rebecca

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So, it's that time of month again and I tried to put this off as long as possible since my first post was the review of the Little Mix album but here we are, let's get started!

You Gotta Not - Glory Days - Little Mix

I've done a whole review of this album if you want to know what I really think of this. All you need to know now is that I love this and it is one of my favourite songs from the album!

Favourite Lyric : 'Is that what you call flirting? You gotta not'

Broken Piano - Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner

I love Frank Turner and this is one of my favourite songs by him. I think it's just so beautiful and when the drums come in it just gets me EVERY time. I think Frank is just absolutely amazing and as I'm seeing him twice this month I thought it was only right that I rekindle my love for him. This is my favourite album by him too and every song on it is incredible, this is just especially incredible.

Favourite Lyric : 'As I stroked those broken keys, you did not join in harmony'

Anymore - Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner

Another song from the amazing album. We all know I love a sad song and this is the epitome of sad. It's about realising you aren't in love with someone anymore and being able to walk away from it. Sometimes I find it hard to listen to this just because it makes me so sad but it just too good for words. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard

Favourite Lyric : 'Not with a bang, but with a whimper'

Oceans - Ghost Stories - Coldplay

I'll be honest I hardly listen to this Coldplay album and I don't know why I just seem to forget it because it has some amazing songs on it. It's one of their best albums in  my opinion so I really should listen to it more. A while ago I rediscovered it because Lewis Watson did a gorgeous cover of this. This song doesn't really make much sense to me but I still love it and I think it really shows off Chris' beautiful voice

Favourite Lyric : 'Meet me in blue sky, meet me again'

Polaroid Picture - Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner

This is another one of my favourite Frank Turner songs. I just think it sums up that you have to remember the little things because things can change so fast. This one is a little more rocky than the other two in this playlist but still just as good and deserves its place here.

Favourite Lyric : 'Let go of the little distractions, hold close to the ones that you love' OR 'Remind yourself that everything changes but there was this time when things were ok'

When You Love Someone (Acoustic) - When You Love Someone (Single) - James TW

I think i found this by accident? However, either way there was a time when I listened to ti non stop. I think this song is just so innocent and perfect. James' voice is beautiful and the song is emotional. It's just a lovely calm one to listen to when you're in bed or just on a rainy day when you're sat inside listening to the rain (because we all know those are the best times, lets be honest)

Favourite Lyric : 'We didn't raise you up like this now did we?'

I Am Disappeared - England Keep My Bones - Frank Turner

I think this is my favourite Frank Turner song ever. I think i first heard it live and I fell in love. It is just so incredibly beautiful. There's a bit in it that goes 'and on the worst days when it feels like life weighs ten thousand tonnes' and it was me and Dad sat in the car on the way home. I was going through quite a rough patch and had been for a while and he pointed at me and sang it and I nearly burst in to tears there and then. It is such a special song to me and when I see him next week I wish for nothing more than for this to be on the setlist. What an incredible song.

Favourite Lyric : 'And on the worst days when it feels like life weighs ten thousand tonnes' OR 'I can get up, shower and in half an hour I'll be gone' OR 'A car pulls up and Bob's driving' OR 'these rivers of tarmac are like arteries across the country' (SO MANY FAVES)

Don't Wanna Know - Don't Wanna Know (Single) - Maroon 5

I used to love Maroon 5 when I was little because there was just something different about them and I remember being quite disappointed when I first started to hear their new stuff because it was so similar to what I was hearing in the charts and that's not what I expected from them. However, I found this song on my recommended and played it and was obsessed straight away! I also love the video for this because it's a Pokemon Go kind of thing. Also Adam Levine is gorgeous, enough said

Favourite Lyric : 'The more I drink, the more I think about you'

Novels - Calm & Normal - Rusty Clanton

I first heard this when Dodie Clark did a cover of it with Rusty himself on her YouTube channel and I fell in love. I would play the video again and again because I couldn't find it on iTunes. Then for whatever reason I just thought I would look on Spotify and there it was. I think it is such a gorgeous song and has made me shed a tear many a time. Rusty just has one of the most beautiful voices and writes incredible songs such as this one

Favourite Lyric : 'Someday I won't have to wait for you'

All Night - All Night (Single) - The Vamps

I heard this for the first time when I was driving in my friend Maddy's car with my other friend Markie and it came on and I was just humming along, Then Maddy goes 'this is The Vamps isn't it?' and I was just like 'what?!'. If you know me or have read my blog before you might know that I love The Vamps and I couldn't believe that this has skipped under my radar for so long! It's not what we usually hear from The Vamps but I do love it!

