Last year, the lead singer of Linkin Park died and I had an immense feeling of grief, especially for his children, I realised that I hadn’t listened to one of my all time favourite albums, Hybrid Theory, for years. It got me through those awkward teenage years, gave me a feeling of belonging to something. The album will never sound…
Category: Song of the Month
Song Of The Month – August 2018 – I Write Sins Not Tragedies By Panic! At The Disco
This a complete throwback of me from a different time. I remember I went through a phase of mild emo-ness. I loved it. I had a friend at school that used to write song lyrics down on paper and pass them to me in class. For ages, I thought she was some sort of philosophical poetical marvel! Turns out she…
Song Of The Month – July 2018 – Ready For Love By India.Arie
I think this is the 3rd time that India Arie has popped up in my Song of the Month playlist. What can I say but she’s amazing! Songs like this make me wish I never gave up the guitar but it hurt my fingers though! Anyway, this song gives me goosebumps, it’s so sincere and beautiful. If you’ve never heard…
Song Of The Month – June 2018 – Should’ve Been Us By Tori Kelly
With a voice like hers, I’m not sure why she isn’t bigger! But perhaps the market is too crowded or people just haven’t given her a chance but honestly, Tori Kelly is so amazing and that hair!! Had to mention the hair, of course! I love this song and did from the second I first heard it but I…
Song Of The Month – May 2018 – On & On By Erykah Badu
I’m just over half way through my headwrapping photo project on Instagram and it’s time for my Song of The Month. So when it came to a musical artist that inspired me and also I could picture their crowns wrapped in beautiful fabric, who else other than Erykah Badu. I know these days she is known for flaunting her immense…
Song Of The Month – April 2018 – 2U By David Guetta and Justin Bieber
I am loathed to add Justin Bieber to my definitive list of songs I love because I am a grown ass woman but goddammit, he makes fairly good music (now) especially when he collabs with dance DJs. It’s just a winning formula for the guy, it was a toss up between this or “Where R U Now” with Skrillex but…
Song Of The Month – March 2018 – Stay by Zedd & Alessia Cara
I have to say there is something a little different about Zedd’s take on dance music. From collabs with Hayley Williams to Foxes, it’s clear that he focuses on the song and not just the beat. Which is why this collab works so well! I love Alessia Cara’s voice and I played a few of her songs to the kids…
Song Of The Month – February 2018 – Breathe Life By Jack Garratt
I can’t even describe this sound. This is music like I’ve never heard. I have many a list of products to try, places to go and albums to buy (because some people haven’t yet come round to the idea of Spotify!) and this artist, Jack Garrett, is on the list of albums for sure. I will admit, if you don’t…
Song Of The Month – January 2018 – Get On The Bus By Destiny’s Child
I can’t remember a time when Destiny’s Child or Beyoncé weren’t a part of my life. Well I can, there was a brief period where the Spice Girls where the greatest girl group of all time. I know TLC were around but I’m from the UK so at their peak, you couldn’t breathe without something Spice Girls being shoved in your…
Song Of The Month – December 2017 – Are You That Somebody? by Aaliyah
The beat of this song is soooo strong. I feel, apart from the string vests in the video, this sound and look would hold up today, no question. Aaliyah is one of those artists, because she passed away, whose greatest potential was never met. Yes she was pretty big but her last album was about to blow up in the…
Song Of The Month – November 2017 – Babooshka by Kate Bush
I had a very short Kate Bush phase in my late teens and early 20s. To be fair not much stuck except for a few hits like Wuthering Heights and Babooshka. I was singing Babooshka at the top of my lungs in front of the kids with the video playing in the background. I don’t think they get it…just yet.…
Song Of The Month – October 2017 – Trick Me By Kelis
Considering this is primarily a hair blog I suppose that I would be remiss if I didn’t have Kelis somewhere on here. I’ve liked all of her albums and this is one of my favourite songs of hers after “Get Along With You”, “Caught Out There”, “Mafia”, “4th of July”…
Song Of The Month – September 2017 – I Am Not My Hair by India.Arie
“Good hair means curls and waves (no) Bad hair means you look like a slave (no) At the turn of the century It’s time for us to redefine who we be You can shave it off like a South African beauty Or get in on lock like Bob Marley You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey If it’s not…
Song Of The Month – August 2017 – She-Wolf by Shakira
It’s a bit silly but a-woooo! I know this song is hardly a classic but it’s just a bit of fun. Shakira looks amazing in this video, what more can I say? Literally, what more is there to say! Follow me on YouTube to watch the whole playlist. So here it goes, press play, listen and love it. Let’s keep…
Song Of The Month – July 2017 – Ain’t It Fun by Paramore
I love Paramore. I am probably a litle old for their projected demographic but even still, I love them. I love Hayley Williams. I love that she was supposed to be the next Britney Spears but told the industry to duck off and became the kickass musical heroine I wish I could’ve looked up to when I was a teen.…
Song Of The Month – June 2017 – Pass Out by Tinie Tempah
This song reminds me of like four years worth of going out. It took a long time before DJs stopped playing this one.It’s one of those songs that everyone of a certain age knows all the words too. And when I say a certain age, I’m not talking old even. If it came on when I was out now (on…
Song Of The Month – May 2017 – It Takes More by Miss Dynamite
When I’m singing along to this song, the hands are going, the lip gets curled, the neck gets a little loose. What can I say, it’s a classic. The album this came off is pretty decent, my mum bought it, she was a bit of a CD junkie however, I am not going to say anything negative about that because…
Song Of The Month – April 2017 – Gust Of Wind by Pharrell Williams
I love this song so much. I think it got a bit overshadowed by Happy and Get Lucky but honestly, I think it’s better. I have a habit, when I love a song, to play it on repeat. For hours at a time and this is one of those songs for me. I actually based a whole chapter of one…
Song Of The Month – March 2017 – Video by India.Arie
I remember when this song came out and it was so different to everything else I was hearing. It was a positive message that, as an insecure teenager, I needed to hear. I just wish that once I put down my hairbrush microphone and left my bedroom I would have been able to put her lessons into practice. It’s only…
Song Of The Month – February 2017 – Whip My Hair by Willow Smith
When it comes to thinking about classic songs that will go down in history, this ain’t one! But at this time of pretty much complete baldness, it is motivation. Because one day I will be able to whip my hair or have enough hair to add extensions to my own hair to whip. But until that day, I will just…
Song Of The Month – January 2017 – Alive by Sia
Not even Donald Trump’s face at the beginning of this video can dampen how much I love this version. This would be another one I inflicted on the kids, “you will like this…eventually!” And they do. They now dutifully sing along which makes me happy. I can’t say that I’ve been through this kind of turmoil in my life but…
Song Of The Month – December 2016 – Light It Up (feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG) by Major Lazer
Moving into December, it is the season to be jolly and all that malarkey but I’m not one to sit and listen to Christmas music (unless it’s the 8 Days Of Christmas by Destiny’s Child, specifically Opera of the Bells). The song of the month needs to make you forget that it’s cold outside, make you feel the summer sun…
November 2016 – Phenomenal Woman by Laura Mvula
My first song of the month! Definitely, the first of many, many more… I love music. I love dancing around my living room, singing at the top of my lungs with my kids, I love when music just makes you feel good, makes you want to sing louder, make you wish it was your song. Well this song does that…