Beyonce's Twins

So I gather that Beyonce gave birth to her twin children earlier this week. I hear it's a big deal for literally millions of people who have never met her. In the midst of this current pop culture event, the ever-faithful People of the Internet have been coming up with several amusing posts about it which I've definitely had a few laughs over. Ah, the internet. I hope it never ceases to be the weird and funny place it is.

Speaking of weird and funny... let's move onto CMF shall we? 😉


The First: Sway by Danielle Bradbery

This was playing the other night as I was standing in the living room brushing my teeth, as one does (I like to meander while brushing), and I very quickly realized I was slowly swaying along. And I just thought that was really nifty. Now, I don't think there's a word for this but hear me out... I feel like this song is like an onamonapia but if instead of the word mimicking the sound, the word mimics the action. Catch my drift? Long story/English lesson short: I just appreciate that this song is titled Sway and legit makes you sway. Swag.


The Second: Heartache On The Dance Floor by Jon Pardi

I still remember when I first heard Jon Pardi's quirky southern twang and becoming really confused by how much I loved it. Well, friends, nothing has changed. I still love the weirdness of it and he keeps making music so that means you're going to continue to hear from him and that's just the way things are for now.


The Third and Final: California by Tim McGraw ft. Big & Rich

I thought about finishing off this week's picks with a really sweet release from Dallas Smith but that'll just have to wait for another week in the interest of keeping this subtle, office-friendly dance party going with Mr. McGraw, Mr. Rich and Big Kenny. As you may have guessed, I really like the Hollywood/Beverly Hills/Sunset Boulevard wordplay. And the beat. I obviously also love the beat (this is car dance party-approved too, in case you were wondering).


Welp. This time next week I'll have wrapped things up at work in order to move into a new position and I can't quite decide how I feel about it. Bittersweet is probably the closest real person word for it, though it's not a perfect fit. Can we make Sadnostalgicnervousexcited a word? Because I really just feel like that's a better descriptor for my current state of being. Regardless of what it's called, let's all just cross our fingers that I get around to actually packing up my office before then! Eek.

Thanks for listening!
Karla

Slightly More Line Dancing Than Normal

I will give you fair warning: the majority of the videos this week are slightly ridiculous. But I hope you'll find them slightly ridiculous in an amusing and charming way, like I do.

(Unlike the ridiculousness outrage that's about to happen south of the border... which is far from amusing and certainly not charming.)

The Second: Can't Turn You Down by Jon Pardi

A bit of a diversion from the usual Jon-O songs I feature on here, but I suppose we can't all be hilarious and slightly self-deprecating all the time. So thanks for the slow down, sir.


The Second: Waiting Kind of Girl by Leaving Thomas

Umm. These two are my new internet besties (even if they don't know I exist...).


The Third and Final: Head Over Heels by The Washboard Union

OKAY. Stay with me here before you hit play on this video.
This is the only version of this song available on the YouTube.
And I really like this song.
And for a few weeks I thought, "Maybe I can wait it out because this video would be kinda odd to send around, not to mention the audio isn't great." But after watching it several times, I've since decided: No. You need this in your life. You need both this song AND this sweet french man who is just trying to spread his love of line dancing with the world in your life.

Here is where I would tell you what I have planned for the weekend, but I think we know each other well enough by now for you to have already guessed that I'll be drowning my inauguration sorrows by spending the weekend practicing the steps to that line dance.

Thanks for listening!
Karla

No Name Post

Helllllloooooo.

Welcome to the I-don't-know-what-number of CMF iterations. Lovely to have you here. So glad you could make it.

You know how sometimes you see a road titled "No Name Road" or there's that grocery brand called "No Name Brand"? And do you ever think to yourself, "That's kind a witty - they couldn't think of a name, but then their lack of name became their name!? And you think about how it was a super smart idea? Well that's what I've done here. Because my brain is exhausted. And also because I'm super smart.


