California 37 - Train

For those of you under a rock... Train released yet another phenomenal album April 17th.

Track List:
1. This'll Be My Year
2. Drive By
3. Feels Good At First
4.Bruises (Feat. Ashley Monroe)
5. 50 Ways To Say Goodbye
6. You Can Finally Meet My Mom
7. Sing Together
8. Mermaid
9. California 37
10. We Were Made For This
11. When The Fog Rolls In
12. To Be Loved


For a full youtube playlist go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK93EV4w0a4&list=PLD4187FB104C0CE4B&feature=plpp_play_all

When Cover Songs Are Better Than The Original...

So, I've been listening to cover songs all day. And I've found some that are better than the original.

Original:
When I Look At You: Miley Cyrus:


Cover:
Caroline Costa. (She can't quite pronounce everything through her french accent, and yet... she still sounds better than Miley. Don't get me wrong... Miley does a good job, but Caroline has the better voice.)


Original:
What Makes You Beautiful: One Direction


Cover:
Jake Coco and Savannah Outen (These two are phenomenal together! They have quite a few cover songs out there, but this one was my favorite!)


Original:
Skinny Love - Bon Iver


Cover:
Birdie


Original:
Hallelujah: Jeff Buckley


Cover:
Brandi Carlile: (My personal favorite Cover song...)

Laura Izibor - Shine

Packing Music Playlist...

These are my favorites from the "Packing Playlist" --

Menace - Bjorn Ballie


Wakey!Wakey! - Twenty-Two


Jet - She's a Genius


Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch (Uncensored)


Shinedown - Unity (I LOVE this video!)

McLaughlin meets Bareilles

In Jon McLaughlin's 4th studio album he has a track featuring Sara Bareilles...

The single was released January 2012.

Summer Is Over - Jon McLaughlin featuring Sara Bareilles

Sara Bareilles

My poor husband... I've had Sara Bareilles on repeat for I don't know how long. I don't know that I have put up an SB post, so here is my tribute to this fantastic lady! Love Song

 Bottle It Up
 

 Gravity -- This song holds a special place. There was a guy I loved. For years. I put up with a lot, and quite frankly so did he. We ended our relationship, then our friendship. Several times. And yet something... Something always put us back together. For 8 years we did this dance. We would part ways, and reunite. Until one day, I realized I loved another man. I married that man. And now I have reached the other side of someday. There are moments every now and again when I am reminded of him, and I find myself wondering if my old friend is as happy as I am. I don't ask. I don't look him up to see. I simply pray. I pray for him, his health, happiness, and that he finds a home for his heart. I will always wish him the best.

 King Of Anything

 Gonna Get Over You -- My goodness, it is such a wonder finally being on the other side of someday!

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

I think we are all familiar with Over The Rainbow. --Thank you Wizard of Oz-- However, ever since I was a child, I have loved this song. I credit it to the fact that I used to climb the trees in my backyard and pretend I could fly. I used to dream of flying all the time. It helps that I have had quite the imagination for as long as I can remember... when you live inside of your head most of your life, you sort of have to. There was an episode of a show I used to watch where they went inside of my favorite characters head, and she say's, "Yeah, it's sort of Mary Poppins-esk, isn't it..." It made me laugh because that is what I have always said about the inside of my head. I don't think within the box. I don't like to. It seems rather stuffy, and boring to me. I don't think in linear lines either. It is my belief there is always more than one solution to everything, and sometimes you have to be creative when handling a crisis. Throw a little splash of color, so to speak. These days, it seems, everyone thinks, feels, does everything in black and white. BLAH! Give me some color, PLEASE!!! Well, as much as I love rain, and the feel of the clouds, and the deepening of color that all the water and shadows give -- I love the splash of color a rainbow paints across the sky -- as a child I used to pretend I could jump from my tree branch to the other side of the rainbow. And much as Dorothy found out, the other side was something magical, and fun, and colored. However, all I ever got was a scratch and a bruise or two from jumping out of the trees. Not to mention, there is no place like ones bed with a good book and a warm cup of Starbucks on a cold day. [Thank you Starbucks for going corporate and putting your product in powder form so I can buy it and enjoy it at home when I can't make it to your cafe]