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I Love Sundays and Champagne

03/06/14 | music

I was on a date recently and twenty minutes in the guy he asked, “what do you listen to”.  I froze.  My first response was going to be something snippy like, well of course my audio book.  Then I realized that might make me seem weird.  Then I wanted to say Jason Duerlo Radio as it was Friday and that Pandora station had gotten me through the day.  I seconded guess that answer too.  I must have looked like a deer in head lights who could not think of an answer to a simple question because he began to look at me funny.  Suddenly, my favorite song of 2014 popped into my head and I went with my third answer, Ben Rector.   He stared at me blankly.

I am pretty sure I spent the next few minutes just digging myself into a hole by trying to explain Ben Rector.  I am sure I did not do it justice but when he looked at me and asked why I could not have just said, “The Ramones” I knew it was not meant to be.  Ben’s song “She Is” completely captivated me in January and has had the top spot on my playlist since.   Yes, Ben Rector is probably the most played artist on my iTunes and yet the majority of people have not heard of him.  Well, I am going to change that today by introducing you to he sweet, sweet sound of Nashville based musician Ben Rector.

I discovered him one day when listening to my Matt Nathanson station on Pandora when I realized I clicked away from what I was doing to give his song a thumbs up.  The name sounded familiar and then I realized I had done the same with a few of his other songs.  Fast forward a few years and you better believe I have everyone of his 55 songs that are available through iTunes.  Sure, he’s married, but certain songs I can just imagine he is singing to me.  Here are my three favorites:

 


And my favorite Ben Rector song?  Well I have already worked the lyrics into an art print for the gallery wall in my new apartment and it is the title of this post. That would be his song titled, “She Is” and the three favorite lines: 




She loves Sundays and champagne
She can’t stand the winter, she can’t stand anything she can’t change, she can’t change
She is whatever she wants to be, she is a little of everything, mixed up, so tough in a beautiful way


Well there you have it, your Ben Rector introduction!
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Comments

  1. Lauren Elizabeth says

    March 8, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    I LOVE Ben Rector!

  2. Jamie says

    March 6, 2014 at 10:12 pm

    Love love him!

    xo,

    Jamie

    http://inspirationlush.com/

  3. Emma says

    March 6, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    great post! xo

    My Face Hunter

  4. PinkPanthress says

    March 6, 2014 at 4:42 pm

    I am going to take a look on last.fm …see, if I can find some more of him. 🙂

  5. Sarah C says

    March 6, 2014 at 12:41 pm

    okay, I might be obsessed and need to go buy all of his songs too! Thanks for the intro!

  6. Ellie says

    March 6, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    Oh my gosh can we be best friends?! I LOVE Ben Rector. I saw him in a small concert once, he opened for Dave Barnes before Dave Barnes became popular and I INSTANTLY fell in love with him! 🙂 check out Steve Moakler too, same style 🙂

  7. Alyssa says

    March 6, 2014 at 10:11 am

    I love my Matt Nathanson Pandora, so I must have heard him at some point too–thanks for sharing!

  8. Michael says

    March 6, 2014 at 9:49 am

    “when he looked at me and asked why I could not have just said, “The Ramones”” Umm, who the hell says that?! RUDE! I’ll give him a listen later on with Pandora. Videos don’t open at work 🙁

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