acoustic sessions

We were in a hurry to have the breakfast quickly last Sunday,

cause my husband had to go to work and I was very sleepy as it was 8 AM!

Then he opened Morning Acoustic from Spotify and this song started.

I have an ukulele which I basically call as "Uku" and still cannot play well.

But I love songs played with ukulele so much.

"You always thought twice didn't you
My baby blue... You'd say,
'What goes around comes around'
Didn't you?"

No One Ever Loved, performed by Lykke Li, 

is another song that I tagged by Shazam 

while I was watching "The Fault in Our Stars".

As this is a harrowing movie, the soundtracks are slow and heavy.

"You're the diamond in the gutter
You're the hole inside my heart
You're the one I will remember every night
Before the dawn meets the light"

I was just spending my time by surfing on the internet 

and Spotify was supporting me with the "Afternoon Acoustic" list.

Then I heard You and Me cover of Boyce Avenue.
I always think that originals are better 

as sometimes this idea becomes a failure but I still insist on.

"What day is it? And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time

'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do, nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you "

I listened this song while I was in the car and going to work.

Of course I tagged it by using Shazam.

PowerFM in Turkey is the best radio station for finding out nice and new songs.

Tom Peter Odell (born 24 November 1990) is a British singer-songwriter 

and won the BRITs Critics' Choice Award in early 2013.

"And if somebody hurts you, I wanna fight
But my hands been broken, one too many times
So I'll use my voice, I'll be so fucking rude
Words they always win, but I know I'll lose"

Above & Beyond is an English dance music group which was formed in 2000 

and consisting of members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäk. 

"I'm sorry baby
You were the sun and moon to me
I'll never get over you, you'll never get over me"

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer-songwriter
known for her deep contralto vocals.
After years of abusing drugs, then alcohol,
Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011.
Her album Back to Black posthumously became the UK's best-selling album
of the 21st century, at that point.

"We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to black"

It is becoming hard to share an acoustic song for each day.

I started to feel myself good when I can share a song once a week actually.

Therefore I've changed my mind to "share whenever you can". :)

Alecia Beth Moore Hart (born September 8, 1979), better known by her stage name Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer-songwriter and actress.

I admire her performance and voice.

"I'll keep you locked in my head
Until we meet again"

I met him while I was making a search for a new acoustic song in Youtube.

When I realized that he had more than 65 mio clicks for his video I decided to listen to him.

Maybe you've already memorized the lyrics but I should share this song today.

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. 

"I'm gonna pick up the pieces,
And build a Lego house
If things go wrong we can knock it down"

I was bored from Blogger, thus I was out for a while, but now I'm back.

And I found a new hero who is making acoustic covers.

I listened Dark Horse from Katy Perry in the 56th Grammy awards for the first time.

Tyler Ward realized a similar performance with the acoustic guitar, which I liked so much!

I should search more for acoustic songs.

Maybe you can propose some?

"Make me your Aphrodite
Make me your one and only
But don’t make me your enemy"

I heard this song in the car while we were going to the most famous mall in Bursa.

As the name of the song was written on the radio, I tagged again not to forget it.

The song was also known by my husband.

Kings of Convenience is an indie folk-pop duo from Norway.

They're singing like it's a lullaby
As the original video is denied in our country, I must share this one!

"Okay I get it, okay I see
You were fronting because you knew 

you'd find yourself vulnerable around me
Okay I get it, okay I see
I step too close to your boundaries"

Adam Lambert is now 32 years old. 

I thought that he's younger than me but this time I'm also surprised by him.

Adam Mitchel Lambert made music history as the first openly gay artist 

to achieve this top charting position.

 "Baby you're beautiful
And there's nothing wrong with you
It's me, I'm a freak
But thanks for lovin' me
Cause you're doing it perfectly"

This song is the soundtrack of the movie, The Counselor which we watched yesterday.

It wasn't very clear to hear the lyrics during the flow of the movie,

but Shazam is my hero for such kind of issues.

With a few lyrics, it's able to find the song that you want to tag, so I like it!

Josh T. Pearson is a musician from Texas.

"Woman when I've raised hell, you of all people are gonna know it
There'll be nothin' not nailed down left unturned in this home
Then your old friend silence will creep back into this pettiest of all places
He'll ask you again, "Which is better or for worse, livin' with me or livin' with all my ghosts?"

Although she is 25 years old she has already won 7 Grammy awards.

Taylor was very pretty and cute in the 56th Grammy awards, 

and she attracted the attention on herself with her shining dress also.

Thus, today's guest on my blog is the American singer-songwriter Taylor Alison Swift.

One additional note about her: Forbes estimates that she is worth over $220 million. 

"You go talk to your friends talk to my friends talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
Like ever..."

Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III who is known on stage as Aloe Blacc is singing Wake Me Up!

Tim Bergling, who was born in 1989 and is known on stage as Avicii, 

is a Swedish DJ, remixer and record producer.

Avicii remixed and released Aloe Blacc's song in June 2013.

"I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands"

Odak is a Turkish music band from İzmir.

I like this form of Lykke Li's song too much due to the xylophone's sound.

And nowadays I'm trying to understand how I can play the metallophone.

Let's sing together!

"You're my river running high, run deep, run wild" 

This song was very popular during my university years
and there was a band named "Çalar Saat" which was performing this song very well.
They were taking the stage in a bar, "Beri Blues" in Bornova, in İzmir.

"I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you"

Although I have 2 names and 2 surnames (4 @ total), this is the longest name
that I've seen in my life, Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong.
She had a son in 2011.
I think she should be thankful for this.
 

"I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life"

Today's session is a little bit different, the sound is coming from the violin this time.

There's not so much information about him on Google,

but wrt. The Guardian, he's a model, actor, magazine editor, singer and violinist.

"I've gotta keep my mind free

just to keep on walking, even if I'm all alone
I won't let nobody, ever try to stop me

I've gotta keep track of my soul"

I heard this song in a mall today when we were searching for a new TV.

I just Shazamed it and found the name of the song.

I was surprised that my husband was already aware of this song and band.

Plain White T's is an American pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois which was formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson, Dave Tirio, Ken Fletcher and Steve Mast. 

"Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side"