Creating a birthday playlist is always a fun part of celebrating. We turn it on during my birthday extravaganza, where we go out driving to various stores and restaurants. It's had the same two songs to start with for a while, amping me up as we leave, and it gets me excited and happy.
I pick songs that I love and new songs and songs that have captured my attention in the previous year. This year, Hamilton and Gilmore Girls and Nashville all were big influences to me, so they are represented. It was Buffy's 20th Anniversary just lately, so there's a few OMWF musical tracks. I got some great geeky bands here at the end of the list. I also try to make it not too heavy on songs that E doesn't like, so the less-country sounding songs from Nashville, and not too much of any one artist.
It was a good mix!
- Ready to Go (US Mix), Republica, 1996
- Are You Happy Now?, Michelle Branch, 2003
- Let Me Go, Avril Lavigne feat. Chad Kroeger, 2013
- Hopeless Romantic, Michelle Branch, 2017
- All of Me (feat. Clare Bowen & Sam Palladio), Nashville Cast, 2017
- Leave the Pieces, The Wreckers, 2006
- City, Michelle Branch, 2017
- Sanctuary (feat. Charles Esten & Lennon & Maisy), Nashville Cast, 2017
- I Knew You Were Trouble, Taylor Swift, 2012
- Won't Back Down (feat. Jonathan Jackson), Nashville Cast, 2017
- Afterglow, Vanessa Carlton, 2004
- I Want Tears, Michelle Branch, 2010
- How We Operate, Grey's Anatomy Cast, 2011
- Rest In Peace, James Marsters, 2002
- Something to Sing About, Sarah Michelle Gellar And James Marsters, 2002
- Wait For It, "Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & Leslie Odom, Jr.", 2015
- Up and Up, Lennon & Maisy, 2017
- Haunted, Taylor Swift, 2010
- Undo It, Carrie Underwood, 2009
- Super to Me (Agent Coulson), The Doubleclicks, 2013
- Lucky Man, The Verve, 1997
- Rolling in the Deep (Glee Cast Version), Lea Michele/Jonathan Groff, 2011
- How to Dream, Sam Phillips, 2004
- In the Name of Your Love (feat. Riley Smith), Nashville Cast, 2015
- I Am the Fire, Halestorm, 2015
- Get Ready, Juliet Simms, 2016
- Breathe, Fleurie, 2016
- La Luna (Bonus Track), Lucy Schwartz, 2010
- Until We Go Down, Ruelle, 2015
- Kiss Me a Thousand Times, RAIGN, 2016
- Take It All, Ruelle, 2015
- Gone Away, Lucy Schwartz, 2010
- When Can I See You Again?, Owl City, 2012
- One More Round, BarlowGirl, 2010
- Stand In the Rain, Superchick, 2007
- Beautiful Times, Owl City (featuring Lindsey Stirling), 2014
- Hurts Like Hell, Fleurie, 2016
- "Fighting Shadows (From ""Terminator Genisys"") [feat. Big Sean]", Jane Zhang, 2015
- Dream On (Glee Cast Version), Matthew Morrison/Neil Patrick Harris, 2010
- Heart On Fire (feat. Lennon & Maisy), Nashville Cast, 2015
- Rock Show, Halestorm, 2012
- The House Rules, Christian Kane, 2010
- Don't Waste The Pretty, Allison Iraheta featuring Orianthi, 2010
- Opening Band, Paul and Storm, 2001
- Impostor, The Doubleclicks, 2013
- Ikea, Jonathan Coulton, 2008
- Wonder, The Doubleclicks, 2014
- All This Time, Jonathan Coulton, 2017
- (I'm the One That's) Cool, The Guild, 2012
- Possession, Sarah McLachlan, 1999
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