Favorite Songs Summer 2015 Edition

There are a few songs that make me smile, and song along,  this summer:

• Honey I'm Good - Andy Grammer
• My Type - Saint Motel
• Sun Daze - Florida Georgia Line
• This Summer's Gonna Hurt - Maroon 5
• Love Runs Out - One Republic
• In Style - Taylor Swift
• Uma Thurman - Fallout Boy
• My Sweet Summer - Dirty Heads
• Budapest - George Ezra
• I Don't Like it,  I Love it - Florida
• Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding 
• Sugar - Maroon 5
• Dreams - Beck
• Riptide - Vance Joy

 

My Top 20

Here's my list of top 20 songs this month. I love Amazon Prime :D

clubbed to death - Matrix soundtrack

I happenstance heard this song as a transition between segments during a Telugu news show :o) Jai Telengana. :o) It's my all time favorite song (Clubbed to Death, Rob D) from my all time favorite CD (Matrix).

Buffalo Etho - ElyBeatMaker

MV: Tove Lo's Stay High

This song and video struck a nerve this weekend. Sad, tragic and a good beat. Great combo.



and this is the less creepy version...

Vixen Playlist

I started a playlist on my Amazon Music app, called Vixen. Here's the rundown:

• Duffy - Mercy
• Etta James - At Last
• Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House 
• Hugo Peretti Orchestra - Whatever Lola Wants
• Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
• Lenny Welch - Since I Fell for You
• Adele - Rumour Has It
• Lily Allen - Smile (Explicit)
• Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
• Mr Little Jeans - Suburbs
• Nina Simone - I Put a Spell On You
• Peggy Lee - Fever
• Nancy Sinatra - These Boots
• Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High)
• Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools
• Aretha Franklin - Respect
• Goldfrapp - Strict Machine
• Goldfrapp - Lovely 2 C U (T. Rauschmiere Remix)

Summertime

The cicadas are singing away their electronic-like song in the trees. It's summertime.

New Favorite Song

Naughty Boy La La La ft. Sam Smith

A very chill new song, which samples what sounds like a Hindi chorus.



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Mr. Little Jeans - The Suburbs (Arcade Fire Cover)

I made this song my ringtone, and put my Astrud Gilberto on the back burner for now. That's how much I liked this song!

Fave New Song: Counting Stars by OneRepublic

DJ Earworm Mashup - United State of Pop 2013 (Living the Fantasy)

Tommy Torres - Querido Tommy

JeDa21 Emo YouTube Playlist

This almost-3-hour-long YouTube video playlist features 36 videos (and counting) for some of my favorite mournful and soulful songs out there, from over the last two decades--or thereabouts.

Imagine Dragons - Demons

MV: Passenger - Let Her Go

Music Updates

I recently revisited my music collection and tidied up and added some new songs.

To start with, I gave away several old, non-favorite CDs from the late 90s and early 00s. I then re-ripped all my favorite CDs to iTunes, and then uploaded all these songs plus any others I had purchased on iTunes (1,301) to Amazon Cloud Player. I decided it was worth having my favorite songs at the touch of a key on my Android smart phone, so I subscribed to Amazon Cloud in order to upload all my songs there.  It's very easy to plug my smart phone to my car's audio system, punch up the Amazon MP3 player, and listen away :o) Good times!

Here's some of the latest songs I bought to add to my collection:

• Phil Collins' Hits
• Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour
• Gavin Degraw, six songs that are my favorites out of his works
• Los Lonely Boys, Heaven
• Texas Tornados, Hey Baby Que Paso

Coldplay - Atlas

I love Coldplay, and, of course, I liked this song as soon as I heard it on the radio earlier this week. Didn't realize it's part of the soundtrack for the new Hunger Games movie.

Music: Have Gun Will Travel

Discovered a great folksy band called Have Gun, Will Travel thanks to one of the MindCrackers, Paul Soares Jr. on his new adult gaming channel Paulie on Tap.



I bought HGWT's digital album and it's such a great one for my collection. All the songs are great stories being narrated out. This band showcases some of the best folksy tunes I've heard in a long time.

My favorite song so far is Standing at the End of the World, so catchy!



In case you were wondering, Have Gun, Will Travel used to be an old American b/w western TV show. My mom used to be a huge fan growing up. :o)

Gonzaguinha - O Que É, O Que É