Common - The Day Women Took Over (Audio) ft. BJ The Chicago Kid

For your menstrual, it's no more minstral shows

Depictin' women as ignorant simple hoes

It's more love songs on the radio

Respect for the ladies, you can hear it in the flow

Egos aside, for each other we rise

Since they done give us a life, the whole world feel alive

Beyonce - "All Night"

I found the truth beneath your lies
And true love never has to hide
Trade your broken wings for mine
I've seen your scars and kissed your crimes

I got hot sauce in my bag, swag. 👑🔥

Beyonce - "Sorry"

Beyonce - "Hold Up"

Holy fuck... you know it's weird, when I was going through serious depression, her song with Lady Gaga got me through. Beyonce is really something else. She's been providing girls like me with raw and empowering music for more than half my life. I love her so much. It makes me cry. Thank you Queen Bee.

All I can say is thank you.

Ready for a Beyonce Flood?

Adia Victoria - "Dead Eyes"

I've seen the sun rise and set on you

It set on you

Adia Victoria - "Backwards Blues"

Look at all the signs

Waving in the breeze

Such a silly sight I never thought I'd see

I feel it in the air

It's washing over me

Soon enough the tide

Will drag us all to sea 

 30 Days, 30 Songs will feature one song per day from October 10 until Election Day. The artists on the playlist (Death Cab for Cutie, R.E.M., Franz Ferdinand) are united in their desire to speak out against the ignorant, divisive, and hateful campaign of Donald Trump. Stay tuned over the coming days as the playlist unfolds, and don't forget to go vote.

http://www.30days30songs.com/

Kate Nash - "Sister"

I never knew this song was about lesbian love... it all makes sense now! I don't love it any less and I'm surprised I haven't posted this song on this blog... Well here it is. I fucking love this song. 

Paramore - "Let The Flames Begin"

Singing along to this song gives me so much soul energy it's amazing. It makes me feel like I want to go pick up a guitar or draw or write or... you know?

Deep Sea Diver - "Fantasy" (Mariah Carey Cover)

This song has me like...

Deep Sea Diver - "One by One"

Paramore - "For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic"

Dixie Chicks - "Cowboy Take Me Away"

Sadly cowboys are not my thing. That makes singing along to the chorus a little weird... but the rest of the song more than makes up for it. 

"I said I wanna touch the earth

I wanna break it in my hands

I wanna grow something wild and unruly

Oh it sounds so good to me"

Mike Krol - "Fifteen Minutes" (featured on STEVEN UNIVERSE)

Paramore - "Crushcrushcrush"

Nothing compares to...

Best Songs from Steven Universe

Steven Universe - "Here Comes a Thought" from the episode Mindful Education (Season 4)

This song. This episode. 

Estelle (did the chorus of "American Boy" - that song with Kanye West) is the voice of Garnet, my favorite Crystal Gem.

AJ Michalka (former Disney Channel star and had a few episodes in Six Feet Under) is the voice of Stevonnie - probably my second favorite character and new #1 favorite singing voice. 

That awesome Justin Bieber song

Flume ft. Kai - "Never Be Like You"

Stop looking at me with those eyes

Like I could disappear and you wouldn't care why

Now I'm fucked up and I'm missing you

DJ Snake ft. Bipolar Sunshine - "Middle"

It's either my neighbors blasting this song or my roommates, and it grew on me.... 

DNCE - "Cake by the Ocean"

Yet another staple on my playlists this summer. 

One of my exes produces videos for Nick Jonas... I have the right to brag about that, right?

