The beat goes on

I used to avoid playing Taylor Swift in front of Nate, but since turning the dirty thirty 303 days ago, I've got this new-found attitude where I'm like "Man, fudge that snickerdoodle!  He needs to love me for me! (And my horrible taste in music!!)"

You can also insert the Spice Girls, 98 Degrees, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, BBMak, LFO, (any 90's boy band), Britney, Christina (pre-Diiiirty era), etc. into the Don't-Play-In-Front-of-Nate-or-Quickly-Make-Up-An-Excuse-About-How-You-Need-To-Clean-Up-Your-Music-Library-When-It-Comes-On-Shuffle-On-a-Road-Trip list.

I know it's dumb, but it is what it is.  Anyway, I recently realized that I've been living under a rock and Tay's newest album isn't as hardcore as her heavy-eyeliner and snakes get-up, so I've given it a whirl via her official YouTube channel cause 1) music ain't cheap and we ain't exactly big-ballin' right now, and 2) I want to give credit where credit is due by listening on her station so her bank account grows by the pennies from Mr.Youtube as opposed to just a fan who ripped the song.  *end needless copyright/trademark/all rights reserved rant.*

I've realized this far in that this post is really pointless, but I guess I'm just documenting songs I've come across lately and loved and music I'm listening to right now so that I can look back in 5 years never and go "oh yeah!  So that's when I played that song into the ground."

For fun, I'm also including a very small note with each so that you know what's appropriate to play around your kids, your wife, and your husband, and everybody out here.

Or to not play around your husband because you're like 25-year old Courtney.

I Miss Those Days - by Bleachers - - - I stumbled across this because it randomly came on after I was playing some song on Youtube, and the video made me laugh, and then I fell in love.

Don't Take the Money - by Bleachers - - - (start it at 1:04 to start the song) Because when you find a good cardigan, you buy it in another color.

Anna Sun - Walk the Moon - - - They played that song "Shut Up and Dance" (I guess they probably wrote it, too...haha) and this came up on Pandora one morning and I freaking LOVE it right now!  Especially on the elliptical at the gym. Sorry for that visual.

IDGAF - by Dua Lipa - - - No idea how you say her name, also contains explicit language, as hinted by the title (but if you don't really use this language, you may not have picked up on that...but now you know).  This came on via Spotify shuffle while I was cleaning the bathroom, and I liked the flippant attitude it gave me towards the soapscum I was conquering.

Spirits - by Strumbellas - - accidental Youtube find via their recommendation (are you noticing a trend?), but I love it!  And Nathan plays it acoustically and I howl and try to mimic the lead vocalist.

Lumineers - too many to link, but I really like a lot of the titles with female names (Ophelia, Angela, Cleopatra) and Stubborn Love.  And Sleep on the Floor.  And Flapper Girl.  Okay, you get the picture.

Everything's Okay - by Lenka - - - Thanks to pandora being on at work....very quietly...and apparently needing a positive note that day.

Last but not least - Reputation (THE WHOLE ALBUM!!!!) by my bestie Tay.  I really like "Getaway Car," "So It Goes," and "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" right now.  But that's because I've played a few of the others into the ground and haven't made my way through these yet. 

Okay, listen. love. angel. music. baby  Dumb. haha

Myoozik

Webster's defines music as (n.) that which one can hear and sing along to or twerk thy toosh to.

I'm always at a loss for words when someone I meet asks "So what kind of music do you like?"  I remember when Justin, my assistant manager at MyGym, asked me one day as we were cleaning toys, and I was like "Ummm........ a little of everything.........pop..........do you know Of Monsters and Men?  I really like them."  To which he replied "Ooh kay...no, I don't know of them."

"I like Of Monsters and Men" translates to "I really like that song of their's right now "Little Talks," and my husband and I sing it a lot, and he recently bought the album on GooglePlayMusic, but he hasn't ripped me a CD yet, but I'm really excited about listening to more of their stuff once he finally does get around to it."

Spoiler alert: I'm still waiting on that CD. *cough, cough NATHAN, you SLACKER!"* (he doesn't read, this so he won't ever "laugh" at that.)

You'd think after this Musicatastrophe of 2013, that I would have learned a stock answer, but no.

When one of my supervisors and I were chatting one day after just starting this job a few months ago, he was like "So, what kind of music are you into?"

"Ummm.......... you know I like a little of everything.........except not like hardcore rap....and uh...NOT country."

*slow clap for Courtney*

I think he got his answer as soon as I said "hardcore rap."  WTF?

What I need to say to these crazies that keep asking is "I still listen to the mix tapes my friends made me in college, as well as the bands that other people introduced me to at the time, that I fell in love with, but didn't buy any of their other future-released cd's for some crazy reason.  Oh yea, cause I was a poor college student."

But nobody wants to hear all that.

All this is to say that one of the bands I still love and listen to and follow and have actually kept up with is Dashboard Confessional, and they are the shiznit.  They recently (as in February...see, still can't keep up) released a new album, and I bought it on iTunes and have almost reached the point where I'm sick of some of the songs already because I listen to stuff on repeat over and over until I can't take it anymore.

Long story short, this has been a PSA to tell you to go buy their new album Crooked Shadows (or listen to the songs on Spotify or YouTube, you cheapskate.**)  Also please help me convince them to come to New Orleans on their tour because everywhere else is too far, and I really want to see them again.


**I honestly blanked out on this word.  I was like "Is it cheapstate or cheapsteak?" HAHA ummm thanks Mr. Google - Did You Mean this instead of that nonsense you just typed.