This month, along with 5 other bloggers (you may want to check in with the April Song Challenge blogroll I have added on the right) I will be posting daily for the first time ever. 30 days of songs. I’m a singer first, so vocals, harmony & lyrics weigh heavily when it comes to my opinion of music. I am a bass player too, so I also enjoy a good beat and a bass-line that moves. I truly hope you will enjoy getting to peek into my musical mind. Although, 30 days will not appropriately capture everything. If I have the energy after these 30 days of daily posting, I may mention the notable missing artists at the end of this journey. But I hope to cover many of my favorites.
Picking my favorite song was a huge challenge for me. I’m a rock & roll girl. I love sharp vocals with complicated harmonies & big, long guitar-solos; this song doesn’t have more than a fairly simple 2-part harmony and not much of a guitar solo at all. I even shocked the hubs with this selection. His favorite song is a 10 minute Jane’s Addiction gem that I will feature on another day, so it’s covered.
I don’t have many hits over the course of these 30 days of songs, but I do understand why These Are The Days was a hit in 1992. So why did I pick this song? The lyrics, the harmonies, seeing it performed live with so much energy & joy when we sat front row at a Natalie Merchant concert at The Joint in Vegas – like, super front row: my knees touched the stage, and we used that stage to set our beers on. Natalie could’ve kicked us in the face with her bare-feet! However… the biggest reason I selected this song is because the hubs & I have sang it together, usually with me on lead vocals, and the hubs on acoustic guitar at several family & friends’ weddings, coffee-shops, bars, graduation parties, campfires, backyards, but lately, simply hanging out in our living room, watching the kids dance as we sing & play. It’s practically a part of me. The lyrics are very positive & upbeat and it covers so much of what I love about life in general. I won’t do this for every song, but the lyrics are important, so here they are.
What’s not to love about this song?! Can you name your favorite song?
I am really excited that you are doing this. I feel that music is an essential part of my daily life and definitely creates a soundtrack for me. I have created bonds with people over music that are unlike any other connections I share. As I get older I require a lot out of my music; I want to know that the ‘artists’ I am listening to are more than just a pretty face.
I am looking forward to following your musical selections and learning more about you through them!
Ahhh … what a great first pick! Looking forward to see how different or how much we may have in common when it comes to selecting songs!
Love that you and the hubs sit around playing and singing this in the living room for the girls.
Liam loves to sing Free Fallin’ which he calls “Good Girl”.
I had forgotten about this song! Great first choice!
I love this song! My current favorite is The Morning Benders’ ‘Excuses’. It’s just stunning.