High Fidelity - those songs: part one

As I've mentioned before, music is a major part of my day - I rarely drive without it, I listen to it all day at work, etc.  There are those songs that just resonate with you... I made a playlist on Spotify that has some of my favorites.  Whenever I am having a bad day I can retreat to a special place with my noise cancelling headphones and just the right songs.  

Here is the first installment - female singer/songwriters (or groups identified by their female singer) that touch the soul.

 

Patty Griffin - Rain

 

 Fleetwood Mac - Sara (written by Stevie Nicks)

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

Mazzy Star - Into Dust

Tracy Chapman - The Promise

Sia - Breathe Me

Sheryl Crow - Home

Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale

Stevie Nicks - Fleetwood Mac

High Fidelity - Ray LaMontagne

This man's voice is pure magic. No more words necessary, his music speaks for itself.

Let It Be Me

I Still Care For You

If I ever get married, I would be a very, very tempted to use this next song for our first dance.  

You Are The Best Thing

And this one just touches my soul. No other way to describe it really, other than in typical Sara-speak... it makes me *squishy*.

Be Here Now (Live)

Ray LaMontagne

Where following the yellow brick road gets you... pre-teen angst anyone?

You know when you stumble upon a song (or album/soundtrack) that immediatly takes you back to a specific age or event in your life?  I had one of those moments today.  I was grooving to my Boy Band goodness playlist on Spotify (don't judge) and while adding a song by 3T (anyone else remember them?) I saw that one of their songs was from the "Free Willy" soundtrack.  I, naturally, had to follow the yellow brick road and ended up on the "Free Willy" soundtrack page.  Yes, I realize how ridiculous this sounds.

It turns out I must have had the soundtrack because upon clicking on the first song my eyes immediately welled up and it was once again 1993 and I was an angsty pre-teen.  

Will You Be There (Theme from Free Willy) - Michael Jackson

Keep On Smilin - NKOTB (yes, that stands for New Kids on The Block)  ;)

Right Here (Human Nature Re-Mix feat. Michael Jackson)  - SWV (Sisters With Voices)

And because I couldn't find a video of the 3T song that lead me on this wild goose chase (called Didn't Mean to Hurt You) that wasn't unbelievably cheesy with crappy heart graphics and creepy obsessive photo montages of the 3T guys, I have included the video for 3T's biggest hit circa 1995 called Anything which is the reason why I stumbled across the Free Willy song in the first place.  

May your early 90's inner child rejoice.

Rest in Peace Keiko (1976 - 2003)