It's pop music on the radio but it's sooooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooood

Zara Larsson - "Lush Life"

Paramore - "Ignorance"

The same tricks that, that once fooled me

They won't get you anywhere

I'm not the same kid from your memory

Well, now I can fend for myself

Don't wanna hear your sad songs

I don't wanna feel your pain

When you swear it's all my fault

'Cause you know we're not the same

No, we're not the same, oh, we're not the same

Yeah, we used to stick together

We wrote our names in blood

But I guess you can't accept that the change is good

It's good, it's good

Well, you treat me just like another stranger

Well, it's nice to meet you, sir

Well, I guess I'll go, I best be on my way out

Paramore - "Tell Me It's Okay"

I thought it was my right to be as sorry as I wanted to be

I wasted all my teenage years being a misery factory

But something had to give

I had to finally see the light

I think at 23 it's time to practice what I preach

And what I preach is...

Tell me it's okay to be happy now

because I'm happy now

Paramore - "Tell Me It's Okay"

I thought it was my right to be as sorry as I wanted to be

I wasted all my teenage years being a misery factory

But something had to give

I had to finally see the light

I think at 23 it's time to practice what I preach

And what I preach is...

Tell me it's okay to be happy now

because I'm happy now

Carly Rae Jepson - "Boy Problems"

If you're gonna go then go
She said to me on the phone
So tired of hearin' all your boy problems
If you're gonna stay then stay
He's not gonna change anyway
So tired of hearin' all your boy problems
And I know that she's right

And I should not be offended  

Carly Rae Jepson - Various Other Songs I Love from Her New Album

Black Heart

"In your black heart, is where you'll find me

Cutting through the cracks of the concrete"

Let's Get Lost

Baby let's go get lost
I like that you're drivin' slow
Keeping my fingers crossed
That maybe you'll take the long way home
Let's get lost
I don't wanna let you go
Keeping my fingers crossed
That maybe you'll take the long way home

Favourite Colour

Making out like it's the end of the world
And I really wanna get it right
But it's gettin' hard to slow down
Got me feelin' like it's real for sure
This is gettin' kinda out of my head
I'm out of my head
Cause when I'm close to you
We blend into my favourite colour
I'm bright baby blue
Fallin' into you, falling for each other
When I'm close to you
We blend into my favourite colour
I'm bright baby blue
Fallin' into you, falling for each other
Paint me up, me up, me up
You're my favourite colour

Carly Rae Jepson - "When I Needed You"

OH EM GEE THIS SONG 

~first song on the soundtrack to my summer~

 We had an epic couple of months just running around being ridiculous and obnoxious and not giving a flying fuck because it was fun. We are two massive balls of energy... Then to top it all of, it's a generally empowering song about not changing who you are to make someone like or accept you. I love that 

The bass line alone is just ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 

Carly Rae Jepson - "Emotion"

Court Yard Hounds - "Sunshine"

Court Yard Hounds consist of two sisters who also happen to play in the Dixie Chicks. I don't like Emily's voice over Natalie's, but the lyrics and melody make this song actually on par with Dixie Chicks music.

Someday you'll be up on your mountain
High above the clouds where you can never be found
But you start a fire just to beg for intervention
You like the drama and attention, God forbid we bring you down

Dixie Chicks Appreciation Post Pt. 3

Dixie Chicks - "Voice Inside My Head" and "Easy Silence"

Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready to Make Nice"

It turned my whole world around

And I kind of like it

Dixie Chicks - "The Long Way Around"

Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself

I opened my mouth and I heard myself

It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself

Guess I could have made it easier on myself

But I, I could never follow

No I, I could never follow

Well, I never seem to do it like anybody else

Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down

If you ever want to find me I can still be found

Taking the long way

Taking the long way around

A Poem I Wrote (yeah I'm a dork, so what??)

Tay Tay

(early 2015)

She's the one who made it okay

To make something great

Out of heartbreak

There was a long long time in my life

Spent dwelling with pen in hand

Trying to create the perfect mood

To capture all that young love throws at you

Flashbacks and echoes,

They happen to me too

I used to date musicians

Hoping they'd write  about me

But thanks to you, I picked up a guitar

Now here we are, four years gone

And now I'm the one writing songs

When I start talking about Taylor,

All my friends roll their eyes

But what they don't realize

Is things aren't always what they seem

They say pop stars aren't cool

But I know that if we were together,

We'd talk and laugh the whole night through

What more is there to loving someone?

