The Music of that Soundtracked my 2013

I listened to such a weird eclectic bunch of music this year. Seriously. And not all of it was even music released in 2013. In fact, most of it wasn't. It was, however, MY 2013. Here are ten examples.

1. C2C "Down the Road"  I think I first heard this song in a commercial that involved dancers, horses, and nail polish. It's a very cool mix of old school music and the new stuffs. I obsesses over it for quite a while.
   
2. Vitalic "My Friend Dario"/ "Poison Lips" Vitalic is addictive. Once I started listening to their songs, I just couldn't bring myself to stop.  I couldn't narrow it down to just one song, so I listed both of these.
   
3. Bats for Lashes "Laura" Gah. This song still devastates me. It's one of those songs that I will probably never separate song from video in the way I consider it. The video talks about the feeling we have as we're watching someone we loved with all of our hearts grow older and begin to fade. It's heartbreaking in the most beautiful way.
   
4. Bigbang "Fantastic Baby"  Ahh, the song that sparked my obsession with Kpop. I don't even know or care if anyone else likes this song. I adore it and the boys are so pretty.
   
5. Jack White "Love Interruption" / "I'm Shakin" Again, I couldn't just pick one of these two songs as THE one I was obsessed with. I think every time I would listen to one I would listen to the other. Both songs are amazing on their own, though I believe the video work is excellent on both of them.
   
6. Justin Timberlake "Only when I Walk Away" This song has been my most recent obsession. I'm not the biggest JT fan in the world, but I really fucking love the mixing and darkness in this song.
   
7. Peaches "Boys Wanna Be Her" Peaches actually did a video for this song, but I like the fanvid for the world's hottest lesbian instead. It suits the song and suited my mood when I was listening to it.
   
8. Amanda Palmer "Do It with a Rock Star" Speaking of girl on girl action, Amanda Palmer certainly found her own happy place with alt porn star Stoya. I love the power of the song and how unabashedly AFP it is.
   
9. Adam WarRock "Magneto was Right" / "The Rains of Castamere"I am so happy this man exists. He raps about fiction that I love and does it in a way that is evocative and personal. These two are my favorites and I've listened to them probably a million times this year.
   
10.  Ed Sheeran "I See Fire" I was waddling out of the theater when this song began to play at the closing credits of Desolation of Smaug. It captured everything I loved about the fear and bravery of the story and I knew I needed to listen to it until my ears bled.

These are by no means the only songs I've listened to obsessively in the last 12 months. I left off whole genres of stuff. However, these are the ones that helped pull me through some of the more difficult moments. They are the ones that altered who I was and added to the person I am becoming. I love them all so much and I'm glad they are now a part of my life.