Music For All Occasions

Last weekend my dad and I embarked on the adventure which was watching films about music (more specifically about people who start bands). This was mostly a weekend of depressing stories set in the 80s where everyone smoked indoors but it did get me thinking a lot about music. 

The music I like is a mess of self confessed utter trash, mediocre skippable tracks, and stuff that is actually good. Being asked questions like who's your favourite band or what's your favourite song are the worst because I have no idea. It's always changing and always varied. But I like it that way so here is some of my favourite music and for what occasion it is my favourite. 

Musicals for in the car. I like to sing along to music in the car and I absolutely love musicals. At the moment it's all about Lin-Manuel Miranda with Moana and Hamilton.

When I'm sad, I tend to listen to slow, sad music. (When by Dodie, Landfill by Daughter, Fine by Zannah, and You by Keaton Henson)

If I work while listening to music, I often go for something I'm not familiar with yet. I always feel compelled to sing along which is why I listen to something I don't know yet. That way I'm learning the songs but not getting distracted. At the moment that is The Wall by Pink Floyd and Goo by Sonic Youth. 

Music which I listen to when I can just sing and dance and completely lose myself in are Fall Out Boy and 10cc. New additions to this include Oasis and Sing Street (the original music from the film). 

Joy Division are a band which I can't quite describe. I wouldn't sit and listen to their music to enjoy it but there's something about them which changes how I feel about all music.  I suddenly become interested in how it's made and the people playing it. I think they might be my favourite band but saying that feels like a big commitment.



My current favourite song is Rufus Wainwright's cover of Bewitched from the end of The History Boys. I will link the Spotify Playlist I've been listening to. Wouldn't recommend anyone ever follow it because, as previously mentioned, it's a mess. But I do enjoy listening to it on shuffle because the difference between every song makes me laugh. You might enjoy that too, I don't know. 

Thanks for reading, hope you liked it

2017 Reading Forecast

My reading challenge every year is to complete twenty books. I'm quite a slow reader but usually this target is realistic. In 2016 I only read 13 books but this year I'd like to do a little more than that. This is a list of some of the books I'd like to read in 2017.

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 
Room by Emma Donoghue
Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne
Two Weeks with the Queen by Morris Gleitzman
How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran 
Sailor Moon volume 1 

Dan and Phil Go Outside
On the Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher
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Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson

To finish this short post, Eddie who was being super helpful by sitting where I was trying to take a picture. So that's the plan for books next year. I'm hoping to review all the ones I read so you'll know if I don't finish them all. If you want to see my reading challenge from this year, I have a good reads page you can check out. Comment if you've read any of these books and let me know what you thought. That's all for now, thanks for reading