Music from Stacy

At this point, there’s no in depth analysis–most of these songs I’ve listened to only once or twice. This is the initial impression; some will grow on me, others will fade.

One thing I learned: I get locked into “the right way”. When someone covers a song that I know, I typically dislike it–or at least prefer “the original”. It doesn’t even have to be the real, historical, original–just the version I know best. (The same was true for original artists performing acapella or live versions of their song–I’d rather hear the full instrumentation, most of the time.)

Below are my initial impressions–

I rated everything a quick 1-4 (since I’m driving, I don’t want to write an essay about each song). [That’s basically: 1=I want to skip it, 2=okay, 3=good, 4=I smile.] Natalie Merchant was the one person who, in 4 songs, had one song at each rating.

4 10,000 Maniacs – Because The Night
2 Adele – Hometown glory (F)
2 Adele – Rolling In The Deep
4 Alanis Morissette – Head Over Feet (F)
2 Alanis Morissette – Ironic (Acoustic Version) [V]
3 Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know (F)
U Alex Parks- Maybe That’s what it takes
3 Amy Macdonald – Mr Rock & Roll
4 Amy Macdonald – Poison Prince
3 Amy Macdonald – This Is The Life
2 Angus & Julia Stone – Paper Aeroplane
3 Angus & Julia Stone – The Beast
4 Annie Lennox – A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Live)
3 Annie Lennox – Walking On Broken Glass (Live) [V-]
2 Backseat Goodbye – Sidewalk Sing A Long
2 Backseat Goodbye – Technicolor_Eye
3 Ben Lee – Catch My Disease
2 Ben Lee – Get Gotten
3 Berlin – Take My Breath Away
4 Beth Orton – Stolen Car
3 Blind Faith – Can’t Find My Way Home
4 Blondie – Call Me (F)
4 Blondie – One Way Or Another (F)
3 Bomshel – Fight Like A Girl
4 Bomshel – Karma Is A Female Dog
4 Bonnie Raitt – Love Sneakin’ Up On You (Feat.
4 Boys Like Girls – Love Drunk
3 Boys Like Girls ft Taylor Swift – Two Is Better Than One
2 Bruno Mars – The Lazy Song
3 Carolyn Dawn Johnson – Complicated
2 Carrie Newcomer – A Map Of Shadows
3 Carrie Newcomer – The Clean Edge Of Change
3 Charlotte Sometimes – AEIOU
3 Charlotte Sometimes – How I Could Just Kill A Man
4 Christina Perri – Arms (F)
3 Christina Perri – Bang Bang Bang
3 Christina Perri – Jar Of Hearts
4 Cobra Starship – Good Girls Go Bad
4 Colbie Caillat – Brighter Than The Sun
4 Colbie Caillat – Fallin’ For You
2 Colbie Caillat – Killing Me Softly [V-]
2 Corinne Bailey Rae – Trouble Sleeping
2 Corrinne Rae Bailey – Put Your Records On
2 Crystal Bowersox – Come Together
2 Crystal Bowersox – Holy Toledo
2 Crystal Bowersox – Ridin With The Radio
3 Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time Ft.Sarah Mclac [V-]
3 Danielle Peck – Kiss You On The Mouth
4 Des’Ree – You Gotta Be (F)
3 Erin McCarley – Blue Suitcase
3 Erin McCarley – Gotta Figure This Out
3 Erin McCarley – Love, Save The Empty
4 Feist – 1234
3 Feist – Mushaboom
2 Ferras – Aliens & Rainbows
3 Ferras – Hollywood’s Not America
2 Girls Aloud – Can’t Speak French
3 Girls Aloud – Rehab
3 Grace Potter And Nocturnals – Ah Mary
3 Haley Rainhart – I’m Your Baby Tonight [V-]
3 Hunter Hayes – Storm Warning
4 Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am
2 Jason Mraz – Butterfly
2 Jason Mraz – I Melt With You
2 Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
3 Jason Mraz – Lucky featuring Colbie Caillat
3 Jenny Lewis – Barking at the Moon
