Playlists
Silver Springs – Fleetwood Mac
SONG OF THE DAY “Silver Springs” by Fleetwood Mac (The Dance, Warner Bros./ Reprise Records, 1997). Written by Stevie Nicks. MY TAKE This song seems to seriously want me to blog about it this week! First, I’m singing along to it as I’m creating a birthday playlist for my Aunt Di (find the playlist... »
I Had Something – Lucy Kaplansky
SONG OF THE DAY “I Had Something” by Lucy Kaplansky (The Red Thread, Red House Records, 2004). Written by Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Litvin. MY TAKE I first heard this song on Putumayo’s American Folk album, and have since bought Kaplansky’s album The Red Thread because this track peaked serious interest in me—which is saying... »
Adiemus – Karl Jenkins
SONG OF THE DAY “Adiemus” by Karl Jenkins (Adiemus: Songs Of Sanctuary, Jenkins Ratledge Records, 1995). Written by Karl Jenkins. MY TAKE For a week, I have been desperately trying to think of a great childhood music memory to blog about today in honor of my sister Lili’s birthday, but kept thinking of Disney songs... »
#6 What Didn’t Make The Cut: Love Songs CD
This is an epically good set of songs, ugh. UGH! We should have made all of our guests a ten-disc set. Green’s are my total favorite. Notice please that it’s practically every single song. So Happy Together – The Turtles Solid as a Rock – Ashford & Simpson Somebody to Love – Queen Something... »
#5 What Didn’t Make The Cut: Driving Songs CD
These are the songs that didn’t make the cut on our two road trip mixes. Obviously, these are great songs, but there just wasn’t room for all of them, so we ended up picking the tracks that had stories. In green are the really really great songs—-those almost regrettably not on the final playlists.... »
#4 What Didn’t Make The Cut: Dance
The songs in green are some of my favorites. I should throw another party so we can all dance to them. Death Dance Of Omipapas And Sons – Of Montreal This Charming Man – The Smiths Synthesizer – Electric Six Penny On The Train Track – Ben Kweller Nobody But Me – The Human... »
#3 What Didn’t Make The Cut: Dinner Music
The songs in green are some of my favorites. I should throw another party so we can all dance to them. I Will – The Beatles I’ll Be Around – The Spinners I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song – Jim Croce If You Find Yourself Caught In Love – Belle &... »
#2 What Didn’t Make The Cut: Cocktail Hour
This second list of songs that didn’t make the final cut for the all-important wedding day playlists is 88 songs long, indicating that cocktail music is clearly my jam. A lot of the cut songs are bossa nova style, because I ended up going with an even older vintage, that of the Billie &... »
#1 What Didn’t Make The Cut: Before The Ceremony
1. Elgar – Enigma Variations: Nimrod / Roy…3:46 2. Gymnopédie No. 1 (Arr. Debussy) / Paul…3:15 3. Margaret Yang’s Theme / Mark Mothers… 1:17 4. On Golden Pond / Kurt Kunzat 3:13 5. By My Side / Ben Harper 3:31 6. When The Stars Go Blue / Ryan Adams 3:32 7. For You /... »
July 2010 Playlist
I spent about an hour and a half tonight just putting these songs in a particular order so that they ebbed and flowed like a proper playlist. I don’t always get the time to do that, but I feel like I should start noting when I do, just the same as when I let... »
June 2010 Playlist
Here’s the playlist of new songs from June! For this playlist I chose to play a little game with myself. To the right of each artist and song title, I wrote three words to describe each song. Fun! Kristin Chenoweth – Abide In Me: high school religion class, church music (in a good way),... »
May 2010 Playlist
I try to have a playlist every month of news songs I’ve been exposed to/ gotten hooked on/ obsessed a little bit about. This summer’s been a LITTLE busy, what with getting married and all, so the actual formation of finished playlists was slow to come to fruition, but I have continued to be... »
Wedding Playlists 10: The Love & Rock mix
1. “Fools in Love” by Joe Jackson (4:23) – A very early hit (1979) from this heralded and still active British new wave and pop star. You may think this song doesn’t belong on a love mix, but wait until the last line of lyrics. 2. “Let My Love Open The Door” by Pete... »
Wedding Playlists 9: On The Road mix
