{"id":3293,"date":"2015-02-13T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2015-02-11T11:00:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T17:00:22","slug":"my-ultimate-miranda-lambert-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/02\/13\/my-ultimate-miranda-lambert-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"My Ultimate Miranda Lambert Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Miranda Lambert\u2019s huge success of winning the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/miranda-lambert-wins-best-country-album-grammy-20150208\">Best Country Album Award<\/a> at the Grammys for her album <em>Platinum<\/em>, I began reminiscing on some of her old albums and decided to compile a playlist of my all time favorite Miranda Lambert songs, although there\u2019s no way I can fit ALL of my favorites I\u2019ll do my best!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Miranda Lambert Gunpowder &amp; Lead (Lyrics in description)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vMMTx2VIub4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gunpowder &amp; Lead&#8221; has to be one of my absolute favorites. Growing up Lambert\u2019s family took in abused women and children. She wrote this song for those women, describing how she herself would handle an abusive relationship. Although it covers a dark topic the song is a kickass girl power jam.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Miranda Lambert - Mama&#039;s Broken Heart\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7yg05svXp98?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mama\u2019s Broken Heart&#8221; was actually given to Lambert by Kacey Musgraves, one of the original writers along with Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally. It\u2019s about a girl who gets her heart broken and starts acting out because of it. When people in the town notice the girl\u2019s behavior her mom is informed and tries to put her in line. I love this song because it perfectly describes the crazy emotions that go through your head when you get your heart broken. \u00a0I actually got to see Brandy Clark perform this when she opened for Jennifer Nettles this past summer!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Miranda Lambert - Only Prettier (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Pp66FNd54M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only Prettier&#8221; is one of Lambert\u2019s snarkiest songs, written about two groups of girls that cannot get along and think the absolute worst of one another. The song is about Lambert\u2019s group of friends saying the only difference between the two groups is that hers is prettier.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"I Wanna Die-Miranda Lambert\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/loi84hFSHoM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I Wanna Die&#8221; describes the singer\u2019s relationship with a guy who she knows is a complete jerk, but wants him anyways. This song is super relatable for just about any girl on the planet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V_UPbe8XgGE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V_UPbe8XgGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now we transition to a\u00a0group of deeper, more meaningful songs. The song \u201cOver You\u201d was actually written by Lambert and Blake Shelton about Shelton\u2019s old brother, who was killed in a car accident when he was a teenager. Lambert added the song to her album <em>Four the Record<\/em> to honor Shelton and his brother\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7D2-oD06SWo\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7D2-oD06SWo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The House That Built Me&#8221; holds the biggest personal connection for me. Written about a young woman going back to the house she grew up in to visit and try to find a small piece of the person she used to be. When this song first started playing on the radio my mom always told me it reminded her of me because she knew I was going to grow up and leave home (Virginia) someday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Miranda Lambert - Famous In A Small Town (Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_xjy6EuMPGA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always loved &#8220;Famous in a Small Town.&#8221; My dad grew up in a small town and whenever we go back to Alabama to visit I\u2019m constantly reminded of this song. Everyone knows everything about everyone else. This past summer I went to the mall with my dad and my aunt and they saw at least 2 people they knew in EVERY. SINGLE. STORE. It was the longest shopping day I\u2019ve ever had, needless to say this song is not an over exaggeration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WMXG1-YKn1c\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WMXG1-YKn1c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of Miranda Lambert\u2019s newer songs, &#8220;Automatic,&#8221; is another great track. I love it because it\u2019s one of those songs that brings you back to your roots. It reminds us all of simpler times before we had internet to do everything and before we started living in this &#8220;instant&#8221; society. I think it\u2019s a great reminder that we need to work for the good things in life.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kerosene<\/em> is by far my favorite Miranda Lambert album, and as many of you may know it was her first album. All of the songs on the album are very simple, such as &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Be Bothered,&#8221; &#8220;New Strings,&#8221; &#8220;Kerosene,&#8221; &#8220;Me and Charlie Talking,&#8221; and &#8220;Bring Me Down.&#8221; These songs make me think of the battle between the Texas Country and Nashville Country subgenres that we\u2019ve been discussing in class. This album is very much Texas Country and each song has a very raw sound.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Miranda Lambert Me and Charlie Talking with lyrics (New Video Uploaded)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tmSVCTYPzPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Miranda Lambert has been very successful with 5 hit albums, countless music awards, and years of sold out tours. She is a strong woman with admirable morals and amazing talent. Her country music style changes with each album and I can\u2019t wait to see what she does next. What are some of your favorite Miranda Lambert songs? Leave them in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Miranda Lambert\u2019s huge success of winning the Best Country Album Award at the Grammys for her album Platinum, I began reminiscing on some of her old albums and decided to compile a playlist of my all time favorite Miranda &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/02\/13\/my-ultimate-miranda-lambert-playlist\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,63,14,16,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-music-videos","category-reflection","category-song-analysis","category-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3302,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions\/3302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}