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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

30 Songs Tag

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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7. A Song That Reminds You of Someone? 

"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? 

Friday, February 12, 2021

Valentine's Day Period Drama Party Tag

Hey everyone!

I'm back again with a tag from Heidi's Valentine's Day Period Drama Party Blog Party. Let's get to it, shall we?

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1. Your current three (up to five!) favourite period dramas?

I'm going to go with my knee-jerk reaction answer to this otherwise we'll be here all day. 

  • Anne of Green Gables (1985)
  • Cinderella (2015)
  • Emma (2008)
  • Little Women (1994)
(That is in terms of movies... and probably book form also, although not sure about Cinderella.)

2. What would you recommend to someone who's never seen a period drama as a starter?

Hmm... possibly "Ever After"? It's a classic!

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3. A favourite couple that wouldn't be included in answer #1 and/or a favourite secondary character romance?

Dr. Harrison and Sophie Hutton in Cranford. :)

4. What do you consider foundational qualities for a healthy romance?

For each person to be a complete individual and not entering into a relationship solely because they think they're missing something. And grace. We need it in every aspect of our lives.

5. Worst villain/antagonist?

Honestly the "Ugly Stepmother" from Cinderella in any story still causes such grief to me. xD

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6. A favourite proposal scene?

How can you top Anne and Gilbert's?? I ASK YOU?!!?

7. Favourite period drama characters based on a real life couple?

For sure Beatrix Potter and Norman Warne. I actually wrote an essay in school about Beatrix Potter's real live and her darling relationship with dear Norman.

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8. Any classic b/w period dramas you like?

I confess I have not seen many... but Roman Holiday is cute! Does that count?

9. Most mature romance in a period drama?

Ohh, what a great question! Honestly Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferras are the first that come to mind, simply because Elinor is so mature and sensible and was definitely ready to be married and have a home of her own. Edward... was getting there. ;)

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10. Most excruciating, long, slow-burn romance in a period drama?

Probably Anne and Captain Wentworth from Persuasion? Am I right or am I right? ;) 

11. A story that has multiple film adaptions where you love more than one of them?

Pride and Prejudice! I could get kicked out of the blogging world for saying this but I actually love P&P 1995 AND P&P 2005! Whaaat!

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12. A book you think needs to be made into a film (or a new adaption)?

"Eight Cousins" by Louisa May Alcott. Such a sweet, fun story - why did they never make a movie of it?! 

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This was really hard as there were SO many options to choose from! But that's the great world of period dramas - so many treasures at your fingertips. :D Be sure to check out the party happening over at Heidi's blog!