Just singin' along

I guess you never really notice how often you listen to the same songs until you realize that you know all the words. I tend to pick up the words to songs that I like fairly quickly, if I can't figure them all out on my own, then I will look them up. I am thinking that T* is just as quick as I am. It always amazes me when we are driving along listening to a C.D when all of a sudden I can hear this little voice in the back ground, just singing along, only missing a word here and there. It's so funny and cute at the same time. I think the craziest part of all is the songs that she knows. Now I do have kids C.D's in my car, but they do get a little annoying after a while, so usually I have some of my own music on. T* learns most of the words just from being in the car. One of the first songs I hear her sing was Enter Sandman by Metallica, it was soo funny! T* was about 2 1/2 3 at the time, then there was Beautiful by James Blunt, now it's a huge mix of songs, anywhere from Taylor Swift, to Rise Against, to Paramore, to Pink. It's so cute hearing this little voice in coming from the back seat. She has her favorites too, she never fails to ask to hear them again and again. I have had to tell her a few times that if you listen to the same song to many times then you wont really like it anymore, it will get annoying, but she doesn't believe me, she tells me that she will always love whatever song it is. I wont prove it to her because I actually like these songs as well and I don't want to get sick of them!
It's rather enjoyable driving along singing with T*, I really have a lot of fun with it. I am hoping that she keeps her music tastes eclectic as she grows up. I have always been into a huge variety of music, it doesn't always make sense how I jump from genre to genre, but I enjoy it. I hope that T* has the same kind of love of music as well!

Soundtrack of my life

I was thinking the other day about soundtracks, how they set the mood for different scenes in a movie or show. It made me think about what songs would be on the soundtrack of my life and this is what I came up with:

For my daughter T*:
I hope you dance -Lee Ann Womack
In my daughter's eyes - Martina Mcbride
When I see you smile - Bad English
Isn't she lovely - Stevie Wonder
Daughters - John Mayer
Gracie - Ben Folds ( I know it's not her name but it's a really sweet song)

For my boyfriend R*:
Right here waiting - Stained
Landing in London - Three Doors Down
Please don't leave me - Pink
Far away - Nickelback
Here by me - Three Doors Down
Breathing - Lifehouse

For my parents:
Perfect - Simple Plan
Second chance - Shinedown

For work:
People are strange - The Doors

For close friends and family:
We are family - Sister Sledge
I'll be there for you - Rembrants
Stand by me - Ben E. King
Lean on me - Bill Withers
You got a friend - James Taylor
You got a friend in me - Randy Newman

The "filler" songs, the up tempo ones:
Hot - Avril Lavigne
Complicated - Avril Lavigne
Freak out - Avril Lavigne
My life would suck without you - Kelly Clarkson
Since U been gone - Kelly Clarkson
I do not hook-up - Kelly Clarkson
Miss Independent - Kelly Clarkson
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
Walking on sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
So what - Pink
Get the party started - Pink
I'm a believer - Smash Mouth
Buttercup - Foundations

For my really close just like sisters girlfriends:
This ones for the girls - Martina Mcbride
Girls just wanna have fun - Cyndi Lauper
Ain't no mountain high enough - Marvin Gaye

For those sad days:
Hallelujah - Lenard Cohen
Crazy Mary - Pearl Jam
Apologize - One Republic
Hate me - Blue October
Never Think - Rob Pattinson

I'm sure there are a lot more that I could think of and maybe as I do I will add them to my "Life Soundtrack". For now these are the songs that I came up with. It's actually kind of a neat exercise to try, thinking about all the songs that have some kind of meaning for you or just songs that make you feel a certain way. You should try it sometime