Flashbacks and echoes,

They happen to me too

I used to date musicians

Hoping they'd write  about me

But thanks to you, I picked up a guitar

Now here we are, four years gone

And now I'm the one writing songs

I can picture us, harmonized singing

Trying on lipsticks and mood rings

Summer dresses, cowboy boots

Dancing, dancing, around my room

It's not a guilty pleasure

Since there's no guilt present

Flashbacks and echoes,

They happen to me too

I used to date musicians

Hoping they'd write  about me

But thanks to you, I picked up a guitar

Now here we are, four years gone

And now I'm the one writing songs

Writing on the back of our hands,

Or notebooks, napkins, we don't care

Serial monogamists, true love addicts

So many silly habits that we share

We even got the same curly hair

We're both well-dressed, well-read

Self possessed feminists

Forging our own way

No matter what the critics say

Yeah, yeah, she'll always be my Tay Tay

LOOK WHAT I FOUND: A Taylor Swift Songs and Lyrics Survey

1. Favorite lyric line from Teardrops on my Guitar.

So I drive home alone.

As I turn out the light

I'll put his picture down

And maybe get some sleep tonight.

-

2. Favorite lyric line from Our Song.

Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window

When we're on the phone and you talk real slow

'Cause it's late and your mama don't know

Our song is the way you laugh

3. Favorite lyric line from Picture to Burn.

You're a redneck heartbreak

Who's really bad at lying

So watch me strike a match

On all my wasted time

As far as I'm concerned you're

Just another picture to burn

4. Favorite lyric line from I’d Lie or The Outside.

I don't like either of these songs... so I'm going to skip. 

5. Favorite lyric line from Mary’s Song or Tied Together with a Smile.

Skip

6. Favorite lyric line from Cold as You.

And you come away with a great little story

Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you

7. Favorite lyric line from Love Story.

This love is difficult but it's real.

8. Favorite lyric line from White Horse.

As I paced back and forth all this time

'Cause I honestly believed in you

9. Favorite lyric line from You Belong with Me.

I'm the one who makes you laugh

When you know you're 'bout to cry.

I know your favorite songs,

And you tell me about your dreams.

10. Favorite lyric line from Fifteen.

Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday

But I realized some bigger dreams of mine

11. Favorite lyric line from any other song you love of Fearless.

I take a step back, let you go 

I told you i'm not bulletproof 

Now you know

---

"Tell Me Why"

13. Favorite lyric line from 5 extra tracks in the deluxe version.

I could stand up and sing you a song,

But I don’t wanna’ have to go that far.

And I, I’ve got you down,

I know you by heart,

And you don’t even know where I start.

---

"Come in With the Rain"

14. Favorite lyric line from Mine.

Flash forward and we’re taking on the world together

15. Favorite line from Back to December.

It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you.

16. Favorite lyric line from Long Live or Haunted.

---

"Long Live"

17. Favorite Line from Mean or Never Grow Up. 

Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming

So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light

To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret

I'd give all I have, honey

If you could stay like that

---

"Never Grow Up"

18. Favorite lyric line from Enchanted or Speak Now.

The playful conversation starts

Counter all your quick remarks

Like passing notes in secrecy

---

"Enchanted"

19. Favorite lyric line from Last Kiss.

I don't know how to be something you miss

or

I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe

I really can't decide. You're a poet, Swift!

20. Favorite lyric line from Sparks Fly. 

And you stood there in front of me

Just close enough to touch

Close enough to hope you couldn't see

What I was thinking of

21. Favorite lyric line from The Story of Us

This is looking like a contest,

Of who can act like they care less,

But I liked it better when you were on my side.

The battle's in your hands now,

But I would lay my armor down

If you said you'd rather love than fight.

So many things that you wish I knew,

But the story of us might be ending soon.

