one for each day of April to give you a little insight into what music impacted me this past month.

1. Let Her Go-Passenger:  This song always makes me chuckle to myself by the truth in the chorus "You only miss the sun when it starts to snow.....  Only know you've been high when you're feeling low,  Only hate the road when you're missing home" 

2. Morning After Dark-Timbaland feat Nelly Furtado & SoShy:  This song always makes me jam out in my car, and I love Nelly so much!  It's just fun.

3. All For Love-Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting: 3 great amazing voices, and such a great song that expresses so much love and also from the great Three Musketeers....

4. Find Me A Man-Toni Braxton:  I love love love the lyrics in this song.  Great qualities to look for, and very fitting for my single 30th birthday that came to pass.

5. Break It Off-Rihanna feat Sean Paul: Such a great combination and I love this song, makes me want to get up and dance.  It has definitely followed me through the years.

6. Break Stuff-Limp Bizkit:  Haha well let's just say that I had reason for a bit of angst this past month and this song was VERY fitting.  Such a great angry jam.

7. Leave You Alone-Young Jeezy feat Ne-Yo:  What can I say, this song is a good one and it makes me sing along.  I think most of us have a bad boy/girl in our past

8. Fantasy-Mariah Carey: Good old classic Mariah.  Love it

9. Just A Girl-No Doubt:  One of the first songs to make me fall in Love with No Doubt.  And it is still great

10.  Shouldv'e Kissed You-Chris Brown: I love this song.....

11. Sleepless-Kate Havenik: This song is great.  I love the lyrics, Kate's voice and the tempo of the song.

12. Be Still-Kaskade: Kaskade is always awesome in my book and I like this song that is a bit slower tempo for them!  And the video is pretty awesome

13.  Hips Don't Lie-Shakira feat Whylef Jean: How can you not love this song?  I always want to perfect my belly dancing skills whenever I think of this song and how awesome Shakira's skills are.

14. A Thousand Years Part 2-Christina Perry feat Steve Kazee: Part 2 is so much better than the original.  I love this song every time I get it, I want to slow dance or ballet across my living room floor while belting out the words. (Yes I am aware that I have issues haha)

15. All I Wanted-Paramore: Oh how I love Paramore and Haley's voice.  They usually rock out harder but I love their slow songs, such as this one and the lyrics are pretty great as well

16. Never Let Me Go-Florence & the Machine: FATM is seriously one of the greatest of all times.  Every single song I hear makes me take a pause in life to just stop and listen for a moment and revel in the vibes that are put forth by the lyrics and the vocals and the instrumentals...

17. Someone to Love You-Ruff Endz: Such a wonderful song and great throwback.  Whenever I hear this song I definitely think of myself.

18. Yo Side of the Bed-Trey Songz: I love this song, but the music video really sealed the deal for me with his wife deploying and being without her while she is gone.  I have seen this video dozens of times and it still makes me cry EVERY time that I watch it...  needless to say I try to never watch it around other people.  It is such such a powerful message.

19. Sweet Dreams-Beyonce': This has to be my favorite newer Beyonce' song.  It has such a powerful beat and presence that you can just feel whenever you hear it.

20. Goodness Gracias-Ellie Goulding: This song makes me laugh since I sake Goodness Gracias all the time.  I love that Ellie has this song, makes me love her even more.  I notice my son is now starting to say "goodness" haha.

21. Get Up-Ciara feat Chamillionaire: When I lived in California, I don't think you could go out dancing and NOT hear this song.  Needless to say it makes me want to dance whenever I see it and puts me in a happy move...  plus I actually did enjoy the first Step Up movie haha.

22. Just Like Me-Amerie: I will always feel like Amerie was an under-rated artist.  I love this song, and she has a lot of lyrics that I feel like I can relate to. 

23. Happy-Pharrell Williams: Liam and I spend extensive amounts of time dancing around the house to this song when we are having a wonderful day!  Whenever he wants to listen to it he tells me "Mom I want to listen to Despicable me" haha

24. She Wolf-Shakira: I know that I already have a Shakira song on here, but she was impacting me a lot this month and I jammed to this song many times this month!  It always make me feel empowered and happy and I probably look like a crazy woman if you see me in my car when this song is on!

25. Only Girl In The World-Rihanna: Again this is another artist I have already featured but it's from a different time in her career and I love this song!

26. Everything Zen-Bush: Because everyone needs some Gavin in their life and this is a great song

27. I Won't-Colbie Calliat: For the rebel in me ;)

28. Edge of Desire-John Mayer: Oh how I love Johnny boy and his lyrics, they are always welcome to my ears and always want to dance with someone close around the living room....  or somewhere more acceptable and cooler haha ;)

29. Beyond the Veil-Lindsey Sterling: I love Lindsey she is so talented and adorable and her videos are becoming higher budget!  Liam and I will just turn on her channel and listen for long stretches of time in a calming state.

30. Love Takes Over-David Guetta feat Kelly Rowland: Too very talented artists, and a great song.

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