PlayLIZt: June (Love is You & Keep Your Head Up)

Okay, somehow, of course I have no idea how, I managed to make it through almost an entire month without posting one song. My sincere apologies. I guess you could say June has been quite the busy month. I decided to not try and catch up on the whole month, but I do want to share two songs with you. I have always said that great songs come from TV shows. The first song for June is no exception. I heard this song on the show The Practice and downloaded it right away. I love Chrisette Michele's voice, but most of all I love the message of this song. Song #2 is a much more recent acquisition. On Monday, I heard a song on the radio and immediately wrote down the name and artist so I could download it later. Well, Thursday night I went to the Natasha Bedingfield concert (she is one of the best, if not the best, live performers I have ever seen) and the first opening act was the same artist of the song I heard on Monday on the radio. His name is Andy Grammer and I am a huge fan, so of course I bought his album. So sit back and think of love while "keeping your head up." Enjoy! :)

"Love is You" by Chrisette Michele

"Keep Your Head Up" by Andy Grammer

PlayLIZt: May Week 3 & 4

Time for another double post. Yes, this is what happens when life gets busier than busy. For these two weeks I decided to share two songs from a movie I saw recently called Something Borrowed. The movie itself wasn't anything amazing, even though I laughed at quite a few parts, but I found two great songs from it. These songs are definitely on the more mellow side, but I think that's what I love about them. They're good writing/thinking songs (everyone who knows me knows I love those). :) Enjoy!

"Poison & Wine" by The Civil Wars

"The Longer I Run" by Peter Bradley Adams

PlayLIZt: May Week 2 (Who You Are)

I could write so much about this song, but I'll just write the most important reasons this song is the PlayLIZt song of the week from last week. When I first heard this song there was a line that made all the difference to me. "It's okay not to be okay." I feel like I (and other people I know) spend so much time trying to "keep it all together" on a daily basis, and while some days it's easy to see the good and be happy, some days everything is just not okay. I felt like the lyrics in the song gave me permission to not be okay, but also to never let that be it, to keep living to be who I am deep down, and who you are. This song gives hope when there is none. This song is a gift. This song is for anyone who has ever doubted themselves. No matter what, remember who you are! On Saturday night I got to sing this song for a friend at an acoustic music event to raise money for cancer research. Although it wasn't the easiest thing to do, it was one of the coolest things I've been able to be a part of. So here's to a great song! A really great song!

Enjoy! :)

"Who You Are" by Jessie J

PlayLIZt: May Week 1 (Same Changes)

This is another song from one of my more recent favorite movies: Morning Glory. I probably loved it first because it plays during one of my favorite parts of the movie (where she is walking around early in the morning in a sort of reflective mood) and I love it second because of the message that things never stay the same. "Same" changes. As hard is it is to accept sometimes, well most of the time, it's true. Nothing really ever stays the same, but somehow this song makes me feel okay about that. Enjoy! :)

"Same Changes" by The Weepies

PlayLIZt: April Weeks 1, 2, and 3

I've been kind of absent lately when it comes to the PlayLIZt--sorry! I have plenty of favorites to add, so here we go. Three songs for the three weeks I missed.

1. This song comes from a friend. I don't know where Lizz Wright came from, but I love her voice. She truly sings from the soul. She has this way of making me feel calm, but filled with the depth of her music. Enjoy! :)

"Hit the Ground" by Lizz Wright

2. Okay, this song comes from one of my favorite movies I have raved and raved about. It starts out a tiny bit slow, so wait for it to build. If you've seen the movie Morning Glory you'll recognize it as the song she is running to at the end of the movie, however, no matter what you're doing I think it's a great listen. One of my favorite lines: "I'm gonna grow myself a giant afro." Enjoy! :)

"Gone in the Morning" by Newton Faulkner

3. And last, but not least, song number three is a song I can listen to over and over (of course I know this because I have). It's such a sweet song and the type of song you can listen to while doing just about anything and this song makes you smile a little because it makes you think of a "guide" in your life. Favorite line: "You're all that is love." Enjoy! :)

"The Guide" by Borne

PlayLIZt: Week 4 & 5 (Rolling in the Deep & Someone Like You)

Okay, so I've been abnormally busy lately, with what? I'm not exactly sure. However, because I've been so busy I didn't get the chance to post a song for last week's pick so I'm including two pick's this week. Interestingly enough, they are both from Adele's new CD "21."

