Parsons Playlists: Road Trip Sing-Alongs

Posted on February 2, 2024 by marmstr3

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Marissa (class of 2025) and features some road trip sing-along songs.

Road Trip Sing-Alongs

This playlist includes classic songs that everyone knows the words to that’ll keep you energized for a long drive. Enjoy!

Cage the Elephant – “Cigarette Daydreams”

Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera – “Feel This Moment”

Gym Class Heroes – “Stereo Hearts”

Coldplay – “Viva la Vida”

Maroon 5 – “Misery”

Hoobastank – “The Reason”

Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”

Taylor Swift – “Love Story” (Taylor’s Version)

Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”

Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”

Don McLean – “American Pie”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEPpzeK8v3s1Sbv0a8ty7G7qzattwmp9F&si=nH2LeFCjS20-JUx9

Parsons Playlists: I Can Buy Myself Flowers

Posted on April 14, 2023 by marmstr3

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student assistant Nicole (class of 2024) and features music by and for independent women.

I Can Buy Myself Flowers

This year has welcomed us with remarkable women in music, stepping up to show how much they are worth and how they don’t need no man! For starters, Miley Cyrus has given a new anthem to all women around the world who have ever been mistreated or underappreciated by their significant other, with her new song “Flowers”. This is a playlist for all the single ladies who have felt the need to roll their eyes at relatives and friends asking if they received any flowers for Valentine’s Day. An independent woman can, in fact, buy herself flowers.

Ashe – “Angry Woman”

Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”

Cyndi Lauper – “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”

Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”

MARINA – “How To Be A Heartbreaker”

Metric – “Black Sheep”

Naomi Scott – “She’s So Gone”

Sara Bareilles – “Love Song”

Sir Chloe – “Animal”

Sohodolls – “Bang Bang Bang Bang”

Taylor Swift – “Karma”

Taylor Swift – “Vigilante Shit”

SZA – “Kill Bill”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZewT0z-VMddL01-ronFgaSDd

Parsons Playlists: Brain Scratch

Posted on March 24, 2023 by marmstr3

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student assistant Marissa (class of 2025). It’s called “Brain Scratch.”

Brain Scratch

Ever listen to a song that scratches a certain itch in your brain? Or, in other words, a song that no matter how many times you listen to it, you can’t seem to get tired of it? I like to refer to those as “brain scratch songs”. This playlist describes that feeling for me, and I hope it will for you as well.

Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors (Radio Edit)”

Tame Impala – “Borderline”

Declan McKenna – “Brazil”

Kelly Clarkson – “Breakaway”

Edison Lighthouse – “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”

Ariana Grande – “poy”

Hoobastank – “The Reason”

SZA – “Kill Bill”

New West – “Those Eyes”

Ariana Grande – “Honeymoon Avenue”

Ritt Momney – “Put Your Records On”

Engelbert Humperdink – “A Man Without Love”

Grouplove – “Tongue Tied”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEPpzeK8v3s1PzCpE2q1X7ErR5A16lFok

Parsons Playlists: Holiday Music

Posted on December 9, 2022 by marmstr3

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Danny (class of 2023) and features a selection of favorite tunes for the holiday season.

Holiday Playlist

Mariah Carey – “All I Want for Christmas is You”

Wham! – “Last Christmas”

John Legend – “Bring Me Love”

Frank Sinatra – “Jingle Bells”

Bing Crosby – “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”

Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton – “You Make It Feel Like Christmas”

Katy Perry – “Cozy Little Christmas”

Kelly Clarkson – “Wrapped in Red”

Shakin’ Stevens – “Snow Is Falling”

Jose Feliciano – “Feliz Navidad”

Chris Rea – “Driving Home for Christmas”

Mud – “Lonely This Christmas”

Hall & Oates – “Jingle Bell Rock”

Jackson 5 – “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”

Andy Williams – “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

Donny Hathaway – “This Christmas”

Brenda Lee – “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree”

Nat King Cole – “The Christmas Song”

