Saturday, June 18, 2011

girl power

Here are a few of the songs that formed the soundtrack to my formative years. Not that I understood any of the lyrics then, but I definitely have a newfound appreciation of them now.

These are songs that I know all the words to, and can't help but sing along with at the top of my lungs. Most importantly, they helped to shape and define what I would listen to years later.

Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You)

Paula Cole - I Don't Want to Wait

Will it be yes or will it be
Sorry

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way

Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home

She says days go by I don't know why
I'm walking on a wire

It makes me wonder if there are any female vocalists of equal calibre in this generation - who can sing with such tenderness and tell a vivid story with their finely placed words and a few strums of their guitar.

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