This week, Jim is seeking a song based on true events. Of course, there are plenty to choose from, but this particular one popped into my head quite quickly. A few days in the life of a Beatle… (Until I pulled up the lyrics, I’d never noticed that truly clunky rhyming of ‘Seine’ with ‘Gibraltar,…
Initially, I was stumped by Jim’s challenge for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. He’s looking for a song used as the title of a movie. The only one I could think of at first was ‘Saturday Night Fever’ – except, of course, the song’s title is just ‘Night Fever’. Then there’s most of the James…
It’s that time of year again… As a general rule, Christmas songs don’t really do it for me (bah, humbug). Perhaps it’s the over-familiarity of the same old chestnuts, on repeat, being belted out of every supermarket PA system from about the beginning of November. Although I will admit to having a bit of a…
Bloganuary Day 25: thankfully entering the final week. Write about what makes you feel strong. Maybe I just have a suspicious mind [no, really? – Ed.], but to me this sounds very much like another sneaky attempt by WordPress to elicit something cloyingly inspirational. Well it didn’t work last time and it’s not going to…
Song Lyric Sunday this week is looking for songs written as tributes for someone. This heart-rending piece by John Lennon was the first example that came into my mind. I think it’s quite well known that John Lennon’s childhood was neither ‘normal’ or happy. Apart from the fact that he was born during a German…
Jim’s theme for this week is faithfulness, with his illustrative key words being ‘resolute’, ‘staunch’ and ‘steadfast’. The song I’ve selected doesn’t use any of these words specifically, but certainly conveys their meaning. “Stand By Me’ is a much-loved, much covered classic. Arguably, the best-known version is that of Ben E King, who wrote it…
For Song Lyric Sunday this week, Jim invites us to look inside our own heads for inspiration. After all, it’s where we all live – and play. We’re playing those mind games together Pushing the barriers planting seeds Playing the mind guerrilla Chanting the Mantra peace on earth We all been playing those mind games…
When I saw that the prompt for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday was ‘harmonica’, my immediate thought was early, pre-electric Bob Dylan. However, about ten days ago we sat down with our twin 13 year old grandsons for what we thought would be a great treat for them, music lovers (and players) as they are…
There’s no shortage of songs featuring numbers to meet Jim’s criteria for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. When spoilt for choice I’m particularly likely to go for the first thing that popped into my head… ….but ‘Revolution #9′ off the Beatles’ White Album doesn’t really have lyrics. However, John Lennon’s ‘#9 Dream’ is much more…
This week’s prompts for Song Lyric Sunday are suitably downbeat signs of the times, relating to confinement, isolation and loneliness. Which reminded me of this ultra-heavy blues from The Beatles’ white album. Somewhat ironically, it was recorded with all four Beatles together in a very small room at Abbey Road: confinement perhaps, but certainly no…
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