Emily is Smiling

Today's iPod playlist will be as random as I can make it.  Let's see...

"Listen to Your Heart" by D.H.T.
This song is my senior class's theme song this year.  It's basically a big inside joke for anyone who goes to my school.  My classes has a dance for the song that we got off of this video.  Check the song out.  It's a few years old, but it's quite catchy, actually.  With the dance, it's funny.  I love songs with a beat that pumps you up. 

"Boston" by Augustana
If you only listen to Christian music, you'll probably not like this song, as it's not Christian.  I love it because it has a beautiful piano part and poetic lyrics.  The song basically tells the story of a girl who feels misunderstood and wants to move away to Boston where no one will no her name.  It's a song of renewal.  I love the bridge.  "I think I'll go to Boston. I think I'll start a new life. I think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name... I think I need a new town to leave this all behind. I think I need a sunrise. I'm tired of the sunset. I hear it's nice in the summer. Some snow would be nice..."  The only iffy lyric is "I think I'll get a lover and fly'em out to Spain."  Other than that, I think "Boston" is quite lovely.  I like it very much.  I also love the music video, where Augustana plays on a battered old piano right on the edge of the foamy ocean.  Listen to it here on YouTube.

"Alive" by Superchic[k]
This is a random song.  I love Superchick and I love their lyrics.  The meaning of this song is actually quite deep, if you get over the shocking lyrics at the beginning of the song.  "Don't bury me. I'm not yet dead, not a walking zombie with no head, not a Stepford wife made to obey. Don't want to go through life that way."  The Christian rock song has a great beat.  It's catchy and fun to air guitar to.  I definitely recommend it.  Check out a preview of the song here.
 
"Dawn" by Pride and Prejudice
I'm not a fan of classical music, but remember... I'm trying to be random today.  "Dawn" is a song off of the Pride and Prejudice soundtrack.  I have no idea if it was around before that.  I like the song well enough, and I'm currently learning how to play it on the piano, which is why I know it as well as I do.  For a classical song, it's quite pretty.  You can buy it off of the Pride and Prejudice soundtrack on iTunes, but here's a YouTube clip of it.
 
"I'll Make a Man Out of You" by Mulan Soundtrack
To make this blog entry even more random than it already is, here's a song from the soundtrack of my favorite Disney "princess" movie, Mulan.  Mulan has to be the best animated female character.  She whoops all the boys by disguising herself as a soldier.  She wins the guy without ever having to act proper and doing what is expected of women.  She's unique and strong.  I just love her!  I like this song because it's funny, it's catchy, and it makes me think of the movie.  I sing it to my little brother quite often.  What makes me laugh the most is when Mulan sings for a moment during the song... with that girlie voice, how did she ever pass as a guy?  Check the song out here.

Do you like any of these songs?