Imma Be Bored

What a week. Today is my last day of work this year (in theory, at least) and boy am I thankful for the break. It's been a whirlwind couple of months. On the other hand, I am a little nervous I'm going to be bored with so much time off. When I had a week off in early November I couldn't handle the lack of direction or structure each day. I was bored out of my mind. Which I realize is ridiculous... But what do people do when they're fun-employed or retired? This is a real question - I want to know the answer!

Anyways, if you need me, I'll likely be working on making my Anti-Vacation Boredom list.

The First: Bad Boy by Miranda Lambert

Let's just take a moment to all say it out loud: Miranda's new album is real good. This song has been one of the many I keep hitting repeat on. Part of my love for this song is the raw intro line. At first I was confused but it's grown on me and is now quite close to being my favourite part of this song. That and it's super catchy. Other gems I'd recommend include, Tin Man, Running Just In Case, We Should Be Friends, and For The Birds. In case you were wondering what might be coming in future CMFs. Because *spoilers*: they'll likely be in future CMFs.


The Second: Hell On A Highway by Justin Moore

A classic country song plot: someone is driving away from someone else and one of the two individuals feels like they need to sing about it. Think early Miranda with New Strings, Carolyn Dawn Johnson's Georgia, or Tim McGraw ft. Taylor Swift with Highway Don't Care. It may sound like I'm making fun of them, and don't get me wrong: I am. But I also love these songs. Plus Justin makes a Springsteen reference in this one, so regardless of where you land on the country music loving/driving away song spectrum, you can probably appreciate that.


The Third and Final: With You I Am by Cody Johnson

This song takes me back to my early days of listening to and loving country music. Days of George Strait, Tim McGraw, and Martina McBride. Thanks for sounding like the good ole days, Cody.


I hope you all have an excellent weekend! Things will take a little break on here for the next few weeks as I try to dedicate some time to family and friends for the holidays. Or maybe I'll get so bored I change my mind. No one knows at this point. Merry Christmas and see you in the new year!

Thanks for listening!
Karla

Fresh Outta Titles

Happy Friday, everyone!

I don't know about you, but that felt like a very long four day week (if you had a four day week, that is). You know what I like to do when I've had a long week? I like to sit back, relax, and enjoy some country music. Oh! You do too? Well then how convenient is it that you're reading this right now, huh?

The First: Kinda Don't Care by Justin Moore

If you're looking for a catchy song to have stuck in your head this weekend, this is it. I feel like this is the musical equivalent of eating really well all week and rewarding yourself with a bag of chips and telling yourself you'll "just have a few" and then crushing the entire bag within minutes. So basically what I'm saying is don't ask me if I have plans tonight because I just told you what they are. I have no impulse control, in case that was unclear.
PS Don't ask me what an "Instant Grat Video" is because I have no idea.


The Second: Red Hot American Summer by Post Monroe

When I hear this song all I picture is blaring it while I'm driving down the coast in a convertible with my hair blowing in the wind like some kind of movie star. Now, besides the fact that I know that much wind will immediately cause my hair to be a mess of knots and that I don't own a convertible (don't ask me if I stole it or something because I have no idea where it came from), that seems like it would be a really great way to spend a couple hours this weekend while memorizing all the words to this excellent song. Let me know if you want to join and/or know someone who owns a sports car (grand theft auto isn't really my jam).


 The Third and Final: Reckon by Adam Craig

Twang alert and it's amazing.
Who is Adam Craig? I have no idea but I like him. This song reminds me of Rock On by Tucker Beathard for obvious, double entendre-related, reasons.

Let's all have an awesome weekend, okay? And if for some reason you're not already on that track, perhaps this will help.

Thanks for listening!
Karla

Guess who's back, back again???

Well hello, Friends!!

It's been a couple weeks since we've chatted and my goodness have I missed you! I spent Christmas morning with two pretty adorable tiny humans who were way too excited about Santa's visit, New Year's day waking up unnecessarily early to "be productive on the first day of 2016" (what a fool), and then an unplanned break last week as I was slightly busy helping out with a little gem called the SLC.

A delayed thank you for your patience. I understand that these last few weeks must have been extraordinarily difficult without me/country music updates.


The First: You Look Like I Need A Drink by Justin Moore

If you don't listen to the lyrics, this song is a fun one.


