Playlist Vol. 6: November 17, 2012

1. "50 Ways to say Goodbye" by Train
I wanna live a thousand lives with you. I wanna be the one you're dying to love...



2. "Me and the Highway" by Marit Larsen
Still mesmerized by renditions of you in the back of my head... Making up for the time we lost, slow dancing in the kitchen in the early hours of the morning...

3. "Marilyn Monroe" by Nicki Minaj
If you can’t handle my worst, you ain’t getting my best. Is this how Marilyn Monroe felt?

4. "Sweet Nothing" by Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch
You took my heart and you held it in your mouth. And, with the word all my love came rushing out...

5. "Let's Go" by Calvin Harris featuring Ne-Yo
Right now is where you shine. I’m talking here and now... Let’s make it happen tonight. Let’s go!



6. "Baby When the Light" by David Guetta featuring Cozi
I believe your love, I breathe your love like the air in the morning...

7. "All the Pretty Girls" by Fun.
You still wear boots and your hair is too long, and then this one doesn't want to admit she's fallen in love...

8. "Ride" by Lana Del Rey
Dying young and I'm playing hard. That's the way my father made his life an art...



9. "Liar (No Te Miento)" by Ricky Martin
You have gotta bless the ups and downs you have been through... 'cause every stone my fate has cast has only made me who I am...

10. "The Sun Will Rise" by Kelly Clarkson
Couldn't move, couldn't breathe, couldn't find a way out... Somehow I made it here, maybe just so you could hear me say, "The sun will rise..."

11. "Locked Out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars
But swimming in your water is something spiritual. I'm born again every time you spend the night...



12. "Starry Eyed" by Ellie Goulding
So we burst into colors, colors and carousels. Fall head first like paper planes in playground games...



13. "Love Somebody" by Maroon 5
I know your insides are feeling so hollow. And it's a hard pill for you to swallow...



14. "Believers (Arab Spring)" by Nelly Furtado
You’re on a long flight, taking your last bite of the good life before it goes away...



15. "Heart Skips a Beat" by Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks
Nothing really matters when we're dancing. Listen to the same sad song playing on repeat...

16. "Na Na Na" by One Direction
Some people say it's so wrong but even when we fight, girl, you turn me on...

17. "Second Last Chance" by The Overtones
Don't you throw it all away. Relax and count from 1 to 10. Patch it up and try again...

18. "Try" by Pink
But just because it burns doesn't mean you're gonna die. You've gotta get up and try...

19. "Who Says" by Selena Gomez & The Scene
It’s such a funny thing, how nothing’s funny when it’s you...



20. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift
And you would hide away and find your peace of mind with some indie record that's much cooler than mine...



Notes:
1. Olly Murs' album art is lifted from http://http://james247blog.blogspot.com; and One Direction's
 album art, http://ceolte.org
2. All other album arts were lifted from Wikipedia. Wikipedia rocks!

Playlist Vol. 5: November 11, 2012

These past few weeks, I find myself looking for the sounds of my youth. You see, when I was in elementary (until high school!), I used to save up my allowances so that I could buy the cassette albums of my favorite artists. Today, I got all my tapes (and mixed tapes, select songs recorded from the radio or CDs my parents purchased for me) in a box, tucked behind old clothes hanging inside my cabinet.

Lately, I find myself remembering certain songs I heard on the radio and whose videos I saw in MTV or Channel V during the very late 90s, spilling on to the early-to-mid 2000s.

It's interesting how these songs bring a part of you back to specific moments of your past. Listening to "Iris" reminds me of Meg Ryan in her bicycle in The City of Angels; "Underneath Your Clothes" reminds me of Shakira, her legs around the waist of her partner, being spun around; "Outside" reminds me of that banned, exhibitionist video; "Sober" reminds me of my best friend, Brian, singing this song at the top of his lungs in the soccer field in grade school; "All that I Need" reminds me of that compilation CD I bought from my friend, also in high school, to help out his sister's business; "Yellow" reminds me of my high school English teacher, Ms. Carol, who dedicated this song to us on our last class together, and and so on.

As a tribute to these memories, here's a playlist I put together.

1. "Yellow" by Coldplay
I came along, I wrote a song for you and all the things you do...

 

2. "Barely Breathing" by Duncan Sheik
There's not much to examine. There's nothing left to hide...



3. "My Place" by Nelly featuring Jaheim
I know I said some fucked up things to you before but girl you know I didn't mean it. I didn't mean one single word...

4. "Superman (It's Not Easy)" by Five for Fighting
Only a man in a funny red sheet, looking for special things inside of me...

5. "Cradle" by Atomic Kitten

I was only thinking of you, hoping you were thinking of me, two hearts beating just like one against the world...

6. "All that I Need" by Boyzone
Just like a castle of sand, girl, I almost let love slip right out of my hands...



7. "Cruz" by Christina Aguilera
Turn down the memories of yesteryears and broken dreams. I'm free, finally free...



8. "Thank You" by Dido
Even if my house falls down now, I wouldn't have a clue because you're near me...

 

9. "Outside" by George Michael
You see i think about it all the time. Twenty four seven...

10. "You First Believed" by Hoku
There were times when I'd thought I'd lost you, fearing forever was a dream...



11. "Eternal Flame" by Human Nature
I watch you where you are sleeping. You belong to me...

12. "Sober" by Jennifer Paige
She only sees what she wants to see. Love is blind. Love is so misleading...

13. "Put Your Arms Around Me" by Natural
Can't put my arms around a photograph. Life from a distance don't last...



14. "Underneath Your Clothes" by Shakira
You own the place where all my thoughts go hiding, and right under your clothes is where I find them...

15. "Burn" by Tina Arena
I'll lay down on your bed of coals. Offer up my heart and soul...

16. "I'll Be Your Hero" by 2Be3
When you need a knight in shining armor, let me be the one...

17. "It Was You" by Ashley Ballard with So Plush
You are the one that I have hoped for. Now my life means so much more...

18. "End of the Line" by Honeyz
Don't make me hate you. Baby you've got to be straight...

19. "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls
And all I can taste is this moment. And all I can breathe is your life...

20. "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)" by Vertical Horizon
And it may take some time to patch me up inside. But I can't take it so I run away and hide...


Notes:
1. Boyzone's album art is lifted from http://imgcache.qq.com; Hoku's album art, from http://music.yahoo.com; Human Nature's album art, lifted from http://cdn.tradebit.org; and 2BE3's album art, from http://music.comusmusic.com
2. All other album arts were lifted from Wikipedia. Wikipedia rocks!