Will You Remember Me?♫
Damn, I’ve missed Sarah McLachlan.
I remember when I was a kid. Whenever we went to Wal-Mart, I would go to the record bar and check out all the new CDs. Back then, Sarah’s Mirrorball album had just been released. I would search for the record, hold the CD in my hands and imagine myself owning it. I once asked my dad why we didn’t buy that CD when we had Surfacing at home, and he said that Surfacing was her best CD and we didn’t need another of her albums. I disagreed at that time, because I really loved the song I Will Remember You, which is in the Mirrorball CD. But honestly, now that I’m listening to most of the tracks in that CD, I have to agree with my dad. Surfacing is a great CD. I don’t know about Afterglow. But that’s not the point. I love Sarah McLachlan.
Edit: How dumb of me, I’m sorry. Mirrorball is not a studio album, it’s a live one.
Lately, I’ve been full of Rachael Yamagata‘s…
I first heard a Yamagata song on the radio in the car, and I knew instantly that I had to search for the song and the artist online. That song was Be Be Your Love, which is now my most played song on iTunes. Currently, I just adore Worn Me Down. I hope to purchase one or all of her CDs someday.
…Michelle Featherstone‘s…
[I love this shot of Michelle. I've been having this obsession with using photos of artists as my laptop wallpaper, which is why I have all these pictures. Currently, my wallpaper is Alanis Morissette, but Michelle will be next.]
Anyhow, my first Featherstone song was Stay, of course, which I heard on One Tree Hill. While listening to all her other songs, I can say she doesn’t disappoint.
…A Fine Frenzy‘s…
I only discovered A Fine Frenzy through a friend. Right now, my favorite A Fine Frenzy song is Liar, Liar, but Almost Lover is wonderful too.
…and Fiona Apple‘s music.
Fiona Apple in my music brain goes way, way back–much like Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette, and Sheryl Crow. Those three were women my dad listened to often, so I got to know them as well. It even got to the point that I would sing Alanis songs, much like I still do now (I sing to–or try to sing to–basically all songs by all of these beautiful, talented women).
Some of my first memories of Fiona Apple were her performance in the Grammys and her music video for Criminal. That’s my favorite song by her, by the way. She really deserved to win a Grammy for it back in the day.
Well, that’s all. I just felt like sharing some of my musical heroines. Next time, I’ll share male artists and rock bands.
Til then.
