Most of us can agree that music is an essential part of our lives. We all have a favorite band, or musician, that we love to listen to when we're doing homework, or driving in our cars or after we've finished our Algebra 2 test. So most of us can agree that we all had a favorite song, if not more, last year in 2012. It was that song that got constantly played on Z102.9 and you just enjoyed to blast it to the point where everyone around you got annoyed. Most people have a song in ind. I know I had quite a few that I just couldn't stop listening to and those are the same songs that I just can't get enough of today. That's what music is supposed to do, it's supposed to stay with you because you enjoy it and you're able to relate to it in some way or another.
The top five songs I enjoyed in 2012 were catchy, fun, entertaining, and most people couldn't help but sing along. Here are my top five, in no particular order:
- One Thing by One Direction. One Thing is from One Direction's first album: Up All Night, the song was released as a single about a year ago in January. I adore this song because each member of the group has their own, unique voice that contributes to the track and the lyrics to the song are so sweet and it's just a fun, catchy song to listen to overall when you're feeling down.
- I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift from her fourth studio album, Red. I know, of course this had to make the list! Whether that's a good or bad thing is up to you to determine but this song is totally different for Taylor Swift. She's singing about the same old, same old, I know but it's because she's going through life and she's just writing what she knows best and what she has experienced to let her fans know that they're not the only ones who ever feel the way she does in I Knew You Were Trouble. Because at one point we're all going to experience that toxic relationship we should probably let go of because it's what's best we but don't want to have to.
- Castle of Glass by Linkin Park from their fifth album, Living Things. The lyrics and the metaphors used in this song are just amazing, I love them for the reason that their lyrics are so powerfully conveyed in different ways. My favorite part is probably when they sing: 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass, hardly anything for you to see, for you to see. I enjoy this song because I like how I interpret it, what I'm able to get out of this song.
- This Kiss by Carly Rae Jepsen from her second album, Kiss. The reason I like this song is just because it's a fun song to listen to, to dance to, to sing to just because it's catchy.
- Madness by Muse from their sixth studio album, The 2nd Law. One of my favorite songs by them because I think it's different from their usual sound which I enjoy because their lyrics are still meaningful to me.
Music, it's all around us and it's something we can all enjoy. I can't wait for the kind of songs I hear this year.
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The second album of the very popular band, One Direction, is called Take Me Home. Take Me Home was released on November 9, 2012 and it includes singles like Live While We're Young, and Little Things. According to band member Niall Horan the third single is going to be Kiss You.
Take Me Home begins with the song, the first single off the album, Live While We're Young and it finishes off with Summer Love. What I liked about the album was that it was catchy, I mean who doesn't love a catchy song, right? And I liked a lot of the lyrics, lyrics are always one of the main parts of a song, and I think the lyrics of a lot of the songs from their album, Take Me Home were nice and relatable to a lot of people. The lyrics should always tell a story and remind you about your own story and that's exactly what happens on this album.
The album has a lot of pop and the lyrics aren't something completely new but they do add their mark of originality in some way, depending on the song. The vocals of all the members is just the beginning of the originality the album gets because each member has their own vibrant, voice. Each song tells a beautiful story and snippets of lyrics from songs all over the album are relatable.
There is one song that is quite a change from their usual pop sound and that was Rock Me, the song is definitely something I wasn't expecting and it was nice to be pleasantly surprised. I would say that Rock Me was one of my favorite songs and the chorus is still stuck in my head. The lyrics to Rock Me are somewhat typical in a pop album but they had a certain beauty to them and they were definitely catchy and easy to learn. I would say that it would be a crime if this song didn't become a single!
Other songs that really stood out for me were Live While We're Young and They Don't Know About Us.
Live While We're Young is a simple, catchy song that anyone can sing and even if you hate One Direction, I guarantee that when you hear this song blasting on the radio, it'll be stuck in your head throughout the day. Don't deny it, I'm sure it has happened.
They Don't Know About Us is like your typical forbidden love, the Romeo and Juliet story. Two, young lovers can't be together and every one is against them. This song is a beautiful story, it's been told before but the melody and the vocals give it a different spin. Again, this is another song that should be a single.
Take Me Home by One Direction has a similar vibe to their first album and I like it, I wouldn't mind seeing them do more songs like Rock Me though. The more popular they get the more variety they should have in their songs. I give Take Me Home 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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