Favourite Lyric : 'Can you wake me up before you leave?'

F.U. - Glory Days - Little Mix

This is another one that is on the whole album review so you can go over and read that to find out my full opinion. However, I do really love this song and I remember seeing the little teaser on Instagram and just being SO excited, it definitely lived up to the hype I'd created for myself

Favourite Lyric : 'I don't wanna be friends, no'

Sick of Losing Soulmates - Intertwined (EP) - Dodie

I have loved Dodie for years from her YouTube channel and when she first put up this video I cried for ages. I can't even relate to this song really because I haven't ever really had a serious relationship. Maybe you could take it about friendship I guess? However, either way, Dodie will always be one of my favourite people and this will always be one of my favourite songs. It is so incredible and so beautiful and I even learnt to play it on my guitar but can't get through it without crying which just shows you something

Favourite Lyric : 'Which path will we take cause we both know a break does exactly what it says on the tin?'

Boys Will Be Boys - How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps - The Ordinary Boys

I downloaded a playlist full of 'Indie Hits' and this was on it and for whatever reason I just fell in love. I can't listen to it without thinking of that time that Preston stormed off 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' though (does anyone else remember that?! what a brilliant episode). I just love songs that make you feel happy and weirdly enough this is one.

Favourite Lyric : 'We've had girls that have broken our hearts'

I Luv U - How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps - The Ordinary Boys

This is a very sweet song and I did know it before I went through The Ordinary Boys' songs on spotify but I just became obsessed with it over this month. I think it's a weird song that makes me feel happy and sad at the same time? Is that even possible? It's quite an unconventional love song and maybe that's what I love about it.

Favourite Lyric : 'I love you, you know that...don't you?'

That's My Girl - 7/27 - Fifth Harmony

This song will always remind me of Natalie now. She's been through some tough times that I obviously won't go through but just know it was hard. However, every single time she got knocked down I watched get back up on her feet and dust herself off and this song just sums up how proud of her I am. That's all I can say really!

Favourite Lyric : 'Get mad independent and don't you ever forget it'

24K Magic - 24K Magic (Single) - Bruno Mars

This was another one I fell in love with in Maddy's car. it came on and I hadn't heard it before but Markie and Maddy were singing along to it in the front seats and ever since that moment it's been a song that has not left my head. I used to love Bruno Mars but he kind of left my radar after 'Doowops and Hooligans' but this song has got him back on it a little bit so fair play.

Favourite Lyric : 'Showtime, guess who's back again?'

When (Live) - Intertwined (EP) -  Dodie

Another Dodie song and so I won't go in to the same explanation about how I found Dodie but I remember that when she uploaded this I didn't listen to it for a few days for whatever reason but I'm so thankful I did. It's one of the only songs on this playlist that I could still listen to gain and again even though it's pretty much all I listened to in November. When I was feeling a bit low at the start of last month it was just something I always had on and I think it will always be a song I can go back to.

Favourite Lyric : 'I'm sick of faking dairy entries, gotta get it in my head, I'll never be 16 again'

Power - Glory Days - Little Mix

This is obviously another one that you can see the full review of if you look at my other blog post but I will tell you that this is my favourite song off this album, I just think it's amazing and that's all I can say!

Favourite Lyric : 'HOOOOOLD UP......my turn'

Those Days Are Gone - Night Driver - Busted

I will be putting up a review of this album soon but this is probably my favourite song from it. When I first heard this I thought it was going to be like old Busted songs just because the start of it sounded so much like one but I was wrong. It changes after a while and for a bit I wasn't sure how I felt about that because I was such a big fan of Busted but this has really brought me round. I don't know what it is about it but I think it's incredible

Favourite Lyric : 'I wish that you would just reappear'


So there you go! My favourite songs of last month!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So this week it's time for another playlist! I love writing these blogposts and telling you all what I've been listening to. I can't believe it's October and I've been writing these blogposts for over a year now! So, incase you weren't reading my blog last year or you've forgotten, here's my October 2015 playlist..

