My favourite song from Encanto: We don't talk about Bruno.

Relaxing music for Autumn.

My Favourite Christmas Carol

 During these times of social distancing, singing carols via Meet may be the only alternative. I've always liked this song and I hope you like it too!

Bella Ciao in Italian and English

Best Songs Nominees 2019

The Most Relaxing Music Ever

According to a member of The European Society of Cardiology, listening to music reduces your cortisol levels and your blood pressure.

Marconi Union, a trio from Manchester has created with the help of sound therapist a soothing tune called Weightless which has proven to have incredibly good relaxing properties.

You will need to listen to it for at least five minutes and you will start feeling its calming effects.

 It worked for me!

Big Little Lies Songs

Stranger Things TV Show Soundtrack

1 - Intro theme 00:00
2 - She Has Funny Cars – Jefferson Airplane 00:51
3 - White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane 04:05
4 - Africa – Toto 06:36
5 - Go Nowhere – Regan Youth 11:08
6 - Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash 12:30
7 - Marquee Moon – Television 15:41
8 - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree – The Dawn, Tony Orlando 26:20
9 - Raise a Little Hell – Trooper 29:50
10 - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths 33:07
11 - I Melt With You – Modern English 37:05
12 - Hazy Shade of Winter – The Bangles 40:52
13 - Waiting For A Girl Like You – Foreigner 43:39
14 - Heroes – Peter Gabriel (from David Bowie) 48:26
15 - Atmosphere – Joy Division 52:38
16 - Elegia – New Order 57:45
17 - Nocturnal Me – Echo & the Bunnymen 1:02:06
18 - Sunglasses at Night – Corey Hart 1:07:02
19 - Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, Basso in D Minor – Orchestra Mozarteum 1:10:59
20 - The Bargain Store – Dolly Parton 1:22:37
21 - exit – Tangerine Dream 1:25:18
22 - Fields of Coral – Vangelis 1:30:47
23 - When It’s Cold I Like to Die – Moby 1:38:30
24 - Carol of the Bells – Mormon Tabernacle Choir 1:42:43
25 - White Christmas – Bing Crosby 1:45:48

The Windmills of Your Mind

This is an oldie which I happened to discover while falling asleep with the credits of Focus, the last film I saw with Will Smith.

  
 

The Hanging Tree sung by Jennifer Lawrence

Into the Woods: To Grandmother's House

This chubby  little red ridding hood won't save a single pastry for her grandmother but sings wonderfully.

Oscar Nominations 2015:Lost Stars

Oscar Nominations 2015 :I'm not Gonna Miss You

Oscar Nominations 2015 : Glory

Family of the Year- Hero

I heard this song for the first time while watching the film Boyhood. I liked the film not only because of the way it was filmed, over twelve years with the same cast , but also because in the simple story of a boy's childhood the director shows us many of the truths of life.Both Patricia Arquette (I still miss Medium)and Ethan Hawke are great in the film and of course Ellar Coltrane who plays the part of the boy who we actually see grow before our own eyes .

X-Men: Days of Future Past Quicksilver Scene

I have always loved this song by James Croce and the scene in which Quicksilver slows time is incredible, the best I've seen in ages.

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day 'til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with

Chef Soundtrack (2014)

John Denver : Leaving on a Jet Plane

In the novel The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan ,the characters sing this beautiful song before boarding a plane.I think we have all thought about this song at least once before a flight . 

All my bags are packed
I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin'
It's early morn
The taxi's waitin'
He's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome
I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Ev'ry place I go, I'll think of you
Ev'ry song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time
Let me kiss you
Then close your eyes
I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

Oh, kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

But, I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

He Mele No Lilo : Traditional Hawaiian Song

While I was reading The Islands at the End of the World I felt like listening to some Hawaiian songs.This one appeared in the film Lilo & Stitch and it is originally from Hawaii.

Mahalo nui ia
Ke Ali iwahine
O lili ulani
O ka Wohi ku
Ka pipio mai o ke anuenue
Na waihooluu a halikeole
E nana na maka I ke ao malama
Mai Hawaii akea I Kauai

O Kal'kaua he inoa
O Ka pua mae ole I ka I'
Ka pua maila I ka mauna
I ke kuahiwi o Mauna kea
Ke'maila I K'lauea
M'lamalama I Wahinekapu
A ka luna o Uw'kahuna
I ka pali kapu o Ka auea

Ea mai ke ali I kia manu
Ua wehi I ka hulu o ka mamo
Ka pua nani a o Hawaii
O Kal'kaua he inoa
O kal kaua he inoa
Ka pua mae ole I ka I'
Ka pua maila I ka mauna
I ke kuahiwi o Mauna kea
Ke'maila I K'laue
M'lamalama I Wahinekapu
A ka luna o Uw'kahuna
I ka pali kapu o Ka auea

Mahalo niu ia
Ke Ali iwahine
O Lili ulani
O ka Wohi ku
Ea mai ke ali I kia manu
Ua wehi I ka hulu o ka mamo
Ka pua nani a o Hawaii
O Kal'kaua he inoa

He Inoa No Kalani Kalakaua Kulele

Lila Downs: La Cumbia Del Mole

Cuentan que en Oaxaca se toma el mezcal con café.
Cuentan que en Oaxaca se toma el mezcal con café.
Dicen que la hierba le cura la mala fé.
Dicen que la hierba le cura la mala fé.


A mi me gusta el mole que Soledad me va a moler.
A mi me gusta el mole que Soledad me va a moler.


Mi querida Soledad,
Me va a guisar un molito.
Por el cielo de Montealban,
De noche sueño contigo.
Mi querida Soledad,
Me va a guisar un molito.
Por el cielo de Montealban,
De noche sueño contigo.


Se muele con cacahuate
Se muele también el pan
Se muele la almendra seca
Se muele el chile y
También la sal
Se muele ese chocolate
Se muele la canela
Se muele pimienta y clavo
Se muele la molendera


Cuentan que en Oaxaca con agua es el cohoclate
Cuentan que en Oaxaca con agua es el chocolate
Dicen que en la fiesta toritos de ha de quemar
Dicen que en la fiesta toritos de ha de quemar
Para el que haga su manda por la pasión de Soledad
Para el que haga su manda por la pasión de Soledad.

Mi querida Soledad,
Me va a guisar un molito.
Por el cielo de Montealban,
De noche sueño contigo.
Mi querida Soledad,
Me va a guisar un molito.
Por el cielo de Montealban,
De noche sueño contigo.