The Eagles – “Please Come Home for Christmas”

Burl Ives – “Holly Jolly Christmas”

The Killers – “Joe the Lump of Coal”

Frank Sinatra – “Let It Snow”

Dean Martin – “Silver Bells”

Andy Williams – “Sleigh Ride”

Elton John – “Step Into Christmas”

Kelly Clarkson – “Underneath the Tree”

Ariana Grande – “Santa Tell Me”

Jonas Brothers – “I Need You Christmas”

Perry Como – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

Ella Fitzgerald – “Frosty the Snowman”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zez6fASIKZHOQJCOvcT5ALuP

Parsons Playlists: “Best Live Performances”

Posted on September 23, 2022 by marmstr3

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Eliana (class of 2024) and features a selection of songs recorded live.

Best Live Performances

There’s an endless number of incredible live performances, but these are some of the ones that top my list. I suppose being able to see the real thing would be better but a YouTube video is a close second, right?!?

Kelly Clarkson – “A Moment Like This” (American Idol winning performance from 2002) – A true cultural reset

Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean” (Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983) – An even bigger cultural reset

Rihanna – “Love on the Brain” (Live at Global Citizen Festival 2016) – Performance I would have traded my left kidney for to see live

Miley Cyrus – “Heart of Glass” (Live from the iHeart Festival 2020) – The rockification of Hannah Montana

Soshana Bean – “She Used To Be Mine” from Waitress (From Club Broadway.com 2019) – The storytelling makes this a 15/10

Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Live Aid 1985) – No description necessary

Beyoncé – “At Last” (For Barack and Michelle Obama – Inaugural Ball January 20, 2009) – A defining historical moment that never fails to bring tears to my eyes

Keala Settle – “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman (2017) – BTS you need to see

Ben Platt & Broadway Cast – “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen – (From The Today Show April 2017) – Best of Broadway off of Broadway

Ariana Grande – “One Last Time” (From One Love Manchester June 2017) – Bravery and resilience highlighted in a single performance

Olivia Rodrigo & Joshua Bassett – “Just For A Moment” (Live Performance Vevo 2020) – Didn’t age well but the irony only adds to the heartbreak of the performance

Bruno Mars covers Adele’s “All I Ask” (The Live Lounge BBC Radio 1 November 2016) – Fun fact, Bruno wrote this song. And he kills it.

Here is a version of the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZexFIivdsXLUDb4weJss_Niy

Parsons Playlists: Holiday Mix 2

Posted on December 10, 2021 by marmstr3

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a SECOND playlist of holiday music. This one is curated by Music Library student manager Allison (class of 2022).

Here is a playlist of Christmas songs I enjoy:

Paul McCartney – “Wonderful Christmastime”

John Lennon & Yoko Ono with the Harlem Community Choir – “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”

Brenda Lee – “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree”

Mariah Carey – “All I Want For Christmas Is You”

Bobby Helms – “Jingle Bell Rock”

Michael Bublé – “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town”

The Ronettes – “Sleigh Ride”

Mariah Carey – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”

Chuck Berry – “Run Rudolph Run”

Wham! – “Last Christmas”

Kelly Clarkson – “Underneath The Tree”

Band Aid – “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (1984 version)

Ariana Grande – “Santa Tell Me”

Justin Bieber – “Mistletoe”

The Beach Boys – “Little Saint Nick” (1991 remix)

Sia – “Sunshine”

Here’s a link to the full playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zez11FS6ssT_lzS1yoJDiRnX

Parsons Playlists: Party Like It’s 200x

Posted on May 6, 2021 by marmstr3

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a collection of popular music from the first decade of the 21st century, curated by Music Library student manager Abby (class of 2021).

Per Abby, here’s some “Popular music from 2000-2009 for all your guilty pleasure jam session needs”:

“Bulletproof” – La Roux

“Bad Romance” – Lady Gaga

“Makes Me Wonder” – Maroon 5

“Hot N Cold” – Katy Perry

“Viva La Vida” – Coldplay