21

I haven't written much on here lately that hasn't been assigned by my teacher. I'm truly sorry for that, however, I have been really stressed and exhausted these past two weeks back from break so I've been opting for naps after school instead of blogging.

My older sister, the freshman at IU, just purchased the CD 21 by Adele and I am in raptures with it. "Turning Tables" was featured on Glee last night and while I don't believe Gwyneth sang as well as Adele, it's such a good song it didn't really matter. "Someone Like You" is also a favorite of mine, lamenting the moving on of a past boyfriend/lover. Adele is very soulful and I usually reserve her for when I'm in a bad mood or when I'm sad, which has been, unfortunately, very frequent lately. Oh, come on, school's almost over, yet we still have a bunch of stuff to do. We all deserve to be a little peeved, especially juniors who have to start worrying about college and starting applications and making ourselves look perfect so that we'll be accepted. And then there's the money i$$ue. Short paragraph even shorter, I hate school right now.

Cover It Up

Covers. I love hearing new artists sing my favorite songs and put their own spin on them. A few months back I was really into MGMT and found three covers of their songs by three different people. Katy Perry, The Kooks, and Sunday Girl, whose cover is sadly not available on iTunes. If you want to hear Sunday Girl's cover of Time To Pretend look it up on Youtube. It's really good (*warning* it does say the F word, although being in high school you probably hear that word a million times a day, unfortunately). They took these electronic, hyped up songs that I love to jam to and slowed them down, made them easier to understand and gave me a new perspective on their songs. It just goes to show how every song is versatile, and really showcases the artists' talents. Speaking of talented cover-ists (?) this guy, Sam Tsui on Youtube (channel kurthugoschneider) is AWESOME! He made me like songs I didn't even like to begin with. Hold It Against Me by Britney Spears was too club-beats for me but when my friend showed me his version, I didn't even connect the two songs as the same. It is so good and just goes to show that switching up the tempo, mood, etc. can make even the most insufferable songs enjoyable. (See Just A Dream by Sam Tsui & Christina Grimmie).