This week’s theme is ‘colours’, so why not have them all? ‘She’s A Rainbow’ is another track from the Stones’ relatively brief skirmish with psychedelia on their 1967album ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’. That’s an album that divides opinion if ever there was one. This song and ‘2,000 Light Years From Home’ are clearly the stand-out…
Ends and beginnings are the key themes for Jim’s Song Lyric Sunday this week. It’s hard to think of a better show-opener than this Rolling Stones classic If you start me up If you start me up I’ll never stop If you start me up If you start me up I’ll never stop I’ve been…
Jim’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is siblings. ‘ Leonard Cohen’s ‘Sisters of Mercy’ was the first song that came to my mind, but I’ve already deployed it in this thread. Fortunately, I then recalled one of the deeper cuts from the Rolling Stones’ seminal ‘Sticky Fingers’ album, released in 1971. Like most…
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…
I’m back for the latest Weekly Song Challenge set by Laura. 1. Post an instrumental you adore. A sunny afternoon… first day of a new university term…altered states.. 2. Post a popular ballad that contains a woman’s name in the title. Great song, but Mick – please lose that hat 3. Post a rock music…
Round 30 of Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge is an eclectic bunch of themes. 1. Post a video of a song that is about getting spiffied up. Oh, you mean ‘dressed up’? 2. Post a video of a song that makes you cry for no particular reason. Well, I don’t know about that, but maybe a…
I thought I might start to play along with the Weekly Song Challenge hosted by Laura at lauravent69. The rules are as follows: Copy rules and add to your own post, pinging back to this post. Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions. Tag two people to participate I’m skipping Rule Three,…
Broadly speaking, the theme for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday, as set by Jim at A Unique Title For Me, is broadcast music. Plenty to choose from there, but I’ve just gone for one of the great classics where, again, the key word appears in the lyrics rather than the title. I really don’t think…
It couldn’t really be anyone but the Rolling Stones for the letter ‘R’. Not only were they around in my formative years but – against all odds – they’re still going strong, at least on the basis of their performance at Glastonbury in 2013. It’s one of my biggest musical regrets that I never got…
When I first saw that this week’s prompt from Helen was ‘Outer Space’ my immediate thought was to recycle the latest instalment in ‘My Music Lexicon’ series with Pink Floyd’s ‘Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun’. Even I’m not that idle, though, so here’s something that predates even that: from the 1967…
the only deadhead in the hameau 