It's May Long
Weekend*!
This week’s selections
are made up of songs that I originally was not really into but that slowly
carved a space for themselves onto my daily playlist. As per (seemingly)
always, many of the music videos are kind of awful, but you’ll just have to
trust me, listen to the music, and hope that the next gen of country artists
hire better directors.
The First: Headphones by Jackie Lee (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4l_Oq2w_oE)
So this is the song
that prevented me from sending out my original selections last week because it
wasn’t on YouTube yet. Clearly Jackie knew I wanted to feature it in CMF and so
he threw together this little lyric vid. Which, if I’m being honest, leaves a
little to be desired… but I’m just thankful that I can at least share the song
with all of you! I don’t know why I wasn’t into this song when I first heard it
about a month ago, but I just wasn’t. And then JRfm started playing it so I could
no longer hit “skip,” was forced to listen to it, and slowly came to really
like it. I hope you will too.
The Second: On To Something Good by Ashley Munroe
I think I just thought
this song was boring when I first listened to it. You may find the same.
But then I noticed
that whenever it was playing and got to the chorus, I kept thinking, “wait,
what song is this?” and every
time I flipped into Songza, I
saw that it was this one. So I guess my brain was in subconscious need for a
fake boring song that actually isn’t all that boring.
The Third and Final: Before You Drive Me Crazy by Wes Mack
Right off the bat let
me just tell you to start the video at 0:54. Unless you want a really good
laugh, then you can go ahead and watch those first fifty-four seconds of
ridiculousness.
Who knew Wes Mack
could think of so many ways to play on the word drive? I sure didn’t but as it
turns out I love it. I think the reason I didn’t like this song initially is,
quite honestly, because I couldn’t get the lyrics straight. There were too many
“drives”. And goodness knows that if I can’t belt out a song in the car, it
won’t be a favourite of mine. But I eventually sorted out all the lyrics to
this one and all is well now.
*Because it’s a long
weekend, and long weekends are something to be celebrated, you get a bonus
track! Wow, I felt a little like Oprah there. Also though, let’s be real, like
I was going to let you go without sharing the new Zac Brown Band with you. We
all know my everlasting love for them.
Long Weekend Bonus: Loving You Easy by the unbeatable Zac Brown Band
Thanks for listening
and have a great long weekend!
Karla
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