30 Favorite Songs

Why This List?

Music has always played (ha) a big role in my life. I listen to music to set the mood and sometimes just to make me feel like I remember the lyrics to something. I sing it to myself and it’s really hard to be sad when you’re singing a cheerful tune. Here are my favorite songs that put me in those right moods.

1. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I
2. “The Only Exception” by Paramore
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J7J_IWUhls
3. “Happy” by Pharrell Williams — when I need to feel happy
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
4. “Something About Us” by Daft Punk
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puu2Enbb4bs
5. “Fly Me To the Moon” by Frank Sinatra
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSPbwXUq9vM
6. “Scar Tissue” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJj5-lubeM
7. “Like it Like That” by A Tribe Called Quest
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM36LjjJkR0
8. “All the Pretty Girls” by Fun.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIoaiTwLk6I
9. “One” by Metallica
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8bTdBs-cw
10. “Sugar” by Tonic
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoP643iSwxE
11. “While my Guitar Gently Weeps” by The Beatles
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3RYvO2X0Oo
12. “Talking to the Moon” by Bruno Mars
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K59Tmrs9YD0
13. “Such Great Heights” by The Postal Service
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wrsZog8qXg
14. “Hurt” by Johnny Cash
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aF9AJm0RFc
15. “A Kiss to Build a Dream on” by Louis Armstrong
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHjZQb-kGek
16. “Unintended” by Muse
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJDAmXHHfuM
17. “L.O.V.E.” by Michael Buble
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPGEYRhQ_Kg
18. “House of Cards” by Radiohead
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nTFjVm9sTQ
19. “Oxford Comma” by Vampire Weekend
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_i1xk07o4g
20. “Too Much Heaven” by Bee Gees
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nREV8bQJ1MA
21. “The Stranger” by Billy Joel
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnlvPoDU5LY
22. “Misunderstood” by Dream Theater
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeRB14kt3II
23. “Drive by” by Train
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxqnFJ3lp5k
24. “Strangers in the Night” by Frank Sinatra
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSbSKNk9f0
25. “Fragrance of Dark Coffee” by Godot — jazzy feel
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMnrl0tmd3k
26. “Free Jazz” by Envelopes
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7ygT8rsCpE
27. “And we Danced” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhf5cuXiLTA
28. “The Girl From Ipanema” by Astrud Gilberto — although the Frank Sinatra version is SO badass
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkxFhFRFDA
29. “Beautiful Girl” by Flight of the Conchords
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jLDZjMF3tk
30. “Dead Wrong” by Notorious BIG
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bV8td2Wew

This is an unbelievably difficult list to whittle down because I basically have the worst playlist of mixed moods I’ve ever seen. I’d be a terrible DJ. It also looks like I don’t like any female singers. I’m doubting every song on this list the more and more I read it so I’ll just post it. Stop judging me! Ahhhhh…. this was a terrible idea.

~See Lemons Love Music

Originally published at lifeinlistsof30.com on January 3, 2016.