Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Tuesday Lovin' - Passenger and Amazon MP3 Impulse Buys

I spend a lot of time in the car as a cliche suburban stay-at-home mama. Most of the trips are short - to/from preschool, grocery, Target. So I listen to the "regular" radio a lot rather than plugging in my phone to listen to *my* music.

Every now and then I'll hear a song that makes me buy it immediately. I love you, Amazon MP3, for those impulse purchases from my phone.

Passenger's "Let Her Go" was one of them:



I have a weakness for British and Irish male bands and singer-songwriters. What I love about this guy (and yes, Wikipedia tells me it's a guy and not a band) is that you can clearly hear his accent. It's so delightful. :) On a side note, his real name is Michael David Rosenberg, which seems way too serious for a musician.

Since I loved the song so much, and the album was only $6 ($5 now!!) compared to $1.29 for the single, I bought the whole thing, and BOY am I glad. This is absolutely my new obsession - every song is amazing. I love that you can clearly understand his lyrics, which are often brilliant.

There's a song called All the Little Lights which made me weepy while driving the girls to the zoo yesterday - it talks about how every time you feel love, you get another little light in your heart, but how they also go out when something bad happens. He draws such a lovely picture with his words and simple music.

He does have some kid-inappropriate language, but I feel strongly about purchasing music the way it was intended by the artist. If T starts to pick up on it, I'll rethink listening to it in the car.

I really hope I get to see him live. Let me know what you think!

14 comments:

  1. I LOVE IT! I'm partial to all things Irish too...

    PS do you read Irish fiction?

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    1. Only Maeve Binchy, so if you have other recos, I'd love to hear them!

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  2. Will listen to this later...I need new music in my life, I don't have a car at all anymore so I never EVER listen to the radio and get no exposure to anything new. I keep falling back on my old faves from the 80s/90s/early 2000s. It does make me feel OLD

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    1. Me too! I do love that I can share my old faves with my daughter, but new music is good for the soul!

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  3. I've just listened to a few of his tracks, and his voice is lovely. I prefer songs that are more upbeat at the moment though, I think listening to his whole album might make me feel a bit sad! x

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    1. Yes, he is definitely not cheerful :) Some of the songs are really depressing, for sure. I have to be in the right mood for that.

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  4. LOVE that song, even if it is a bit melancholy. He has an amazing voice.

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  5. OK...went and downloaded the whole album. :D

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    1. Awesome! I have been listening to it for the past few days and still love it.

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  6. You should get a commission on those who bought today! Love it!
    I also really enjoyed your parenting advice post from a couple weeks back, such great advice and we just started that sleep routine and it's the BEST! You are so right, first time parents have no idea it can be that easy. Thanks for sharing all of that, I bookmarked it :)

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    1. Hah, I do get a few cents if you click through my Amazon links :)

      The sleep thing literally changed our lives. Within 4 days of implementing that "system", ours slept 11 hours straight (!!!) instead of 6. That worked for us until about 5 months, when she started falling into a more regular 3-nap schedule by the clock.

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