It could be terrible or be great! You Choose.

There is a song that I've been enjoying the last couple of months. It made me chuckle at myself because is was by a band that also performs a song that I'd ALWAYS made fun of and is now so overplayed I want to rip my eardrums out when it plays on the radio at the gym. (thank goodness for ipods!!) So anyhow, I felt, okay this is a cheesy song, but I really really like it and couldn't figure out why.

Today in the car, my 6 year old son asked me to play it, but I didn't have it on my phone, so I looked it up on YouTube and found this video. At the beginning of the video, the lead singer introduces the song and it's meaning:
"Everyday when you wake up you get to choose what that day's gonna be. it could suck or it could be amazing, it could be terrible or it﻿ could be good, and I kind of have a theory that you could decide to make whatever day it is a good day." -Ryan Tedder

Ah! that's why! I feel the same way, cheesy or not! Not only can we approach each day like this, but each moment!

So without further ado, a song guaranteed to get stuck in your head and be so overplayed you will one day need to cover your ears when it comes on to the radio but I will always love:

Good Life - One Republic


  1. This song was used as an intro to Wimbledon this year. Any song used in a sport I love, love it. Although, it is overplayed and I have satellite radio!

  2. I like the song!!! I haven't heard it because I'm not in the car long enough to hear it...and john listens to nothing but Sports talk :-)

  3. Definitely overplayed, but it is still way better than most of the songs on top 40 radio right now.

    I also hate songs that randomly list out cities as a cheap ploy to identify with people that live there. Especially "boston" by Augustana.

    Positive mental attitude!

  4. So glad you guys like it too! Meredith - I have satellite radio too and get so frustrated when they have the same song on two or three stations at the same time :D
    Jamie - Positive Mental Attitude all the way :D :D and if I was from a big town (like Boston) that would bug me too!


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