So many songs to meet Helen’s theme for this week of ‘Drive/Driving’. Well, The Beatles were snapped up almost immediately and it was never, ever going to be the abysmal ‘Driving Home For Christmas’. But here’s a typically cheery ditty from those high priests of Manchester miserabilism, The Smiths. Take me out tonight Where there’s…
There’s no end of songs about ‘drink’ as potential candidates to match Helen’s theme this week, including more than several from what you might call my ‘usual suspects’ rota of artistes. This time, however, I’m going for somebody who hasn’t featured here before: Elton John. This song – which comes from the album ‘Goodbye Yellow…
“Magic is what we do, music is how we do it” – Jerry Garcia (born 1 August 1942) – – – – – – – Okay, I freely admit to having lifted this from the official Grateful Dead website, but hey. One-Liner Wednesday 1 August 2018
So what if it is Bob Dylan for a second consecutive week? This is one of my Top Five Dylan pieces and bang on trend for Helen’s theme this week: You’ve got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend When I was down you just stood there grinnin’ You’ve got a lotta nerve…
“And you want somebody you don’t have to speak to” Pink Floyd’s ‘Speak To Me’ – the beginning of ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ – was my knee-jerk response to Helen’s theme for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. However, it’s a bit of a stretch to describe those few spoken lines as ‘lyrics’, so I…
It didn’t take too much…er, thought…to come up with a song to match Helen’s theme of ‘Think’ for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. Not surprisingly, Arethe Franklin’s ‘Think’ sprang to mind first, but ‘oui, mais non’ as they say in France. A close second, however, is this classic from Cream, featuring L’Angelo Misterioso – a…
Helen’s theme of ‘Game’ for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday was apparently inspired by her enjoyment of the World Cup, on which you can glean my views here. I’m pleased she’s liking it. I am too, at least until Tuesday evening (England v Colombia). There was a tradition that the England football squad would…
“She’s got everything delightful, she’s got everything I need” Here’s a joyous Grateful Dead second-set closer to light up your sunny Sunday and match with Helen’s theme for this week of ‘dream’. The coda, ‘Sunshine Daydream’, was often performed separately from the main body of the song. I would also point out that ‘Sugar Magnolia’…
“And your smile is a thin disguise” This week’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday is ‘Smile’. We’re definitely spoiled for choice with this one. In fact, a whole playlist of ‘smiley’ songs came to mind straight away: lots of uplifting songs from the fifties and even earlier, Cockney Rebel, even Barry Manilow (‘I Can’t Smile…
This week, Helen’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday is ‘Let Go’. So, just to be awkward, here’s a song entitled ‘Don’t Let Go’. It’s the first song that came to my mind when I saw the prompt, which is entirely due to the fact that it was a long-time staple of the Jerry Garcia Band.…
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