Weather is the broad theme for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday – a little more specifically perhaps, bad weather. Leaving aside the more obvious selections – ‘Hard Rain’, say, or ‘It’s Rainin’ Men’ – for me it came down to a choice between Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Thunder Road’ or this, a Hunter/Garcia song that was certainly…
This week, Di has gone all classical on us. As one who, by virtue of having obtained a Latin ‘O’ level in 1968, and therefore being rightfully able to lay claim to a classical education, this is right up my street (or should that be via strata?). Anyway, Di’s given us ten names from classical…
This week’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday could be described as the edges of the day: sunrise and sunset, or dawn and dusk, for example. Which leads me to this rather lovely yet sad song by The Eagles, from the album ‘Desperado’ and written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley (him again). The epitome of…
This week, Pensitivity101’s Di has decreed that D is for ‘definition’, so let’s get down to it. Doohickey To chew on a partner or boy/girl friend’s neck, apparently as a sign of affection, but probably with a slightly sinister proprietorial undertone. [is this still a thing?] Donnybrook A stream running at the bottom of the…
Jim has decreed that our Song Lyric Sunday contributions this week should contain the words ‘get’ and/or ‘over’. An obvious double-whammy – and slightly mischievous to boot – would be ‘I’ll Never Get Over You’, originally performed by British band Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, which reached #4 in the UK singles chart in 1963.…
I thought I’d play along with Di’s Fibbing Friday this week… 1. Lev Davidovrich Bronstein is better known as? Wasn’t he that guy in the advert for ice picks? 2. Sopranissimo is the highest pitched version of which reed instrument? The warbler? 3. What is the capital of Azerbaijan? Well duh. A, obviously. 4. Do…
Jim’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week put me in a bit of a quandary. He is seeking a song that contains my name. Here’s the thing(s): Firstly, I don’t use my actual name on this blog and never have. In previous prompts it has been elicited that my initials are BC, but that’s…
Initially, I was stumped by Jim’s challenge for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. He’s looking for a song used as the title of a movie. The only one I could think of at first was ‘Saturday Night Fever’ – except, of course, the song’s title is just ‘Night Fever’. Then there’s most of the James…
“Thinking young and growing older is no sin” This week, Jim is looking for a version of a song that’s better than the original. As it happens, back in the mists of time (2017, to be more precise) I wrote a post that’s quite relevant to this prompt, the premise being that there are versions…
There’s a song by Sade titled “Never As Good As The First Time”. I’m not sure this is universally applicable, but it is probably true in the majority of cases when it comes to once great bands getting back together. The case with regard to Pink Floyd is a moot one. The breakup was acrimonious…
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