Category: Music

What I’m listening to, and why I’m listening to it.

Music: Monday Songs

I love to make music mixes with themes. Right now, I’m putting together a list of songs about Monday.

Some titles are easy (for a woman of my generation):

  • Manic Monday (The Bangles)
  • Monday, Monday (The Mamas & the Papas)
  • Rainy Days & Mondays (The Carpenters)
  • Monday Morning (Fleetwood Mac)
  • Come Monday (Jimmy Buffet)

Others I had to dig for:

  • I Don’t Like Mondays (Tori Amos–yes, I know it’s a Boomtown Rats song, but I prefer the Tori Amos cover)
  • It Sure is Monday (Mark Chestnutt)
  • Stormy Monday (Allman Brothers or Cream, both versions are great)
  • I Don’t Have to Be Me’Til Monday (Steve Azar)
  • Monday Morning (Melanie Fiona)
  • Monday Morning (Death Cab for Cutie)
  • Long Monday (John Prine)
  • Blue Monday (the Flunk Version)
  • Memphis Monday Morning (Bobby Blue Bland)
  • Except for Monday (Lorrie Morgan)  (borderline made it)
  • It’s Got to be Monday (Doug & the Slugs)
  • Monday Morning Quarterback (Frank Sinatra)
  • Monday Mourning (Bolder Damn)

Songs I found that won’t make my mix:

  • New Moon on Monday (Duran Duran)
  • Monday (Wilco)
  • Monday Morning Church (Alan Jackson)
  • Can’t Get Blue Monday Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue)

Got a Monday song I’m missing?

Music: Sun Songs

One of my foibles is creating music playlists by theme. Yes, I love finding songs for the books I’m writing, but I also enjoy coming up with an idea and finding as many songs as I can to create a CD (yes, I still play CDs in my car and office). I keep running lists on my phone.

One of themes I’m currently collecting is Sun Songs.

Here’s what I have so far:

  • Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
  • Sesame Street Theme
  • Sunshine Go Away Today
  • Walking on Sunshine
  • Good Day Sunshine
  • Sunshine on my Shoulder
  • I’ll Follow the Sun
  • Sunny
  • Soak Up the Sun

I’m open to suggestions!

 

Music: Besieged by the Moon Playlist

In keeping with my habit of creating a playlist for my works-in-progress, here is what I listened to to keep me in the story of Besieged by the Moon.

No Roots (Alice Merton)
Night Moves (Bob Seger)
Iris (The Goo-Goo Dolls)
Promise Land (Hannah Miller)
Broken Arrow (Robbie Roberstson)
Doctor My Eyes (Jackson Browne)
Don’t Lie to Me (Barbra Streisand)
Hallelujah (Pentatonix)
Fighting the Decree (Brittney Mitchell)
People Have the Power (Patti Smith)
Sound of Silence (Disturbed)
Miles (Christina Perri)
Daylight Again/Cost of Freedom (Crosby, Stills, & Nash)
Universal Soldier (Donovan)
A Little Bit More (Dr. Hook)
Arms (Christina Perri)
One Tin Soldier (The Original Caste)

MJ Monday-Music: Boomer!

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If you’ve followed my blog at all, you know that I have been slowly converting my home office into a sanctuary/retreat. I still have a long way to go, but one of things on the never ending list was music. Yes, I can play music through my laptop, but the sound stinks and computers are temperamental. My little red tablet laptop has some of the worst speakers I’ve ever encountered.

I own a couple of “boom boxes”. One is so old, it plays only cassettes. The other originally played both cassettes and CDs, but the cassette portion died years ago. Time for a new “sound system” for my haven.

It plays CDs and cassettes and (allegedly) mp3s, although I need some kind of cable to plug into a jack or something. It’s small. Is the sound awesome? Nope, but it’s a vast improvement over my computers.

Since I unboxed it (it sat untouched for several months), I’ve been listening to a lot of old favorites while I write. I light a scented candle, put on some mellow jazz or New Age music and my stress seems to melt.

This is an investment I do not regret.

MJ Monday-Music: Suzanne Teng

I don’t recall exactly how I discovered Suzanne Teng’s Enchanted Wind  CD on my library’s website.  I might have been searching for New Age music. The license for Enchanted Wind allowed me to download and keep the CD onto multiple devices. I was stunned. After listening to the CD, I told all my friends to download it, too.

I had never heard of a bass flute, much less a contrabass flute.  Beautiful instruments.

This CD is ethereal, and contains no pain. I can listen to it endlessly and not realize time has passed. The music has a way of coiling inside the listener until it become a part of you.

I should check out her other releases.