1. Songs I Still Like
2. Songs I Used to Like But Don't Anymore Because They're ALWAYS ON
3. Songs I've Never Liked
In Category #1, I would currently place:
- "Blank Space" and "Shake It Off"by Taylor Swift. I love T-Swift. I think she is the greatest mind of her generation. I like these songs. But I'm about to move them to Category #2 pretty soon. However, she'll probably have another single released by then. Side note: when I drove my daughter and her friends to the mall, they sang along to "Blank Space" at top volume. It's pretty funny to hear a bunch of twelve-year-olds singing that they have "a long list of ex-lovers." I turned the music up and sang along.
- "Lips Are Moving" by Meghan Trainor. I like this even better than "All About That Base." Such a strong female persona. "You're full of something, but it ain't love." Heh.
- "I'm Not the Only One" by Sam Smith. He has such a great voice.
- "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. LOVE, especially when I need to wake up for the drive to work.
- "Don't" by Ed Sheeran. I'm a bit of a hypocrite here because I don't play this with my kids in the car. They don't need to be hearing about "don't f*** with my love" even with the F-word bleeped out; besides, it talks about the faithless girl having sex with a random dude. But it's inventive and catchy and I like that he emphasizes that he isn't just looking for a girl to hook up with.
- "I Lived" by One Republic. Even though it's pretty much the same idea as "I Hope You Dance."
Category #2:
- "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran. It's an adorable song, but seriously, give it a rest. The other day it was on two out of three stations.
- Anything by Maroon 5 (Unless it's in Category #3 already)
- "The Hanging Tree" by Jennifer Lawrence
Category #3:
- "Jealous" by Nick Jonas. No, Mr. Jonas, it is not your "right to be hellish" because you get jealous. I realize it's probably only in the song because it sort of rhymes with "jealous" but no. I don't want my daughter thinking a jealous boyfriend is a good thing.
- "Take Me to Church" by Hozier. Wow, I just looked at the lyrics and they're even more sacrilegious than I thought. I don't let my kids listen to this song because we only worship at actual church, not "in the bedroom" as the song says.
I am really getting old, because I find myself compelled to talk back to singers and tell them things like, "You need to run, girl" and "That is just not healthy AT ALL." My 12 yo daughter tells me, "It's just a song, Mom" but I have hopes that my statements might counter the dysfunctional attitudes toward relationships that exist in pop music.
The more time I spend in the car, the more likely I am to skip commercial radio altogether and listen to the satellite radio that came free for 3 months when we got our car. It's helped me discover some new songs, including
- "Geronimo" by Sheppard
- "It's Okay" by Oh Honey
- "Between the Raindrops" by Lifehouse
The free trial will be expiring soon, and I can't bring myself to pay for it, since I have Pandora which I can stream through my phone's Bluetooth through my stereo system.
My current Pandora stations are:
- 80s
- 90s
- 2000s
- The Beatles
- Michael Buble
- Harry Connick, Jr.
- Frank Sinatra--can you tell I like crooners and big bands?
- Motown
- Disney
- Journey--this leads to a lot of sappy '80s love songs and power ballads which I can't help loving
- Classical
- Hillsong United and Praise & Worship--because sometimes I feel churchy
- Showtunes--so far this mostly plays "A Year In the Life" from Rent and every song from Grease
- Love Songs
- Glee Cast--I know. But they're fun arrangements!
Do you have any suggestions for music to try/stations to add to Pandora?
UPTOWN FUNK! Love it. It's such a fun song!
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