This song holds a personal connection to me. I seem to always listen to it whenever I’m feeling down in the dumps, and it always makes me cry because of that. That aside, it’s a beautiful song that has this wonderful somber feeling to it. You don’t have to be in a depressed state-of-mind to cry from it because of that reason. The way Gary’s vocals are simple and sorrowful to how the simple piano and how in the video he looks down at everyone, alone, further cements that it’s one of those songs that anyone would cry after hearing(assuming they make an emotional connection with it).

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This one was a bit hard because there are several songs that speak to me about “summer time”. Honestly, it just came down to what first comes to mind when I think of “summer”. This was it.

It might seem a little odd, but the fact of the matter is that I spent many hours grinding through the lands of SPira while this song played on repeat hours on end. I just love how badass it sounds, and how it can spark as much fun in the summertime than the actual song “In the Summertime” can. There’s just no other way to explain it, honestly.

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This is quite simple: my best friend’s favorite band is Evanescence. He has a real hard-on for Amy Lee and her haunting voice. I recall him singing Bring Me to Life so many times that I joined in on him. He’s one of those people that really dug the Nu-Metal scene of the early 2000s. It was between this song and one of the songs from Skillet, like Hero, but I felt this was more appropriate because of how well I know him.

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Oh man, you have no idea how far back this song brings me. Machinehead was by far one of the best songs I listened to in those cringe days of adolescent years. My uncle gave me a cassette tape of Sixteen Stone, and I loved almost every track on that tape. I would sing it so much, I was told to shut the hell up just because of how out of tune I was. But I didn’t care. This song was my shit.

And this is no different for being in the shower. I would sing this song hella loud. Oh yes, my parents knew exactly that I was a machinehead. xD

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As most people, I also like to think about life, the universe and everything while indulging myself with hot water (people are weird, huh?). ‘Relationships’ is a subtopic in the first category, so those also come up from time to time. And for those occasions, this song is the perfect companion.

No idea why I do but anytime this song comes on Spotify when I am in the shower I just have to go along with it. O.o

I like to pretend I'm Azura.

Imagine a particularly deep voice suddenly going full squeaker for the intro/bridge and you have the Grey's Bathroom Experience™

DAY ELEVEN - A song that reminds you of summer
It's a pretty bouncy, sunny anthem to me. Been singing it a lot this summer, so that's probably why I associate it with the season so much.

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DAY TWELVE - A song that reminds you of your best friend
Believe it or not, I have real life friends. Anyway, this one reminds me of a friend of mine called Katie (who I'll talk about a LOT when the need arises) since we met because I was singing This Is Gospel and she's a hardcore Panic fan like me. It was pretty neat.

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DAY THIRTEEN - A song you sing to in the shower
It's such a catchy and singable song, I honestly can't resist at all. Not to mention it's pretty meta, which I'm an absolute sucker for. However, I don't have a shower, and there's no internet connection in the bathroom, so it's the closest you'll get to an "I sing this in the shower" song.

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DAY FOURTEEN - A song you like love hearing live
This song has such an impressive and electric feel to it, it's just so awesome. I hope she'll play it live again sometime soon.

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As a sidenote, I'm not a big concert/festival-goer, though if I could I would attend many great EDM artists' live performances. This (recently discovered) song I've chosen does not fit this bill, but it absolutely fits the criteria. It's an energetic and headbanging track in itself, and I've heard that the band does some incredibly lively live shows. I bet it would be an amazing experience!

I am absolutely obsessed with Starset. I have their Transmissions album, two of their shirts, a signed poster and a signed copy of their book, The PROX Transmissions. Being that Starset is a fairly unknown band (likely due to their severe lack of albums), it might make one wonder how I suddenly became so obsessed with this ninth wonder of the world almost overnight. And the answer is that I saw them live when they were touring with Breaking Benjamin.

Although I was sick when I attended this concert, I still remember Starset vividly: their performance and music gave me chills. At the time, I knew nothing about their theory involving technology and the future, but I could essentially "feel" their message (I now know their message after reading their novel) and although First Light is the introduction to their album, they still perform it live.

And I would be lying if I said it wasn't absolutely badass.

Gotta be honest... usually... I fricken hate pop.

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I don't like nightcore. I think it's just a fancy name for 'chipmunking' music, which has always been just an irritating fad. The original songs are a wee bit better, but still, just not my type. Vocaloids, in my opinion, are somewhat similar but more...varied, I guess. And though I will never understand how people can pay to see a goddamn digital character perform, this particular song is done very well and has some decent lyrics to boot!

