One Tree Hill - The Playlist

So FINALLY here it is!  This is my ultimate OTH playlist.  Most of the music I listen to has been influenced by the music I heard on this show.  So many memories flood through my mind when I hear the bars of certain songs.  It's funny when I was making this list I was able to see what seasons or episodes of the show I connected with more and where I was at emotion-wise during certain periods in my life.  This was a very fun project for me...so here we go!

Season 1
Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Wanna Be
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down  1.00
Gavin DeGraw - Belief 1.01
Switchfoot - Dare You To Move 1.07
Belle and Sebastian - If She Wants Me 1.14
Ben Jelen - Come On 1.14
Five For Fighting - 100 Years 1.16
Snow Patrol - Run 1.21


Season 2
Tyler Hilton - We all know how I feel about every Tyler Hilton song.  I'm putting him by himself (no specific song...I love them all) on Season 2 because that's when we first saw him
Keane - Everybody's Changing 2.02
Doctor Kosmos - Holiday 2.08 (I added this song just for nostalgia reasons...my sister and I still crack up every time we hear this song.  And I KNOW you can picture the scene this song plays in the second you hear it...)
Patty Griffin - Rowing Song 2.09
Rachael Yamagata - Be Be Your Love 2.09
Jimmy Eat World - 23 2.10
Anna Nalick- Wreck Of The Day 2.12
Citizen Cope - Son's Gonna Rise 2.19
Ray LaMontagne - Hold You In My Arms 2.20 (this show introduced me to Ray LaMontagne and I couldn't be more grateful.  No other artist's music touches me the way his does...)
Tegan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost 2.21
Audioslave- Be Yourself  2.23

Season 3
MoZella - Light Years Away 3.01
Nada Surf - Always Love 3.03
Marjorie Fair - Empty Room 3.04
Shout Out Louds - Please Please Please 3.06
Bethany Joy Lenz - Halo 3.09
Jimmy Eat World - Disintegration 3.09
Strays Don't Sleep - For Blue Skies 3.09
The Replacements - Here Comes A Regular 3.13
The Weepies - World Spins Madly On 3.13
Michelle Featherstone - God Bless The Child (I put the actual scene for this one because I don't think there is anything more powerful) 3.16
Slow Runner - Break Your Mama's Back 3.17
Devics - If We Cannot See (I put the actual scene for this one too...because it gives me chills and makes me sob) 3.17
Iron and Wine & Calexico - He Lays In the Reins 3.19
The Fray - Look After You 3.20
Michelle Featherstone - Coffee and Cigarettes 3.21
Susie Suh - Seasons Change 3.22
Augustana - Boston 3.22
Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You 3.22

Season 4
Placebo - Post Blue 4.03
The Wreckers - Lay Me Down 4.08
8MM - Forever and Ever Amen  4.10
La Rocca - Non Believer 4.10
Priscilla Ahn - Dream 4.11
The Kooks- Naive 4.12
Mother Love Bone - Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns 4.13
Vega4 - Life Is Beautiful 4.15
Paolo Nutini - Last Request 4.20
Ray LaMontagne - Within You 4.21

Season 5
Missy Higgins - Where I Stood 5.05
Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You 5.06
A Fine Frenzy - Ashes and Wine 5.08
Susie Suh - Give Me Heart 5.08
Eric McCarley - Pitter Pat 5.08
Jeff Cohen feat. Bethany Joy - Leaving Town Alive 5.14

Season 6
Civil Twilight - Quiet In My Town 6.03
The Black Keys - Psychotic Girl 6.07
St. Lola In the Fields - Don't Say 6.11
Edith Backlund - Sincerely Hope It's You 6.14
Rosi Golan - Hazy 6.14
Skyler Stonestreet - My Favorite Song 6.20
Manchester Orchestra - I Can Feel a Hot One 6.20
Rosi Golan - Come Around 6.24
Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See 6.24
Kate York - Begin You 6.24
Wakey! Wakey! - War Sweater 6.24

Season 7
Noisettes - Never Forget You 7.04
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You 7.07
Noah and The Whale - Blue Skies 7.12
Everly - Flying Machine 7. 13
Fay Wolf - God Knows (if you ever get a chance to re-watch the scene that this song plays in...it's the one where Taylor comes back to talk to Lydia before she dies, it is the scene I most relate with in quite possibly the entire series.  I have always felt very much like Taylor and this scene breaks me to pieces.  It's beautiful) 7.18
Olin and the Moon - Not In Love 7.20
Wakey! Wakey! - Light Outside 7.22
Mumford and Sons - Timshel 7. 22
Nashville Skyline - Carry You Home 7.22


Season 8
Ry Cuming - Home 8.02
Bowerbirds - Crooked Lust 8.08
City and Colour - Northern Wind 8.15
The Civil Wars - Poison and Wine 8.18
Ok Sweetheart - Home 8.21
Christina Perri - Arms 8.21

