Somehow I wrote this post back in December of 2020 and never published it. I'm sorry that a post about musicals and music never lived to see the light of day, so today I will change that.
I present to you the 30 Songs Tag, 2 years overdue (but who's counting?):
I have lost count of how many songs tags I've read, but I never grow sick of them. So therefore I will add to the innumerable collection out there on the interwebs with my own version of the 30 Songs Tag. ;) These questions I found on Rachel's post where she filled out the tag using all songs from movies scores. I'm just going to be using a mix-mash of pop, Christian, musicals and whatever else takes my fancy. We'll see where this leads. ;)
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1. Your Favorite Song?
I could no sooner choose between pizza and chocolate, but let's just go with my current favourite song to listen to, which would be "So Will I" by Ben Platt. He has such a beautiful voice and the words are magical and soothing. Also on the list would be "Live Like You're Loved" by Hawk Nelson and "I'll Never Let Go of Your Hand" by Don Francisco.
2. Your Least-Favorite Song?
Maybe all of Taylor Swift's Reputation album? ;) I also reeeally don't like "Last Christmas" by Wham!. *shudders* Sorry to anyone who loves those, but I just... can't.
3. A Song That Makes You Happy?
"Learn To Do It" from Anastasia always makes me so happy!! Also "Humble & Kind" by Tim McGraw!
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4. A Song That Makes You Sad?
"When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2, sung by Sarah McLachlan.
5. A Song That Makes You Feel Guilty?
Um?? I'm just going to go with a "guilty pleasure" kind of song... and even then I'm strugglin'. :P Maybe "Sucker" by the Jonas Brothers? I love jamming to it in the car, even though I'm not necessarily a huge Jonas Brothers fan.
6. A Song That You Often Get Stuck in Your Head?
"A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" quite often gets stuck in my head, and I find myself singing it at the randomest times, haha.
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"You've Got a Friend in Me" by Randy Newman reminds me of my little brother as he sung it in one of the plays I wrote and we performed, and it was the first song performed in a play of ours. And he did so well. :')
8. A Song That Reminds You of Someplace?
Basically any classical music like Beethoven, Bach or Mozart reminds me of our old house as my mother used to have classical music playing ALL the time at home... let's just say we got a thorough classical music education. ;)
9. A Song That Reminds You of a Certain Event?
I'm not sure if I'd call it an "event" but "My Lighthouse" by Rend Collective reminds me of one of my favourite family holidays that we had where that was basically our anthem we played it so much. Also the song "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel reminds me of my cousin's wedding where the groom & bridal party sang it to the bride and I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to hear that song again without picturing that event. xD
10. A Song You Know All the Words to?
*insert the Les Miserables & Newsies cast recordings*
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11. A Song You Could Dance to?
"A Friend Like Me" from Aladdin honestly makes me want to dance EVERY time I hear it, haha. Especially the boppy Will Smith version.
12. A Song That Makes You Fall Asleep?
"God is All Around Us" by Twila Paris is from a lullaby CD that my little sister and I used to listen to every night, and it genuinely makes me relax and feel sleepy when I hear it. The entire Bedtime Prayers album of hers is amazing if you ever need a soothing, lullaby album. Highly recommend! Her voice is gorgeous.
13. A Song From Your Favorite Band?
My current favourite band is probably "Love and the Outcome" and one of my favourite songs of theirs is "Falling into Place". It really speaks into a season in your life where you feel like nothing is going right and you're struggling to see God's hand in it all.
14. A Song From A Band You Hate?
I can't think of any off the top of my head, but it would probably be some hardcore metal rock band. :P
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15. A Song Nobody Would Expect You to Love?
Maybe "International Harvester" by Craig Morgan? I don't crazy love country music but that one's fun!
16. A Song That Describes You?
"Dream" by Priscilla Ahn describes me in some ways, although I'm definitely not that gentle and quiet. ;)
17. An Underrated Song More People Should Love?
"Hold on Forever" by Rob Thomas. How is it not more popular? It's so fun!!
