“Why, he couldn’t even tell me what the weather was like. As if there could be anything more interesting! He is an imbecile.” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 19 February 2020
Come or go? Leave or stay? The choices for Jim’s Song Lyric Sunday Challenge this week are stark and it’s not difficult to think of many possible candidates. For some reason, however, the first song that occurred to me was this Holland Dozier Holland Motown classic – and it’s a bit more positive than ‘Where…
“Fine lines of poetry…were all the finer if they meant absolutely nothing” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 12 February 2020
Personal pronouns – I, you, we and suchlike are the keywords for Jim’s Song Lyric Sunday challenge this week. You may read what you will into the fact that this absolutely was the first song that came to my mind when I saw the prompt. This is the epitome of 1967, when even rough-edged R&B…
“Always try to keep a patch of sky above your head” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 5 February 2020
Jim’s key words for Song Lyric Sunday this week could all be classed as terms of endearment. I’ve gone for ‘honey’ and this lovely song by Van Morrison, from the 1971 album of the same name. You can take all the tea in China Put it in a big brown bag for me Sail right…
“And so it is with our own past. It is a labour in vain to attempt to recapture it” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – – #1liner Weds 29 January 2020
Very – very – occasionally, I rise to the challenge of answering a few questions posed by another blogger. This is one of those times, so my thanks to Judy at lifelessons for making me bestir myself to respond to these nosy (her word, not mine) questions. If nothing else, this goes to prove that…
The Proclaimers – twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid – are arguably a Scottish national institution. It is, for example, an iron rule that any evening wedding ‘do’ that takes place in Scotland must end with ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’. This lovely song is a nod towards their birthplace of Leith – once the…
“And in myself too, many things have perished which I imagined would last forever, and new structures have arisen, giving birth to new sorrows and new joys” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – –Or, to put it another way…. One-Liner Wednesday 22 January…
