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1) The Blue Nile – The Downtown lights

I’ve loved this song for a while after discovering Annie Lennox’s cover. I love both versions equally and it’s an incredible song. Reminds me of an evening road trip. Very underrated track

2) Keane – She has no time

Been listening to a lot of Keane again recently. Tom Chaplin’s voice is absolutely gorgeous, as is this song. Very beautiful

3) Coldplay – We never change

I’m really addicted to this. I checked out the Parachutes album for the first time last week and have fallen in love with it. This song is just stunning. I really love the lyrics

4) Coldplay – Everything’s not lost

Another gorgeous track off Parachutes.

5) Coldplay – Trouble

Just gorgeous.

6) John Mayer – Speak for me

The melody for the verses is perhaps one of the best I have ever heard. It’s just such a sing-song melody. The gorgeous weather always makes me want to listen to John’s ‘Born and Raised’ and ‘Paradise Valley’ albums as they’re just so chilled out and happy.

7) John Mayer – A face to call home

This begins as another chilled-out country themed track like the rest of the Born & Raised album but in the last minute or so, it turns into a very Coldplay-inspired track. Love the lyrics to this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cykEwT7JrUU

8) Disclosure – F for you

Love Disclosure so much. Add a bit of Mary J Blige and a masterpiece is created. Awesome track.

9) The 1975 – What makes you beautiful

I’m a big fan of the original too but The 1975 completely turned the track on its head and created something very beautiful.

10) Prince – Wherever u go, whatever u do

Very generic for a Prince song, I’ve seen these chords in many other pop tracks but I just think it’s a really sweet song.

*Can’t link this because it’s not on YouTube*

I’m proud to share with you all my first Christmas song I’ve ever written! I’ve been trying to write one for the last five years but with no success. This year I decided to go about it a different way. I read Slade wrote ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ using random melodies and chords they’d not been able to use previously. So I took two basic song ideas I’d saved in my phone (some dating back to almost two years ago) and created this song. It’s untitled because I don’t quite know what to call it yet 🙂

I don’t have any decent means of recording anymore so please excuse the quality. My voice is also terrible – it’s bad enough normally but I currently have a cold so it’s a little croaky and stuff. I’m not a singer though! I hope you enjoy and let me know if you like it :’)

LISTEN HERE: http://yourlisten.com/MarcyB0y/christmas

LYRICS:

All festive spirit’s up, all bad feeling must come down

And forgiveness and love are feelings that are found

This once a year where dizzy highs lift us off the ground

In this festive season when the sleigh bells sound

Look around

CHORUS (la, la, la, la, la, la) What is your resistance for? (la, la, la, la, la, la) Make love not war (la, la, la, la, la, la) What else is Christmas for?

Stars are shining bright, all spirits light the night

When love illuminates, the world’s a pretty sight

A time for loving and living, a season for giving

A time to make amends, to make two wrongs a right

CHORUS

(la, la, la, la, la, la) What is your resistance for? (la, la, la, la, la, la) Make love not war (la, la, la, la, la, la) What else is Christmas for?

MIDDLE EIGHT

Shine your Christmas light

Peace on earth, time to unite

The room’s full of smiles and worry’s free from our minds

It’s a chance to leave this year behind

CHORUS (la, la, la, la, la, la) What is your resistance for? (la, la, la, la, la, la) Make love not war (la, la, la, la, la, la) What else is Christmas for?