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Music Monday – Volume Three

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1)      Kaiser Chiefs – Coming Home

I’ve always respected the Kaisers even if I haven’t been a big fan of their music, though obviously ‘I predict a riot’ and ‘Oh my god’ are classics. I was checking out their latest stuff through being impressed with Ricky Wilson on The Voice UK. This is their latest single and I love it. Really love the melody to the verses. Video’s awesome too.

2)      Beverley Knight – After You

I’ve neglected Bev for a while despite her being one of my favourite artists. She’s one of the most underrated singers in the UK by far. Love this track – so catchy and so summery.

3)      The 1975 – You

Been obsessed with this on and off since January. I’d always enjoyed this track but the first time I really took notice was hearing it live. I got completely lost in the track which has never happened live before. It’s probably one of the most underrated tracks ever – the sweeping guitars, Matt Healy’s echoing voice and the way it builds up into a heavy ending. It’s so honest and so emotive. I’ve included my favourite live version instead of the studio one because I think it captures more emotion live.

4)      Kylie Minogue – Sexy Love

All right, I’m cheating a little as I’ve only heard this for the first time today! But this is catchy as fuck. Reminds me so much of ‘Wow’ – another of my favourite Kylie songs. Awesome track, loving that our princess of pop is back ❤

5)      John Mayer – Queen of California

Really, really summery. Perfect for when the sun is out.

6)      Kylie Minogue – Into the blue

Great track.

7)      Scissor Sisters – Mary

A song largely forgotten about but an incredibly beautiful track. Many compare this to something Elton John would do and that doesn’t discredit the song in the slightest. Apparently Jake Shears wrote this for a friend who had a tough time about her weight. Knowing the meaning makes the song even more meaningful. Love the piano and saxophone on this.

8)      George Michael – You’ve changed

The original is a classic of course but I love George’s version which appeared on his 1999 cover album ‘Songs from the last century’. I particularly love the last few seconds where he sings “I miss you” – really gets me!

9)      Lenny Kravitz – California

Lenny Kravitz is a musical genius and this is my favourite by him. So damn catchy and I love those harmonies. I’d love to write a song like this!

10)   Lawson – Love locked out

Again, SO catchy. Really different to Lawson’s usual stuff but I love the groove to this song.

Presenting Music Mondays

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In order to keep myself blogging and to share my love of music, I am going to begin a series of blogs called Music Mondays. Music Mondays will feature a playlist of ten songs I am currently loving. Some may be new releases whilst others may be older but they will all be songs that I am listening to over and over again.

So with no further ado, here’s this week’s playlist!

1) Arctic Monkeys – Why’d you only call me when you’re high

Just amazingly catchy and so damn cool.

2) Toby Burke and George Michael – Waltz away dreaming

A George Michael song I had no idea existed until a scroll through his complete Discography. This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.

3) The 1975 – Head.Cars.Bending

Glitchy, energetic – awesome song.

4) The 1975 – Pressure

I always overlooked this track on the album but recently I’ve fallen in love with it – very catchy and the lyrics are awesome.

5) Jake Bugg – Songs about love

Not overly keen on all of Jake’s stuff but he’s incredibly talented. Keep hearing this on the radio and it’s definitely my favourite track by him. Very acoustic based and a beautiful song.

6) Eric Clapton – Change the world

Was reminded of this when I found a video of Andy Brown (lead singer of Lawson) covering it on YouTube. Such a great acoustic based track which makes me smile a lot.

7) Neil Young – Harvest Moon

Heard this when watching the movie Eat Pray Love the other day and instantly fell in love with it. Very soft and very romantic. 

8) Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne – Rather be

There’s something very unique about this track and I love that. It’s so catchy and so upbeat, I really love it.

9) Beyonce – XO

This has had a lot of stick but it’s my favourite track Beyonce has ever done. I agree that lyrically it’s not the best and it’s quite generic for a Beyonce song but I find it really powerful, really emotive and very addictive. 

10) Coldplay – Magic

This was only released to the world today so this is brand spanking new! Again, it’s had a lot of stick from Coldplay fans about the change in music direction but I love this. I love Coldplay’s older stuff and I also love their newer sound too. I love this because it’s very chilled out and very special. I’ve already listened to this countless times today!

31 days of Christmas

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Day 24 Wham – Last Christmas

Happy Christmas Eve! This is my favourite Christmas song of all time. You may think I’m a little biased as I’m a massive George Michael fan and George was of course one half of Wham but I just love this song so much. It’s the first Christmas song I remember hearing and I’ve grown up listening to it every year. No matter how many times I hear it it never loses it’s magic as it’s just a fantastic song.

I guess it’s another quite sad song lyrically but the 80’s instrumentation and the Christmassy feel of the track along with George’s vocal delivery just makes it an awesome song.

I’ve never heard another version of this that I’ve liked as much even despite the high amount of covers. Billie Piper’s version is the only one that comes close, as unlikely as that seems!

This has such a festive music video too. Love the story telling and how Christmassy it is.

31 days of Christmas

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Day 3 George Michael – December Song

December Song is likely to be George Michael’s attempt to write a Christmas song he was proud of (he publicly shunned much of Wham’s material once he went solo, including ‘Last Christmas’). Not that releasing this was a necessity. ‘Last Christmas’ is a perfect Christmas track and one which is loved by many. But in 2008, this appeared as a free download on George’s website before he finally released it in 2009. Interestingly, this was apparently originally written with the Spice Girls in mind, followed by Michael Buble although George ended up keeping it for himself.

There’s no denying it’s not the most upbeat of Christmas songs, its melancholic tone and lack of instrumentation definitely ranks as perhaps one of the saddest Christmas songs ever but it’s a gorgeous song. The chords, the harmonies, the lyrics and the slight jazz tone to it makes it one of my firm favourites. The use of the sample from the Frank Sinatra track at the beginning is also genius. Christmas is a happy time but negative emotions/bad days don’t just willingly disappear over the Christmas period so we need songs like this in addition to the pop cheese blasted from the radios! The music video is a beautiful work of art too.

I just wish this had reached a top 5 position.

Underrated song by far.