‘What is the secret of this tie that binds Two souls in communion, both body and mind’ Today, as part of February’s overall love theme, Helen at This Thing Called Life One Word At A Time wants us to interpret the ‘deep abiding love’ of a settled relationship. I must say, I found this to…
D? Dylan of course. It’s really hard to imagine anyone with an interest in music and a serious side to their personality hitting their teens in the mid-sixties who wouldn’t go for Bob Dylan as a major influence. I’m certanly no exception. I was never an enthusiast for the traditional folk music that Billy Connolly…
‘So tell me now and I won’t ask again’ Further exploring February’s theme of love, Helen at This Thing Called Life One Word At A Time wants us to look more specifically at the doubts and insecurity that I guess are an integral part of any love affair. Even when everything is going well –…
Well, my heart went “boom” When I crossed that room Song Lyric Sundays in February are going to be all about love, it seems. Well, there are probably more songs about love than any other subject, so it shouldn’t be a problem finding something relevant. I do like Helen’s idea of following the different stages…
Until I was about fifteen years old I never realised that you could make music up as you go along. I mean, who knew? Virtually all my exposure to music was through records or the radio – which just played records. ‘Pop’ music came in neat two and a half minute packages that always sounded…
Seeing this week’s theme of ‘Sun’ took me straight to this song by Pink Floyd, and also straight back to June 1973. I had finished my final exams and was occupying the peculiar status known – at British universities any way – as ‘graduand’. That’s the strange no-man’s land between being an undergraduate and a…
As soon as I opened up this week’s Song Lyric Sunday prompt and saw ‘Forgiveness’ I knew exactly what song to post here. GIven that I even name-checked this song just a few weeks ago in the first instalment of my Music Lexicon project, what else could it be but Bryan Adams’ ‘Please Forgive Me’?…
C’mon now: I was born and grew up on Merseyside. My age reached double figures in the early sixties. The B in my Music Lexicon could only possibly be The Beatles. There again, it’s pretty much beyond me how anyone could fail to pick out The Beatles in any review of their popular musical tastes…
As soon as I saw this week’s theme – the parent/child relationship – two possibilities sprang to my mind. However, as I featured John Lennon only a couple of weeks ago, ‘Mother’ was out. Plus it’s not exactly life-affirming (although obviously always worth a listen). So it had to be this. Brent Mydland was the…
Helen’s latest Song Lyric Sunday prompt over at This Thing Called Life One Word At A Time was inspired by the weather. Well, it’s been a bit chilly over here in France for the past few days, and although we’ve missed the worst of it, yesterday’s -5°C was plenty cold enough for us, thank you…