Good job making a song that sounds better than most pop nowadays without any actual human input!

DAY FIFTEEN - A song people wouldn't expect you to like
Yes, my music range goes from dark electro-pop to steampunk. Don't even ask me how I became obsessed with this genre. It's like I was born to love SPG.

Ah, yes. Cher Lloyd. A singer whose popularity died out as quickly as it began.

Now don't get me wrong, I actually really like Cher Lloyd's music and being that I'm from New Jersey, there is always some room in my heart for Pop music. Cher Lloyd happens to fall there along with a few other songs people wouldn't expect me to like such as Brokenhearted by Karmin and Applause by Lady Gaga. Although the two previously named songs were considered long before Oath, I ultimately decided on choosing Oath for one reason: I actively hide the fact that I both like and listen to this song. I don't know why I do, but I do. I'd rather be caught listening to Cake By The Ocean than this song and I DON'T KNOW WHY.

Nobody even KNOWS this song.

The only reason that I really know this song is because it was popular right around Hurricane Sandy. I was in one of the directly effected areas and we were without television and power for a few days and ended up relying on my battery powered radio (I suppose it's good that I was the weirdest kid ever and listened to RADIO still - what a scandal!) during that time period. I was also in a Roleplay through Skype with one of my best friends and a mutual friend of ours during that period of time and it really helped me keep my shit together. This song, in a way, also reminds me of said best friend (but shhh, he doesn't know that).

I also had a character named Oath. Not that either of them caught that though.

It's a bit of a change from my usual preference for less 'intense' kinds of music, yeah. Thought about doing something country until I realized the song I would've chosen was a bit similar to something I'd put before.

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Eminem is the most diverse rapper I know. From the depressed, to the motivational, to the outrageous, to the confident, to the... Slim Shady is just one of this man's thousand faces. And the songs he writes express his intentions perfectly each time. So when he tells you that you only got one shot and one moment...

...you better lose yourself.

Besides Matchbox 20, Billy Joel and Bastille, Fuel is my other musical obsession. I think it's definitely fair to say that most of my appreciation for Fuel comes from their "Sunburn" album which is where this song can be found. Shimmer in particular is one song that has stuck with me through all emotions on the spectrum and my ups and downs of life.

When I was happy and relaxed while taking a walk, I was listening to Shimmer. When I abandoned my two best friends, I was listening to Shimmer. When I was fighting suicidal thoughts, I was listening to Shimmer. After I moved in with my aunt and uncle to live a "new life", I was listening to Shimmer.

The only runner-up besides this song would be Bent by Matchbox 20, but I decided to not go with that one as it comes with too strong of a negative correlation opposed to Shimmer which can still manage to make me smile and relax despite my less than happy past, especially with the song itself.

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Mad late and been hella lazy.

There is just something about watching Stevie on stage. Doesn't matter if she is with Fleetwood Mac or on a private tour, the woman is just mesmerizing on stage. She was one of the first I heard live when I was younger and to this day I'd rather listen to her live than recorded. Truly enchanting, and this song especially.





This one might be a shocker to those that know me well. Yes, I cannot stand 99.9% of country music. I was raised in the deep south and it was always on and drove me nuts! Yet, there are a few of those damned country songs that I still listen to. This is one of them. It meant a lot to me back then, now even more. (And sadly when I sing it, my country twang that I work so hard not to have comes out in full force.)





I'll keep the reason why to myself on this one.

YES. IT'S GREAT.

YES. IT HAS CATCHY LYRICS.

I GET IT.

PLEASE STOP PLAYING IT ALL THE TIME ON THE RADIO.

(On a serious note, no music actually "annoys me", but this is probably the song that would come closest to that point. By no means do I dislike this song or find it to be in bad taste, I just think that it is severely overvalued as well as severely overplayed.)

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Huh. The first one I cannot pull out from my music collection.

Pretty much a similar reasoning as in Cynder's pick: overvalued, overplayed. Also, in my case, this song is not just on the radio, but blasting from the phones of my classmates all the goddamn time as well! It seems like everybody loves it for some goddamned reason. These youngins, I tell you. Bah, humbug!

I don't really like the track itself either, which is weird because this type of music is usually up my alley. Ah well. I guess I'll go back to my much better EDM!

Also, @Cynder, believe it or not, Take Me To Church was actually a task in the final round of an English competition around here. Like the lyrics were written down with a couple words missing and you had to fill them out while listening to the song itself (I didn't know it back then). I SWEAR THIS IS TRUE. I EVEN WON THAT COMPETITION!