Alphabetical Music - Part 2

The continuation of my last post. I'm not sure any of you are wildly interested in this, but I'm enjoying it, so I'll appreciate the sensation of not being paid for trying to get views (fun fact: I do run the social media at my job, so that's basically what I do) and I get to write some more about music.


Unfortunately, when I came to write this post I realized that somehow I had lost the next 8 songs off my list, so I had to recreate the list. I'm trying not to repeat artists, though there will be at least one repeat on the list as a whole.

G

Good Morning Planetarium - Falling Up
Thought I ought to show Falling Up some love. I learned to love them even more after listening to the audiobook written by the lead singer. If you have some time and you're an audiobook type of person, I highly recommend it.

H

Hopeless Wanderer - Mumford & Sons
I love Mumford & Sons so much. I find new reasons to appreciate the poetry of their lyrics every time I listen through a CD. This particular song is special because when we performed Little Women a few years ago, Nadia and I had kind of assigned a different Mumford song to each character, and this was the one we assigned to Jo, whom I played. I identify a lot with Jo, and possibly even more so with this song.

I

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night - Five Iron Frenzy
Okay, this one's even more special. See, I had the misfortune of becoming a Five Iron fan AFTER they had already retired. So I put their CDs on repeat and learned to love their songs without any hope of ever seeing them or getting new music. Then a few days after one of the worst days of my life, I get home and I see the unbelievable. Five Iron is coming back, and they've released a new song. Now, I don't know that I can say I love their new stuff as much as their old stuff, but I absolutely adore this song. One of my favorite t-shirts is my FIF shirt that says "And hope still flies."

J

Just Fall - Anthem Lights
For the longest time I just liked Anthem Lights for their marvelous covers of other people's songs. Somewhere along the line I started listening to their original stuff, and as cookie cutter as some of it is, I really love quite a few of their songs. This is one that I kind of wish I'd run across a few months before I did, but it's been pretty useful anyway.

K

Kindle My Heart - A Little Princess Soundtrack
This super pretty song is in a super pretty scene in this super pretty movie. As wonderful as it is within the context of the movie, the real reason it's special to me is that this song is a lot of the reason I kept up with singing and trying to find voice lessons. Because once upon a time when I was quite young I somehow had enough courage to sing this song for someone and they told me I had a pretty voice and it was quite possibly the first time anyone ever complimented me on my voice. I really ought to do a cover of it now that I've had lessons...

L

Lift a Sail - Yellowcard
There are way too many Yellowcard songs I could have gone with, so I may have had to opt for one where I didn't have a better option for this letter. But this is one of my favorites. I've assigned it to several of my original fictional characters, and I used it as the curtain call when we performed the Voyage of the Dawn Treader a few years ago.



Alright guys, I think we'll have this done in two more posts. Let me know if you appreciate any of my song recommendations.

Alphabetical Music - Part 1

As stolen from this clever blogger friend of mine. If anything will get me to post on my blog, it's music. You can expect a few of these posts and then there's another music one I've been working on for a while. If you're looking for music suggestions, I'll be providing them here free of charge.

I'm splitting this blog into three parts because 1. Personally, I'm not going to read a blog with 26 paragraphs talking about songs. 2. It keeps me writing on my blog for a little longer.

A

Already Home - Thousand Foot Krutch
During the first music class I took at college the professor asked us to bring in a song for analyzing. Unfortunately he put a time limit on the song, so I wasn't able to bring this one in, but it was my first choice.

B

Broken Things - Ryan Kelly
I can't remember who first introduced me to this song by Ryan Kelly, of Celtic Thunder fame. There were definitely times in my life when this song was incredibly important, and it's pretty to boot.

C

Can't Live Without You - Owl City
Speaking of being important to my life, this song is actually the sequel to one of the more important songs in my life. I listened to Tidal Wave so many many times on my way to and from work during one particular year. Then my little sister informed me that one of the songs on the new Owl City CD was officially a sequel to Tidal Wave. And do you know what? This one made sense for my life in the same way as Tidal Wave did when I first listened to it. When you listen to one song after the other, you can see what an encouraging thing that was.

D

Desert Soul - Rend Collective
This song is the best in concert. I never knew that using a garbage can as an instrument could be so powerful. But the lyrics are amazing even apart from the performance.

E

Everlasting Arms - Vampire Weekend
Okay this one is just fun. I have no deep reasoning for you behind this song. I just love to jam to it.

F

Failure to Excommunicate - Relient K
Relient K had to make it onto this list somehow, but I was trying to find songs that it's possible not everyone knows. This is here for the line "Jesus loves the outcasts, he loves the ones the world just loves to hate" alone.