Top Ten Tuesday (UK Edition): Calum Scott "Dancing On My Own"

Of COURSE, the song that I picked for the UK Edition last week makes the Top Ten in America this week. Of COURSE it does. So this week, I'm going to try an artist that I haven't seen on this side of the pond.

New Countdown: Step Inside My Hyundai

The White Stripes

This is an episode I did mostly in one sitting, which is something I haven't done since the night of the 2015 Grammy Awards. Sometimes the spirit really moves me and today is one of those times! Which is awesome!

So, enjoy! There are some GREAT tunes to listen to.


Countdown #308

***Featuring***
Bastille
Beck
Bishop Briggs
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
Fitz & the Tantrums
Kaleo
The Lumineers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
twenty one pilots
The White Stripes

New Countdown: Truly Alternative

Bishop Briggs

It's time for another episode of Alternative hits! I was thinking that so few of these songs are what would typically be thought of as "Alternative" in the 90's definition. And I think that's a very good thing.

Enjoy!


Countdown #307

***Featuring***
Bastille
Bishop Briggs
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
Fitz & the Tantrums
Kaleo
The Lumineers
P.O.S
Red Hot Chili Peppers
twenty one pilots
The White Stripes

Throwback Thursday: 1996 (4 Weeks at #1)

This song found new life for me when it showed up in Pitch Perfect :)

Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - No Diggity (11/9-11/30)

Top Ten Tuesday (UK Edition): Shawn Mendes "Treat You Better"

I feel like I should not start near the top of the UK charts, because the likelihood that I'm going to pick a song that will eventually hit the Top Ten in the US is so much higher when I start from the top. So you know what? It was going to be DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber this week (#2), but instead it's....this Drake song (#10) (the ellipses were me looking it up).

...nope. It's this Shawn Mendes song because there's no video for that Drake song. This song is at #9 on the UK Charts. It's at #12 on the US Charts. LOL and the original song I was going to do falls 12-19 this week, so maybe that would have been better. Oh well. :)

New Countdown: August When It's an Adjective

Cage the Elephant

And we're into August now! The big reveal of the first Artist of the Month happens in this episode (for those of you who don't regularly read the blog...)!!!

It's a good one and it has new Dessa in it. So I mean, what are you waiting for? Me to stop writing things? Oh, ok.


Countdown #306

***Featuring***
Bastille
Bishop Briggs
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
Dessa
Fitz & the Tantrums
Kaleo
The Lumineers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
twenty one pilots
The White Stripes

Throwback Thursday: 1997 (4 Weeks at #1)

 I mean, I know maybe there's something sort of cringe-worthy about this now, but when I watched this video again recently after not having seen it for years, I was hard-pressed to find it. I think this one might be kind of a classic?

Spice Girls - Wannabe (2/22-3/15)

Top Ten Tuesday: twenty one pilots "Heathens"

Woohoo! There are two songs from our countdown currently in the Top Ten of the Hot 100. And they're both by twenty one pilots! Amazing! This song moves from 11-4!

New Countdown: Beating Sinead at Her Own Game

Fitz & the Tantrums

We're finishing up the episodes for July and moving into August, so we get one last week of songs from the week I was born!

Enjoy!


Countdown #305

***Featuring***
Bastille
Bishop Briggs
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
Fitz & the Tantrums
Kaleo
Irene Cara
The Lumineers
The Police
Red Hot Chili Peppers
twenty one pilots

Throwback Thursday: 1998 (4 Weeks at #1)

A classic. My stepdad bought me this soundtrack after I had a surgery. It's a very good soundtrack. This song got a tad overplayed, but I think we can all look back fondly on it now.


Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (9/5-9/26)

Top Ten Tuesday: The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer"

A very "late summer" song and video. I am already nostalgic about Summer 2016 and it's not even over yet!

This song debuts on the Hot 100 at #9 this week!

Also, I love the shoutout to Blink-182 in the second verse :)

New Countdown: Streaks Come to an End

Bishop Briggs

Man, there is a lot of danceable music on this episode. It wouldn't surprise me if you got halfway through it and found yourself inexplicably shaking your moneymaker. Let me know if this is the case!

Enjoy!


Countdown #304

***Featuring***
Bishop Briggs
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
Fitz & the Tantrums
Kaleo
The Kinks
The Lumineers
Michael Jackson
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Strumbellas
twenty one pilots

Throwback Thursday: 1999 (4 Weeks at #1)

Three HUGE songs from 1999. If you're making a movie about 1999, you can "No Scrubs" or "Believe" and people will know exactly when we're setting our scene.

TLC - No Scrubs (4/10-5/1)

Cher - Believe (3/13-4/3)

Monica - Angel of Mine (2/13-3/6)

Top Ten Tuesday: Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ "Cold Water"

No official video for this one yet, but since it's the only debut on the Top Ten this week, here's the Official Lyric Video for this song that debuts on the Hot 100 at #2.

Artist of the Month: August 2016: The White Stripes

So we're kicking this thing off with a bang! If you didn't listen to whichever countdown it was where I talked about it (maybe 304?), I'm going to listen to every studio album AND live album that they put out this month and I'm also going to make sure I listen to at least one White Stripes song a day. Oh and I think one of the bonus songs from each countdown in August will be a White Stripes song.

I got them from hitting Shuffle Songs. The Under Great Northern Lights version of "We Are Going to Be Friends" came on and that was that! I'm looking forward to hearing some of the older stuff that I haven't explored before.

I will attempt to do a monthly wrap-up post, as well. It's looking very Red and White for me this month! :)