Playlist Thursday // Playlists are important

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I'm a big believer in a solid playlist. Here's mine from the past two weeks.

1 // Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie

2 // Jealous by Nick Jonas

3 // I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys cover) by ScottBradleeLovesYa ft. Shoshana Bean 

4 // Jealous (Nick Jonas cover) by Kurt Hugo Schneider 

5 // Elastic Heart by Sia 

6 // Reflections by Misterwives 

7 // World Spins Madly On by The Weepies 

(IF YOU ARE GOING TO CLICK ON ANY OF THE LINKS...IT BETTER BE THIS ONE. I cry a million tears every time. Every. Single. Time.)

8 // Afire Love by Ed Sheeran 

9 // Uptown Funk By Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars

HOW DID I JUST HEAR THIS SONG TWO WEEKS AGO??? Can we just call it a Michael Jackson throwback, because Michael Jackson is moon-walking in this grave over this song. So bomb.

10 // Who Knows Who Cares by Local Natives 

11 // She Treats Me Well by Ben Howard

12 // Hero by Family of the Year

13 // Mess is Mine by Vance Joy 

14 // Lonesome Dreams by Lord Huron 

15 // I Will Be Back One Day by Lord Huron

+ h a p p y // l i s t e n i n g 

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+ s t a y // g o l d

Playlist Thursday // Higher Love

p h o t o 

Have you heard of Vance Joy? Tyler showed me his popular hit "Riptide" a long time ago. Now he has an album out. It's called Dream Your Life Away and it's perfectly beautiful. I highly recommend it and the other songs featured in this playlist. Enjoy!

1 // Winds of Change by Vance Joy

My favorite from the album.  

I miss you more than you could know. I watch the grass on the back lawn grow, and I will not allow winds of change to blow. And I hope you decide to come back home. Cause this heavy heart, oh, how it's yearned. Cause I've been alone far too long. When are you coming home, my love? My love!"

2 // Mess is Mine by Vance Joy 

Kid you not, the beginning of this song is so beautiful. It makes me want to cry. I mean, everything makes me want to cry. 

"Talking like we used to do. It was always me and you. Shaping up and shipping out. Check me in and check me out. When you think of love, do you think of pain? You can tell me what you see. I will choose what I believe. This body is yours. This body is yours and mine. Well hold on, my darling. This mess was yours, now your mess is mine." 

3 // December, 1963 by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

This song is beyond the catchiest songs of all time. I mean, I gotta soul train to this shiz.

4 // Higher Love by Steve Winwood 

Just be-freakin-cause. 

5 // Dreams by Fleetwood Mac

This is quite possibly my favorite song of all time. I think it has been in almost every single one of my playlist thursday posts. I love it. 

"Thunder only happens when it's raining, players only play you when their playing. Say women they will come and they will go. When the rain washes you clean, you'll know." 

Here's a beautiful cover, too!

6 // Lego House by Ed Sheeran 

Ed Sheeran, uuuuugggggh. Ron Weasley....I mean Rupert Grint uuuuuggggh.

"I'm out of touch, I'm out of love. I'll pick you up when you're getting down. And out of all these things I've done, I think I'll love you better now."

7 // Forever Young by Alphaville 

Anyone else think of Napoleon Dynamite? Anyone else get slighty misty-eyed? Don't lie. 

Can we also talk about the synthesizer trumpet solo? So rad. 

"Some are like water some are like the heat, some are the melody some are the beat... Sooner or later they all will be gone why don't they stay young?"

+ h a p p y // l i s t e n i n g

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+ s t a y // g o l d

If you ever need to find me I can still be found taking the long way around...

This has been a week of busy-ness, stress, and tears. Tyler has had to comfort me to sleep once or twice.

A tender mercy has appeared though, because it has also been a week of beautiful music. I hope you enjoy these playlist picks as much as I have.

1. Fish and Whistle by John Prine

"Father forgive us for what we must do; you forgive us and we'll forgive you. We'll forgive each other 'til we both turn blue and go fish and whistle in heaven." 

2. Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me by The Lower Lights 

"May I hear thee say to me, 'Fear not; I will pilot thee.'"

Oh The Lower Lights. They are the loveliest.

3. A Quarter Century by Carter Burwell from The True Grit Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 

True Grit is one of my favorite movies ever. The Coen brothers recreated the masterpiece beautifully. The soundtrack is absolutely gorgeous. I love this old hymn. So peaceful and contemplative.

4. The Wicked Flee by Carter Burwell from The True Grit Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 

5. Keep on The Sunny Side by The Whites 

"Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side. Keep on the sunny side of life." 

This song is so stinking happy. I love it to pieces.

6. You Are My Sunshine by Elizabeth Mitchell 

7. Gale Song by The Lumineers 

"Oh this too shall pass..." 

This song is beyond.

8. The Long Way Around by The Dixie Chicks 

"I've been long time gone now maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle but I always find my way somehow by taking the long way around."

This song described my senior year of high school and freshman year of college. I'd like to think it describes my life. Gypsy living with Tyler.

9. Landslide by Fleetwood Mac (this version, and this version too)

"Oh mirror in the sky, what is love?" 

10. Shot at The Night by The Killers 

Holy crap, this is good. So good. Like where has this been? Brandon...I love you. So does Tyler so it's okay.

11. Riptide by Vance Joy 

"Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer you have ever seen." 

This song is summer.

12. Old Pine by Ben Howard

I know, this has been in my last three playlists, but I'm really obsessed. I just can't get enough. The guitar...

Last but not least...my absolute favorite song right now. If Tyler and I hadn't heard Amazing Eyes before this song, it would have been our wedding song.

13. Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)  by Oscar Isaac and Marcus Mumford

"If I had wings like Noah's dove
I'd fly the river to the one that I love
Fare thee well, my honey fare thee well

I had a man, who was long and tall
He moved his body like a cannon ball
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well

I remember one evening in the pouring rain
And in my heart there was an aching pain
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well

Muddy river runs muddy and wild
You can't give a bloody for my unborn child
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well

Just as sure as the birds are flying high
Life ain't worth living if you ain't with the one you love
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well"

I really want to see Inside Llewyn Davis. The soundtrack is fantastic. It makes me cry, it's that good. Oh gosh...every time I hear it I get choked up. Even as I'm writing this. Talor if you are reading this...you NEED to hear this song.

What songs have you been listening to lately? Any ones you would like to share? Please do! 

Happy listening, as usual. 

Stay gold.