2015: What’s On Loop
My choice of songs in 2015 isn’t an exposition of my sentiments or prolonged moods. I’m just really predisposed to melancholic, dark, and inexplicably sad music once I kick it off, but if I were to sum up the year, I’m afraid it would be dominated by kilig and Jack Johnson/Jason Mraz/Donavon Frankenreiter feel-good kind of mix. Bwahaha! Not to say that 2015 swept by without punches and blows. I sure had my fair share of battles - a lot of self-doubting peppered with colds and migraines. Yet, I will only look back to it with an overwhelming gratefulness.
Enough of the chatter. Here, I’m sharing my top earworms for the year that was, in no particular order.
Hozier - Work Song
Sara Bareilles - I Choose You
Vance Joy - Fire and the Flood
Miguel - Coffee
Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me
Oh Wonder - Livewire
Mumford & Sons - Believe
Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods
Sharon Van Etten - Love More
Hannah + Gabi - Finlegs
Wale - The Bloom
The Staves - Make It Holy
Jaymes Young - I’ll Be Good
Amy Winehouse - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Florence + the Machine - Delilah
Bon Iver - Stacks
Stevie Nicks - Dreams
Jesso Tobias Jr. - Without You
Some things about this list: The two most-played songs are Sara Bareilles and Jessie Ware - both sappy love songs (needless to say, my heart’s been getting a lot of TLC). The album that got the highest hit is Mumford & Sons’ Wilder Mind despite its palpably different vibe; it was a struggle to pick just one song, as a matter of fact. I got to squeeze in a cool OPM one-man band, Hannah + Gabi, whose songs make great company for stormy days. My [girl] band crush is The Staves, and their music is so good that it hurts. Flo came up with an other-worldly album, and it blows my mind. Fire and the Blood may not have stuck as Riptide, but a year later, I’m still smitten by the Aussie crooner. Stevie Nicks deserves my good oldie spot. For the first time ever, I got to really listen to Amy Winehouse’s music after watching the docu-film, and it was only then that I truly, deeply mourned for her loss. But what makes me happy is Miguel’s Coffee; it’s smooth, sexy, playful - everything I love about R&B. And before I forget, yes, there’s Taylor Swift - the one song from my roommate’s morning playlist that doesn’t make me cringe. If I were to choose among all though, I am giving all my loving to Jesso Tobias Jr. in a nanosecond.
Obviously, I’ve been listening to a lot of folk. But hey, on the first day of the new year, I did rekindle with my first love, which is rock alternative.
Turns out not where but what you think That really matters We'll make the best of what's around
Wishing everyone a lot of rocking and rolling this 2016! Cheers!














