This week, Jim is challenging us to come up with a song about various ‘warning’ sounds: bells, gongs, sirens, whistles and so on. My first thought was ‘Get It On’ by T Rex (‘bang a gong’), but looking back I saw hat I’ve already used it, albeit about five years ago. No matter, how about…
This week, Jim’s looking for a childhood memory for Song Lyric Sunday. Firstly, define childhood: I think pre-teen is reasonable for this stage of development. That takes me to mid-1965, strictly speaking, but I’ve gone a bit earlier, because the Fab Four changed everything in 1963. Way back then, our radio options were very limited.…
One of the many great things about Song Lyric Sunday is that you learn something new every week, whether from researching your own contribution or looking at other submissions. This time, for example, I decided quite quickly that in response to Jim’s prompt this week relating to ‘size’ I would go with ‘Big River’, a…
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