I have liked Adele in the past, but I would now have to say that I love her! Her voice is incredible and her music is amazing. She sings with immense emotion. It's easy to go back through past relationships and relate to Adele's thoughts (through her music) on her last relationship. She is a true artist!

"Rolling in the Deep" is the type of song where you seriously can't sit still when you listen to it, and "Someone Like You," well you just gotta listen to it.

Enjoy! :)

P.S. I was going to just post the songs, but these videos are both so amazing so I had to post them.

PlayLIZt: March Week 3 (That's How You Know)

After listening to this song, you might wonder why I posted it. Although it has nothing to do with how I am feeling about life right now, I just can't stop listening to it. It's about learning to move on. It's beautiful and the feelings in this song as so sincerely expressed I love it! Sit back and let it soak in.

Enjoy! :)

P.S. The song wasn't on Grooveshark so here is a YouTube version.

PlayLIZt: March Week 2 (Price Tag)

I don't even know where to begin. This song has recently taken over my life, in a good way. I first heard it at Serendipity in Las Vegas over Presidents' Day weekend and more than once after I got back to Utah I tried to find what song it was. Then, this past week I heard the last 20 seconds of it on the radio and the station happened to announce the name and artist of the song. We'll just say I've listened to it so much this week, when I woke up this morning the first thing in my head was the lyrics to this week's PlayLIZt pick of the week. Turn up the volume and dance! You won't be able to sit still I promise!

Enjoy! :)

"Price Tag" by Jessie J (featuring B.o.B.)

PlayLIZt: February Week 4 (Jack)

I don't know if anyone else is like me in the fact that everywhere I go I hear the music around me. Those who know me best will tell you whether in restaurants, clothing stores, or background music on the radio, I hear it everywhere. The best part is, when I hear a song I like I have to figure out the title and artist so I can download it later.

Whoever invented tagging for music was a genius. You'll know what I mean when I tell you the story about this week's PlayLIZt pick of the week.

While I was in Las Vegas over Presidents' Day I had one of the biggest shopping sprees of my life. No joke. We went shopping at the Primm Outlet Mall and I more or less went to town. :) Anyway, the first store we went to was Ann Taylor. I have never bought anything there, but there were great deals so I figured I would check it out. Well, low and behold, Ann Taylor has fantastic music. In fact, pretty much every store I went into there had great music. 

Great Shopping +Great Music=Great time.

So I was changing in the dressing room at Ann Taylor when this song came on and I had to pause and Shazaam (Tag) it on my phone so I could share it with you.:) As a tribute to a great weekend with great music, here is the PlayLIZt pick of the week.

Enjoy! :)

"Jack" by Pixie Lott

PlayLIZt: February Week 2

As I was thinking about a song to post for the PlayLIZt this week I couldn't help but think of this song from Leona Lewis that I recently discovered. I will admit although I have a love for music, I often discover songs a year or two after they have been released. Whether a new song, or just new to me, great music is great music!

Enjoy! :)

"I Got You" by Leona Lewis

PlayLIZt

Earlier this week at work, I was talking to Kristy about all of my favorite songs, or songs of the day, and at some point in the conversation she used the term "PlayLIZt" to describe all of them. Then with some more help from her brilliant mind, I came up with the idea to post a PlayLIZt of my favorites on the blog. For some reason when I get stuck on a song I play it over and over all the time and it usually lasts a few days at least, so every week I'll post my song obsession for the week. I hope you will enjoy these songs as much as I do. 

P.S. I figure I would just start with the month of February and add in two songs for the month of January, you know so there's at least one song in every month this year and I had more than one song obsession in the month of January. :)

Song of January

"Blue Eyes" by Cary Brothers

"Wait Til You See My Smile" by Alicia Keys

February: Week 1

"Powerful Stuff" by Sean Hayes

Enjoy!