6 & a Half Things: Vintage Music: Back to the Future

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Vintage Music: Back to the Future

My Papa played with Elvis. He ruled.

I may be a lot of things, but computer whiz is not one of them. I made a DEEElightful playlist for you guys and now I am having trouble making it launch right up when you link to our page. Sorry about that, sweet peas. On the plus side, all you have to do is click on the playlist button to your right --> and it will launch in a new window. Inside this playlist, you will journey back into the 50s where big band was still trumpeting in the spotlight and women were finally making their voices heard. Ride the turntables with me through each decade and revisit the days when music first began to change the world. It's magical, I promise you.

And as a BONUS (?!) I have collected 15 of the greatest cover songs of all time for your listening pleasure. They are catalogued here for your downloading enjoyment. Some of them may be slightly difficult to find, just a warning. I find it much easier to google each song and find them that way. These are amazing and they speak for themselves. Download. Listen loudly. Just do it. You can thank me later.

1. "Valerie" by Ra Ra Riot (Steve Winwood cover)
2. "Benny and the Jets" by Haley Reinhart (Elton John)
3. "Kiss on My List" by The Bird and the Bee (Hall & Oates)
4. "D.D." by The Weeknd (Michael Jackson)
5. "Is this Love?" by Corinne Bailey Rae (Bob Marley)
6. "I Want You Back" by Discovery (Jackson 5)
7. "Free Fallin'" by John Mayer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
8. "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" by Sara Bareilles (Otis Redding)
9. "Friday I'm in Love" by Dean and Britta (The Cure)
10. "Dreams" by The Kills (Fleetwood Mac)
11. "Time After Time" by Boyz II Men (Cyndi Lauper)
12. "I'm Going Down" by Vampire Weekend (Bruce Springsteen)
13. "I'm on Fire" by A.A. Bondy (Bruce Sprinsteen)
14. "Dearest" by The Black Keys (Buddy Holly)
15. "Your Song" by Ellie Goulding (Elton John)

Please note - these are not meant to be downloaded in order, otherwise I would have spent much more time on sequence, as we all know how important that is:). These are pop-friendly, and should be enjoyed by anyone from your hipster little sister to your old-fashioned grandma. Have fun.

My Granny Margie took me to my first concert in 1990.

- Morgzz

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Why 6&1/2

Life in Memphis as a young professional has gotten so much better, have you noticed? We have and we started this blog as a way to explore life in our city. Rather than bombard you with an overload of drama that will just stress us all out, we have come up with half a baker's dozen ways to sum up most fashion and beauty tips, events, and ways to describe real local life. We won't always stick to that number, and hey - sometimes there will be no number. But it's a good way to start, yes? This is simply Memphis from the perspectives of two youngish, bold, fun-loving, simple kinda girls. Enjoy!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

CT

I'm Cassie. I will attempt to be informative about myself but please know that until you meet me in person, you really can't understand how bizarre I am. I'm 23 and I'm just a list making, cookie baking, costume collecting, good thinking girl from Memphis. I have 3 younger siblings, 2 legs, 1 tattoo, and a whole lot of love to give. Right now I live in midtown and frequent The Blue Monkey, Ballinger's, Playhouse on the Square, Taco Bell and wherever else I can skip to. I've done a lot of theatre in the area and the occasional commercial spot (resume available upon request). Currently, I work a boring day job in order to support my bad habits and afford my sassy studio apartment. Never have I ever been good at roller skating, cooking, sports, or biology. But at least I know what my weaknesses are, right? Also, my mom is hott, so I have no complaints. I'm just a freelance party girl.

MORGZZ

Hi I'm Morgan and I'm scared of EVERYTHING. Like frogs. And planes. And sometimes elevators. And the fact that I'm 32. I am at a very new point in my life- divorced, out on my own in the big bad world, working four jobs just because I want to, single parenting two great awesome chickies who I love more than anything and discovering who I am and what I want in life. I'm getting closer every second. My day job is mostly social media and the like for a medical clinic here in town. I am also a freelance writer for two national teen girl magazines, both based locally here in Memphis. I also teach theatre to little kids a couple of days a week. When I am not working, I'm obsessing over my new record player, making playlists for people I care about and/or have crushes on, collecting pictures of my fake boyfriend Shaun White, doing cartwheels as much as adultly possible, and inventing new ways to entertain my two wonderful daughters, awesome friends and loving family. I'm the president of happiness or at least I try to be.

Have fun reading. Just don't judge. Judgers are not welcome here. In fact, we have extra sensitive security cameras to protect against that sort of nonsense. If you are caught judging, you will have a curse put on you and wrinkles will start appearing on your hairline and will keep growing until your whole face looks like those ugly wrinkly dogs.