Best Songs for Rainy Days

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The rainy season is once again upon us and so you need those perfect songs to match the weather. Some are about the rain itself while others are about thunder, rainbows, clouds and lightning etc. anything associated with the gloomy weather. 

Have You Ever Seen the Rain by Creedance Clearwater Revival leads the list, because it is definitely a universal anthem and a renowned classic. There is a mix of rock, pop, EDM and even country to keep us occupied during the season. So here are the best songs for a rainy day: 

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have you ever seen the rain
2. Johnny Nash – I can see clearly now
3. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella
4. Adele – Set fire to the rain
5. Guns N’ Roses – November rain
6. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
7. The Cascades – Rhythm of the rain
8. Evanescence – Listen to the rain
9. B.J. Thomas – Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head
10. Krewella – Lights and thunder
11. Enya – It’s in the rain
12. Celine Dion – A new day has come
13. Dixie Chicks – Rainbow connection
14. Ace of Base – Every time it rains
15. Creedance Clearwater Revival – Who’ll stop the rain
16. Eminem ft. Dido – Stan
17. The Beatles – Rain
18. Bob Dylan – A hard rain’s a-gonna fall
19. Hilary Duff – Come clean
20. Judy Garland – Somewhere over the rainbow
21. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
22. Live – Lightning crashes
23. James Morrison – Please don’t stop the rain
24. Prince – Purple rain
25. East 17 – Let it rain
26. Pitbull ft. Marc Anthony – Rain over me
27. James Taylor – Fire and rain
28. The Corrs – Rain
29. Bruno Mars – It will rain
30. LSD – Thunderclouds 
31. Milli Vanilli – Blame it on the rain
32. Led Zeppelin – The rain song
33. Madonna – Rain
34. The Carpenters – Rainy days and Mondays
35. Kevin Rudolf ft. Flo Rida – You make the rain fall
36. The Script – Rain 
37. Eric Clapton – Let it rain
38. Garbage – Only happy when it rains
39. Missy Elliot – The rain (supa dupa fly)
40. The Doors – Riders on the storm
41. Gene Kelly – Singing in the rain
42. Creed – Rain
43. Carrie Underwood – Blown away
44. Jessie J – Thunder
45. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Naked in the rain
46. Eurythmics – Here comes the rain again
47. Phil Collins – I wish it would rain down
48. Ricky Martin – Livin’ la vida loca
49. Mariah Carey – Through the rain
50. Gary Allen – Songs about rain
51. Billie Myers – Kiss the rain
52. A-ha – Crying in the rain
53. The Wanted – Lightning 
54. Neil Sedaka – Laughter in the rain
55. Lauv – Paris in the rain 

Til the next symphony…

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Xposition - March 2014

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The much anticipated 86th Academy Awards was held on 2nd March at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The Best Original Score went to Steven Price for Gravity. The Best Original Song went to Let It Go from the Disney animated feature film Frozen, which also won the coveted Best Animated Feature Film. The song was written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. The song has gained much recognition for its sharp undertone of female empowerment. The song beat Happy from Despicable Me 2, The Moon Song from Her and Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. The song is performed by Idina Menzel who performed the song at the ceremony which ended with a standing ovation. The song's critical acclaim earned it commercial success which brought it to the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at No.5. A mainstream cover of the song was released by Demi Lovato and also a popular Japanese version by Hyolyn.

The Ultra Music Festival kicked off on the last weekend with headline appearances by Afrojack, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Zedd, Hardwell, Tiesto and Krewella. A notable performance was by Deadmau5's remix of Martin Garrix's Animals with the old children's song Old McDonald Had a Farm.  There was major controversy with security arrangements as a security guard was diagnosed with a brain hemorrhage after being trampled by a crowd of people attempting to gate crash. The Mayor of Miami vehemently condemned the injury and the festival may move to a different location in 2015.

In the US Katy Perry's Dark Horse ran its final run at the top in the first week of March and the rest of the month was dominated by Pharrell Williams' Happy. In the UK too Happy returned to the No.1 spot for a week and was replaced by My Love by Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne. This is Jess Glynne's second number one as she also peaked in the UK for Rather Be with Clean Bandit. Tsunami (Jump) by DVBBS & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah claimed the top spot in the third week followed by I Got U by Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones and She Looks So Perfect by 5 Seconds of Summer in the fourth and fifth weeks respectively. 

Some other good songs released in the UK and US were:

1. Aloe Blacc - The man
2. Tiesto - Red lights
3. Enrique Iglesias ft. Pitbull - I'm a freak
4. Coldplay - Magic
5. Flo Rida - How I feel
6. Foxes - Let go for tonight
7. Lily Allen - Air Balloon 
8. DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn down for what
9. Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway - Wizard
10. Little Mix - Word up!
11. Pixie Lott - Nasty 
12. Paloma Faith - Can't rely on you

Til the next beat…

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The Worst Songs of All Time

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Well, this took ages to complete, but I guess it was worth the wait. Many songs that are released are not worth taking note of. There are so many songs that we haven't heard of by some of our favorite artists and bands, mostly because we only listened to the singles which they release. Therefore, even if there are bad songs among the unreleased songs, we would not know. However, this list concerns the songs that have been released. This list contains songs that are really bad and excruciatingly painful for the ears, but nevertheless gained popularity and even certain accolades. Heading the list is none other than everyone's "favorite" Justin Bieber (sorry to all the beliebers but he has four songs on the list). Some songs like Chinese Food, Facebook uh oh oh and Popozao have such extraordinarily bad titles, one wonders how they became famous. Well not everyone has awesome taste in music, I guess. 