Season 9
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - If I Had A Gun.. 9.07
Damien Rice - Cold Water 9.08
Brooke Annibale - I Believe 9.11
Michael Logen - Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye 9. 11
Cary Brothers - Free Like You Make Me 9.12
Rosi Golan - Everything Is Brilliant 9.12
Blind Pilot - Half Moon (HAD to post the actual scene for this one...it's the reason why this song also makes me cry and get a knot in my stomach) 9.13
U2 - One Tree Hill (oh my heart....) 9.13

Well there ya go!  I hope you enjoyed it!  Sorry it took forever but...can ya see why?  This show literally shaped my entire world of music.
Anything you want to add?  Let me know!
xoxo

Everything you ever wanted to (or didn't want to) know about me and One Tree Hill

So I'm finally posting my OTH master post.  As a lot of  you know I recently started watching this show again from the very beginning and wow...what a nostalgic journey it has been.  I know that to some it may seem silly to have so many emotions tied into a TV show.  A TV show for teenagers that originally aired on the WB nonetheless.  To you I say, watch one episode.  Just one.  It has more heart in that one episode than most shows these days do in their entire series run.  It's honest, real, moving, funny, relevant.  So I went online and there is a whole post of questions about OTH favorites that I thought I would share along with some favorite moments AND a OTH playlist consisting of all my favorite songs from the show (thanks to my BFF Beth for that idea).

OTH QUESTIONS

Favorite Male character?

Nathan Scott.  I love the evolution he makes throughout the seasons.  I'm also currently having a fight with my shallow girl side who wants to say "plus he's super hot"

Favorite Female character

Brooke Davis.  She is amazing.  In the episode when they are going to make a movie based on "An Unkindness of Ravens" Julian gives her the sides on the character "Brooke Davis" which describes her to a T
"Gorgeous brunette with an amazing energy and smile.  Funny.  Intelligent.  Kind-hearted.  Strong Headed.  Simple.  Complicated.  Motherly.  Childish.  Tough.  Sensitive.  Beautiful."

Your favorite couple

I adore Nathan and Haley.  They are wonderful BUT (and don't hate me for saying this) they got on my nerves sometimes!  So.....I'm gonna have to say Brooke/Julian

Your favorite friendship

All the friendships are so great on this show....Peyton/Haley, Lucas/Haley, Nathan/Lucas, Brooke/Haley, Clay/Nathan, Brooke/Millie, Mouth/Jimmy but I think the ultimate for me is of course Brooke/Peyton.  I have to choose them because there is something so special about your best best girlfriend that can't be replaced by anything else.

Your favorite actor

Paul Johansson.  Hands down.  He's flawless!

Your favorite actress
Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy

 Your favorite season
Seasons 3-4 were the BEST (I also really really enjoyed the 9th and final season)

Your least favorite season

Season 5....it felt strange.

Your favorite episode
THIS IS HARD but my Top 4 are
1. With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, and Tired Souls We Slept
2. Danny Boy 
3. You Have To Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain)
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water

Your favorite quote

"Every once in awhile, people step up, they rise above themselves.  Sometimes they surprise you and sometimes they fall short.  Life is funny sometimes.  It can push pretty hard but if you look close enough, you can find hope in the words of children, in the bars of a song, and in the eyes of someone you love.  And if you're lucky, if you're the luckiest person on this entire planet, the person you love decides to love you back."

- Everyday Is A Sunday Evening (Season 4)

Favorite CODA

The final one.  It doesn't get any better than when the chords of U2's song "One Tree Hill" start playing and you see the original 3 cast members flashing back to high school...chills and tears every time.

Your favorite song played on One Tree Hill
Strays Don't Sleep - For Blue Skies
Changed my life.

All time favorite One Tree Hill scene



The end of Season 4 is just the most beautiful scene.  It makes me sob every time I watch it.  You can feel the same feelings they would be feeling at the end of high school.  The same feelings we've all felt...excitement, fear, longing.  Love love love

I'll finish my playlist post tomorrow!  While we're on the subject, I know a lot of you come from an OTH fanbase.  Any other favorite moments or memories you want to share?  Leave me a comment!

There Is Only One....

Photo Credit: Sophia Bush on WhoSay

Tonight a show I fell in love with 9 years ago comes to an end.  There are so many reasons why I fell in love with One Tree Hill but I can sum it up with a quote from last week's episode...

"They understand what it can be, a show that's not afraid to be quiet or heartfelt....a show that makes you feel like you're not alone"
That is what One Tree Hill is.  There are certain scenes that when the music starts...I will get chills and immediately cry.  It's a show everyone can relate to.  It's real and honest and beautiful.
Good Night Tree Hill
And Thank You.

"I'll see you again when the stars fall from the sky
And the moon has turned red over One Tree Hill"
-U2