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Mixtape: Under The Weather.
Starlit Skies- Antena
Instant Crush- Daft Punk ft. Julian Casablancas
Sunset- The xx
Bowl For Two(Acoustic)-The Expendables
Yesterday-Marvin Gaye
Think Good Thoughts-Cobie Calliat
Everything’ll Be Alright(Will’s Lullabye)-Joshua Radin
I Will Be Found(Lost At Sea)-John Mayer
Dear God 2.0- The Roots
Slippin-Quadron
Dance, Dance, Dance-Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bag Lady-Erykah Badu
I’m Beautiful-Aloe Blacc
Hiphoppablues-Slightly Stoopid ft. G. Love
Lost in My Mind- The Head And The Heart
I’m Good, I’m Gone- Lykke Li
You Remind Me of You-Jack Johnson
The World As I See It- Jason Mraz
The Believer- Common ft. John Legend
Falling-The Civil Wars
Always-Blind Pilot
Feel Again-One Republic
Sleeping Sickness-City And Colour
Helplessness Blues- Fleet Foxes
Soul Meets Body-Death Cab For Cutie
Bird On A Wire- Rogue Wave
All These Things That I’ve Done- The Killers
Fourth Time Around- Bob Dylan
Mixtape: Red Trolley.
Goodlife- TI ft. Pharrell & Common
Dreaming My Life Away-Best Coast
Can I Walk With You- India.Arie
If I Ever Feel Better-Phoenix
This Is The Life-Two Door Cinema Club
Electric Relaxation- A Tribe Called Quest
Baby I’m Yours(Aeroplane Remix)-Breakbot ft. Irfane
One By One All Day-The Shins
Strawberry Bubblegum-Justin Timberlake
Twilight Galaxy-Metric
Feel Inside- Mary J. Blige & Nas
Midnight City-M83
Anna Molly-Incubus
I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From-Kings of Convenience
My Superman-Santigold
Take Off Your Cool-Outkast & Norah Jones
Wide Eyes-Local Natives
By Your Side(Neptunes Remix)-Sade
Take Off The Blues-The Foreign Exchange
Such Great Heights-Iron And Wine
Ritual Union-Little Dragon
California Stars- Billy Brag & Wilco
Wild- Beach House
Walking On A Dream-Empire Of The Sun
Flash Delirium-MGMT
Coastline Journey(Acoustic)-Mishka
Home-Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes
898678: The Madness In The Music.
The boldfaced type glared at me from an aerial photo of the UCLA Medical Center, headlined on my customized MSN homepage: Michael Jackson, hospitalized. Fearing the worst, I turned on the television—minutes became hours as the backstory of this sudden tragedy unfolded. The media circus juggled with a coma, cardiac arrest, and drug overdose, until the show reached a screeching halt—The King of Pop dies at 50.
On cue, my Motorola Razr belted out the chorus of Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough, with Ryna on the line. She was almost at my house with a few of our friends, and in her tone of shock, asked me if I heard the news.
His music was on heavy rotation as we smooth cruised to the Del Mar Fair. The DJ/radio jockey person insisted on repeating the ‘this is bad real bad Michael Jackson’ line in Knocks You Down. We sang along to the hits, loudly with a hint of sadness, and at times, dissected the possible causes of his untimely death.
Later that evening on the sky ride, we talked about how we missed MJ, like he was our personal friend. It became clear that the iconic pop star/legend was gone for good, but he left behind a legacy that continues to shape and influence musicians, artists, and music lovers alike. Love or hate him, you know who he is. And if you don’t, you have at least heard his music. Unless you’ve been living in a cave or with an Amazonian Tribe for the past 30+ years. Or you haven’t been conceived yet. Or if you’re still a fetus. Fast forward to last weekend when my little cousins thought that Bob Dylan drawing was Michael Jackson.
In May of that year, I had joyfully taken a photo with MJ’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Who knew the world would lose him in the month to come.
Hello Beauty. Hello Strange. Hello Wonder, what’s your name?
John Mayer’s amazing music video for Queen of California, inspired by Zynga’s Draw Something app.
Mixtape: Commercial Love
There was never anything to be bitter about on this pointless holiday. I say pointless because i’d rather have people show their love on days when they’re not obligated to do so. Also, its origins are pretty sketchy. However, times like these call for the perfect excuse to have a themed music day!
Teenage Dream-Boyce Avenue
Imagine It Was Us- Jessie Ware
This Years Love- David Gray
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out-The Smiths
Something About Us- Daft Punk
Selfish-Slum Village,Kanye West
The Worst-Jhene Aiko
Because of You- Ne-Yo
Simple Things- Usher
The Light- Common
I Just Want You Around-Anuhea
By Your Side- Sade(Neptunes Remix)
Ascension(Don’t Ever Wonder)-Maxwell
Maybe-N.E.R.D.
Kiss Me-Jason Walker
For The Cool In You-Babyface
At Your Best(You Are Love)-Aaliyah
Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop-Landon Pigg
Sunset-The xx
Is This Love-Corinne Bailey Rae
Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me-The Foreign Exchange
Wonderwall-Ryan Adams
You And I-Wilco
Finally Falling- Mayer Hawthorne
You And I Both-Jason Mraz
Someone To Love You-Ruff Endz
Love- Musiq Soulchild
Falling- Iration
Green Light-John Legend, Andre 3000
I Can’t Tell You Why- The Eagles
Love Is A Verb- John Mayer
My Love-Justin Timberlake,TI
Who Do You Tell?-Tamia
She Will Be Loved-Maroon 5(Pharrell Remix)
Stuck On You-Ekolu
Collide- Howie Day
Love-Matt White
Music is a total constant. That’s why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.
Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
Draft Box: Live From Couchella.
April 11-13, 2014 was the perfect weekend to be an arts/music lover at Coachella, one of America’s premier arts and music festivals.
That i’ve sadly never been to.
Fortunately, i was able to catch the live-stream this year for the entire weekend (okay, I felt a little guilty about not going to this party, but i was feeling too tired to go back out!), and witnessed history and pivotal moments in the comforts of home and my sister’s sandstorm-free living room(trying to make myself feel better).
I missed Broken Bells but managed to catch Haim on Friday. Afterwards, I was just waiting for the highly anticipated return of Big Boi and Andre 3000. Now I’m far from being a hip hop enthusiast, nor am I a die-hard fan but despite the kinks & some technical issues that plagued one too many negative reviews, I actually enjoyed Outkast’s set. Of course, with this being the duo’s first reunion after a 10-year hiatus, expectations were the highest of the high for a momentous, knock-out performance by the two. And with this being their first show in front of a crowd(whom a majority were probably only super stoked for ‘Hey Ya’), things were bound to get slightly awkward and a little rusty. Nevertheless, just seeing the two perform together again brought so much joy in re-living my youth and pre-adolescent years. I was jammin’. The Aquemini sequence alone got me lost in music for a bit.
I’m getting pretty sleepy now, but Day 2 was amazing. Caught CHVRCHES, my dear Dallas Green(City And Colour), The Head And The Heart, Lorde, MGMT, Empire Of The Sun, Pixies, missed Sleigh Bells but the last two performers, were the icing on the sweet pop indie cake. The crowd(whom a majority probably recently discovered Pharrell), didn’t seem as hyped as I was; most likely associating the love of my life with the songs Happy & Get Lucky, as well as acknowledging him as “dude with the Arby’s hat.” But no, the once trucker-hat clad Skateboard P fought the sandstorm and touched on everything from his NERD days, numerous collaborations(with awesome special guest appearances from Uncle Snoop, Gwen Stefani, Nelly, Puff Daddy, Busta, Diplo, [among others who went up to dance for Happy]), to his GIRL album. Nothing from In My Mind though, I wanted him to perform Angel, he could’ve done Can I Have It Like That with Gwen, That Girl with Uncle Snoop, and even Baby with Nelly, but nah, Bae being the cool guy he is, let them shine, he’s so cot damn fine. Man, I could just write a whole post about him and his set alone. His poor falsetto was getting tarnished by the storm, and the disappointment was evident in his eyes because he wanted to give the crowd his all and pull off one hell of a show and repetitively stated this throughout his set. Did I mention that he’s so cool?
Finally, there’s Nas. The first person we thought of throughout his set was Ryan, and though I didn’t fan-girl as hard as he probably did(fainting included?) I was surprised and excited to see Jay show up. I’ve always been a fan of his. I even looked back at my sister like “is that…JAY?? Omg I know his voice, that’s him!!!” The undisputed kings of NY(Queens x Brooklyn! I know that much lol) and former rivals were performing on stage together and it was hip-hop magic.
This all takes me back to a convo I had with Lu, a couple of days ago. Sidenote: the last two sets made me miss her, she was the Jay Z to my Pharrell, Rocawear attire & trucker hats included (Change clooothes & gooo). We were talking about tattoos and she emphasized that my ink made sense: “you loooove music.” And I can’t help but feel a little narcissistic about it, like “dang, I do and I love my taste in music too.” Because Working My Way Back To You by the Spinners could give me the same feels as a DJ set by Cashmere Cat. Colbie Calliat’s Midnight Bottle could put me in the right vibe as Nas’ N.Y. State Of Mind. Nirvana’s Lithium could equate to Don’t Worry Baby by The Beach Boys. Slightly Stoopid’s Collie Man to The Eagles Tequila Sunrise. Bob Marley’s Roots Rock Reggae To Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall. Earth Wind & Fire’s Reasons to Incubus’ Talk Shows On Mute. Soulection radio and mixes to Jason Mraz’s A Beautiful Mess. And the list goes on and on and on and on. No, I don’t know entire discographies nor is my musical knowledge as expansive as Jim Ryan’s probably is, but to immerse yourself in the culture and to be a fan of a multitude of brilliant sounds and diversified artists is enough for me. This would probably take up another post too, haha but I just love music, man.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.
Boyce Avenue feat Jennel Garcia - Demons (Imagine Dragons cover) by Dajana Zykaj
Finally! SoundCloud-sharing to Tumblr is working. I have waaaaay too many songs that I’ve been wanting to post on here, but it would require a music blog just for it. On another note, SoundCloud is pretty much like Tumblr/Twitter but strictly for music. Guess I’ll keep ‘em separate.Or not. Omg, now that this sharing feature works, I wanna make a music blog.
—————————So instead of getting ready, I added a music blog onto this account. I just want everything to be on Tumblr. wake–upand–live.tumblr.com