30-Day Song Challenge: Day 13 – A song that is a guilty pleasure

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What an interesting theme, haha! First thing that popped into my mind was this song.

In 2002 t.A.T.u., a Russian female duo, broke into the mainstream with the song "All the Things She Said". It was really catchy and an instant hit, having constant airplay for a while. The controversy regarding the duo's sexuality (they were rumored to be lesbians. Rumored? Confirmed? I'm not really sure actually) also helped boost their popularity.

The duo was formed by Ivan Shapovalov in 1999 by holding auditions for teen female vocalists. The duo was originally named "Тату" (Tatu), which is short for "Та любит Ту (Ta lyubit Tu)" meaning "She loves her". They used the name t.A.T.u. for their English album because there was already an Australian band called Tatu.

While researching on the band and the song I found out that the Russian version of the song is entitled "Ya Soshla S Uma". Of course, I can't understand the lyrics since they're in Russian, but it's worth a listen.

I also like t.A.T.u.'s version of "How Soon Is Now?", another guilty pleasure song of mine.

30-Day Song Challenge: Day 12 – A song from a band you hate

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I can think of bands I don't like that much but I honestly cannot think of a band that I hate. Why waste effort on actively hating a band when you can just ignore them, change the station when you hear their song on the radio, or change the channel when you see their music video on TV? But, seriously, I can't think of a band I hate. That's it. No song post for today. Bye!

30-Day Song Challenge: Day 10 – A song that makes you fall asleep

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If I'm sleepy enough I can easily fall asleep to any music. I can even fall asleep while listening to rock or heavy metal music.

There was a time when I had a tension headache every single day. I was used to sleeping late and I hated waking up early, and it took a toll on me. It felt like I had a heavy ball of nerves tightly packed in the middle of my forehead, in between my eyes and just right above my nose. It was tolerable but got really annoying, especially when I had to work, so I researched on tension headaches and how to relieve them. One of the "treatments" I tried was listening to relaxing music before and during sleeping as well as while I working. I found that it was effective when I listened to instrumental music so my brain wouldn't get distracted with lyrics, especially if I've become familiar or memorized them.

In my quest for instrumental relaxation I discovered Kitarō, a Japanese musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. His songs are amazing and listening to them kind of takes you to another place.

30-Day Song Challenge: Day 09 – A song that you can dance to

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Technically, I can dance to any song out there, but I can't promise that the dancing would be very good for all songs, haha.

Anyway, for this day's theme, I'm picking "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger featuring Craig David. It's so old school, I know, but I love this song. I remember dancing to this back when I was in high school. I still remember some of the choreography that we had for our performance, too.

30-Day Song Challenge: Day 07 – A song that reminds you of a certainevent

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Man, was this theme difficult. I chose "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga because whenever I hear it I think of our company year-end party last 2009. I sang a rock cover of this song during the party with my band mates.

Yes, that's me, on stage performing "Paparazzi"

30-Day Song Challenge: Day 04 – A song that makes you sad

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One of the few chick flicks I watched in the cinema was P.S. I Love You. I saw the trailer and I got convinced. Plus Gerard Butler was in it...and Lisa Kudrow. So, yeah, I wanted to watch it.

This song wasn't new to me before watching the movie, I had already heard it played on the radio. But, when they used it as background music to one of the scenes in the movie I couldn't help it, tears just started streaming down my face while watching!

30-Day Song Challenge

I've seen several Facebook friends doing this and it seemed interesting enough when I first encountered it, but I was too lazy to start my own list. Basically, the idea is to choose a song, for 30 days, matching the theme or topic assigned for each day. It's a pretty easy task, I hope, and will help in adding more activity to my blog.

My 30-day song challenge starts today!

If you're going to start or are already doing your own 30-day song challenge, comment below and tell me so I can take a peek at your list, too.

Here's the list of themes:

• Day 01 – Your favorite song
• Day 02 – Your least favorite song
• Day 03 – A song that makes you happy
• Day 04 – A song that makes you sad
• Day 05 – A song that reminds you of someone
• Day 06 – A song that reminds of you of somewhere
• Day 07 – A song that reminds you of a certain event
• Day 08 – A song that you know all the words to
• Day 09 – A song that you can dance to
• Day 10 – A song that makes you fall asleep
• Day 11 – A song from your favorite band
• Day 12 – A song from a band you hate
• Day 13 – A song that is a guilty pleasure
• Day 14 – A song that no one would expect you to love
• Day 15 – A song that describes you
• Day 16 – A song that you used to love but now hate
• Day 17 – A song that you hear often on the radio
• Day 18 – A song that you wish you heard on the radio
• Day 19 – A song from your favorite album
• Day 20 – A song that you listen to when you’re angry
• Day 21 – A song that you listen to when you’re happy
• Day 22 – A song that you listen to when you’re sad
• Day 23 – A song that you want to play at your wedding
• Day 24 – A song that you want to play at your funeral
• Day 25 – A song that makes you laugh
• Day 26 – A song that you can play on an instrument
• Day 27 – A song that you wish you could play
• Day 28 – A song that makes you feel guilty
• Day 29 – A song from your childhood
• Day 30 – Your favorite song at this time last year

First!

As a first entry in my new blog, let me share a list (I love lists) while I come up with a better and more substantial topic for my next entry.

10 Simple Truths Smart People Forget

1. Education and intelligence accomplish nothing without action.
2. Happiness and success are two different things.
3. Everyone runs their own business.
4. Having too many choices interferes with decision making.
5. All people possess dimensions of success and dimensions of failure.
6. Every mistake you make is progress.
7. People can be great at doing things they don't like to do.
8. The problems we have with others are typically more about us.
9. Emotional decisions are rarely good decisions.
10. You will never feel 100% ready when an opportunity arises.

source: http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/01/10/10-simple-truths-smart-people-forget/

You can read more about each item on the list from the source of the list in the URL above. I didn't want to just simply copy and paste everything from the source into this post because I find it kind of tacky.

I especially liked numbers 1, 2, 7, and 10. Not totally sure why I do. Maybe because they apply to me? Not really. Probably more because I agree with their ideas. Yeah, something like that. In the end, I guess I like the list because it makes you think. It makes you think about yourself, what you've gone through, and the future.