30 Day Blog Challenge Day 6: My Views on Mainstream Music

Wow, this is a bit of an incendiary topic for me. I hate mainstream music. I simply despise it. Do I listen to it? Yes, sometimes. Do I even like some of it, sometimes? Yes, I do. But I absolutely hate how the market is completely and utterly dominated by American music. I dare you to find a Top 40 chart that doesn't have Rihanna or Pitbull on it before that country's home-grown, better music.

But, hey, maybe it's just me.

Song of the Day: Sacrifice

iTunes Shuffle Game: Part Zagillion!

I love those iTunes/iPod/MP3 Player Shuffle challenges, so I decided to make one of my own.

1. Your Wake Up Song! AKA the one you wake up to in the morning. 
2. Your Song for Your Dog; AKA the one that describes the relationship between you and your dog. 
3. Your Fika Song; AKA your coffee break anthem, because everyone needs one
4. Your Song for the Evening; AKA the song you play while slipping into a little red dress for a night on the town
5. Your Party Anthem Song!
6. Your Ooh-la-la Romantic Song; AKA the one you use the impress all the other princes and princesses around town. 
7. Your Secret Song; AKA the song that harbors all of your secrets. 
8. The song that's playing when you discover your house is haunted.
9. Your potty-dance song. Hey, every dance needs a song, right? 
10. Your theme song; AKA the Story of Your Life

The rules are simple. Put your iPod on Shuffle and tell all. 

1. Take Me With You; Dima Bilan. Oh yeah, I totally wake up to this every day. 
2. Miss Atomic Bomb; the Killers. This is so wrong. 
3. Devenir Cheyenne; Pow Wow. This is more like a song to play while giving a graviloquence. 
4. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys: Willie Nelson. Okay, maybe this is a good evening song. 
5. Make Me Believe; Angel Taylor. Not bad, I suppose. 
6. Jarama Valley; Woody Guthrie. Oh God.
7. Notre Dame de Paris Act 2 Song 12. Um... Non. 
8. Fantasia in A. Yes. This is exactly the kind of music the ghosts in my mansion would play on the Baby Grand in the second floor foyer. It's uncanny!
9. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song; First Aid Kid. Okay, this is just a silly one. 
10. And the Story of Kaija can be found in... Unspoken; Hurts. Poor Kaija. 

Kaija's Favorite Genre of Music

I'm sure my loyal subjects are all anxiously awaiting to hear what Princess Kaija's favorite genre of music is.

Surely a princess as poised and graceful as Kaija spends her days listening to classical music, oui? Non!

Well, then perhaps Her Majesty enjoys alternative music. Princess Kaija is as unique as a rainflower; it would only be logical. Nope, not alternative either.

Okay, I'll give you a hint: At our last kingdom-wide dinner party, the Their Majesties the Queen and Princess Kaija served a dessert named after this obscure genre of music. What! You missed our dinner party? Well, I can't give you the recipe, because it's a Super-Duper Classified Royal Secret, but I can tell you the name: scandipop.

Yup, that's right. My mum, AKA the Queen, thought my favorite music genre sounded like a dessert (which it totally does), so we consulted with the royal chefs to create our Awesomely Amazingly Yummy Scandipop Dessert!

You can listen to some scandipop here (do it for the princess) and eat some Scandipop at the next kingdom-wide feast, which will take place in the Royal Courtyard on the first day of the Month of Crimson Flowers! Both myself and the Queen look forward to seeing you there!