Hallowe’en is the broad theme of Jim’s prompts for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday, what with it being that time of year. It’s fair to say that Hallowe’en is more of an American ‘thing’ than a European one and even in less pandemic times it would be very surprising to find the neighbours going door-to-door…
“We never appreciate anyone so much as those who combine with other great virtues that of placing themselves unconditionally at the disposal of our vices” – Proust: The Captive (La Prisonnière) – – – – – – – – – – – #1linerWeds 21 October 2020
Jim offers us a simple choice for Song Lyric Sunday this week: yes or no. The genius that is Stevie Wonder wrote a song in which almost every line begins with the word ‘No’. That should do it. Just this last week, the hosts of the otherwise excellent quiz programme ‘Pointless’ ventured that this is…
“There is no such thing as a beautiful prison” – Proust: The Captive (La Prisonnière) – – – – – – – – – – – #1linerWeds 14 October 2020
I feel like I’m cheating a bit with Jim’s prompts for Song Lyric Sunday this week. His key words are ‘Hold/Pause/Stop/Wait’,Clearly, the sense is, as his title indicates, ‘Whoa’.However, I’ve taken an homophonous meaning of the word ‘hold’ on which to base my contribution. This bouncy little number by the cheeky (and really quite disgracefully…
“I treated this day in a similar fashion, allowing [it]…..to pass without doing anything, and vowing that I would begin to work on the morrow” – Proust: The Captive (La Prisonnière) – – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 7 October 2020
Jim is giving us free rein for Song Lyric Sunday this week. Which is timely. Tomorrow is my – by which, of course, I mean ‘our’ – 46th wedding anniversary and this is the first record I ever bought for my darling wife. The words were true then and they are just as true now.…
“The regularity of a habit is generally in proportion to its absurdity” – Proust: The Captive (La Prisonnière) – – – – – – – – – – – #1linerWeds 30 September 2020
Jim’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is siblings. ‘ Leonard Cohen’s ‘Sisters of Mercy’ was the first song that came to my mind, but I’ve already deployed it in this thread. Fortunately, I then recalled one of the deeper cuts from the Rolling Stones’ seminal ‘Sticky Fingers’ album, released in 1971. Like most…
“As for people in society, there are very few things that they remember” – Proust: The Captive (La Prisonnière) – – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 23 September 2020
