Letter ‘I’ || ABC Music Challenge

Contemporary

I – TAEYEON (feat. Verbal Jint)

Guess where I found this?? *cough* Shazam *cough* Anyways, it’s one of my favourite songs so I hope you like it as well. (It’s really addicting once you’ve listened to it a few times) Well, if you’re not into K-Pop, you probably won’t like it much but it’s worth a listen. Recently, TAEYEON has been really popping into my YouTube feeds and I guess this is one of her more popular songs.

I Shall Walk Looking Up (Sukiyaki AKA Ue o Muite Arukou) – Kyu Sakamoto

This was one of the songs in the movie From Up On Poppy Hill, which is one of my favourite films of all time. If you haven’t watched it, you should. Anyways, I Shall Walk Looking Up is the name on the paid soundtrack from iTunes but I also found that the song was called ‘Sukiyaki’ because it just happened to be a Japanese term that most Americans knew. Of course, the song has NOTHING to do with sukiyaki (search it up, it looks yummy!! ^^ ) AND… apparently, this song topped the charts for AGES, in the ‘60s. I mean, even my grandmother knew the track and she doesn’t listen to music AT ALL!! 😥 Of course, this video isn’t the MV but I’m not sure they would even have one… 🙂

If I Had You – Adam Lambert

I heard this on the radio ONCE and I was hooked!! Personally, I’m not a fan of Adam Lambert but I was addicted to this song for about 2 weeks. It’s a little older and slightly more upbeat compared to his more recent tracks, which (I think) is part of the reason why I like this song so much… ^^

Soundtrack/Instrumental

I giorni – Ludovico Einaudi

I LOVE this song!! It’s one of those pieces that you could play forever and even if it didn’t end, it’d still sound nice. When I’m upset or bored, I can play this piece. When I’m angry, I can play this piece. When I’m happy, I can play this piece. Therefore, I would recommend it to anyone who plays the piano (because any pianist needs to love contemporary classical pieces, not just the ‘classical’ ones)

Baroque/Classical/Romantic

Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2 in A major – Johannes Brahms

In all honesty, I don’t have an opinion on Brahms. I’ve only ever played one or two of his pieces *cough* Hungarian Dance No. 5 *cough* Lullaby *cough*. Anyways, I never listen to his pieces and honestly, I don’t really know much about him. I can, however, honestly say that he is a great composer so I’ll leave it to you to form your own opinion on him. (By the way, this is performed by Arthur Rubinstein, one of the greatest pianists of all time, so it’ll be good ^^ )

Notable Mentions

• Infinity – One Direction
• I Will Never Let You Down – Rita Ora
• I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
• Indaco – Ludovico Einaudi
• I’m Not The Only One – Sam Smith

~Wendi

Letter ‘A’ || ABC Music Challenge

Contemporary

Adventure of a Lifetime – Coldplay

I love this song!! I think it’s just so chill and laid-back but when I first heard it, I was like, ‘what is this??’, I’m never going to like this song and guess what?? It has 3 stars on my iTunes library (which is a HUGE feat because I hate most of the songs in my iTunes library). 🙂 Hopefully, you’ll like it as well.

All With You – TAEYEON

I promised K-Pop!! I found this song on Shazam a few weeks back along with ‘For You’ by Chen, BAEKHYUN & XIUMIN (EXO). Although I haven’t watched the drama this song is from, I love this song and after my exams in June, I’m going to watch the drama just because of the soundtrack!! 😛

Soundtrack / Instrumental

Ame no Nioi ga Suru – Yokoyama Masaru (Your lie in April / Shigatsu wa kimi no Uso)

I was going to say ‘As most of you know…’ but you don’t, at least not yet. I am a HUGE fan of Your lie in April. I swear I’ve watched it at least 3 times and I’ve cried every single time. My siblings both say I’m a little too obsessed because I downloaded EVERY SINGLE TRACK that was ever played in the anime. I think that’s obsessed. This track isn’t even one of the best but it made it up here so… I think that shows something. 😀

Baroque / Classical / Romantic

Allegro – Antonio Vivaldi (Spring – Four Seasons)

I think this is one of the most popular pieces from the Baroque era. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are one of my favourite collections so today, I’m sharing the first movement of the first concerto “Spring” with you. Hopefully, you’ll like it as well.

Notable Mentions

• Andare – Ludovico Einaudi
• Ain’t Nobody (Loves Me Better) – Felix Jaehn (feat. Jasmine Thompson)
• Airplanes – B.o.B (feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore)
• Away – G.E.M.
• Ashitaka and San – Joe Hisashi

~Wendi