Top Five Thursday #1

As promised in my first post, the third Thursday of the month is going to be different from the others. Today marks the first ever “Top 5 Thursday!” post!

I know, you can barely contain your excitement!

In light of tomorrow’s post (ooh, suspense for you!), this post is going to be about music. If I can plan it right, I hope to die while listening to music after just finishing a supremely awesome book. Hey, not everyone wants to go out in a blaze of glory. I’d like to go out in an extreme state of bliss.

Actually, can I add on to that dying moment? (Why, of course I can, it’s my blog!) I also want to have just eaten a delicious lobster tail (preferably about three of them) covered in a divine garlic butter.

Erm...?

[[cough]] Ahem, okay, back on topic. Without further ado, LB’s…

Top 5 Songs I Love
(At This Moment in Time)

1)      Charlie Ain’t Home // ZZ Ward

 Oh, sweet mother of all that is sacred and beautiful in this world do I love ZZ Ward. She makes me believe in unicorns and a world in which Justin Beiber does not dominate the airwaves with his pre-pubescent voice. ZZ Ward is like Adele meets Memphis, Tennessee blues music wearing a sassy fedora. Every song on her album is lyrical and musical gold, but damn if this song isn’t at the top of my list.

This song is so unapologetic about the fact that she’s singing about sleeping around, but hey, it’s okay because Charlie’s not home! Both verses are sensual and maybe even the slightest bit raunchy (dig my fingertips into your back, ‘til the pictures break and the floorboards crack) but seem to revel in the thrill of the deception.

It’s probably the most upbeat song about cheating I’ve heard in a while, but I’d love nothing more than to wrap myself up like a caterpillar in a cocoon in every fiber of this song.

2)     Pusher Love Girl // Justin Timberlake

 Seven years without new Justin Timberlake music clearly left me parched. I’m so saturated in his new CD, I’m basically oozing JT’s sex appeal and creamy falsetto.

The strings that start this song, I swear they make me feel like I’m flying head on into it. And it sounds ultra classy. It’s like straight out of 1940, except, you know, it’s a song about how JT wants you to be his heroin. Which I’m totally okay with.

Some people (we call these people haters), find an 8 minutes song superfluous and a waste of time. For my music addled mind, 8 minutes probably isn’t long enough. This song is basically two songs in one and I love that structure. Justin started playing with that idea on his “FutureSex/LoveSounds” album and I loved it. It allows each song to flow into the next (but that’s besides my point). The last three minutes of the song are golden.

To quote JT, “I’m hopped up on it!”

3)     My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark // Fallout Boy

 This song comes at you hard. It starts fast and furious and almost ends softly, much in the same way an adrenaline rush hits you; all at once and then tapers off. Once the chorus kicks in, I can’t help but bob my head and fist bump while I scream “I’m on fire!”

I don’t have many Fallout Boy songs in my growing music collection, but this one has definitely earned its place.

4)     Blurred Lines // Robin Thicke

There are some songs I hear the first time and loathe with the fire of a thousand suns before I eventually turn around end up liking them. Then there are some songs that I hear the first time and instantly play on repeat for about 18 hours. This song is definitely the latter.

The beat is so fantastically simple, yet it makes me want to get up and dance (poorly). Plus, I love the random “woos” in the background and the whole “hey, hey, hey” part. Because it’s little things in songs I end up enjoying the most.

Second, and probably most importantly, Robin Thicke’s voice. If his voice doesn’t make you want to take off your clothes, you’re listening to it wrong. Because, quite honestly, when he says “I know you want it” in the deeper, richer voice, um, well…

5)     Thrift Shop // Macklemore

There no greater representation of my love of this song right now that this:

Yup.

And I don’t care. It’s a song about shopping at thrift stores, wearing your grandpa’s clothes and buying skeet blankets.

Probably from these guys.

It’s seven kinds of stupid catchy. I love the horn that plays the melody in the background. I love the blatant joy in the chorus of buying something for hella cheap. And the song speaks to my compulsion to buy things simply because they’re 99 cents.

Whatever, this song is freaking awesome.