• Infinity - Infinity (Single) - One Direction
• Josephine - Positive Songs For Negative People
• Hair - Hair (Single) - Little Mix
• Love Me Like You - Love Me Like You (Single) - Little Mix
• Black Magic - Black Magic (Single) - Little Mix
• On My Mind - On My Mind (Single) - Ellie Goulding
• Wasn't Expecting That - Wasn't Expecting That (Single) - Jamie Lawson
• Perfect - Perfect (Single) - One Direction
• Hey Everybody! - Sounds Good Feels Good - 5 Seconds of Summer
• Wake Up - Wake Up (Single) - The Vamps
• Cheater - Cheater (Single) - The Vamps
• Home - Perfect EP - One Direction
• Sorry - Sorry (Single) - Justin Bieber
• Hello - Hello (Single) - Adele
• Love Me - Love Me (Single) - The 1975
• Permanent Vacation - Sounds Good Feels Good - 5SOS

And now, time for this months songs..

On What You're On - On What You're On (Single) - Busted

This is the second single to come out of Busted's upcoming album and it makes me so excited! I wasn't sure about the new Busted sound but I know that I love this song and that it's just so catchy. I love listening to it when I'm walking to Uni or in the shower. I even have tickets to see them next February and I have no doubt that I'll hear this!

Favourite Lyric : 'Are we dancing to the same song? I wanna know what you're on'

This Town - This Town (Single) - Niall Horan

OF COURSE this was going to make it in to this playlist. I first heard this when I was very hungover and very sad and I have never cried at something so trivial in my life (damn you Niall). I think it's so beautiful and shows everyone that Niall is such a talented writer and singer too. Which makes us all question why his singles in Up All Night were basically non-existent. HUH MODEST?! HUH?!

Favourite Lyric : 'In the pub that we met he's got his arms around you'

Pretty Little Liar - Pretty Little Liar (Single) - MY

This is the band that supported McFly when I went to see them! i really liked this one and so I found it on Spotify! it's not like the music I would usually listen to but I have to admit that it is a new favourite! MY were also amazing live and if they ever played near me I'm sure I would go!

Favourite Lyric : 'Doesn't help that you were beautiful, no I'm not ok at all'

Ex's & Oh's - Love Stuff - Elle King

I knew of this song but had never really listened to it all the way through. That was until it was on X-Factor and by Emily and I have loved it ever since! I think it's so clever and just such a catchy song. It's one that most people know too, no matter what your music taste is!

Favourite Lyric : '1 2 3 they gonna run back to me, they always wanna come but they never wanna leave'

My Way - My Way (Single) - Calvin Harris 

I am definitely not someone who usually likes this kind of music and I kind of avoid the charts just because it's not really my cup of tea 90% of the time. However, for some reason I have been so in love with this song. Maybe it's just Calvin Harris because I also loved 'This Is What You Came For'?! Either way, this is a song that I definitely wont mind hearing when I'm on a night out.

Favourite Lyric : 'Why wait to say 'At least I did it my way'?

Sunsets and Heartbreak - Up at Night - Cimorelli

I decided to really try and listen to this whole album after falling in love with half of it last month and this is the one that really stood out to me. It makes me so emotional and has also been added to my playlist for when I'm said (please tell me I'm not the only one who has one of those). I just think Cimorelli also have a real talent for songwriting and obviously singing too.

Favourite Lyric : 'Between red lights and mistakes I can't stand here in this earthquake'

Girls And Boys In Love - Girls and Weather - The Rumble Strips

I fell in love with this again because earlier on in the month Nicole, Jack and I watched the absolute classic that is 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'. If you know that film well you'll recognise this song instantly and I think it's a song that will just always perk me up no matter what. It will always remind me of the film which is such a feel-good film!

Favourite Lyric : 'Move to the city, lose all your heart'

Best Fake Smile - Chaos And The Calm - James Bay

I found this song on a playlist that came up on Spotify. I don't know much of James Bay's music but the ones I do know I love and this is no different. The whole idea of the song is that if you're not happy with something you don't have to just stand there and smile. You can do something about it and I think that's something I really need to learn and day by day i feel like this song might be working.

Favourite Lyric : 'No you don't have to stand there and burn inside'

Shout Out to My Ex - Shout Out to My Ex (Single) - Little Mix

I am IN LOVE with this song. The other week we played it in our kitchen and had it on really loud and I feel like it was exactly what I needed. I don't even have an ex that this song could be about but I feel like it's a song that makes me angry almost? Like when I sing it I do feel like it's to a specific person but I have no idea who that person is. I just feel so empowered when I'm singing along to it and it's my favourite song at the moment.