4 Jenny Owen Youngs – Voice On Tape
2 Joss Stone – Right To Be Wrong
3 joss stone – tell me bout it
1 Julian Velard – Jimmy Dean And Steve Mcqueen
1 Justin Nozuka – Be Back Soon
2 Justin Nozuka – Mr. Therapy Man
2 Katie Melua – Closest Thing To Crazy
2 Katie Melua – Piece By Piece
2 Kings Of Convenience Feat Feis – Know How
4 KT Tunstall – Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
4 KT Tunstall – Hold On
4 Kylie Minogue – Get Outta My Way (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit)
4 Leona Lewis – I got you MI51
3 Leona Lewis – Stop crying your heart out MI51
4 Lisa Loeb – I Control The Sun (F)
4 Lisa Loeb – I Do (F)
2 Lucinda Williams – Tryin’ To Get To Heaven
3 Macy Gray – I Try
2 Maximo Park – Girls Who Play Guitars
2 Maximo Park – Sandblasted And Set Free (But good for Jen)
3 Melissa Etheridge – Come On Out Tonight
2 Melissa Etheridge – Meet Me In The Dark
3 MGMT – Electric Feel
2 Naiam Adadapo – I’m Still Standing
1 Natalie Merchant – Bleezer’s Ice-Cream
4 Natalie Merchant – Jealousy
2 Natalie Merchant – The Blind Men And The Elephant
3 Natalie Merchant – Tigerlily – 10 – Where I Go
3 Natasha Bedingfield – Somewhere Only We Know (live on Jo Whiley’s Radio 1 show in the Live Lounge)
3 Natasha Bedingfield Ft. Ne-Yo – The Little Things
4 Nelly Furtado – All Good Things (Come to an End)
2 O.A.R. – Fool in the Rain
2 O.A.R. – She Gone
1 O.A.R. – That Was a Crazy Game of Poker
3 Owl City – Deer In The Headlights
3 Owl city – Fireflies (Jason Nevins mixshow) MI51
4 P!nk – Fuckin Perfect
2 Paolo Nutini – Last Request
2 Paolo Nutini – No No No
1 Paolo Nutini – These Streets
2 Paolo Nutini – Trouble So Hard
3 Patti Smith – Dancing Barefoot
4 Plain White Ts – 1, 2, 3, 4
3 Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah
4 Rachael Yamagata – Letter Read
3 Ray Davies ft Lucinda Williams – Long Way From Home
2 Ray Lamontagne And The Pariah – Beg Steal Or Borrow
4 Regina Spektor – Better
2 Richard Ashcroft – Music Is Power
2 Richard Ashcroft – You On My Mind In My Sleep
3 Rissi Palmer – Country Girl
2 Robin Thicke – Magic
2 Robin Thicke – Teach U a Lesson [Slow]
2 Robinella – Break it Down Baby
3 Roxette – She’s Got Nothing on (But The
3 Runner Runner – Hey Alli (Album Version)
2 Sam Phillips – How to Dream
4 Sara Bareilles – Bottle It Up
3 Sara Bareilles – Fairytale
2 Sara Bareilles – Gravity
2 Sarah Harmer – Oleander
3 Sarah Mclachlan – World On Fire
2 Serena Ryder – Quand Les Hommes Vivront D’amo
2 Serena Ryder – This Wheel’s On Fire
3 Serena Ryder – Weak In The Knees
2 Shannon Curfman – Hard To Make A Stand
2 Shannon Curfman – I Don’t Make Promises I Can’t
3 Shawn Mullins – Fraction Of A Man
3 Shawn Mullins – Lullaby [F]
3 Sheryl Crow – Always On Your Side [A+]
4 Simple Plan & Natasha Bedingfi – Jet Lag [F]
2 Snow Patrol – Crack The Shutters
2 Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes
3 Suzanne Vega – Blood Makes Noise
3 Suzanne Vega – Gypsy
3 Suzanne Vega – It Makes Me Wonder [A+]
3 Swing Out Sister – Breakout
4 Taylor Swift – Back To December
3 Taylor Swift – jump then fall
3 Taylor Swift – White Horse
4 The Band Perry – If I Die Young
2 The Hooters – All You Zombies
2 The Hooters – Karla With A K
3 The Hush Sound – The Boys Are Too Refined
3 The Script – If You Ever Come Back
3 The Script – We Cry
3 Theresa Sokyrka – Waiting Song
3 Toni Braxton – Un-Break My Heart
3 Trailer Choir – Rollin’ Through The Sunshin.mp3