Blog 18

You may find this hard to believe but I like Taylor Swift. I love her music, and I'm not afraid to admit it. Now the only thing I don't like about her music is it's not country, yet it's under the country genre in iTunes, but that's beside the point. The thing I love about her music is that it is so catchy and rememberable. For example, her new song I Knew You Were Trouble is a very catchy song that I really like! Here's Taylor Swift's I Knew You Were Trouble.

Another song that I like that is pretty old is You Belong With Me, and I have to admit that this one sounds a bit more country. This is a very popular song that talks about a girl that wants to go out with a guy but that guy is dating another more popular girl, and the less popular girl can tell that the guy is not happy at all, and so she talks about how that guy "belongs with her." Here's the video and the lyrics for You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift.

You're on the phone
with your girlfriend ‒ she's upset
She's going off
about something that you said
'cause she doesn't get your humor like I do.
I'm in my room ‒ it's a typical Tuesday night.
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like.
She'll never know your story like I do.

But she wears short skirts
I wear t-shirts
She's cheer captain
And I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time.

If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So why can't you see
you belong with me,
You belong with me?

Walking the streets
With you and your worn out jeans
I can't help thinking
This is how it ought to be.
Laughing on a park bench
Thinking to myself
"Hey, isn't this easy?"

And you've got a smile
That could light up this whole town.
I haven't seen it in awhile
Since she brought you down.
You say you're fine -
I know you better than that.
Hey, what you doing
With a girl like that?

She wears high heels,
I wear sneakers.
She's cheer captain,
And I'm on the bleachers.
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
that what you're looking for has been here the whole time.

If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So why can't you see
you belong with me?
Standing by you
Waiting at your backdoor.
All this time
How could you not know, baby
You belong with me,
You belong with me?

[Instrumental]

Oh, I remember you were driving to my house
In the middle of the night.
I'm the one who makes you laugh
When you know you're about to cry.
I know your favorite songs,
And you tell me about your dreams.
Think I know where you belong,
Think I know it's with me.

Can't you see
That I'm the one
Who understands you?
Been here all along
So why can't you see
You belong with me?
Standing by you
Waiting at your backdoor.
All this time
How could you not know, baby,
You belong with me,
You belong with me?

You belong with me.

Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me?
You belong with me.

Blog 17

This week in class we listened to the Cream song Sunshine Of Your Love and I really like that song, but the lyrics are terrible. I can play that main tune in the song on guitar, so I was joyed when it came on. If it weren't for the lyrics this song would be amazing, but most people don't even notice the lyrics because the guitar part in this song is sick! Here is Sunshine Of Your Love the video followed by the lyrics.

It's gettin' near dawn,
When lights close their tired eyes.
I'll soon be with you my love,
To give you my dawn surprise.
I'll be with you darling soon,
I'll be with you when the stars start falling.

I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love.

I'm with you my love,
The light's shinin' through on you.
Yes, I'm with you my love,
It's the morning and just we two.
I'll stay with you darling now,
I'll stay with you till my seeds are all dried up.

I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love.

                                                                                                                                         

Blog 16

A country singer that I enjoy a lot is Lee Brice. I feel as if Lee Brice doesn't get enough publicity for the songs he puts out, because he has good songs and I only know of a few people that have heard them. These so called great songs I'm talking about are Hard To Love, Love Like Crazy, and A Woman Like You. Hard To Love is about a guy that is "hard to love" and wishes that he could be more like the person he loves. Here's the video of Hard To Love by Lee Brice.

Love Like Crazy is about a couple that got together when they were 17 years old and their friends thought it wouldn't last but we soon find out that they have been together for 58 years. Here are the lyrics followed by the video of Love Like Crazy by Lee Brice.

They called them crazy when they started out
Said, "Seventeen's too young to know what loves about"
They've been together fifty-eight years now
That's crazy

He brought home sixty-seven bucks a week
Bought a little 2 bedroom house on Maple Street
Where she blessed him with six more mouths to feed
Now that's crazy

Just ask him how he did it
He'll say, "Pull up a seat
It'll only take a minute
To tell you everything"

Be a best friend, tell the truth
And overuse "I love you"
Go to work, do your best
Don't outsmart your common sense
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy
And love like crazy

They called him crazy when he quit his job
Said them home computers, boy, they'll never take off
Well, he sold his one man shop to Microsoft
And they paid like crazy

Just ask him how he made it
He'll tell you faith and sweat
And the heart of a faithful woman
Who never let him forget

Be a best friend, tell the truth
And overuse "I love you"
Go to work, do your best
Don't outsmart your common sense
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy
And love like crazy

Always treat your woman like a lady
Never get to old to call her baby
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy
And love like crazy

They called him crazy when they started out
They've been together fifty-eight years now
Ain't that crazy?