Favourite Lyric : 'Oh baby, I'm cool by the way'

Open Your Eyes - Up To Now - Snow Patrol

This is another song that I discovered through a Spotify playlist (the same Spotify playlist as the James Bay one believe it or not, what a brilliant playlist, it's called 'The Great British Breakfast' incase anyone cares). Now, we all love a bit of 'Chasing Cars' and if you don't you're lying. I had no idea this song even existed but I'm so glad I know now. It's one of those songs they play in movies or on DIY SOS when the family see the house for the first time, that kind of vibe. Very chill, very emotional.

Favourite Lyric : 'Get up, get out, get away from these lies'

Are U Having Any Fun? - Happy Camper - Hoodie Allen 

Every now and then I go through a phase where I love Hoodie Allen and right now is one of those phases. When I first heard this new album I won't lie, I really didn't like it. For some reason I decided to give it another chance around a week ago and I listened to the first song (this one) and stopped because I fell in love. I don't really know what was different about it and how I felt about it but for some reason, my opinion of it has changed.

Favourite Lyric : 'Meanwhile, I got every Will Smith CD'

F*** Apologies - Mad Love - JoJo

I've known this song for a while but it's taken me a few weeks to fall in love with it. I think that's just because I listened to it once and then didn't listen to it again until it made it on to this playlist. I'm so happy that JoJo is making music again, especially when it's music that's this good. If you haven't heard any of her new music then you really have to go and have a gander because it's incredible stuff!

Favourite Lyric : 'And honestly I was just about to pick up the phone, then I realised that I didn't do nothing wrong'

So, there you have it everyone, that's what I've been listening to this month!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So yes, it is that time of the month once again where I tell you all the songs that have been the soundtrack to my month! These playlists seem to be getting shorter and shorter but I keep finding that the same music is rolling over from the months before and you don't need to hear about them all over again!

Death of a Bachelor - Death of a Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco


I decided to try and listen to Panic! At The Disco because I listened to doddleoddle's cover of this (which you can watch here!)  and I loved it straight away! I then found the video for this listened to it pretty much every day at the beginning of the mont. My love for it has since wavered but I think that's just because I found loads of new music that took over.

Favourite Lyric : 'Happily Ever After, how could I ask for more?'

Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus - Wheatus


Half way through this month Busted announced their support acts. One of which is Emma Blackery and the other is Wheatus. My Dad is SO jealous because he loves Whetaus and I probably ought to listen to the other songs too but this is just a classic. I already know all the words so it's not like I had to learn it but I just wanted to remind myself of how amazing it is.

Favourite Lyric : 'Her boyfriends a dick, he brings a gun to school'

Lush Life - Lush Life Single - Zara Larsson


I had heard this loads of times and I wasn't really a fan until I went to The Vamps. It was one of the videos that they played before the concert started and I fell in love. I downloaded it the minute I got home and listened to it on repeat for a good few days. This song just makes me feel so summery and I think I will continue to love it through next month!

Favourite Lyric : 'No tricks, no bluffs, I'm just better of without them cuffs'

Chelsea Dagger - Costello Music - The Fratellis


In Nottingham we have a festival called Splendour and this year The Fratellis are playing this year. I think we can all agree this is a classic song and I remember I first heard it on the original SingStar game and fell in love with it instantly. I have to admit it is amazing on a night out even if nobody really knows the words but knows the tune to it.

Favourite Lyric : 'Gave me gear, thank you dear. Bring your sister over here, let her dance with me just for the hell of it'

Knock Em' Out - Alright, Still - Lily Allen


I first heard this when Natalie played it when I was in Berlin and straight away I wanted to know what it was. A few weeks later and suddenly I remembered so I messaged her to ask what song it was and I'm SO glad that I remembered because I have played it at least once every single day since. I think it's just such an upbeat song and I love all the talking bits in the middle. Can't believe I hadn't heard it before!

Favourite Lyric : 'Alright darlin'? You look alright, still'

Henrietta - Costello Music - The Fratellis


This was another Fratellis song that i knew but only vaguely. It's one of those songs that they play in the background of television programmes so you know the tune but didn't know it was by The Fratellis (unless you're a big fan then I presume you'd know it!). I have fallen in love with this song even though I have no idea what most of the words are, but ti does go quite fast so I feel like I have an excuse!

Favourite Lyric : 'Henrietta, we've got no flowers for you'

Disconnected - She Looks So Perfect (Single) - 5 Seconds of Summer


So this month I saw 5SOS and it was one of the best night ever! I might do a blog post on it I'm not really sure yet (even though it was over a week ago but whatever...). I knew of this song before I saw them but when I knew it was on the setlist I had to learn it and slowly loved it more and more. Now it might even be one of my favourites and I sang along live which I was proud of considering I didn't know it before the tour started!

