#or how I could have chosen any Kelli O'Hara song because she's my fave Broadway soprano

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Any/all of 16, 17, 21, 22 for the song asks 💓

16. Most beautiful vocal performances

My Luve is like a Red, Red Rose // Voces8

Maria // West Side Story (specifically the 1961 film version)

Almost Real // The Bridges of Madison County

Jubilate Deo: VI. Alleluia (Song of the Earth) // Dan Forrest

17. Songs most likely to give me full-body shivers

(honestly I feel like this happens to me with a lot of music, so these are the ones that come to mind:)

Romance from Piano Concerto in A Minor // Clara Schumann

The Deer's Cry // Voces8

Omar Sharif // The Band's Visit

Millstatt // The Arcadian Wild

21. Songs that make me think of my favorite books

Gravity // Sara Bareilles

Not With Haste // Mumford & Sons

Orpheus // Sara Bareilles

illicit affairs // Taylor Swift

22. Songs in which I see myself

No One Else // Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

peace // Taylor Swift

The Cave // Mumford & Sons

The Graduate // The Arcadian Wild

lessons // Lilli Furfaro

The Words // Anais Mitchell

Kathy's Song // Simon & Garfunkel

#these really stretched me! which is good! #thanks leah :) #ugh i could say so much about any of these songs #like how much i love the soloists in My Luve #or how I could have chosen any Kelli O'Hara song because she's my fave Broadway soprano #how when I watched Omar Sharif at the Tony Awards I literally forgot I was watching a performance through my TV screen and melted into a #dream woven by Katrina Lenk #in case you're wondering: i couldn't think of hardly any of my favorite books so half of that very short list is about the Iliad #(are we surprised) #i realized as i was making this that my literary worlds and my musical worlds just don't intersect that much? like i'll think of a #character or plot while I'm listening to a song but not often and not really the other way around #but now i want to make a playlist that's just my favorite songs (no particular genre no theme no carefully organized list) so that i can #just be like “here” and shove it towards any new friends i happen to meet #ask game #about me