Music that Shaped my 2008
5 albums that shaped my 2008
1. 569 ~GO!GO! 7188
I received this cd as part of a package from Lilly. I believe I had requested some Go!Go! if she chanced upon it. She came through with this baby. It came in a lovely package shortly after the traumatic loss of my car Soren. While I soon had another car Alohomora, I had difficulty warming to her. 569 (pronounced "Go Roku" or "Go Rock") was the only cd I had in Alohomora for months, but we never grew tired of it. It was the first thing we bonded over. We listened to this cd well into the summer months.
2. Girls and Boys ~Ingrid Michaelson
I thank nathan for this find. As soon as he saw the video for "The Way I Am", he was hooked. Ingrid was his new girl. If it wasn't for this new found crush, I would have written Ingrid off as a singer-jinglewriter girl with one mediocre hit on the Old Navy commercial. This album started off super strong with great melodies and solid imagery. It's very easy to sing along. It easily became a favourite album to have on hand. And she's superb live!
3. Today ~Angela Aki
I may be cheating a little bit, as I first listened to this album last year, but I can certainly say that this album definitely had an impact on my 2008. I equate Angle's music to family, so listening to her songs helped me to reconnect to my family members, those by genes and those by made by choice. I think it's fitting as I've be able to catch up with some friends, and unfortunately fell out of touch with others. Angie helped to keep them in my thoughts.
4. Wicked ~ Original Broadway Cast/ Original Japanese Cast
It all started with wanting to listen to Glinda's perky "Popular" song over the summer. And there you have it, a full on obsession with the musical about the life of The Wicked Witch of the West. I was reading the book, listening the Menzel's solo album and fawning over Chenoweth on Pushing Daisies. I discovered there was a Japanese production and picked up the Japanese Cast recording cd on site. My world was very "Wicked" for a couple months straight. I went on a break and was recently reminded of my recent love affair by Frances and her discovery of Wicked and Elphie and Glinda. It's nice to share love affairs with others.
5. Deep Cuts ~The Knife
Oh, The Knife. A sibling duo! And we know how much I like my sibling acts. So, the song that beckons me (and you) to this album is "Heartbeats." But the rest of this album (and the Silent Shout album) is solid! While GO!GO! 7188 was the soundtrack for my bonding with my second car Alohomora, The Knife was one of the artists that my first car Soren and I bonded to. I still have fresh memories of racing home with Soren to "Girl's Night Out." Not much else to be said about this album, but it was definitely on constant play for the first 2 months of this year.
5 Stand Out Songs of My 2008
1. For Good ~Idina Menzal & Kristen Chenoweth (Wicked musical)
I had a pretty intense love affair with this song this past summer. It found it very poignant conversation between two best friends. It made me recall my friends and the separate paths we each have made for ourselves. And while Elphaba and Galinda may never see or speak to each other ever again after this duet, I felt lucky that I was able to keep in touch with my friends, even if only from time to time. I want to be sure that I do my best to continue to do so in the future.
2. I'm Yours ~Jason Mraz
This song probably shaped everyone's 2008. and I technically discovered this song over 2 years ago. So maybe it's pushing it to say it helped shaped my 2008. This is one of those songs that Nathan and I like to sing, so it's always on our playlist whenever we have a karaoke night in. When the song was officially released as a single this summer, we only grew more fond of the song. Yes, the radio may overplay it, but the song is so earnest and carefee, I'm always glad to sing along.
3. The Chain ~Ingrid Michaelson w/ Hotel Cafe girls
Oh! How I ADORE this song!! The first time I heard Ingrid sing it live back in March, I fell in love. It was love at first hearing. After the show, I was constantly humming the melody to myself to engrave it into memory. I didn't want to forget it. And cheers for YouTube for providing me a way to listen to the performance.
4. Gake no Ue no Ponyo ~Fujioka Fujimaki & Nozomi Ohashi
Ponyo!! This song is ridiculously infectious. Once you get it in your head, it stays and you eventually get others around you humming it, and they don't even know what the song it. It was always at the tip of my brain even when I hadn't thought about it in weeks.
5. Umbrella ~Rhianna/Ingrid Michaelson/Marie Digby/Anyone else
Another karaoke song for Nathan and me. It was a pretty huge pop hit last year or the year before, and I never cared for it then. This year, Ingrid and her little ukulele made me think twice about the song. While I think the lyrics are crap, it's still a classic pop song. On my birthday, on our way home from the Hall & Oates show, the song came on the radio. I'll be damned if we didn't crank up the volume, start belting out the awful lyrics and dancing in our seats. Great 2008 memory indeed.