Favourite Lyric : 'Life's a tangled web of cell phone calls and hashtag 'I don't know's'

Everything I Knew - Busted - Busted


Next month I'm seeing Busted (which there will DEFINITELY be a blog post about I have never been so excited in my life) and so I've been listening to a bit more Busted. This is one of my all time favourites although I don't think they'll play it because it's only on the UK version of this album which saddens me deeply. I already know every single Busted song there is to know so it's not like 5SOS where I have to learn the words. I just wanted to get in the right mindset (even though I listen to Busted on the regular anyway...that's not a joke, I do.)

Favourite Lyric : 'Everything I knew just went out the window. No I can't depend on you forever'

Jet Black Heart - Sounds Good Feels Good - 5 Seconds of Summer


The minute I heard this when the album came out I knew I loved it. It's probably my favourite on the album and so I thought it was only right that I rekindle my love for it before I go and see them! I won't lie to you all, I cried my eyes out when they played this and haven't really been able to listen to it since for fear of crying but I just think it's such a beautiful song and is even better live!

Favourite Lyric : 'But now that I'm broken, and now that you know it'

Vegas Lights - Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! - Panic! At The Disco


I originally started listening to this album so that I could listen to "This Is Gospel" but I ended up falling in love with this just as much if not a bit more! The first time I listened to it I knew it was going to be a favourite. It just makes me want to dance around my room I guess (and I also love the bit at the beginning and how it's used throughout the song but I don't know where it's from...)

Favourite Lyric : 'Do it 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 more time'

Stolen Moments - Wake Up - The Vamps


This is fast becoming my favourite from this album, although I do still love Cheater and it is at the top of my '25 Most Played' right now! I saw this live ('GOD BECKY, HOW MANY CONCERTS HAVE YOU BEEN TO?!' I hear you shout...2 is the answer, I just happened to have talked about them both...however I do have another one on Monday but that's besides the point...ANYWAY) and nearly cried. It was just Brad and a piano and everyone had their torches on their phones on. Those kind of songs are always my favourites to hear live. There's just something about being in that room full of light. I think it's one of the most beautiful songs by The Vamps and it deserves to be here every month!

Favourite Lyric : 'You say you don't wanna fall in, but you keep fallin'

So those are the songs that have been on repeat this month! This month has been all about finding old songs and learning to love them again, I haven't really found much new music!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

So, I just wanted to talk to you about concerts (hence the name of the blog post...). Today, my dad bought me and him tickets to go and see Frank Turner, who you all know is one of my faves, in Liverpool.

I am going to 6 concerts this year so far...

5 Seconds of Summer - 12th April - Nottingham
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 25th April - Liverpool
Busted - 24th May - Sheffield
Coldplay - 4th June - Manchester
Blackberry Smoke - 23rd June - Nottingham
Frank Turner - 8th July - Liverpool

and have already been to one...

The Vamps - 5th April - Nottingham

Now, two of these are really because my Dad didn't want to go on his own so I agreed to go with him (Noel Gallagher (although I am now very excited to see him) and Blackberry Smoke). However, I have no doubt that I will still enjoy them.

People tell me I go to too many concerts but something about concerts makes me so happy. I am that girl that usually cried at concerts, not because I'm sad, but because they just make me so ridiculously happy. Maybe it's just being in an arena (in most cases) full of people that also share your love for the people and the songs. I have got a lot better at keeping my emotions in check though and nowadays I just tend to cry at the first song, my favourite song and the last song. Some people will totally get this but some people might think I'm absolutely crazy. When I see Coldplay live I think I'll cry SO much because it's the first time I will have ever seen them live and I've loved them for so long.

Concerts like McBusted ones are particularly special because before my first McBusted concert I hadn't seen Busted in around 10 years. Busted were my childhood and so to go to a Busted concerts that I actually remember is amazing and I am even more excited to see them in May! I think Coldplay will have the same effect on me as would a few other bands.

When it comes to bands like One Direction and McFly I think I just cry because they are bands that really make me happy and have got me through tough times I guess? When I was front row at McFly I managed to not cry until 'The Heart Never Lies' (which if you read my blog regularly, you'll know it's my favourite song EVER) and then I cried my eyes out and Harry had to keep checking on me, lets hope he doesn't remember that? That concert will always hold a special place in my heart and probably will always be my favourite.

Is anyone else like me and goes to too many concerts (although I'm not sure that's even a thing)? Does anyone else cry at concerts or is that just me...please someone tell me it's not just me.

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x