1. Road To Nowhere by The Talking Heads (4:28 ) – We thought this would be a funny set of lyrics to start out a road trip mix to! And we love the Talking Heads! 2. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC (4:12 ) – Todd was raised on AC/DC, and has very... »
Wedding Playlists 8: The Sing-A-Long mix
1. When You’re Gone by The Cranberries (4:57) – This was our ode for five years of our relationship as we sustained a long-distance relationship. We’ would be remiss if we didn’t include at least one faraway love song on a mix about us! 2. Wouldn’t It Be Nice by Beach Boys (2:21) –... »
Wedding Playlists Part 7: The Love Stories Mix
1. Heaven/Where True Love Goes by Yusuf (4:50) – This is a truly great ode to love by the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens. 2. All I Want Is You by Barry Lousi Polisar (2:40) – A great story song from the Juno soundtrack. 3. When You’re Next To Me by Mitch and... »
Wedding Playlists Part 6: Dance Music
Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles 3:24 All I Want Is You – Barry Lousi Polisar 2:40 Poison – Bell Biv DeVoe 4:22 White Wedding – Billy Idol 4:09 Get Outta My Dreams Get into My Car – Billy Ocean 4:47 I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas 4:49 Never My Love... »
Wedding Playlists Part 5: Dessert & Fun Before Dancing
End of dinner, bring out the ice cream sundae buffet, get your dancing shoes on hour. This playlist still has a few classic standards but it’s trying to get you dancing, or at least thinking about dancing. Most of these didn’t make the cut to dancing songs because the tempo ran borderline slow dance,... »
Wedding Playlists Part 4: Dinner Music
Ah, the barely notices Cocktail/ Dinner Transition Hour playlist. My aspirations for this list is that it would give a vintage party vibe, a little more amped up than the last playlist but not without the feeling of time travel: Make You Feel My Love – Adele 3:32 – First discovered by watching So... »
Wedding Playlists Part 3: Cocktail Hour
We chose to play a delicious set of classic standards and covers during the cocktail hour to accentuate the ambiance of the vintage feel of the salon at the Roycroft Inn. Here’s the playlist and liner notes for the mix of standards that I gave some of the guests at our wedding as a... »
Wedding Playlists Part 2: Ceremony Music
Here’s the music we used during the ceremony. Definitely some non-traditional choices, but each song was such a perfect fit for the function it was placed in during the ceremony that it really didn’t seem to be noticeably “different”; it was more like each aspect of the ceremony became noticeably more interesting. At least... »
Wedding Playlists Part 1: Prelude Music
Welcome the Part 1 of 10 of my Wedding Music blogging series. Today, I present you with the playlist I created to be used as prelude music during the hour before the ceremony. Rather than boring live strings doing vague covers of songs we love, we chose to have the DJ come and play... »
April 2010 Playlist
APRIL 2010 Playlist 1. Carole King – “Child of Mine” 2. Guster – “So Long” 3. Bonnie Raitt – “Burning Down The House” 4. Glen Campbell – “Gentle On My Mind” 5. Florence + The Machine – “Girl With One Eye” 6. The Dixie Cups – “Iko Iko” 7. King Straggler – “Good Man”... »
March 2010 Playlist
1. Santana (feat. Wyclef Jean) – Maria Maria 2. Bush – Comedown 3. The Animals – It’s My Life 4. Ben Harper – Woman In You 5. Fleet Foxes – Your Protector 6. Lou Reed – Perfect Day 7. The Beach Boys – Sloop John B 8. Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan 9. Joni... »
February 2010 Playlist
February 2010 Playlist Disc 1 – What I Think You Should Hear 1. Marion Williams – The Great Speckled Bird 2. Melissa McCelland – Good As Gold 3. Bobby Darin – Alone Again (Naturally) 4. Sunshine Club – Annie’s Song 5. Yaz – Situation 6. Big Country – In A Big Country 7. Grass... »
James Bond Title Themes
From Wikipedia… “The James Bond film franchise is notable for its distinctive theme songs, often performed by the top singers of the day. Paul McCartney’s performance of “Live and Let Die” was the first James Bond theme song to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song; it reached #2 as a... »
January 2010 Playlist
J A N U A R Y Metric – Help I’m Alive Vampire Weekend – Horchata Billy Joel – My Life Stephen Stills – Love The One You’re With Guess Who – Share The Land Maxwell – This Woman’s Work (Unplugged) John Southworth – Life Is Unbelievable Coco Freeman & U2 – I Still... »