A Woman Like You starts out with a wife asking her husband what he would do if he'd never met her. The song eventually ends up with the husband saying that he'd "take a gold band on [his] hand over being a single man," so here's the video for A Woman Like You by Lee Brice.

Blog 15

This week in class we listened to the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album, I knew a couple of songs on it like Wouldn't It Be Nice and Sloop John B, and to be honest, those were the only ones I liked. The reason may be because those were the only songs I knew, but I think if I listened to them more I would start liking some of the other songs. When I found out that Sloop John B wasn't originally on the album I was shocked because I really like that song. I also like Wouldn't It Be Nice and I know it's in the move 50 First Dates. Here's the clip from 50 First Dates of Adam Sandler singing it on his boat.

Blog 14

I like the genre of country more than any other genre because I live in Texas and have grown up listening to country music, and have always liked it. One classic country band is Rascal Flatts, they have so many good songs. There's Bless The Broken Road, Feels Like Today, Life Is A Highway, Mayberry and many more, but one of their new songs that I really like is called Come Wake Me Up. This song has a very soothing tune and very touching lyrics. This song is about the blurred line between reality and dreams. Here are the lyrics for Come Wake Me Up which will be followed by the video.

I can usually drink you right off of my mind
But I miss you tonight
I can normally push you right out of my heart
But I'm too tired to fight

Yeah the whole thing begins
And I let you sink into my veins
And I feel the pain like it's new
Everything that we were,
Everything that you said,
Everything that I did and that I couldn't do
Plays through tonight

Tonight your memory burns like a fire
With every one it grows higher and higher
And I can't get over it, I just can't put out this love
I just sit in these flames and pray that you'll come back
Close my eyes tightly, hold on and hope that I'm dreaming
Come wake me up

Turn the TV up loud just to drown out your voice, but I can't forget
Now I'm all out of ideas and baby I'm down to my last cigarette
Yeah, you're probably asleep deep inside of your dreams while I’m sitting here crying and trying to see
Yeah, wherever you are baby now I am sure you moved on and aren't thinking twice about me
And you tonight

Tonight your memory burns like a fire
With every one it grows higher and higher
I can't get over it, I just can't put out this love
I just sit in these flames and pray that you'll come back
Close my eyes tightly, hold on and hope that I'm dreaming

I know that you're movin' on
I know I should give you up
But I keep hopin' that you'll trip and fall back in love
Time's not healin' anything
Baby, this pain is worse than it ever was
I know that you can't hear me, but baby I need you to save me tonight

Tonight your memory burns like a fire
With every one it grows higher and higher
I can't get over it, I just can't put out this love
I just sit in these flames and pray that you'll come back
Close my eyes tightly, hold on and hope that I'm dreaming
Come wake me up
Oh, I'm dreaming
Come wake me up
Oh, I'm dreaming

Blog 13

This week we listened to some Bob Dylan, and I didn't like him that much. It's not his music, it's his voice, there's something about it that just annoys me. I feel like if his voice was better, his music would be amazing. There's an artist today that I think sounds a lot like Bob Dylan and he calls himself The Tallest Man On Earth. Here's a Bob Dylan song and then it will be followed by The Tallest Man On Earth song.

I think they sound similar, but you may not. Although, one thing they have in common is their voices are both annoying.

Blog 12

I mainly like country but there are a couple of rappers I like, and one of those rappers is B.o.B. I like B.o.B because he has a good voice and he can rap. most rappers just rap and can't sing at all but B.o.B can do both. A couple of songs I like by B.o.B are Bombs Away and Ray Bands. I like Bombs Away because of the tune and because of Morgan Freeman's voice at the beginning, and I like Ray Bands mainly because of the tune. Here's the video for Bombs Away and following the video for Ray Bands.

Blog 11

This week in class we watched The Beatles movie Help, and I liked that much more than Hard Days Night, because it was more entertaining. I didn't really know what was going on in Hard Days Night, but in Help it was easy to know what was going on. Help was funny, I thought that the way they tried to get the ring off of Ringo was hilarious. We didn't just watch the movie we listened to the album as well and my favorite songs were Help, Yesterday, and You've Got to Hide Your Love Away because I recognized it from an SNL skit just a couple of weeks ago. And I like Help because it is more pop than rock and I like Yesterday because it's just a good song.