18. A Song That You Hear Often on the Radio?
"Never Seen the Rain" by Tones & I and I will admit I've gotten to the point that I will now turn the radio off because I've heard it too much. :P
19. A Song You Wish You Heard on the Radio?
Musical songs! I would like to make a petition for them to form a musical theatre station on the radio in Australia, please! A radio station EXPRESSLY for musicals and songs from musicals. That would be amazing.
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20. A Song You Listen to When You're Happy?
"Drops in the Ocean" by Hawk Nelson and "You've Got This" by Love & the Outcome would be two of many. :D
21. A Song You Listen to When You're Sad?
"In Case You Don't Live Forever" by Ben Platt... or maybe "Two" by Sleeping at Last.
22. A Song You Listen To When You're Angry?
I rarely think to listen to music when I'm angry, to be honest. :P Maybe "If You Hadn't But You Did" sung by Kristen Chenoweth, haha? Or Michael Buble singing "Cry Me a River"? Probably just some song where the person singing it is angry and I can crankily mime along to it. xD
23. A Song You Want to Play at Your Wedding?
I honestly never know how to answer this one! I feel like there is a song I love that would be perfect but I can't think of what that would be? I know I'd love to sing a duet with my husband (in this imaginary wedding ;)) if he was happy to, but I don't have a particular song in mind. I've always liked the idea of walking down the aisle to the "Who Is She" song from Cinderella, and doing the same First Dance that they did at the ball. :D
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24. A Song You Want to Play at Your Funeral?
Okay, this is even more odd... I have absolutely no idea. :P How Great Thou Art?
25. A Song That Makes You Laugh?
"Taylor the Latte Boy" by Kristen Chenoweth. Ohh, she cracks me up. xD
26. A Song That You Can Play?
I am currently learning "All of Me" by Jon Schmidt on the piano? I can play it fluently, but still getting it polished and up to speed.
27. A Song You Wish You Could Play?
Hmm... I'm not sure about which piano song I'm going to tackle yet, but I can tell you I really wish I could SING "The Girl in 14G" by Kristen Chenoweth! That's my end goal for singing lessons currently. ;D Would also love to be able to sing "Love Never Dies" from Love Never Dies (the musical).
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28. A Song From Your Childhood?
"Remember the Lord" by Colin Buchanan. Any other Aussie Christian kids out there haha?!
29. Your Favorite Duet?
I have so many! I love "For Good" from Wicked, "The Prayer" (especially sung by Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion), "In a Crowd of Thousands" from Anastasia, "10 Minutes Ago" from Cinderella, "Rewrite the Stars" from The Greatest Showman... I have a thing for duets. ;)
30. Your Favorite Song at this Time Last Year?
Great question! Probably "Grow as We Go" by Ben Platt.
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There you have it! Do you see any favourites on this list? Were you surprised about any of these choices?
Ahh, all the musical songs in this post make me so happy! Especially the Anastasia ones--that's one of my new discoveries in terms of musical theatre, and I LOVE IT. (Especially "In A Crowd of Thousands", and also "Stay, I Pray You".) Oh, and "For Good!" I love that song! One of my friends and I were just singing it as an impromptu duet the other day, and it was absurdly fun. (And perhaps got us some funny looks, but we didn't care.)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, "Taylor the Latte Boy" is SO GOOD. When I was in choir, that was one that the high school choir would sometimes sing, and it was always a huge hit.
I KNOW, RIGHT?! I LOVE Anastasia the musical. All the songs are beautiful and I REALLY want to do that show at some point. (It's really sad, because the current theatre company I'm doing a show with said they tried to get the rights to Anastasia but they're not allowing Australia to do it yet. :'( *cries*)
DeleteYesss! My little sister and I used to sing "For Good" every time we cleaned the house. I'm not sure why, but it was great. xD
IT REALLY IS!! I think it's always a crowd pleaser, that one. It's quite simply, but the jokes always land well.