Shazam and the last 10 songs I downloaded from ITunes.

I love my iPhone, love it, love it, love it!!! It is like an extension of my hand. The main reason I love it is the iPod. I feel one with it. Ok, enough of that.

Shazam is one of my very favorite applications. For those of you who do not know what Shazam is, let me fill you in. If there is a song that is playing in a movie, TV show, etc. you can "tag it" through the Shazam application. It listens or "tags" the song for about 30 seconds then processes what it has heard. In a few seconds it will bring up all the info on the song. It gives you the artist, title and album the song is from. It also has a direct link to iTunes so you can purchase the song right away or it will store all of your tags until you delete them. So you don't have to purchase it right then. You can wait and listen to it to deceide if you want it or not. There are also links to YouTube and other various ways of posting the song somewhere else. I use this application all the time. It is amazing!! I do not know how it can just listen for a few seconds and tell me all the info I need to know about the song. Honestly, I really don't care how it does it, as long as it does.

Here is a list of the last 10 songs that I downloaded to my iPod, they is a good mix here:

From the Morning- Nick Drake. The album is Pink Moon. All songs that I have heard from it are great. I used the Shazam application for this song. I'm sure you have heard it on an AT&T commercial.

Sweet Disposition- The Temper Trap. The album is Conditions. This song it great. Heard it from a preview of Eat, Love, Pray. Instantly loved it. Shazam? Yep!!

Love the Way You Lie- Eminem (feat. Rhianna). The album is called Recovery. Eminem is back and he has somethin to say!! Lol, anyway, it's just a great song. Sadly, no Shazam here.

Jump Around- House of Pain. The album was The Best of House of Pain. Come on...it's a classic. Didn't need Shazam for that!!

Giving Up the Gun- Vampire Weekend. The album is Contra. I heard them around and about but, really liked this song when they performed it on SNL. BTW, Shazam will not recognize live versions of songs. I know this and yet I still try.

I Like It- Enrique Iglesias (feat. Pitbull). The album is.....I don't know. It was a single. However, I do know the video features the cast of Jersey Shore. Now, who can't love that???

Your Arms Around Me- Jens Lekman. The album is Night Falls Over Kortedala. This is a Shazamer for sure. I was watching Whip It (if you haven't seen this movie, you should) and I was enjoying the movie not really paying attention to the lyrics of this song but, knew I liked how it sounded. I used my handy dandy Shazam app and bought it right then. After actually listening to the lyrics, this is definetly one of my favorite songs of all time.

New World- Devotchka. The album is A Mad and Faithful Telling. This was a song that I heard while watching Weeds, which is a great show. Shazam, you bet!!

If I Ever Leave This World Alive- Flogging Molly. The album is Drunken Lullabies. This is the intro song in Watchmen. It's kinda depressing but, I like kinda depressing music sometimes.

Needle In the Hay- Elliot Smith. The album is Elliot Smith. This song is in the movie The Royal Tennanbaums, which I love. There is more than just this song that is amazing in the movie. However, I, yep you guessed it, Shazamed it the last time I watched it. My husband says this kind of music makes you want to commit suicide but, I totally disagree. This song is great if you like depressing, melancholy, dark music.

So, as you can see, I use Shazam atleast 60% of the time, it's amazing and you should give it a try. The guys who invented this should be on a mgazine or something :)

Amanda