My iTunes Purchases

Hey everyone!

Today has been a very, very long day and I'm still ill so I thought I would treat myself to a bit or retail therapy and bought a few things. I bought myself season 14 of Family Guy and the complete box set of Miranda, so far today I have managed to blast through 21 episodes of Family Guy and I'll be starting my Miranda box set later on. Other than my fabulous DVDs I bought myself some new albums from iTunes that I've been after for a very long time. I was given £25 worth of vouchers for iTunes for Christmas and I was initially struggling to think of albums I wanted until I had a look through my iPod and remembered all those I really fancied. This post is just going to be about what I bought from iTunes earlier today. 

Firstly, I bought myself Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. This album was the only album of The Beatles that I didn't have, so I thought it was about time that I got it. I first heard The Beatles when I was about 4 or 5, or at least that's the first time I remember hearing them, myself and my grandparents were on the way to Whitby, a lovely North Yorkshire seaside town, and I just instantly fell in love with their sound. It was when i got oder that I heard this album and although it was totally different to their usual stuff I still loved it so I was determined to have all of The Beatles albums and now I finally do!

The second album I bought was The Very Best of Dolly Parton. I love this woman and I think she is the definition of fabulous, her and Elton John were two of my favourite artists when i was younger, admittedly, although it may be cliched, my favourite song of Dolly's is 9 to 5. I'm a damn good country singer too if I may say so myself so I think that definitely adds to the peal of her music for me personally. I'm really looking forward to listening to this album.

I also bought Anne Murray The Best...So Far. I've only recently discovered the music of Anne Murray and Oh My Days. This woman has a beautiful voice and I completely relax whenever I hear her sing, I'm really drawn in by the songs she sings too. Some of my favourite songs of hers include Snowbird (obviously), You Needed Me and Just Another Woman In Love. I actually discovered her through Family Guy, most of my favourite songs I find on TV shows or movies now I come to think of it...

I'm not one for listening to modern artists predominantly but there are a few I like such as McFly/McBusted, Taylor Swift, One Direction, The 1975 and Ed Sheeran being a few. Ed Sheeran is one of my favourites and I have the rest of his albums so when I saw 'X' on iTunes I bought it right away, I love Tenerife Sea and Thinking out Loud, they are (in my mothers and my own words) MINT!


The fifth album I got was blink-182: Greatest Hits. Come on! Who doesn't love Blink?! If I'm doing a spending spree on iTunes I just can't resist getting Blink or My Chem songs or albums but I've got all the albums for my Chemical Romance so Blink it was. For a really long time I went through a phase of just ignoring my Blink 182 albums but in the last year or so I've really gotten back into them and I don't regret it one bit. 

Finally I got The 1975 by The 1975... Who else really? I've really liked these guys since I heard Chocolate in 2013 I think it was, funny story, that song actually helped me with my driving lessons because when I was learning I would never use gas when going up an incline but whenever I would see one I'd always sing "we're building our speed as we're approaching a hill" which helped me remember what to do haha. Technically I bought this album a few months ago but I got halfway through downloading and had some issues downloading the rest so I took the opportunity to download the rest today. 

So that was my iTunes spending spree for today. My music taste, as mentioned in another previous post is pretty eclectic as you can see from this post and my older What's On My iPod? Top 25! post from last week. 


Love Katherine. X

What's On My iPod? Top 25!

My lovely iPod Classic

I've been really looking forward to making this post for a good few days now, I'm very music orientated so any chance to post about something music related is a chance not to be overlooked, in my opinion. I love listening to music and that's usually what I'm doing if I haven't got my nose in a book, I also sing myself which I adore and I must admit I'm very good at (nothing like blowing your own trumpet, eh?). I'd probably say I've got a pretty eclectic taste in music really, I'm always open to new artists and genres but I really can not stand heavy metal or death metal, I prefer County or Easy Listening type music but I listen to artists such as My Chemical Romance, Nicki Minaj, McFly, Foster and Allen and The Dubliners on a regular basis. Elvis and Cliff Richard are two of my favourites as well mind you. 

