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Nope, this has nothing to do with photography, but here's something I had wanted to do for a very long time – a list of my all-time favorite music and songs.
The title says 100, and the list should hit this number sooner or later.
Shimmer, by Fuel
Year: 1996
More on Fuel.
Highlights: Brilliant rock track that builds up in intensity, and the music sticks in your head.
Lyrics snippet:
She dreams a champagne dream
Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper
Lavender and cream
Fields of butterflies, reality escapes her
Crush, by David Archuleta
Year: 2008
More on David Archuleta.
Highlights: A brilliant song about young love that's not from yet another boy band. Superb vocals.
Do you ever think when you're all alone
All that we can be, where this thing can go?
Am I crazy or falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush?
I watched that pride be torn apart
Beneath a darker sky
With innocence within ourselves
We sing the same old song
And you will take my hand
And make believe it's wonderland
Here We Are, by Gloria Estefan
Year: 1989
More on Gloria Estefan.
Highlights: Superb musical arrangement and complex percussions, and heartfelt singing by Gloria.
Lyrics snipper:
When I have you close to me
The feeling's so sublime
That there's nothing I can do
To keep from loving you
It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
You look like you're in another world
but I can read your mind
how can you be so far away
lying by my side
Have You Heard, by Pat Metheny (recorded live in Europe)
Year: 1992 (Recorded Live in Europe)
More on Pat Metheny and the album, The Road To You, in which this song was first released.
Highlights: Extremely competent musicianship.
The embedded Youtube video is of his performance in Japan. I much prefer the Europe version which has more ambience and better-balanced playing throughout.
Rush, Rush, by Paula Abdul (alternatively, get her Greatest Hits album, which received favorable user reviews)
Year: 1991
More on the song and Paula Abdul.
Highlights: Great singing by Paula with an achingly beautiful string section makes this ballad a must for hopeless romantics. The music video is a take on Rebel Without A Cause, and features some nice acting by Keanu Reeves and seductive dance moves by Paula.
Lyrics snippet:
You're the whisper of a summer breeze
You're the kiss that puts my soul at ease
People always told me be careful of what you do
And don't go around breaking young girls hearts
And mother always told me be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do cause the lie becomes the truth
