Song Lyric of the Day:
You know your love (your love keeps lifting me) / Keep on lifting (love keeps lifting me) / Higher (lifting me) / Higher and higher (higher)
Jackie Wilson / “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher“
A while back I wrote about how I started a playlist for Coraline to save my sanity. When we first started it, I told her that it could grow to have as many songs as she wanted on it. She took that to heart and her playlist is now up to 75 songs. I’ve really enjoyed watching her discover new non-Disney music that she likes, and singing along with her is one of my favorite things to do (she has my talent for memorizing song lyrics). We even play some of “her” songs during baths now, turning them into musical events. Plus, singing along to songs keeps her from screaming while I rinse her hair on hair-washing nights. See? Sanity-saver.
This is the second batch of songs she added to her playlist.
“Bulletproof” by La Roux
Coraline knows it as: the correct title
Fun fact: This is one of her favorite songs to sing at full volume, and one of the first ones she started requesting by name once we set up her playlist.
“Best Day of My Life” by American Authors
Coraline knows it as: the correct title
Fun fact: This was one of the first of “her” songs that she recognized as being used in TV commercials. She enjoyed pointing that out to my parents.
“I Love It” by Icona Pop featuring Charlie XCX
Coraline knows it as: the correct title
Fun fact: Coraline heard this song while at my parents’ house, and recited some of the lyrics to me that night so I could figure out what song it was that she wanted added to her playlist. I downloaded the clean version for her, which substitutes “stuff” and “chick” in place of a couple of words I don’t need her repeating.
“Troublemaker” by Weezer
Coraline knows it as: that song about the Troublemakers from Team Umizoomi (which it is not)
Fun fact: see the above
“Pork and Beans” by Weezer
Coraline knows it as: the correct title
Fun fact: This is her go-to song when she picks up one of our XBox Rock Band guitars
“Ho Hey” by The Lumineers
Coraline knows it as: the correct title
Fun fact: This is another one of her favorite songs to sing along to, with her shouting, “Hey!” every time “ho” or “hey” is sung.
“Raise Your Weapon” by Deadmau5
Coraline knows it as: the correct title
Fun fact: Based on the title alone, I had to send Rich the song lyrics so he could read for himself that the song is a metaphor for pulling the trigger on/ending a relationship before he agreed I could add it to Coraline’s playlist. I downloaded the radio edit for her since the album version is about 8 minutes long.
“A-Punk” by Vampire Weekend
Coraline knows it as: that song Mommy danced to when she was in my baby tummy (we saw Vampire Weekend in concert in early 2010)
Fun fact: She always demonstrates how she bounced around in the womb while I danced to this song.
“Sometime Around Midnight” by The Airborne Toxic Event
Coraline knows it as: that song she likes that Mommy likes
Fun fact: I’m pretty sure she only likes this song because it’s one I always sing along to (TATE is my favorite band these days)
“All I Ever Wanted” by The Airborne Toxic Event
Coraline knows it as: another song that she likes because Mommy likes it
Fun fact: She always asks why Mikel sings “forever, forever, forever.” Every. Time.
“Evacuate the Dancefloor” by Cascada
Coraline knows it as: the correct title
Fun fact: This is a song Coraline discovered while I was exercising and blasting music videos on YouTube.
“Girls Chase Boys” by Ingrid Michaelson
Coraline knows it as: “Boys Chase Girls Chase Boys Chase Girls”
Fun fact: Ever since I told her the video was a “people” video, she asks every several days if she is big enough to watch it yet. Rich and I think letting her watch it will raise more questions than we feel like dealing with right now.
