Some of us are old enough to remember when what we now call ‘old-fashioned’ telephones were the only electronic communication devices available, they were probably attached to a wall and their mobility was thus purely a function of how long the receiver cord was. Happy days. Of course there are very many songs about, or…
Songs with nonsense lyrics are what’s called for this week. I shall spare you all the appalling ‘Agadoo’ (look it up if you must, but don’t blame me) to focus instead on these odd lyrics from a Beatles song that featured in an odd made-for-television film called, of course, ‘Magical Mystery Tour’. This film was…
This week the theme for Song Lyric Sunday is houses and rooms in a house. As soon as I saw the word ‘attic’ my thoughts went straight to this simply gorgeous song from the 1970 album ‘American Beauty’. Noting that Jim himself had chosen something else, I had no hesitation in offering up this dreamy,…
This week’s theme for Song lyric Sunday is ‘education’. There’s Alice Cooper’s ‘School’s Out’ or Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick In The Wall’, of course, but I can honestly say that I think this has both of them well beaten. From the album ‘Déja Vû’, released in 1970. You, who are on the road,Must have a…
The top of the food chain is where we must look for Song Lyric Sunday inspiration this week, with themes such as ‘lion’, ‘tiger’, ‘shark’ etc and also my choice, which is ‘eagle’. My first thought was ‘The Last Lonely Eagle’ by The New Riders Of The Purple Sage, but I used it about three…
The broad theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week could be described as the ‘circle of life’. This is a song about moving on in life – life goes on: until it doesn’t. Where were you when I was burned and brokenWhile the days slipped by from my window watchingAnd where were you when I…
“No future, no future, no future” Past, present and future are the key words for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. Although there are almost incomprehensible theoretical arguments about the nature of time (as Jim points out in his introduction), we are quite willing to accept Isaac Newton’s keep-it-simple-stupid view that we are living in the…
The theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is wind instruments – the chosen song should feature brass or woodwind instruments in the musical arrangement. My first thought was the title track of ‘Sergeant Pepper’s’, featuring an entire brass band. However, I decided to dig a little deeper and quite by chance I happened across…
There’s a tropical/maritime theme to Song Lyric Sunday this week, so a good opportunity to wheel out this delicate little confection from 1969 and the debut album of Crosby, Stills & Nash. Although even if it wasn’t sung by Graham Nash himself, it wouldn’t be too hard to guess who was behind it. It’ probably…
‘Information’ and ‘communication’ could summarise the prompts for Song Lyric Sunday this week. That first of all made me think of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Communication Breakdown’, but then I recalled this acceptable alternative, as Robert Plant has information to impart. Hey fellas, have you heard the news?You know that Annie’s back in townIt won’t take long,…
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