Music has been such a dominant part of my life this month that it would be silly of me to not document it in a post. The new music and old music I've been rediscovering my love for has been my biggest source of inspiration over the past few weeks. I find the winter blues particularly difficult to deal with, and this set of feel-good songs have kept me going.
1. Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys 2. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys 3. Here Today - The Beach Boys 4. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys As you can tell, I've been on quite a Beach Boys kick. Until recently, I only knew of their most popular hits, but now I'm smitten with the entirety of the Pet Sounds album. They are quickly becoming one of my favourite bands. Their music makes me feel like I'm sitting on a beach in California in the middle of the summer, with no stress or worries. Which is all I really need in the bitter cold month of January. 5. Across The Universe - The Beatles 6. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles 7. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles 8. Penny Lane - The Beatles While most people go through their Beatles phase when they're 13, I'm going through mine at 19. You just can't say no to these classics. These have been my favourites as of late. 9. Arabella - The Arctic Monkeys 10. No. 1 Party Anthem - The Arctic Monkeys 11. Heroes - David Bowie Honestly, Heroes is probably one of the most iconic songs of all time. It's quickly becoming one of my top favourites. 12. In The Light - The Lumineers 13. Patience - The Lumineers 14. Imagine - John Lennon 15. How Do You Sleep? - John Lennon This month, I visited a music shop downtown called "Cheap Thrills" that sells used and new vinyls. I found John Lennon's "Imagine" album for $13, and despite only having heard the matching titled song, I snagged that deal and have been loving the sound. My instant favourite was "How Do You Sleep?", which has such a unique and funky vibe to it. I absolutely love it. 16. All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers I honestly cannot express my deep love for this song. It's such a lovely, dreamy tune. 17. 10,000 Emerald Pools - BØRNS 18. Castle on the Hill - Ed Sheeran 19. Shape of You - Ed Sheeran 20. Underdog - Imagine Dragons 21. Ya Hey - Vampire Weekend 22. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend I just adore the chilled vibe of Vampire Weekend's music. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" is probably my all time favourite song for them - it's so fun and uplifting. Like The Beach Boys, these two songs remind me of summer. 23. Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny This month, I discovered a new youtuber (Lucy Vallely) whose videos I've been in love with. She uses this instrumental track in the back of most of her videos, and I slowly grew to love it. It sounds very whimsical - and, again, summer-y. Do you sense a trend? I've also had a little listen to the rest of this album and it's beautiful. They have original songs, such as this one, but also do instrumental covers of other tunes. I know I didn't go through and talk about each track individually, but I feel like we would've been sat here for ages if I had. Besides, music is something you need to feel, not over-analyse. Click the link below to have a listen. If you have any music recommendations based on what I've been listening to, let me know! Click Here To Listen | Click Here To Follow My Spotify C My favourite thing about music is that it always remains the same. While everything in your life may be completely different in 5 years, you can always come back and listen to that song you loved when you were 13 and be brought back to that time. I wasn't the happiest person in my early teens and high school years, but the music I loved was always the most important thing in my life, and today it still brings me memories of the good moments. Being such a sentimental person, just about anything can bring me that bittersweet wave of nostalgia.
I was recently watching a Youtube video and heard a song in the background that I had completely forgotten how much I loved 3 years ago. It instantly made me feel so happy ... almost like coming back home, in a sense. It inspired me to write a journal entry about it, and write up a list of songs that also felt that way to me. This then inspired me to make it in an actual playlist on Spotify, so I could listen to it whenever I craved that warm feeling - which then inspired me to share it with others. Music from the early 2000's in one word is ... iconic. There's some great artists today, but a majority of the songs on here are from the years between 2000-2010. Pop and Indie music back then had such a different vibe than it does today. There are some older and newer songs mixed in with the bunch, but all in all, it's a little bit of a throwback compilation. The image below is of my journal spread, but I added some more once I finally put it all together, and I'm sure I'll be adding on as time passes. Happy listening. Click Here To Listen |
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