The PopCult Historienne

It's the week of Valentine's Day! I know it's a stupid holiday, but I love a good love song, so I'm gonna exploit the crap outta this week. Strawberry Lipstick State of Mind (Week 7) Adore You - Harry Styles from the album Fine Line (2019) Y'all know good and well that I cannot go a week without including Harry Styles in a playlist! My Valentine -  Paul McCartney from the album Kisses on the Bottom  (2012) I remember anxiously anticipating the release of Macca's album Kisses on the Bottom  album and fangirling on Tumblr with the other weirdos my age who were obsessed with old dudes. this is a sweet song and it's title alone is appropriate for this week's playlist.  The Morning Papers - Prince from the album [Love Symbol]  (1992) The music of the song in itself is gorgeous. It's lyrics are kinda creepy considering he was talking about his younger partner, Mayte Garcia, but it's got some beautiful lyrics in the middle. So...

The next two playlists are some of the best ones I have created thus far. I hope you enjoy! Take Your Time, She's Only Burning (Week 6) Baby's On Fire (2004 Digital Remaster) -  Brian Eno from the album Here Come the Warm Jets (1973) Brian Eno did the soundtrack for one of my favorite movies, The Lovely Bones , and he was great friends with David Bowie. I figured I would like more of his stuff, so about 7 or 8 years ago I started listening to more of his catalogue. He is brilliant! I loved this song so much that I burned it onto a mix CD I found in my car CD case the week I made this playlist... and that's how we got here! When It's Love -  Van Halen from the album OU812  (1988) The bluetooth adapter in my car stopped working so I couldn't have phone jams that week. I invested in an AUX cord dongle for my phone (thanks Apple for changing everything with iPhone 8 and higher to be headphone jack-less), but I jammed to this album for the week as well a...