January has been a big month for music, especially for me. I spent most of the summer adding to my ever-growing travel playlist, as well as goofing around (aka. dancing like an idiot) to all my favourite 80′s bangers (inspired by a very fantastic episode of Black Mirror set in that exact time...).
So, without further ado, here is this months’ playlist.
1. Heaven Is A Place of Earth by Belinda Carlisle
“They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth”
This song has always been good, and will never not be. I remember hearing it first in Wild Child as a much smaller, younger Lottie, and it has been one of my favourites ever since.
2. Dust to Dust by The Civil Wars
“You’re like a mirror, reflecting me
Takes one to know one, so take it from me”
This is a truly beautiful song. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get over how wonderful and how utterly calming it is. Both the lyrics and the vocals are amazing. I’ve listened to it way too many times to count.... Whoops.
“I really tried to make it out
I wish I understood
What happened to our love, it used to be so good”
I heard this for the first time in yet another movie (Mamma Mia), which is one of my favourite films of all-time. I could quote all of the songs and lines if you asked. Also, there is nothing better than Meryl Streep.
4. Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran
“Found my heart and broke it here”
“Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon that I did it right
But I was younger then, take me back to when”
This is a new one, recently released, and I’ll give you a few moments to guess how long it took me to fall in love with it..... Let’s just say: very, very quickly. This song is a work of art and absolutely worth the wait.
5. Mid-Air by Paul Buchanan
“I want to live forever
And watch you dancing in the air”
I really have no words for this one. It honestly makes me feel like I’m in love with someone I’ve never met, and that is really special.
6. First by Cold War Kids
“Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first”
I really, really, really love this. I heard it on an episode of Suits and spent the next five minutes searching the internet for it through the words ‘first you get hurt, then you feel sorry’. It is a really beautiful song, and great to travel to.
7. Scene Five - With Ears To See and Eyes To Hear by Sleeping With Sirens
“From the place I was, to the place I am, to the place I want to be
For the mountains I've been climbing over and under and over”
I have always adored the ‘Scene _____’ songs by Sleeping With Sirens, but I only came across this one a couple of weeks ago, and it really hit a chord with me.
8. Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits
“I can't do the talk like they talk on TV
And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you
I can't do anything except be in love with you”
I heard this with my mum after just finishing my study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and just fell head over heels for it. I really enjoy the slightly modern feel the band has placed on a very old story, and the instrumentals are so lovely.
9. Attention by The Weeknd
“Baby, you are so strong
Baby, you are calm, you are so calm, yeah
Tell me where it went wrong
Tell me how to love, it's been so long”
Is it really a playlist of mine without a Weeknd song or two? I really like this song. It is written very well, and never fails to make me attempt to dance along to it.
10. Girls and Boys In Love by The Rumble Strips
“Move to the city,
loose all your heart,
she weren’t that pretty,
you ain’t too smart.”
Umm, Angus, Thongs and Snogging anyone? (From another movie!! Ahh!!) It was one of the first coming-of-age movies I ever saw, and definitely the first one I’d seen with someone dressed as an olive in it. I probably owe all my (non-existent) snogging and how-to-pluck-your-eyebrows knowledge to this piece of art.
11. Friday, I’m In Love by The Cure
“Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love”
I will be forever dancing to this song. Forever in love with this song. I’m obsessed, honestly... It’s just that good.
12. Boyfriend by Best Coast
“And know that he knows
I know that he knows
That he wants to be my boyfriend”
Another awesome song. I’ve been listening to it for ages, and dancing around to it for just as long. What a tune!
13. As The World Falls Down by David Bowie
“As the pain sweeps through,
Makes no sense for you.
Every thrill is gone.”
“We're choosing the path
Between the stars.
I'll leave my love
Between the stars.”
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh... I have been so loved up with this song for so long because of the movie it featured in, Labyrinth, which I still adore to this day. Goblins, a beautiful dance floor and David Bowie? What more could you ask for? It’s just magical, honestly.
14. Die For You by The Weeknd
“You're scared to be lonely
'Specially in the night
I'm scared that I'll miss you
Yet another... I know, I know, but it needed to be done!! This song is a masterpiece, and will be sure to get you moving.
15. Mr. Brightside by The Killers
“Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis”
This song is a classic, and just gets me up on my feet every time. I know every word (as many of us do) and I’m also crazy for the Killers.
