Playlist December '12

Hello there! I've never done a post like this before, but I thought I should write a little something about my love for music. I think music is an incredible thing. It can cheer you up, it can send shivers down your spine, it can provide a soundtrack to the best and worst times of your life, it can make you want to dance, sing or cry, and it can touch and inspire you.

I like a lot of music. I can't really say which genres I prefer, and I can't really explain what makes me like a particular song. Sometimes it's because it has meaningful lyrics, and sometimes it simply has a good beat and catchy hook. I don't play any instruments (I scraped a grade one in violin about seven years ago, but I don't really count that because if I picked up a violin now I'd probably make your ears bleed a little) and I probably sing terribly out of tune, but I still love music, I still consider it to be a part of my life. I think that says a lot about how important music is.

Now, for the playlists. I should say that these are unordered.

UK CHARTS

These are songs that have been high up in the UK charts this year. I think modern pop music gets a lot of bad press, and I agree that there have been some pretty bad songs in the charts this year (seriously, can we now ban all future use of the word "floor", "dance" or "young" from lyrics?) but if you look hard enough I think you can find some gems. 

Sorry ladies and gents, but One Direction are not present on this list (though they are a slight guilty pleasure of mine)! 

Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra

Some Nights - fun.

Spectrum - Florence + The Machine

Skyfall - Adele

Mama Do The Hump - Rizzle Kicks

Drunk - Ed Sheeran

So Good - B.o.B

Drive By - Train

Picking Up The Pieces - Paloma Faith

Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding

ALTERNATIVE

I don't know how "alternative" you'd consider some of these songs, because maybe some of them have been on albums that have been in the charts, and may have been something like #127 on the UK singles chart, but they're certainly more alternative than the charts list. Jake Bugg is featured twice on this list because for me he has been the artist of the year! 

Lightning Bolt - Jake Bugg

I Always Knew - The Vaccines

Demons - Imagine Dragons

When My Day Comes - Tribes

Thinkin Bout You - Frank Ocean

Teen Idle - Marina & The Diamonds

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards - Tame Impala

Sleep Alone - Two Door Cinema Club

Two Fingers - Jake Bugg

Brightest Lights - King Charles ft. Mumford & Sons

CHRISTMAS

Of course I couldn't not make this list. This is a mix of old and modern classics. They all make me feel insanely happy whenever I listen to them.

Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses

8 Days Of Christmas - Destiny's Child

Christmas Time - The Darkness

Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid

Mary's Boy Child - Boney M

Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko Ono

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

Stay Another Day - East 17

This post has been quite word heavy, so thank you if you've stuck with it - and thank you if you've just skimmed, because I can't really blame you! Hugs and kisses.