Anyway, I was originally planning on doing a Favourite Artists type thing for this post but because I have so may and over 4,000 songs on my iPod i thought I would simply do a list of my top 25 most listened to songs, so hopefully you'll all enjoy reading this post as much as I enjoyed writing it! The list starts from my 25 most listened song to my one most listened song.

25. Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom

24. Lucy Spraggan - Lighthouse

23. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

22. Taylor Swift - Stay Stay Stay

21. Straight No Chaser - Rhythm of Love/Can't Help Falling in Love

20. Don McLean - American Pie

19. Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh What a Night!)

18. My Chemical Romance - Teenagers

17. Scissor Sisters - I Can't Decide

16. Ann Murray - Snowbird

15. The Dubliners - Monto

14. McBusted - Get Over It

13. Wham! - Last Christmas

12. Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day

11. Jellyfish - Baby's Coming Back

10. One Direction - Over Again

09. Maroon 5 - Misery

08. Demi Lovato - On The Line

07. Blink 182 - All The Small Things

06. Erasure - A Little Respect

05. Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel

04. The Four Tops - Loco in Acapulco

03. McFly - Love is on the Radio

02. Donny Osmond - I'll Make a Man Out of You (from Disney's Mulan)

01. The Beatles - Love Me Do

So there you have it! My top 25 most played songs on my iPod, if you have any favourite songs let me know in the comments section I'd love to hear them!

Love Katherine. X

Soundtrack to My Life Tag

Hey All!
This post was suggested to be by my riend Aymie, she's also a fab blogger and she did this post earlier in the month, you can take a look at her post here. After looking over the questions I thought I'd definitely have a go myself; let's get going then...

1. Song you listen to when you're happy? 
Right now it's Galway Girl by Foster and Allen Ft. Shane Ward. I love this song and I have a soft spot for Irish music.

2. Song you listen to when you're sad?
I always listen to 'A Thousand Years' by Christina Perri, because sometimes you just want to listen to a soppy song.

3. What song will you have at your wedding?
I have always said that if I ever get married I'll have Ben E. King's 'Stand By Me' playing as my first dance. It's such a lovely song and I think it fits perfectly with the feel of a wedding.

4. What song do you dance around the house to?
I'll dance to anything but at the moment it's 'Dance With Somebody' by the late, great Whitney Houston.

5. Song you play on your headphones when you're out and about?
Usually it's nothing particular but lately I've been listening to a lot of Queen and the last song I went out listening to was 'Killer Queen', a classic.

6. Song you listen to when you're angry?
I usually like to listen to violent or angry music when I'm angry myself because it actually tends to calm me down so I like to listen to Rob Zombie's 'Living Dead Girl', I also love the Chucky movies so it's a bonus that that song was on Bride of Chucky.

7. Song you'd have at your funeral?
I don't want my funeral to be miserable so I'd like something like my all time favourite song which would have to be Thin Lizzy's 'The Boys Are Back in Town'.

8. Song that makes you lose your s**t at a party?
Edge of Glory by Lady GaGa, I just adore this song and it's such a tune to dance about to. You'll find me on the dance floor as soon as this song comes on at any party.

9. Your karaoke song?
Oh...tough one, I'd probably say Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On, I can slay a room with this song when I'm up on stage!

10. Song you exercise to?
Definitely Outkast's Hey Ya! This song motivates me SO much it's unbelievable, it's fab to exercise to because it fits any type of physical activity.

11. Song with the most memories attached? 
Not sure who it's by but there's an old song called Me and My Teddy Bear and I just remember my Grandma and Mam singing this to me when I was really small; I also have a 60 year old teddy bear that's been handed down from my Grandma's generation to my Mam's then to me. Every time I see this teddy bear I hear that song.

12. Song that makes you cry?
Passenger's Let Her Go. I'm not a particularly emotional person when it comes to music but this just brings me to tears every time I hear it. It's an emotional song and I cry whenever it's played.

13. Song you hate the most?
Every. Single. Rave. Song. Ever! I don't see the point in that type of music to be honest.
Thanks for reading my Soundtrack to My Life Tag, it was fun writing it. Be sure to check out Aymie's post too!


Love Katherine. X