Video From Day 23: John Lennon ~ Imagine

Day 23: If we're going to take one day to remember this man, it should be today. My fav John Lennon song...need I say more?

Update: On Sunday, I watch Earth 2100, an ABC production that aired in 2009. The movie goes through the life of a woman born in 2009 until the next turn of the century, 2100. Throughout her life, experts from today explain how what is being imagined is likely to happen. Basically, if we continue to harm the Earth at the same rate as we were in 2009, the next Dark Age will strike within the next century. Having studied the rise and fall of empires only briefly, I have understood for some time that the current empire should fall shortly. I'm not sure that everything they imagined for Earth 2100 will come true, but it's possible. Frankly, I prefer the Imagine described in this song....

Video From Day Ten: Regina Spektor ~ Laughing With

The original video I posted does not transfer to blogspot. This one is okay, but not the official video. Check out the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxRXP3w-sQ

Nobody laughs at God...

Day Ten: I've recently stumbled upon Regina Spektor again. I love her...this is one of my new favourite singers!

Update: God can be funny...this song is so melancholic. But, yes, sometimes it's easy to forget how funny God is...don't take life too seriously, nobody gets out of it alive...which is one of the saddest things to deal with. The best way to do so has a lot to do with God, or however you look at spirituality...

Video From Day Five: Michael Bublé ~ Haven't Met You Yet With Lyrics

Ah....Buble...so good for a good love song...I LOVE you!

Day Five: I've had this song running through my head for the last few days. Love it! Love Mr. Buble! True Canadian Talent...

Update: Still love Mr. Buble...but kinda cynical about the whole "falling in love" thing. Well, no...not really... My old roommate is rolling her eyes now... Yeah, I will always be a romantic, no matter how many times my heart is broken on the way to not just dancing in a grocery store (already did that!) but to having confetti fall on me and people dance around me as I SING and dance in a grocery store...awn, makes my heart flip just thinking about it. I like falling in love... It's a nice concept...

Video From Day 24: Feist ~ 1234

Day 24: Such a colourful video!
Can I be thankful for technocolour?

Update: I will always be thankful for Technocolour...and for Black and White too ;-) ... and for Feist!

Video From Day 19: Sarah Harmer ~ Captive

Day Nineteen: My greatest love of art stems from its ability to inspire us. Can you guess who inspired Miss Harmer in this song? I immediately felt it was a cover, and continued to believe that it was until I saw her perform it live at Edmonton's Folk Music Festival this summer, where she explained that they only inspired this song. If you love music, take a listen and tell me your guess. If you already love music, or Sarah Harmer, you probably already know who inspired this punk-beat love song. :-D

Update: Victorian-esque costumes in Venice...I love it! I think this is an appropriate song for the beginning of this year. Happy 2011! Oh, and btw, the answer is The Ramones, my favourite Punk Rockers!

Video From Day One: Zager & Evans ~ IN THE YEAR 2525

Day One: (No Comment)

Update: Yeah...back then, I had no idea what this project was going to turn into! I'm glad that it turned into something. I'm intrigued by what past societies have thought about the future...and how we have missed or surpassed their ideas of what to expect. It makes you think a minute or two before making predictions for our future...

How are those New Year's Resolutions coming along?

Video From Day 49: Gary Jules ~ Something Else

Day 49: They never tell you there is strength in vulnerability...they only tell you not to cry...
And other valuable lessons.

Update: I wish I had a lampshade filled with the poetry of this man. I would set up in the middle of my room, like a disco ball, and watch as the room filled with words of wisdom...

Video From Day 25: Brad Paisley ~ Welcome to the Future

Day 25: Ok...another country tune. But it's good!
First heard this song yesterday - sorry to those country fans out there for not hearing it earlier. For those who don't follow country, you should listne to Paisley. He has a lot to say in his songs, generally amusing, and not too bad to look at either. :-)

Update: It's interesting that this was posted on the 25th day of my 25th year. And then, today, I finally made my first definition of a quarter life crisis. Check out that rant:

The Writing of a Quarter Life Crisis: Defining The Quarter Life Crisis: "I've been working on this one for a little bit, so I apologize in the delay... I was at a party the other night, and I was asked what I do ..."

Video From Day Nine: SPIRIT OF THE WEST ~ Home For A Rest

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best...I've been gone for a month; I've been drunk since I left...

Day Nine: Blarney Stone tonight!

Update: Ah, Spirit of the West... I always thinks of the best pub in Vancouver's Gastown when I hear this song. That, and one of my best friends - Heidi. I remember one St. Patrick's Day when we waited in line for four hours just to get into the Blarney Stone. We got inside, ordered a jug of green beer each, downed it and ended up creating a dance floor wherever we were... The next night we went to Spirit of the West together. Anyways, i'm pretty sure I went with Heidi. I can't imagine having gone with anybody else at that time...

I think it's only appropriate that I re-share this video within the holiday season. Hope you're all having some responsible fun! ;-) And you're also probably headed home for a rest as well...

Video From Day Eight: Hannah Georgas ~ Thick Skin

We can all get along for the first five minutes...

Day 8: I've been trying to post a music video for every day of my 25th year. I missed yesterday, so here is the most appropriate song for it. I just wish it had a happier ending, because the day did.

