Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: ...Baby One More Time, 1980's, 1990s, 2000's, Born in The U.S.A., Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen, Come On Over, Discussion, Like A Virgin, Madona, Micheal Jackson, Nevermind, Nirvana, Shania Twain, Thriller
Each decade’s culture consists of what happened in politics, movies, fashion, television, economics, social issues, and music; along with many other factors. There are hundreds of pages on the web discussing what certain things defined a certain decade. While most of the time most people can’t come to an agreement, it’s always interesting to see how each person viewed that decade and what they felt really had an impact on people during that time.
One of the more debated about topics is about what music really impacted the decade. And related to this is usually discussion about some of the top albums of the decade. While the discussion today isn’t about the best albums of the decade, since many of the best albums are usually and unfortunately, left out of the mainstream; But instead on a certain album you feel really left an impact on the majority of people during that time. Which to some may mean how many times it went platinum, but for this discussion you can put other factors into the mix as well.
When people look back at the 80’s they usually reference Micheal Jackson’s Thriller, but did Madonna’s Like A Virgin
or Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.SA. have the same amount of impact? Were the 90’s all about Nirvana’s Nevermind? Shania Twain’s Come On Over? Britney Spears …Baby One More Time?! Or another completely different album? And what album do you feel is the biggest of the 2000’s?
So go ahead and list what you feel was the album that defined each decade. You can list runner-ups as well, and feel free to go back as far as you want :D Have fun!
Filed under: ACMs, Country Music | Tags: 1996, 90's, blockbuster, No One Needs To Know, Shania Twain, Twister
This past week, as I was browsing YouTube, I came across Shania Twain’s music video for “No One Needs To Know” which featured clips of the 1996 blockbuster Twister. After watching the music video, I decided to go rent the movie and watch it. While the movie isn’t the most riveting thing to watch, I did enjoy it. I’ve always been a fan of 90’s movies, as I love the 90’s decade. Probably not a surprise since I was born in the 90’s and had a great childhood throughout the decade.
While Twister and Shania’s “No One Needs To Know” have very little in common; I loved the music video and the movie scenes that were featured in it. And as I watched the movie, I couldn’t help but lose my train of thinking, when the song played during the cafe scene.
So this led me to thinking, in the majority of cases; which one(songs or movies) seem to benefit the most out of the whole ordeal?
Filed under: Country Music, Country/Pop, Pop Music, Pop/Rock Music, Uncategorized | Tags: Pop/Rock, Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, 1997, Tim McGraw, You're Still The One, Come On Over, Whitney Houston, Snow Patrol, I Will Always Love You, I Love You, Valentines Day, My Heart Will Go On, GAC, Maroon 5, She Will Be Loved, 2004, Celine Dion, '97, Dixie Chicks, Cowboy Take Me Away, If Tommorow Never Comes
I hope everyone is having a happy Valentines Day. Some readers might 
have noticed that I took down the two Top 10 Love Song entries for Alan Jackson and Trisha Yearwood. The reason for this is mostly because I was busy with school this week, and I figured it might be easier if I do the series next year, and that way I have more time to edit and make changes to future posts.
Now, since it’s Valentines, I figured I’d post some of my favorite love songs, considering GAC did a crappy Top 20 countdown. Seriously, who believes that viewers voted Shelton’s “Home” video as the Number One love song? And how can Shania’s “You’re Still The One” not even be on the list? I smell something fishy.
So to get my mind of that train wreck, here are some videos you will hopefully enjoy.
If you caught on to my words above, it’s no shocker that one of my favorite love songs is Shania’s “You’re Still The One” from her Come On Over album. P.S. Doesn’t the video make you wish you were living on that beach forever?
Next up is Maroon 5 with “She Will Be Loved”. I don’t know what it is about this song but it always brings me back to the summer of 2004.
What’s a Valentine’s day without “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine.
We can’t forget Tim & Faith’s hit “It’s Your Love” from ‘97.
We need the Chicks to come spice things up with “Cowboy Take Me Away”.
Add some of Garth Brooks with “If Tommorow Never Comes”
I’m a sucker for this one:
Figure I had some pop/rock to the mix:
And I think Whitney can end out the night with this homerun.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Shania Twain, The Mixer, The Woman In Me
Along with the other series here is another one I’ll be doing.
Here’s how it goes: I will choose a album every couple of days, and you (the reader), can say a) what tracks you’d take away from the album to make it better, and/or b) what order you would put the tracks in, to make overall album better. Also, you can’t add tracks off of different albums from an artist and make sure to state your reasoning for the way you listed/detracted the tracks. ;D
The album for today is Shania Twain’s 1995 The Woman In Me.
Track Listing
1. Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore)
2. Any Man Of Mine
3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
4. (If You’re Not In It For Love) I’m Outta Here!
5. The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You)
6. Is There Life After Love?
7. If It Don’t Take Two
8. You Win My Love
9. Raining On Our Love
10. Leaving Is The Only Way Out
11. No One Needs To Know
12. God Bless The Child
My Mix
1. Any Man Of Mine
2. If You’re Not In It For Love (I’m Outta Here)
3. The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You)
4. You Win My Love
5. If It Don’t Take Two
6. Home Ain’t Where His Heart Is (Anymore)
7. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
8. Leaving Is The Only Way Out
9. Is There Life After Love?
10. God Bless The Child
11. No One Needs To Know
The album is already a masterpiece as it is, but if I were a producer(one can dream :D), an alternate way I might have done the album, would be to try and make it a more concept storytelling album. With each song kinda going through the narrators struggles through love. I did take out Raining On Our Love, not because it was bad, but just because it didn’t seem to fit well with the rest of the order I had made it.
Now it’s your turn, so post away ;)