The First: Even If It Breaks Your Heart by Eli Young Band

Just throwing it way back (even though it's not Thursday) to this song that I forgot about. When it first came out I tried to learn it on guitar and failed miserably, despite the efforts of my ever patient guitar-playing father to teach me. So perhaps subconsciously I stopped listening to it out of fear of being reminded of that experience. But then it came on the other day and I haven't been able to get it out of my head. And what do I do with things that get stuck in my head? I lovingly pass them along to all of you on Fridays.


The Second: Running for You by Kip Moore

I thought I would share with you the entire monologue that happened in my brain when I first heard this song on the radio a few days ago. Allow me to set the scene: Monday morning. Let's say it was approximately 8:49am. I'm in my car, driving to work. Still a little sleepy because I thought tea would suffice on what was clearly a coffee morning. The song starts to play...
"Is this Johnny Reid? It sounds like it might be Johnny Reid... How in the world did Johnny Reid manage to come out with a song that I am actually kind of super into? This can't be JR... can it? Either way, I'm loving this song. Way to redeem yourself after years of (in my opinion) subpar music, Johnny!!"
Parked my car, and because my curiosity got the best of me, I looked up the song on my walk to my office...
"Oh. Nevermind. It's Kip Moore. Yes, that makes more sense."


The Third and Final: Head Over Boots by Jon Pardi

I've been head over boots for Jon Pardi's music lately, so here I am to shamelessly share yet one more with you. I'm fully aware it's because of his intense twang.
One thing I am not a fan of: the questionable CGI animations throughout this video (for example, why a tiny hat? Why is the tiny hat only twice as big as the abandoned playing cards? That seems highly inaccurate.).
One thing I am a big fan of: "You're the rock in my roll. You're good for my soul, it's true. I'm head over boots for youuuu."


So I don't personally celebrate Halloween (mostly because I dislike dressing up in costume) but I do wish a happy and safe evening to all of you who do! I will likely be at home watching Gilmore Girls and eating halloween candy I pretend to buy for trick or treaters to save face with the cashier in Safeway, even though we both fully know that that box of 94 chocolate bars will just be for me.

Thanks for listening,
Karla

There are sadly no references to majestic animals this week.

But I do feature some Dallas Smith, which some may say is the same thing.

PS (Which in this case I've decided stands for pre-script, not post-script, since I haven't actually gotten into the thick of it yet): I love it when you all respond to CMF like so many of you did last week. It totally makes my day/weekend/life. Thanks! Your reward is that I won't bore you with a super long introduction and just get into the musak.


The First: Missin' You Crazy by Jon Pardi

This man is basically the epitome of southern twang, in my books. And I obviously love it. A song of his that I have been desperado wanting to feature for the last few months is called Over My Head and every week I check the YouTube hopeful it'll be available and it just doesn't seem to be a thing that's going to happen. But when I do search for it I am always reminded of how good Missin' You Crazy is, and so I figured I might as well share it with you. Also his hair is all fluffy in the video which is, fortunately/unfortunately, not how he styles it anymore. So you have that to enjoy. Having said that, I also encourage you to explore Over My Head on iTunes or Spotify or something because it's really great.


The Second: Move On by Clare Dunn

I like this song for two reasons:
1) The title makes you think it's about something totally different and then she gets all wordplay-y (< english) with the lyrics.
2) Clare seems like a lady not to be messed with and I appreciate that. She completely just owns the stage in this video. Like a Miranda Lambert apprentice.
3) Because I lied when I said I had only two reasons: basically this song is my anthem.


The Third and Final: A Girl Like You by Dallas Smith

Because it's been a reasonable amount of time since I've gushed over this man, so I thought why not today? Mostly I just wanted to make sure that you were reminded that Dallas Smith is still talented and wonderful. This song has been out for well over a year and I still love singing it - particularly the second verse. And by that I really just mean to instruct you to never interrupt me when I'm singing the second verse of this song because I will become unreasonably angry with you if that happens. You like the whiskey in me, I dig your classic thinnng...
If you know Dallas (not in the close personal way I do, of course) you will know that this is definitely not his current single, but you are welcome to check that out too, if you would like (the lyric video features stop motion... so...)


Thanks for listening!
Karla