Sweet and Low - Augustana

Recall the Crazy Lady from a few posts ago?  Well, that was the same concert as the time I saw Augustana.  They were the most chill, sounding exactly like their albums band ever.  They were amazing and Sweet and Low is one of their best songs!

Half Moon - Blind Pilot

So I am supposed to be studying for a test I need to take tonight... So I thought I'd share another song I absolutely love instead.  It's super chill and is perfect for riding in the car, studying, falling asleep, to get you in a good mood... And pretty much anything else you can think of. 

Put Your Records On - Corinne Rae Bailey

This is another one of those songs that will also always be good.  I dare your day to be bad after you listen to this.

Stare Into The Sun - Graffiti6

Once upon a time, I was waiting for a concert to start.  It was a general admission concert, which means you have to stand people that either smell, scream really loud, sing awfully, or you want to punch.  It sucks, but you just have to deal with it because you know the concert will be worth it.  And here is how this specific evening played out...

Me: (thinking) Ok cool, we're not by any crazy people this time!

Crazy Lady - who I'm sure is a great person: (talking to her kids around her and anybody that would pay attention to her) Guys, I am so excited for this opening band! I don't even care about the main people, I'm only here for them!! And their album was just released on iTunes today so that's all I've been listening to!!!

Me: (thinking) And... I was wrong.

Crazy Lady: This is going to be the best concert ever!! As soon as they are finished I am going to run to the tables in the back so I can meet them and get a picture with them, this is going to be so amazing!

Me: so unamused right now.

Crazy Lady: (while walking in front of me) Hey, sorry, I am just obsessed with Graffiti6...

Me: (thinking) oh that's who the opening band is going to be...

Crazy Lady continued: and as soon as they are finished I'll get out of your way they are just my favorite band ever!

Me: Yeah, sure that's fine.

-band is announced, comes on stage, and one of the guys starts playing guitar-

Crazy Lady: (interpretive dancing all over the place.)

Me: (whispering to my friend) Let this be over.

-the first song gets started-

Me: (staying chill, but no longer judging the crazy lady) (thinking) this is the best band I ever have been or will be going to.

Formerly Percieved Crazy Lady: (belting all of the songs and yelling how much she loves them.)

Me: (in shock of how much I instantly love them, also now enjoying the lady's interpretive dancing because it was ridiculous.)

Moral of the story:

-Even though standing in a crowd of people for hours isn't the greatest thing ever, it's worth it when the band is amazing.

-I have never just stood there with no emotion on my face for that amount of time, but enjoying myself 100% at the same time.

-Sometimes Formerly Percieved Crazy Ladies can have great taste in music.

-Graffiti6 may or may not have been all I listened to straight for the following month.

Even though this is a super strange music video... the music is great.

And So It Goes - Billy Joel

I'm not even gonna say why this song is good. Duh.

Kiss Me Slowly - Parachute

A couple weeks ago I saw Parachute in concert, for pretty much the gazillionth time. And let me tell you, they get better everytime.  So solid.

Kiss Me Slowly is one of my personal favorites, and hearing them play it live... ah. They are so consistently good.

Little Things - One Direction

One Direction, I know what you're thinking. 5 minute no judgement zone is all I'm asking for.

 

Basic idea of this song - girls have insecurites. News right?  But what the song is saying, is that even though you may have these insecurities or things you don't like about yourself, it doesn't matter.  All of the things that make you up are what make you the person that you are.

 

Ed Sheeran actually was the one that wrote this song, when he was only 17, so obviously it's worded a little more elequently than I could ever hope to attempt.