When I listen to music, I tend to apply the lyrics to my life. The most powerful thing about music is the emotion it can evoke when you connect to it. I have a song for every mood, and I have a mood for every song. There are specific artists or songs that make me feel especially “love-sick”. Since I am a pretty pathetic romantic, I chose my playlist to reflect what I feel on a day filled with fantasies of what love has been like for me, what I want it to be, and what it could be. If I am thinking about an old fashioned good time with dancing and long dinner conversation, Frank Sinatra is always good. Ben Harper has a way to open old wounds and make me cry like a baby. If I am daydreaming and just being a gushy girl, I put on a little Sarah McLaughlin. Tracy Chapman can get me on any level... happy, hopeful, sad, even adventurous. I am quite a sappy daydreamer, and this playlist is perfect for one of those days:
Fast Car- Tracy Chapman
Blue Skies- Willie Nelson
My Beloved One- Ben Harper
I Believe- Sarah McLaughlin
Lay You Down- Jack Johnson and The Animal Liberation Orchestra
When I’m Not Myself (?)- John Mayer
Sic Transit Gloria- Brand New
Hard Headed Woman- Cat Stevens
Somebody’s Cryin- Chris Isaak
Lover Lay Down- Dave Matthews
Takes Some Time- Jimmy Eat World
Wonderful Tonight- Eric Clapton
Heaven Help- Lenny Kravitz
Sex and Candy- Marcy Playground
Let’s Get it On- Marvin Gaye
Your Body’s Callin- R.Kelly
Creep- Radiohead
Gently- Tenacious D (Jack Black)
With or Without You- U2
Dancing in the Moonlight- Van Morrison
We’re Going to be Friends- White Stripes