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My favorite Maria songs!

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I love my wife for many reasons, and one of the most fun things about being married to a woman whose name happens to be one of the most common in the world is how many songs there are to sing about her! :) Although she hates a majority of them, it behooves me to create my very first listicle featuring my favorite Maria songs! Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti I mean, this is a classic, right? Even though it's mostly about the virgin Mary, and I have no idea what they're singing, it's beautiful and it has my wife's name. Still counts. Maria - Green Day Ok this was legitimately one of my actual favorite songs before I even met my wife, and it's still fun to sing. Singing the phrase "Mariiiiiaaaaa where did you go?" as loudly as possible in around the house or occasionally in public spaces is pretty satisfying. :) Dear Maria Count Me In - All Time Low In theme with angsty high school comes this song by All Time Low. I never r...
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Daft Punk - Random Access Memories: My review and semi-obsession

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Is anyone else really stoked that Daft Punk just came out with a new album?!  Their new album Random Access Memories  debuts today, May 21. From what I've seen and heard so far, I'm pretty excited. Since it was just released today, it's on iTunes. Here's the link to it that has minute and a half samples of each song if you'd like to listen to them for yourself! Isn't that about the coolest album cover? As far as my Daft Punk fanaticism goes, I was first introduced to them when I heard a couple of their songs played at dances. I never knew who the artist was, but I always liked the music. I never really researched them until their song "Harder, Better Faster, Stronger" was sampled in Kanye West's "Stronger". (On a side note, it always really bothered me that he never credited them for his sampling of their music. Not even a "ft. Daft Punk" next to the title. What's with that, Kanye?) This song was a huge hit...
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