GOOD TIME- Carly Rae Jepson and Owl City I love this song. As the title suggests, it is really about just having a good time, which makes it the perfect easy listening song. I love listening to it and singing along, its one of those that get stuck in your head for days. Honestly, I think its a pretty hard song not to like, because it just does everything right. It has the catchy chorus, likeable voices, well-known artists, an awesome music video and a laid-back, easy listening message. Quite surprisingly Carly and Cody's voices go really well together, both are quite gentle and pop-py so they work well for this song. My rating; 85%
These two actually happen to be Jenners and yes, I found them on Keeping Up With The Kardashians, a little embarrassing, I know. But I looked it up and I love it.
This song is really one of those feel good, sway your hips and sing along songs and has a somewhat reggae feel to it, although it definitely wouldn't classify as that. I love the simplicity of guitar, ukulele and slight drumming mixed with voices of people who can really sing. I am starting to get so sick of these pitch corrected pop songs that are more frequently being released but you can tell that this cute couple can really sing.... I guess its also a testament to your true voice when you sing live. On YouTube, there is a version of them performing the song live and you can hear that the recording is no lie. Leah has a sort of rich, jazzy voice that is really powerful, and whilst Brandon only joins in for a few harmonies, together they have produced a charming little song, one of my current favourites...
On top of all of this, this is possibly the cutest music video I have ever seen, just them goofing off together, I really enjoyed it and it fits in with the message of the song.
So please click play and see what you think, I have also added the link for their live version, so take a look.
The new theme is EASY LISTENING, I love these sort of laid back songs that you can listen to any time and that make you just feel good and happy. So, I thought why not dedicate some posts to songs particularly suited to this genre...
Feel free to comment if there are any songs that you'd like me to look at :)
Enjoy the good music..
- Caity xx
Friday, 28 September 2012
Before I start, maybe a quick explanation as to my essentially dropping off the grid with this challenge. So what happened is, as you know, I went to Italy for a 6 week exchange... but, while I was there my Mac broke, leaving me without a computer for that month. So I couldn't blog then and when I got home, although I could've used any of our house computers, I didn't want to continue without my laptop because I wasn't sure i could keep this up every day.... so anyway, I will start again now :) you may or may not have noticed that I updated my 'Top Songs for the Week' column on the right, so this is just my description of them: READY OR NOT- Brigit Mendler This is a relatively new song that one of my friends recently told me about. For those of you Disney haters, please do not click 'next blog' just yet... Yes Brigit Mendler is from Disney, but give it a chance and see what you think, if you hate it, then so be it... This is a very typical pop-py song but there's just something about it that makes me happy and want to get up and dance... Honestly, the lyrics aren't particularly strong or relevant to the music video, but Brigit has a strong voice that I happen to really like and it will definitely appeal to the right age group. The song has a somewhat jazzy style, which is popped up with pitch correction and drums and piano and what not, but honestly, if you don't look to far into the depth of the song and just want some fun easy listening, this will do the trick. I think part of the reason why I liked the song so much was because of its music video, I just love it, so take a look!Its as easy as clicking play!
ALL YOU WANTED- MICHELLE BRANCH I actually heard this songs years ago when my guitar teacher gave me the chords and I played it and stuff, but had barely ever listened to the original, just enough to get buy and learn the basis of the tune but `i recently downloaded it and I really love it! Michelle Branch ha a strong, powerful voice and she used it really effectively here! I mean, its quite basic in terms of the lyrics, chords, etc, you know, nothing extra-ordinary, but there's something about it? It managed to charm me....take a look...My rating is: 83%
Another song of hers that I really like is called EVERYWHERE...see what you think! I only just heard it so won't comment unknowledgably but I like it so see what you think...
Enjoy the good music!
- Caity xx
Monday, 18 June 2012
Ok so that's an end to Golden Oldies, hope you enjoyed.... For now I'll have no theme for a bit...
I really like this new duo that I found called THE WRECKERS.... They quite country-ish and I wouldn't have said so myself but they actually formed as huge fans of michele branch and so she is essentially their biggest influence. Its just these two girls together but their voices blend so well together and they have added some clever instruments to re-inforce the beat, etc... MY OH MY I really like this and its my favourite song of theirs. It has a cute little intro of electric (i think) but focuses mainly on their voices...my only criticism is that at times especially in the verse, the base beat is a bit overpowering in contrast to the genre of the song but overall a lovely little song...have a listen! My rating is 84%.
Others of theirs that I like are TENNESSEE AND CIGARETTES Enjoy the good music... - Caity xx
