Mainstream Music

Day 16: Your views on mainstream music

My dad was a DJ for proms and wedding and stuff for years.  I have always grown up with mainstream music (which is considered oldies now)  And now, I am around pre-teens and teens a lot.  Having a daughter that age as well, I am pretty up to date on mainstream music.  I am not fond of most of the rap.  I do like some, but nothing too hardcore.  My husband listens to alternative and christian rock.  I pretty much like all of that.  My daughter and I listen to a lot of just pop music.  We listen to XM radio in the car.  We listen to channels like Radio Disney (some of that crap I cannot stand...it is too fabricated and all starts to sound the same).  I like most of the pop stuff.  Pink and Maroon 5 are my favorites.  We listen to country as well.  Both 90's country and today's stuff.  I pretty much like anything that has a good beat and I can sing along to.  I love flipping over to the 90's channel and jamming out to some Vanilla Ice, Smashing Pumpkins, En Vogue, etc....  I do not encourage my daughter to dress or act like any current artist.  Taylor Swift being an exception, I believe she dresses modestly and like a young person in the spotlight should.  Whether these people want to accept it or not, people look at them for guidance on how to act and dress and treat people.  OK, I am off my soapbox.  I don't like a lot of profanity in our music, because my daughter doesn't like it and I am okay with that.  We don't really watch music videos so I can't really comment on that.

I leave you with my current favorite songs right now.






Day 16: Family

I will share what I made for my husband for Father's Day.  My family

The center picture was taken Friday night. 

Join us over at Paula's Place for the rest of the June Blog Challenge.

Every day I'm shufflin'

Day 11: Put your iPod on shuffle and write the 10 songs that come up

1.  One More Night - Maroon 5  - hehe...this is coincidentally also my ringtone
2.  Rain is a Good Thing - Luke Bryan - yummy Luke Bryan
3.  Michael Meets Mozart - The Piano Guys - I've been listening to them a lot since I got their album
4.  Sweet Serendipity - Lee Dwyze - I don't even really know this artist.  The song just has my favorite word in it, so I bought it.
5.  Hey Baby - No Doubt - My daughter and I jam to some No Doubt
6.  Who Am I - Casting Crowns - Gives me goosebumps
7.  Faithfully - Journey - Who doesn't love Journey
8.  Tearin Up My Heart - N'Sync
9.  Who Says - Selena Gomez  - I think I love Selena more than my daughter
10.  Carol of the Bells - David Foster
11. A crap load of Taylor Swift

So every other song that came up was Taylor Swift.  We have all the albums for my daughter, but I really only listen to her when she is in the car.  Also, Maroon 5 came up just as much because again, I own all their albums, so I only included the first one.  So this means I did cheat just a little bit on this challenge.  For the most part, I wrote down every song that came up first that wasn't a repeat artist.

My music is all over the board.  I listen to Christmas music in June (twice this week).  I have recently had a deeper appreciation for classical music, thanks to my daughter who plays the cello.

Day 11: Something funny - Of course I would have 2...can't help it.  I took both of these within a week of each other.  I guess it was a funny week.

Driving to pick up my daughter from school, I saw this.  I was stopped at a stoplight when I took this.  If you look closely, there is a saw attached to the top of the boards.  I don't know why they couldn't put it in the trunk.  Who needs a truck when you have a Toyota!

This one I just couldn't figure out.  Why would a Stairwell need a handicap access button??

This is part of Paula's June Blog Challenge found here.

Day 14 - My Ipod

Happy Pi Day!

Wow, almost half way there with this challenge.  Here we are on Day 14 of the 31 day challenge.  My iTunes collection is all over the map, which I am sure most of yours are too.

The most songs from one person I have on mine are from: Maroon 5, Train, Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez (I have a 12 year old).

In the car, we (usually me and my daughter) usually listen to Journey, Bon Jovi, Bruno Mars, or Good Charlotte.

When I run, I listen to Black Eye Peas, POD, Whitesnake, upbeat Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan

My latest downloaded albums are: Imagine Dragons, Ella Goulding, and a few The Voice artists.

I also have Beyonce, Bette Midler, Blake Shelton, Britney Spears, Dr. Hook, Kutless, Todd Agnew, Jay-Z, Linkin Park, etc.

I usually just put the thing on shuffle and let it go.  I am all over the map from Frank Sinatra to Elvis to Tupac.  I generally stay away from hard core rap.  I do have one Justin Bieber song, but no one direction or any other current boy band (I do have New Kids and N'Sync though).

My daughter also has eclectic taste in music too.  She went through a Hilary Duff that I am so glad we are out of.  Her favorite band, currently, is Journey.  She does not like (actually loathes) Justin Bieber.

Thanks for stopping by.  To see what other people are listening to, head on over to Fabulous Finds by Tiffany.