Tracklisting Tuesday: That Friend In Yellow

As I mentioned in my blogiversary post yesterday, this week I’m doing a Post-A-Day challenge called One Week To Celebrate One Year: A Post-A-Day Challenge to celebrate my one year blogging anniversary!

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So I’ve taken this opportunity to actually get my butt in gear and organise a Tracklisting Tuesday feature series I’ve been planning on doing since…ooh, before last half term now? About four weeks ago? It’s basically a musical profile of three of my best friends (one of which I haven’t asked yet…whoops!), so that I can blog about some of the awesome people I know and also talk about some different music. So here we go with my first friend, Z. Props to Z, by the way, for spending time giving me answers to this at breaktime!

1. For the benefit of my readers, describe yourself in three words.

Z: Small, yellow, horses. (It’s true, she’s super short – or vertically challenged and more down-to-earth than the rest of us – obsessed with the colour yellow (seriously – gilet, riding gear, geography controlled assessment folders…you name it, she’s got it all in yellow!), and very very very horsey. Literally, she’s taught me pretty much everything I know about horses and the riding world).

2. Describe your music taste in three words/phrases.

Z: Random, upbeat, mood-changing

3. Name a few of your favourite artists.

Z: Kygo, Bakermat, Ed Sheeran (the anomaly!)

4. What are some of your favourite songs at the moment?

Z: Fade Out Lines – The Avener ft. Phoebe Killdeer, Younger (originally by Seinabo Sey) and Firestone – both by Kygo, Teach Me – Bakermat, Sun Goes Down – Robin Schulz ft. Jasmine Thompson, No Diggity (Kygo remix) – Ed Sheeran ft. Passenger, Bloodstream – Ed Sheeran

5. If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Z: Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore ft. Ryan Lewis, because it just brings back good memories, although I couldn’t listen to it every day!

6. Where do you find the music you listen to?

Z: Spotify, from my brother, on Radio One, especially from Danny Howard and Annie Mac.

7. Who would you most like to see live?

Z: Ed Sheeran, because he seems to be the least fake.

8. When do you listen to music?

Z: Doing homework and exercise, when I’m out riding in fields, before riding competitions and generally on Radio 1 in the background.

9. Why do you like music?

Z: It affects my mood, and my favourite songs can put me in a good mood.

10. Do you focus more on the beat/melody of music or the lyrics?

Z: A bit of a mix, but overall probably the beat. Singing lyrics under my breath does help me to ride better, though!

11. What’s your least favourite type of music?

Z: Rock, definitely

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And that’s it! Let me know down in the comments what you thought of Z’s picks, and keep an eye out for the next two installments of this series over the next couple of weeks!

Tracklisting Tuesdays: In My Head

Here’s what’s been on my internal playlist for the last week or so…

1. Ugly Heart – G.R.L

2. Prayer in C-Lilly Wood & The Prick {Robin Schulz Remix}

3. Rollercoaster – Bleachers

4. Going On – Ella Eyre

5. Electric Head- Dan Smith & Ralph Pellymounter

6. Telegralph Road – Dan Smith & Ralph Pellymounter

7. Irreverence – Dan Smith

8. Alchemy  – Dan Smith

9. Keep Talking – Dan Smith & Ralph Pellymounter

10. Pompeii (with Film Orchestra) – Bastille

 

What’s been on loop in your head lately?

An Overthinking Teenager

Tracklisting Tuesdays: What I’m Loving

At the moment, I’m loving so many different tracks I’m finding it impossible to pick  just one. I feel an Amazon MP3 Store spree coming on…

Here’s a roundup of the current playlist in my brain!

1. Rude-Magic!

This is brilliant! Laid-back, but singalong material too. The first time I heard it, I didn’t get the fuss, but after the second play I was hooked…

2. Love Runs Out – OneRepublic

The latest single since my last obsession Counting Stars, it makes sense that this guaranteed itself a place on loop in my head so quickly…

3. Come Over – Clean Bandit feat. Stylo G

Clean Bandit’s quirky, strings-infused tracks with guest vocalists are fast becoming a favourite – whilst previous singles “My Love” (with Route 94) and “Rather Be” (with Jess Glynne) took  a while to grow on me, this was an instant summer hit in my books.

4. Bad_News – Bastille (underscore not obligatory!)

{see how much self-restraint I have, leaving this until number four?!?}

New Bastille. Premiered last week. Quite different to their last album, with a more electronic sound that’s heard more in the mixtapes and the second part of their deluxe album, All This Bad Blood. Still has catchy choruses and brilliant lyrics, still love it.

5. Prayer in C- Lilly Wood & The Prick {Robin Schulz Radio Edit}

This remix by the producer that brought us ‘Waves’, features stuck-in-the-head lyrics and the most addictive rhythm. Two plays on the radio and it’s cemented in my head.

6. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift

Woah. Taylor Swift raps now? Apparently so. I actually quite like this; I didn’t mind Taylor before, but found the repetition of love and heartbreak in her song tiresome. Therefore, I love the fact that she’s taking a completely different direction with her new, entirely pop-based, album 1989. I think the message of this song is great, and the video brilliant. Enjoy!

Phew! Whistlestop tour of my inner radio complete, ladies and gentlemen! What are your thoughts on the above?

 

An Overthinking Teenager