Very P!nk AND Under Pressure!

Monday, Monday, Monday! 

Nothing cheers me up at the start of a new week like picking music for Music Moves Me. Thanks Xmas Dolly, Stacy Uncorked, Cathy, and Callie for the opportunity for me to get my nerdy groove on first thing!

If I’m sticking with this week’s theme, I should share the tunes that cause me to crank up the volume lately. I play music loud anyway so here we go…

This isn’t the first time you’ve heard me tell you I’m obsessed with Pink. And if you aren’t listening to her new album The Truth About Love, you are totally missing out. I love her…I mean her voice. Sassy lyric warning for most tracks on this album! I’ve shared “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)” already. Here are two other favorites.

The lyrics for “True Love” are fantastic. And kinda, sorta TRUE!

“Try” is a sweet ballad.

And if I were keeping this totally PINK, “The Great Escape”, “Time Bomb”, “Slut Like You” would be here too.

Here’s a song that makes me want to dance and I’m not opposed to dancing while driving so if you see me doing so, just wave. I will always wave back!

“Feel So Close” by Calvin Harris

And two others from this weekend that I just had to amp up. One new and one old.

“Titanium” by David Guetta

“Under Pressure” by Queen (I’ve always been slightly obsessed with Queen and this is my favorite. Did I ever tell you I have a teacup that Freddie Mercury sipped from in London?) This is the official video. Sorry about the buildings

Happy week of October 8^th!

Monday's Music: Heart's Love Shack Baby Stings Alicia, She's Cryin' And Looking For Reasons

The ladies running the show over at Monday Music Moves Me (Xmas Dolly, Stacy Uncorked, Cathy Kennedy, and Shakira) have provided the most awesome theme for this week’s music selections!

SONGS FROM THE YEAR YOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN

My kids are old-ish so that means I must be too…nah! It’s all about the age you are in your head! At least to me. Here's to 1990 and 1993. While I was working, preparing bottles, warming jars of food and cutting up PB&J's, I was also listening and dancing!

In 1990, Phil Collins had several songs in the top 100. Wilson Phillips was new on the charts with harmonies and lyrics that drew me in so completely that I ran out for their album. Janet Jackson was making a run and Milli Vanilli hadn’t been “found out” yet.

It was difficult for me to choose just two songs from this year. So I picked one that I still love from Heart that’s a bit scandalous if you listen to the words. I’ve always loved those two rocker chicks!

And the other was the one I sang and danced to the most in the early 90’s playing at every single party for the next several years. Remember the B52?

1993 seemed to be all about Whitney and I Will Always Love You. Meatloaf was jamming I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) as she belted out those ballads. 

I was and still am touched by Stings song, Fields Of Gold. It makes my mind drift to places and people I love to remember.

I played Aerosmith’s Cryin’ constantly. Feel in love with the video on MTV and young Alicia Silverstone. Just wait until the end of this. Pretty damn good and a nice screw you!

And I just had to add a third. Rod might creep out some of you but he was all that back in the early days (despite the crazy stomach stories, if you know what I mean…) and this is my absolute, hands down, favorite song of his! He’s singing it live and I love that everyone sings it with him.

Happy Monday!

You And I Got Away Like A Prayer...

Another Music Moves Me Monday. Monday aren't generally my favorite day of the week. Ok, who am I kidding? I'm not a fan of Mondays at all. But thanks to Stacy Uncorked and Xmas Dolly and their friends, I get to put my music stuff out there for someone’s listening pleasure besides my own. And that makes ME very happy! A happy me is a good me. Trust me!

This week’s theme is “freebie” which works for me because it leads into part of my post for tomorrow where I will be writing about my favorite chick right before I run out to Target. It will make more sense tomorrow, I promise.

I’m a huge Lady Gaga fan. Sure, I think she’s wacky. I don’t “get” some of her outfits but I’m just going with what must be her artistic expression. Being a “live and let live” kind of person, I’m very cool with wacky people.

So this is my favorite Gaga song. Until today, I hadn’t seen the video. It’s kinda HOT especially the beginning. When you listen to the song, just by itself (meaning no video as a distraction; close your eyes), you can hear the pureness of her voice. It’s not a fussy, techno jazzed up version like most of her other stuff.

I am also a Katy Perry fan, sort of. Again, I appreciate her creativity, mostly, but not her gimmicky productions. This song is sweet and sad and my favorite of hers.

This may make me unpopular with some but I'm really no longer much a Madonna fan. Too much is too much with her. I’m not sure if it was the overexposure of her life for way too long but I have always loved this song.  For some reason, years ago (13 years, maybe), I used to run to this song. I played it at the very end of a running workout and it motivated me. Not sure what that says or why a mellow song would inspire me to hit the pavement extra hard for 5 more minutes but it did! Weird, I know!

Happy Music Monday!

Rockin' Roll Chick Through And Through: Memories

I’m THRILLED!!! It’s Monday and now that I’ve found Monday’s Music Moves Me, I get to think about music all weekend in prep for today. The theme this week is what “moved” you during your teen years.

I was so very lucky to grow up in the age of real rock and roll. Even though I was brought up in a very strict Catholic household and notched many years of Catholic school on my belt, I was allowed, and miraculously I might add, to attend LARGE out door concerts that came to Chicago. As I’ve said before, “Mom and Dad! What the heck were you thinking?”

So by the time I wrapped up my teen years during my Junior year in college, I’d seen and heard more than most young girls that age should have seen or heard! Again, LUCKY ME!

I start here with what I listened to when I was 13. Everyone out there is pretty young so you may be saying “Who the hell isHE.”

In high school, while the guys were listening to Yes and Pink Floyd, the girls were rocking out to Journey , REO Steedwagon and The Cars seeing all in concert. 





And let’s not forget about my most memorable concert ever seen…The Rolling Stones at Solider Field when I was only 16 years old and Mick Jagger sang Satisfaction with a firehose between his legs squirting the crowd on a HOT Chicago afternoon!

My freshman year our dorm floor blasted Head East from every room. Billy Squire was also a firm favorite.

While everyone listened to Bruce during my junior and senior years, I was in love with Jim Morrison and The Doors. My favorite was request was:

 Thank you Stacy, DollyXmas and all their friends for giving me the opportunity to cruise down the memory lane of my teenage years. Can’t wait for next week and I will be following all of you by then, I promise!

A State Of Mind, While You See A Chance, Paint It Black, Sweet City Woman, The Heart of the Matter!

So as I’ve mentioned a few times this weekend, I’ve puttered and meandered and flittered around not accomplishing one darn thing. What I did do a whole lot of was listen to music.

I listened while working out at “The Stairs” this morning, with ear buds in while driving (is that illegal?) and turned up in the house to keep me company while everyone was away doing their own thing…. and I was doing mine.

I’ve never participated in Monday’s Music Moves Me but because music does just that to me, moves me in more ways than one, I decided to participate on this holiday Monday (before anyone arrives home!). I found this through Stacy Uncorked and her cool friends.

My iPod was shuffling through one of my more interesting and favorite playlist. And these songs happen to come up right in a row. Each has special meaning to me, takes me back to very specific times, places, and people. 

Gina…Go be a productive member of society now and accomplish something other than YouTube surfing. And don’t get on Stumble Upon or any other such site. K?