Revered artists and bands such as Cliff Richard, Barry Manilow and The Beatles are all featured in the list and even multiplatinum artists and bands such as the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Usher, Beyonce and the Backstreet Boys. It just goes to show that it's not just Rebecca Black or Double Take that come up with horrible songs.  Also we must not forget the film and television actors and actresses that decide that they can sing all of a sudden. Kate Winslet, Eddie Murphy and Heidi Montag are featured on this list and not to mention personalities who are celebrities by profession such as Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline. So here is the list of the worst songs of all time, and I won't say enjoy, for obvious reasons. 

1. Justin Bieber – Baby
2. Iselin – Chewing gum
3. Starship – We built this city
4. Double Take – Hot problems
5. Rebecca Black – Friday
6. Paul Anka & Odia Coates – (You’re) having my baby
7. Kanye West – Bound 2
8. Alison Gold – Chinese food
9. Phil Collins – Sussudio
10. The Beatles – Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da
11. Kevin Federline – Popozao
12. Kreayshawn – Gucci Gucci
13. Corey Hart – Sunglasses at night
14. Willow – Whip my hair
15. Meatloaf – I’d do anything for love
16. Eddie Murphy – Party all the time
17. Baha Men – Who let the dogs out
18. Beyonce – If I were a boy
19. Black Lace – Agadoo
20. Valentina Monetta – Facebook uh oh oh
21. Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy, breaky heart
22. Kate Winslet – What if
23. Heidi Montag ft. Spencer Pratt – Body language
24. Owl City – Fireflies
25. Dawn ft. Tony Orlando – Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree
26. Aqua – Barbie girl
27. Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up
28. Right Said Fred – I’m too sexy
29. Celine Dion – My heart will go on
30. Wham! – Wake me up before you go-go
31. Bette Midler – From a distance
32. Rico Suave – Gerardo
33. Bombaluirna ft. Timmy Mallett – Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini
34. Will Smith – Getting’ jiggy wit it
35. Paris Hilton – Nothing in this world
36. Vanilla Ice – Ice, ice baby
37. Don Johnson – Heartbeat
38. Justin Bieber ft. Chance the Rapper – Confident
39. Cliff Richard – The millennium prayer
40. Nicki Minaj – Stupid hoe
41. One Direction – What makes you beautiful
42. Taylor Swift – We are never ever getting back together
43. Natasha Bedingfield – I wanna have your babies
44. Britney Spears - …Baby one more time
45. Annie Lennox – No more I love yous
46. Justin Bieber ft. Jordin Smith – Never say never
47. Kesha ft. 3Oh!3 – Blah, blah, blah
48. Miley Cyrus – Adore you
49. Los Del Rio – Macarena
50. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call me maybe
51. New Kids on the Block – Hangin’ tough
52. Vengaboys – Uncle John from Jamaica
53. Barry Manilow – Copacabana
54. Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce – Telephone
55. Jimmy Ray – Are you Jimmy Ray?
56. The Offspring – Pretty fly (for a white guy)
57. Sisqo – Thong song
58. Aaron Carter – I want candy
59. Justin Bieber ft. Big Sean – As long as you love me
60. Middle of the Road – Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
61. Eminem – My name is
62. Britney Spears – Oops! I did it again
63. The Cheeky Girls – The cheeky song (touch my bum)
64. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella
65. Gwen Stefani – Hollaback girl
66. One Direction – Best song ever
67. Backstreet Boys – Quit playing games (with my heart)
68. Vanessa Carlton – A thousand miles
69. Sam and the Womp – Bom bom
70. Steps – 5,6,7,8
71. Helen Reddy – I am woman
72. Ricky Martin – She bangs
73. Bobby McFerrin – Don’t worry, be happy
74. Michael Bolton – Can I touch you there?
75. Samantha Fox – Touch me ( I want your body)
76. Bryan Adams – The only thing that looks good on me is you
77. Colour Me Badd – I wanna sex you up
78. Milli Vanilli – Baby, don’t forget my number
79. One Direction – One thing
80. Crash Test Dummies – Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
81. Nicki Minaj – Your love
82. The Beach Boys – Kokomo
83. Limpbizkit – Rollin’
84. Deep Blue Something – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
85. Black Eyed Peas – My humps
86. The Everly Brothers – All I have to do is dream
87. Usher ft. Will.I.Am – OMG
88. Big Time Rush ft. Snoop Dogg – Boyfriend
89. Nikki Webster – Strawberry kisses
90. The Fast Food Rockers – Fast food song
91. Akon – Lonely
92. Lou Bega – Mambo No.5
93. Taylor Swift – We are never ever getting back together
94. The Chordettes – Lollipop
95. Bob the Builder – Can we fix it?
96. Vengaboys – Boom, boom, boom, boom
97. Spice Girls – Wannabe
98. Soulja Boy – Crank that
99. Selena Gomez – Come and get it
100. Will.I.Am – I got it from my mama

Til the next chord…

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