The Second: Lovin' You Is Fun by Easton Corbin

Is this a new song? No.
Do I care? Also no.
I like it and it's fun and isn't that really how it's supposed to be? Yes.
Glad we had this chat.


The Third and Final: Country Ain't Never Been Pretty by Cam

Back with another one from No-Last-Name-Cam. This song is a really fun one to play when you're getting ready in the morning. Something about the irony of curling my hair while singing these lyrics just really starts my day off in a fun, rebellious(?) way.

Please wish me luck as I now head off to camp with 80+ student leaders and some pretty sweet colleagues for the weekend. January is an interesting month to be an extroverted introvert.

Thanks for listening!
Karla

Lists and whatnot

Time to celebrate – it’s Friday, CMFers!

I feel like all the songs that I’ve been loving lately have involved some sort of list-making. What I mean by this is that a large portion of the song lyrics are comprised of the artist listing off all the wonderful things about their love interest. Or all the things about themselves that their love interest makes better. In some cases the love interests are people. In other cases they are a time of year. Or a country. Did I lose you on that last one? That’s okay. You’ll see what I mean soon enough.

The First: Friday Night by Lady Antebellum or Eric Paslay

I. Love. This. Song. I can’t even... ah. So good. So good, in fact, that I have found not one but two great versions of it. Two! If that’s not a marker of greatness, I don’t know what is.

The Second: Ten Time Crazier by Blake Shelton

So adorable. Every girl wants a guy to say that he’s crazy about her. But then Blake Shelton goes ahead and literally surpasses all men on the planet by saying he’s not just crazy about Miranda (we can assume that she’s the one he’s singing about. I always just do.) but he’s ten times crazier about her. Ten times! Imagine winning the lottery and being all “guys! I just won a million dollars!” and then Blake Shelton walks in and goes, “that’s nothing. I just won ten million dollars. I’m buying ya’ll your own unicorn.” That would hurt a little bit, don’t you think? You may say to me, “It’s okay, the good news is that I still have a million dollars to comfort me.” Well guess what, money isn’t everything. Way to be materialistic. So what have we learned today, boys? The lesson is that you should tell that special person in your life that you are eleven times crazier about them than anything else on the planet and just blow Blake Shelton out of the running for Most Romantic Cowboy. You’re welcome. 

The Third: Point at You by Justin Moore

The song that puts a giant, stupid smile on my face whenever it comes on my radio dial. It’s just so happy and sweet and wonderful. 


The Fourth and Final: Stronger Beer  by Tim Hicks

I know, I know. I usually limit CMF to three songs but I just couldn’t do that this week. I just couldn’t, people! And when you hear this song, you’ll know why. It’s too good/ridiculous to pass up. And it would be quite impolite to leave it out of my Lists Roundup, and that’s just not very Canadian, eh? So here you go. A bonus song this week! Woohoo!!! Okay, calm down. Save that energy for your big Friday night plans. Mine include making popcorn, cleaning my house and – hold on to your hats ‘cuz it’s about to get crazy - watching tv. So, yeah. I’m saving my energy.

Thanks for listening!
Karla

It’s Country Music Friday!

Well hello!

Today is Friday, and we all know what that means! Country music!

The First: Bait a Hook – Justin Moore

In which good ol’  Justin attempts to put down his ex’s choice for her new boyfriend by picking out every non-country thing about him. Although the second verse is my favourite (because every good ole country boy should know how to melt a girls heart on the guitar) I think the following line might be the funniest: “I heard he's got a Prius, 'cause he's into bein' green.” Also: be sure to listen to the end bit (from 3:08-3:23 in the video), because it’s also quite a laugh.

The Second: The Wind – Zac Brown Band

Now, let me just start by making the following statement very clear: ZAC BROWN CAN DO NO WRONG. Seriously. The man is a genius. This is their newest song. Very banjo-y, very fun. Please ignore the awful lyric video – they have yet to release the music video for this song.

The Third: Dirt Roads Scholar – Dean Brody

In my book, this may be one of the wittiest country music songs out there. Listen closely to the lyrics – so smart! I think I might apply to be a Dirt Roads Scholar for my grad program – thoughts? “I’m from the dirt road poison ivy league...”

Thanks for listening,
Karla