3 on Thursday: Those SONGS!
Written primarily because I've had the Mamma Mia soundtrack stuck in my head for...oh, the past 48 hours. No reason. Haven't watched the movie or listened to the soundtrack in ages. It's just there. In my head like the earworm it is. Dancing Queen is fading into Money, Money, Money as I write this. And, being the kind soul I am, I'm sharing. bwahahahaha! Without further ado, here's the latest 3 on Thursday: Favorite Earworm Edition!
3. (and not just because it's in my head right now) Honey Honey ~ Mamma Mia: I was too young to get ABBA the first time around, so in my head, it's never a cover. The movie version is the one I hear. What I like about this song is the end, when she is standing on the balcony and her voice gets softer...and you know, she's not thinking about a love affair. What she wants is to put a face to a person who has been missing from her life for a long time. Play the clip below, you know you want to:
2. Magic ~ The Cars: This is probably one of my favorite 80s songs...although, again, too young to remember it the first time around. It doesn't hurt that RadioMan is a HUGE Cars fan, but there is just something fun and young and summery about this song. So when winter days get too long or work gets a little boring, I crank up this song and things immediately start to look better.
1. Whenever, Wherever ~ Shakira: Okay, you guys got me. I'm a pop girl. If I'm not listening to country, it's pop, and I'm good with that. I love the beat of this one - my feet start tapping and pretty soon I'm be-bopping around the house. I just can't sit still when Shakira comes on...and here's your clip:
There you have it: my 3 favorite earworms...now, spill, which songs always make you get up and dance (so sing along with that hairbrush-microphone), even if they do get stuck in your head...for just a little while?
Okay, now you're just making me feel OLD. I was dating my future husband during Abba's reign (we both love their music and have their music videos on DVD) and was raising my kids when Cars was popular. Yikes! But you're teasing me with Shakira. I loved that song when it came out, and I'm tempted to click on play, really, really tempted. Oh, who am I kidding. I'm clicking!
ReplyDelete*bwahahaha* I've sucked you into the void, Stacy! Enjoy the moment...and don't feel old - 80s music is TIMELESS and it was so cool the first time that the cool factor now is even higher. :D
DeleteI am in good ol' boys territory in N. Michigan so they play Sweet Home Alabama all the time. Wouldn't say it's my favorite, but I get hooked! But I love the Proclaimers, 500 Miles.
ReplyDeleteOh, that song! I love it, too, Cd. Definitely a top 15 song for me!
DeleteThe other night on the Voice, Rod Stewart played a song called the greatest woman I've ever known. That song stuck so bad, I went and bought the CD with some of my Mama's day money!!!!
ReplyDeleteOooh, haven't heard it! But I'll go YouTube now! :D (and music is the second best thing to do with MD moolah...the first being more books, lol)
DeleteGreat post, Kristina! Brought back some fun memories! And I love ABBA!! I embarrassed my 13 year old daughter at a local band festival last year when one of the bands started playing 'I Saw Her Standing There' by The Beatles and I started singing along with it and dancing! How could I not? My dad used to play that song with his band when I was a little girl in our basement! It was always my middle sister's favorite song and she was with us so it was a fun time!
ReplyDeleteThat song brings back memories - love the Beatles version...also love Tiffany's version from the late 80s! Thanks for coming by, jennifer!
DeleteSomewhere in the depths of my CD cabinet I have ABBA's Greatest Hits. I think I'm going to have to dig it out and listen to it. "Waterloo" was always my favorite ABBA tune. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm envious that your earworms are songs you like! Most times I wake up with some obscure tune I haven't heard in decades running through my head, and nine times out of ten it's one I don't care for. One morning it was "Jennifer Juniper" by Donovan, and just the other day it was "Delta Dawn," the Tanya Tucker version! I told my brain, "Seriously? 'Delta Dawn?' What's wrong with you?" And my brain said, "Whatever. You're going to sing it All. Day. Long." LOL!
bahaha, Juli! Sometimes the earworms are the bad songs - usually when I'm working and bebe is watching NikJr shows. Those nonsensical songs *stick*, lemme tell ya!
DeleteGreat post! Oh, and I absolutely loved Mama-Mia and all the Abba songs. I love to buy movie soundtracks like that just to get the songs. I have a lot of them. One of my favorites is the sound track from Pirate Radio--it's a big compilation of old rock.
ReplyDeleteHere's a couple of songs that I jog to in the morning because they're upbeat--and yes, my husband has caught me dancing to them in the back yard (sheepish grin).
Coldplay's Viva la vida:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcsu0m_coldplay-viva-la-vida_music#.UZUBBbgo7IU
Natahasha Bedington's Pocketful of Sunshine:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjhtiv_natasha-bedingfield-pocketful-of-sunshine_music#.UZUCn7go7IU
Great additions - the Coldplay song is on my workout playlist, too! And I loved Pirate Radio - such a great flick, and a great soundtrack!
DeleteLoved the post, but I'm keeping my earworm silent today!
ReplyDeletelol, Liz!
DeleteLately I've been waking up with Fun. in my head. I love their songs but when I'm in the shower trying to collect my thoughts and the earworms start they distract me from focusing on my day's agenda.
ReplyDeleteI love the Mamma Mia soundtrack, it's in my kitchen cd player right now. I love to listen when I"m doing housework.
those songs are infectious, for sure, Margie! I crank the volume when I'm cleaning, too. Makes the time go by faster!
DeleteI like Fun too, Margie! I couldn't get We Are Young out of my head for days!
DeleteI was around for ABBA and had their albums (yes, albums, not CDs). The songs that make me get up and dance are any Kid Rock songs. I love him! I'll see him in concert in August. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteKid is definitely catchy, Sharon! Have fun at the concert!
DeleteJust today I had all of Maroon 5 songs blaring in my classroom (when my students were out of course). It gets me motivated to grade! Love this post!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting, Melinda! And I love a little Maroon 5 - so peppy!
DeleteI can't not dance when Proud Mary by Ike and Tina Turner comes on. I'm all over the place! I even work up a sweat. Number 2 is This Ain't a Love Song by Bon Jovi. I'm sooo in love with the song. I think John Bon Jovi's coy smile in the video may have a lot to do with it. Number 3, Ebony Eyes. There are two versions of it. One is by Silk and the other is Rick James and Smokey Robinson. I adore both versions. I like all types of music, but these are my faves. BTW, I'm a Shakira fan too. One of her songs (Hips Don't Lie) is even featured in my latest story. I wish I could move like her!
ReplyDeleteI'd *love* to be able to move like her. Fortunately for the world at large, I know where my strengths are...and they're not in dancing, so I keep it in-house! Bon Jovi...#sigh ...and I'm gonna have to look up Ebony Eyes, don't think I know that one!
DeleteGreat theme for a post, Kristina.
ReplyDeleteWherever I am, when I hear Michael Franti's Say Hey I smile, turn up the volume and dance. Something very catchy about it. Here is a link, in case you aren't familiar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehu3wy4WkHs
I do the same for The Police and Every Little Thing She Does. It's magic!
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When my oldest dd was a bebeb I worked at a diner that had an actual, working juke box. One song on there got my dd bopping everytime she came in. It got to the point she'd stand against the 'box' and hands splayed on the glass, would bop up and down until someone played her song. Even a few of my customers and my boss (who usually donated the quarter to the cause) knew what Calais was wanting. It helped I listened to country music all the time so she got early exposure. Here it is for your viewing pleasure:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9p9s1Tb1Hw
Here's one of my all time specials that take me back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMZ4amjbqhU