22. Favorite lyric line from Ours or If This Was a Movie

'Cause I love the gap between your teeth

And I love the riddles that you speak

---

"Ours"

23. Favorite Line from another song on the album, including extra tracks of the deluxe version.

You wouldn't be shattered on the floor now

If only you had seen what you know now then

Wasn't it easier in your firefly-catchin' days?

When everything out of reach, someone bigger brought down to you

Wasn't it beautiful runnin' wild 'til you fell asleep

Before the monsters caught up to you?

---

"Innocent"

( rumor has it this song is about Kanye West )

24. Favorite song lyrics from a Taylor Swift song overall.

In dreams I meet you in warm conversation

We both wake in lonely beds in different cities

And time is taking its sweet time erasing you

And you've got your demons, and, darling, they all look like me

---

"Sad, Beautiful, Tragic"

or

They say I’ve always known

What I wanted

My friends and enemies

Will tell you it’s true

You will find out

I always get it

I know what I want

And it ain’t you

---

"I Know What I Want"

25. Favorite Taylor Swift lyric and its influence on your life.

As simple as it is, this was the performance that made me take her seriously as a musician. My life was forever changed after that performance. I was struck with lightning watching the emotions unfold, hearing the lyrics and realizing - holy shit, this girl gets my soul. It was the first song I ever learned on an instrument (besides like Mary Had a Little Lamb...) and my passion for her songs drove me to learn more and more! I went from being able to play nothing (except Mary Had a Little Lamb on the violin) to playing the bass, the guitar, the ukulele and the banjo - although this isn't my favorite song to play anymore, I'll never forget this scene during the performance when she holds hands with the girls in the crowd. 

All I Listen To Is Paramore

So let me tell you a little something about Paramore. They were all the rage with all of my friends for YEARS. Like, everyone loved them. I think when they were coming out, I was just getting more into folk-y stuff and leaving the grungey screamo pop punk shit behind. I scoffed with my nose way high up in the air at ~Paramore~ fans. They were suuuccchhhhhh ~posers~ hahahah.

Then recently I saw this:

And after hearing "Still Into You" I had to listen to their new album. The sound is so different. It was a perfect segway into their old music. Hayley has always had a beautiful vocal range, it was just a little lost in the sea of heavy guitars. It helped bridge the gap and now all I can say is, I LOVE THIS BAND! I LOVE HAYLEY WILLIAMS! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!!!! hahahaha I'm basically going nuts. I've listened to nothing else but Paramore for the last two weeks. I already know almost all the words to like half of their songs.

Plus to top it all off, me and Hayley both have a celebrity crush on Jason Segel - how fucking random is that? We have way too much in common to be honest... it's spooky.

I'm going to share my favorites. It's going to be difficult but I'll do my best!



Honestly, can you believe
We cross the world while it's asleep
I'd never trade it in, cause I've always wanted this
And it's not a dream anymore
No. It's not a dream anymore
It's worth fighting for


This song is so funny:

And now I’m standing at your doorstep
With Los Angeles behind me.
If you don’t answer I’ll just use the key
That I copied 'cause I really need to see you.

If you're not here when I break in
I’m gonna go to your closet,
Just so I can smell your skin.
As the chemicals swim,
I know I’ll never love again,
I swear I’ll never love again!

Baby, are we over now?
Maybe I can change your mind?
As soon as you walk out my door,
I’m gonna call a hundred times




I'm not bitter anymore
I'm syrupy sweet
I'll rot your teeth down to their core
If I'm really happy

Depends on the day
If I wake up in a giddy haze
Well, I'm not angry
I'm not totally angry
I'm not all that angry anymore

Paramore - "Still Into You"

Nick Mulvey - "Nitrous"

"Rose's Farewell (Love Like You)" (Medley Cover // Steven Universe) (Adriana Figueroa & Luke Thomas)

Gabrielle Aplin - "This Side of the Moon"