Update: This song was inspired by dealing with family. I think that during the Holidays, we all need to add an extra layer of thick skin before we go out the door...or welcome others into our own doors. Good luck with all of that!

Video From Day 29: Deadeye Dick ~ New Age Girl

Day Twenty-Nine: Deadeye Dick ~ New Age Girl
She don't eat meat...
I loved this song before I discovered vegetarianism...and today I'm spreading the discovery! With ten minutes left, I found a song for day 29...

Original video can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEDw9xgSmSc


Update:
Remember Dumb and Dumber?
That movie was ridiculous...

I was explaining to my uncle why I recently quit my full-time salaried position with a large company. I tried the whole, "I realized I'm a hippy and can't work for a big company." This worked for about an hour or two. Then, when we were all sitting around the table talking about something else, he described a hippy from the 70's and told me that I was NOT a hippy... Ok, I'll let him have that one. Perhaps, instead, I'm a "New Age Girl"... Is that better?

Video From Day 20: PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS ~ Phonebooth

Day 20: I love the melancholy of this song. Soemtimes, you just need a melancholic song, and this is, if not the top one, at least in the top ten melancholic songs. I'm normally a positive person, but I enjoy a good cry now and then, too...

Update: I like to find the silver linings in most things, but you do need the really sad parts to make the really happy parts that much more WORTH IT. For more on this thought, check out:

The Writing of a Quarter Life Crisis: Having An Amazing Week...: "I was asked how I was doing this evening. I have a rule about not lying when asked that question (see last post), and therefore told the yo..."

Video From Day Zero: Bowling For Soup ~ 1985

Ah, woo hoo!

Birthday Song: My song for the day!!! Make anybody else feel "retro"?

Update: Yeah...I'm still so young! I will always love the year 2010, and the year 1985. I think it's kinda neat that from now on, my big "5" years will fall on years divisible by five as well. Only people I can thank for that are my parents...Thanks!

Also, I hope you're enjoying my flashback to the nineties this week. Everything in the past comes back, in some shape or form. I just hope we never see the return of using so much hairspray!...

REM - Shiny Happy People + lyrics

Video From Day 24(2): Hannah Georgas ~ The Beat Stuff

Day 24: I'm thankful for good friends, good family, good music, and finding my home wherever I go. :-D

Update: Who wouldn't love this lady?!? Definitely impossible for me not to...

This is the song that did it in for me. Just listen to that beat...and then she put lyrics that rock on top of it! Man, this girl is going places...and I can't do enough to help her get there!

Oh, man, I love this song...I hope you do too!

Okay, I'm done gushing...

Video From Day 18: Scouting For Girls ~ She's So Lovely

Day 18: You know those days on the bus, when you're listening to your iPod, tapping your toe to the beat and really just wanna be a part of a flash dance to whatever song is playing into your ears... well, this song came on as soon as I stepped off the moving dance floor...and I couldn't help but breaking out int my own little dance party in the imPark parking lot by my apartment. :-D I hope you find your own dance party.

Update: Yes, flashmob dance-offs. They should really happen more in real life. I've seen a few, never been part of one ... yet ...

Video From Day 12: Dolly Parton ~ 9 to 5

Awn...first professional singer I lip-synched to, for sure!

Day 12: Thanks for the inspiration with your status, Chelsea! Best song to listen to before going back to work... ! <3 Dolly....always!

Update: It's pretty amazing to NOT work 9 to 5 any more. Best decision I made this year, bar none!

Video From Day 16: Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman - Your Song(Moulin Rouge)

Day 16: Very sweet song... The beginning is a bit off-taste but it makes the song that much sweeter. The two spectrums of wooing - lust vs. love... Plus, Ewan McGregor is so darn charmin'! :-D

Update: This is one of the most beautiful love songs I've ever heard.

Video From Day Fourteen: R.E.M. ~ Shiny Happy People

Day Fourteen: You should learn at least one new thing each day. This is why I love cbc. Today, they taught me about civil unrest, fear, the gov't trying to cover it all up, and REM's artistic expression of this oppression. Thank you, art! Where would our society be without the freedom to listen to this song first thing in the morning?

Link to original post (video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s&feature=related

Update:I love the internet. You can find out the most interesting things here...tonight, specifically, I'm calling upon wikipedia to learn more about this nineties band that I have previously featured in the first fifty days. I learned numerous new things with a quick look there. Here's the top five:
5) This song was recorded on my sister's tenth birthday.
4) This song was performed on Sesame Street, as "Furry Happy Monsters."
3) This song was the original choice for the Friends theme song, but they went with "I'll Be There For You" instead.
2) The backing vocals are by Kate Pierson of the B-52's, who is also in this music video. (I thought it sounded familiar...)
1) There is no mention whatsoever of this song's relation to civil unrest...which make me scratch my head trying to remember what the name of that Square that the massacre happened in that CBC said this song was inspired by... Well, I guess, I didn't need the internet to teach me that my memory is fading - I already knew that!

Enjoy this extra nineties video today!

Video From Day 17: Miranda Lambert ~ Kerosene

Day 17: This was the workout song of choice today. I do not always love country, so I thought I should probably go with this one while I'm in the right mood for it. Not my fav of hers (House That Built Me), but today, i'm feeling Miss Miranda Lambert...

Update: This is the best ANGRY love song. I LOVE IT!