Song of the Day (!)

Saturday, 17 August 2019, 14:12.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve read enough Medieval French poetry to know that the English translations can never match the original. I can read it better than speak it. I know iambic pentameter and passive voice but…………. From WikiKnowsAll : “The rhymes of the words echo the rhythm of the melody following typical French meter, where words almost always […]

Rebel Yell

Friday, 16 August 2019, 17:26.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’m multi- multi – tasking here. With a task or ten on top. M’eh? Gimme a break? ‘Though I always liked this song :o)

Åse Agneta Fältskog …

Friday, 16 August 2019, 16:08.Reading time less than 1 minute.

…could never, ever sing this song Live. It was a moment captured and then gone. A beautiful voice.

Enola Gay

Thursday, 15 August 2019, 16:23.Reading time less than 1 minute.

WikiCan’tthinkofanewinsult : Enola Gay OMD.

Debbie Harry

Thursday, 15 August 2019, 15:42.Reading time less than 1 minute.

WOW. How Old???? Wiki : Debbie Harry My new fave song. Yeh. I know. Done that :o)

Don’t Throw Out the Baby with the Bath Water

Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 16:23.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Puh- Lease Do Not Shoot the Messenger. A Bit of HELP might Help?

On and On and On

Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 14:44.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I might’ve said once or a thousand times (No. I Do Not Exaggerate!) that I grew up listening to Abba songs. I even saw Mamma Mia on Broadway. Yay :o) Love this song. 1980ish, I seem to remember. M’eh. Time is Fluid.

Maria – Blondie

Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 16:52.Reading time less than 1 minute.

OMG. When I worked for the RSA in Larkill, Wiltshire, this song kept repeating on BBC Radio 1 that the blokes kept on all day. Bloody song won’t leave alone. You know that annoying vibe? When it just keeps replaying in your head? Whatever.

Time is Ticking Out

Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 14:26.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Dolores, I lo….. oops.Done that. Time is Ticking Out -avec the Espagnol an seo thèid sinn a-rithist

Lust for Life…

Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 12:33.Reading time 3 minutes.

…Ewan and the Gang. I used to have the soundtrack for this filum :o) But – there is a 3rd choice? Lust For Life Iggy Pop Here comes Johnny Yen again With the liquor and drugs And the flesh machine He’s gonna do another striptease Hey man where’d you get that lotion? I […]

Blondie

Monday, 12 August 2019, 17:45.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Clannad : Alasdair MacColla

Monday, 12 August 2019, 14:07.Reading time less than 1 minute.

If you ever watched Robin of Sherwood in the 1980’s (?) you will know the sound of Clannad. Haunting.

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