1. 569 ~GO!GO! 7188
I received this cd as part of a package from Lilly. I believe I had requested some Go!Go! if she chanced upon it. She came through with this baby. It came in a lovely package shortly after the traumatic loss of my car Soren. While I soon had another car Alohomora, I had difficulty warming to her. 569 (pronounced "Go Roku" or "Go Rock") was the only cd I had in Alohomora for months, but we never grew tired of it. It was the first thing we bonded over. We listened to this cd well into the summer months.
2. Girls and Boys ~Ingrid Michaelson
I thank nathan for this find. As soon as he saw the video for "The Way I Am", he was hooked. Ingrid was his new girl. If it wasn't for this new found crush, I would have written Ingrid off as a singer-jinglewriter girl with one mediocre hit on the Old Navy commercial. This album started off super strong with great melodies and solid imagery. It's very easy to sing along. It easily became a favourite album to have on hand. And she's superb live!
3. Today ~Angela Aki
I may be cheating a little bit, as I first listened to this album last year, but I can certainly say that this album definitely had an impact on my 2008. I equate Angle's music to family, so listening to her songs helped me to reconnect to my family members, those by genes and those by made by choice. I think it's fitting as I've be able to catch up with some friends, and unfortunately fell out of touch with others. Angie helped to keep them in my thoughts.
4. Wicked ~ Original Broadway Cast/ Original Japanese Cast
It all started with wanting to listen to Glinda's perky "Popular" song over the summer. And there you have it, a full on obsession with the musical about the life of The Wicked Witch of the West. I was reading the book, listening the Menzel's solo album and fawning over Chenoweth on Pushing Daisies. I discovered there was a Japanese production and picked up the Japanese Cast recording cd on site. My world was very "Wicked" for a couple months straight. I went on a break and was recently reminded of my recent love affair by Frances and her discovery of Wicked and Elphie and Glinda. It's nice to share love affairs with others.
5. Deep Cuts ~The Knife
Oh, The Knife. A sibling duo! And we know how much I like my sibling acts. So, the song that beckons me (and you) to this album is "Heartbeats." But the rest of this album (and the Silent Shout album) is solid! While GO!GO! 7188 was the soundtrack for my bonding with my second car Alohomora, The Knife was one of the artists that my first car Soren and I bonded to. I still have fresh memories of racing home with Soren to "Girl's Night Out." Not much else to be said about this album, but it was definitely on constant play for the first 2 months of this year.
5 Stand Out Songs of My 2008
1. For Good ~Idina Menzal & Kristen Chenoweth (Wicked musical)
I had a pretty intense love affair with this song this past summer. It found it very poignant conversation between two best friends. It made me recall my friends and the separate paths we each have made for ourselves. And while Elphaba and Galinda may never see or speak to each other ever again after this duet, I felt lucky that I was able to keep in touch with my friends, even if only from time to time. I want to be sure that I do my best to continue to do so in the future.
2. I'm Yours ~Jason Mraz
This song probably shaped everyone's 2008. and I technically discovered this song over 2 years ago. So maybe it's pushing it to say it helped shaped my 2008. This is one of those songs that Nathan and I like to sing, so it's always on our playlist whenever we have a karaoke night in. When the song was officially released as a single this summer, we only grew more fond of the song. Yes, the radio may overplay it, but the song is so earnest and carefee, I'm always glad to sing along.
3. The Chain ~Ingrid Michaelson w/ Hotel Cafe girls
Oh! How I ADORE this song!! The first time I heard Ingrid sing it live back in March, I fell in love. It was love at first hearing. After the show, I was constantly humming the melody to myself to engrave it into memory. I didn't want to forget it. And cheers for YouTube for providing me a way to listen to the performance.
4. Gake no Ue no Ponyo ~Fujioka Fujimaki & Nozomi Ohashi
Ponyo!! This song is ridiculously infectious. Once you get it in your head, it stays and you eventually get others around you humming it, and they don't even know what the song it. It was always at the tip of my brain even when I hadn't thought about it in weeks.
5. Umbrella ~Rhianna/Ingrid Michaelson/Marie Digby/Anyone else
Another karaoke song for Nathan and me. It was a pretty huge pop hit last year or the year before, and I never cared for it then. This year, Ingrid and her little ukulele made me think twice about the song. While I think the lyrics are crap, it's still a classic pop song. On my birthday, on our way home from the Hall & Oates show, the song came on the radio. I'll be damned if we didn't crank up the volume, start belting out the awful lyrics and dancing in our seats. Great 2008 memory indeed.