December 2009 Playlist
1. Stevie Wonder – Another Star 2. Shirock – Man Inside 3. Al Green – Still In Love With You 4. Tegan & Sara – Walking With A Ghost (Live) 5. Blues Traveler – Hook 6. Better Than Ezra – At The Stars 7. The All-American Rejects – Back To Me 8. Gob –... »
Little Drummer Girl – Alicia Keyes
SONG OF THE DAY “Little Drummer Girl” by Alicia Keyes (Jermaine Dupri’s 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas, Columbia Records/ So So Def Records, 1996). Arranged by Alicia Keyes. TRACK LISTINGS FOR Jermaine Dupri’s 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas 1. “The Time of Year” (featuring Kenny Lattimore) 3.24 2. “Christmas Without You” (featuring Xscape) 3.56... »
My Top 25 Grown-Up Christmas (Play)list
“Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)” – John Lennon “Wonderful Christmastime” – Paul McCartney “Children Go Where I Send Thee” – Peter, Paul, & Mary “A’ Soalin” – Peter, Paul, & Mary “Breathe Of Heaven” – Amy Grant “Little Town” – Amy Grant “The Night Before Christmas” – Amy Grant “Christmas All Over Again” –... »
November 2009 Playlist
November 2009 – Almost One Year, Over And Out 1. Won’t Stop – OneRepublic* 2. Trouble Is A Friend – Lenka* 3. Blue Monday – New Order 4. Lonely Teardrops – Jackie Wilson 5. Taller Children – Elizabeth & The Catapult* 6. Into Your Sun – No Second Troy* 7. Fool – Marie Digby*... »
Bad Reputation – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
SONG OF THE DAY “Bad Reputation” by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (Bad Reputation, Boardwalk Records, 1981). Written by Joan Jett, Ritchie Cordell, Kenny Laguna and Marty Joe Kupersmith. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) - In 2009 it was named the 29th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. - It was... »
You Are Forgiven (from the medley A Quick One, While He’s Away) – The Who
SONG OF THE DAY “You Are Forgiven” from the medley “A Quick One, While He’s Away” by The Who (A Quick One, Decca Records, 1966). Written by Pete Townshend. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) - “A Quick One, While He’s Away” is a 1966 medley written by Pete Townshend and recorded by The Who... »
21 Guns – Green Day
SONG OF THE DAY “21 Guns” by Greenday (21st Century Breakdown, Reprise Records, 2009). Written by Billie Joe Armstrong. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) - It is the 2nd single from their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown. The single was released through Reprise Records on May 25, 2009 as a digital download and... »
October 2009 Playlist
Disc one – Inspired By The Noise one. Allie Moss – Corner (from ‘Brothers & Sisters’) two. Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over (from ‘Mercy’) three. The Features – Lions (‘Mercy’) four. The Church – Under The Milky Way Tonight (from a car commercial) five. Dave Thomas, Jr. – Sink or... »
Sarah – Ray Lamontagne
SONG OF THE DAY “Sarah” by Ray Lamontagne (Gossip In The Grain, RCA, 2008). Written by Ray Lamontagne. INTERESTING FACTS (from wikipedia) - Gossip in the Grain is singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne’s third full-length release. - The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200, #1 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums, and #1 on... »
September 2009 Playlist
My New Year’s Resolution for 2009 was/is to make a monthly playlist of new music/ music that got stuck in my head. It has been an attempt to both record what’s happened that month (an audio-emotional diary, if you will, and you will) and a way to push myself to get out there and... »
For Good from Wicked
SONG OF THE DAY “For Good” from the musical Wicked, Decca Broadway, 2003. Written by Stephen Schwartz. Performed by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth on the original broadway cast recording. A TRIBUTE Today was the funeral of an amazing woman, Kelly Goff, a smart and sassy eighteen year old that I was blessed to... »
Tight Jeans – Jaheim
SONG OF THE DAY “Tight Jeans” – Jaheim ( Still Ghetto, Divine Mill/ Warner Bros. Records, 2002). INTERESTING FACTS (from wikipedia) - The album was released on April 29, 2002 (my birthday), and it reached platinum status. - He is the grandson of the late 1960s soul singer Hoagy Lands, hence Jaheim’s birth name... »