There’s a clear seaside theme to Song Lyric Sunday this week, and when one of the prompt words is ‘surf’, it’s inevitable that the Beach Boys spring almost immediately to mind. However, I haven’t gone for one of their earlier, teenybopper celebrations of California life but this rather more thoughtful song, from the album of…
Work – and, more importantly, time off work – seems to be the underlying theme of Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge this time around. 1. Post a video of a song that makes you think of time off from work “So why on earth should I moan?” 2. Post a video of a song that…
Even a dullard such as myself had rather guessed that, after ‘Boys’ last week, Helen’s theme for this Song Lyric Sunday was going to be ‘Girls’. So, without further ado, here’s the first song that leapt to mind. Maybe a little politically incorrect these days, but I don’t think any further introduction is required for…
This week for her Song Lyric Sunday challenge, Helen is looking for something on the theme of ‘Car/Cars’. Obviously – as with ‘driving’, which came up about a month ago – there’s no shortage of potential candidates. There’s always Gary Numan’s ‘Cars’, of course, but my first thought was Dylan’s ‘From A Buick 6’. However,…
Helen’s theme for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday is going to pose a dilemma for quite a few people, I suspect. That’s because she’s called for a song written and/or performed by an artiste who shares your name. Like many other bloggers, my own name(s) is not something I either care or choose to disclose.…
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…
“And I can break away to the better life Where the shackles never hold me down” Who doesn’t like the Beach Boys? It’s almost impossible not to buy into the feelgood that comes from those matchless harmonies. So here’s ‘Break Away’: an upbeat song about changing life for the better, to help Helen with her…
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