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I'm really bad at this journal thing. More work = less brain, apparently. Still, a general catch up, beginning with that music meme that I seem to have abandoned halfway through. Or not even that far. Day #14 is a rubbish one though. A song you want played at your wedding. Um? Short of the Beatles' Help!, or possibly the Animals' We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, I think I shall just sidle on past that one. Day #15: A song that is a cover by another artist. There's a few good covers around. Obviously George Harrison's version of Got My Mind Set On You rather goes without saying. I love Marc Almond's team up with Gene Pitney for a retake of Something Gotten Hold Of My Heart, and Freddie's version of The Great Pretender is another obvious one. But, having heard it again the other day, and having forgotten just how good it is, I'll go with this one instead: the Lemonheads and Mrs Robinson.
Day #16: One of your favourite pieces of classical music. The problem with classical music is that, although there's a lot of it that I like, I never seem to know what it's called. It's all "the fifth movement of the ninth symphony", etc, and you have to have a much better brain that mine to keep all that straight. So instead here's the Shadows doing The Mozart Forte (from Mozart's Symphony #40). Love it.
Day #17: A song you'd sing a duet with on karaoke. Is it possible to sing a duet with a song? But the answer to that one is nothing ever, ever, ever, ever, ever. So, moving swiftly on, to the last one for today - Day #18: A song from the year you were born. I was born in the year of Bohemian Rhapsody and Born To Run, but those are too easy. It was also the year of Telly Savalas, Jonathan King and Demis Roussos, but I'm not going there either, don't worry. Instead here's Jungleland, mostly because there's never a good reason not to play it.
Not a lot happening, outside of music memes. The summer has gone away, but the Livingstone Daisies are still looking good:
They're great flowers. So vibrant. Been a good year for flowers in general, despite the lack of rain in the spring. Mostly just because I like them, here's some chicory and a hardhead (knapweed). The latter looks a bit like an explosion, but it's just a flower, honest.
Also a random deer and a wren.
And a swan folding itself in half for your amusement.
Heck of a way to scratch your backside.
I'll leave you with Freddie Mercury and the extended version of The Great Pretender, because the video is a thing of beauty. And because why not, frankly.
You know, there's very little in life that can't be improved by Roger Taylor in a miniskirt. (My thought for the day is less meaningful than Radio 4's, but no less true for that.)
Day #16: One of your favourite pieces of classical music. The problem with classical music is that, although there's a lot of it that I like, I never seem to know what it's called. It's all "the fifth movement of the ninth symphony", etc, and you have to have a much better brain that mine to keep all that straight. So instead here's the Shadows doing The Mozart Forte (from Mozart's Symphony #40). Love it.
Day #17: A song you'd sing a duet with on karaoke. Is it possible to sing a duet with a song? But the answer to that one is nothing ever, ever, ever, ever, ever. So, moving swiftly on, to the last one for today - Day #18: A song from the year you were born. I was born in the year of Bohemian Rhapsody and Born To Run, but those are too easy. It was also the year of Telly Savalas, Jonathan King and Demis Roussos, but I'm not going there either, don't worry. Instead here's Jungleland, mostly because there's never a good reason not to play it.
Not a lot happening, outside of music memes. The summer has gone away, but the Livingstone Daisies are still looking good:
They're great flowers. So vibrant. Been a good year for flowers in general, despite the lack of rain in the spring. Mostly just because I like them, here's some chicory and a hardhead (knapweed). The latter looks a bit like an explosion, but it's just a flower, honest.
Also a random deer and a wren.
And a swan folding itself in half for your amusement.
Heck of a way to scratch your backside.
I'll leave you with Freddie Mercury and the extended version of The Great Pretender, because the video is a thing of beauty. And because why not, frankly.
You know, there's very little in life that can't be improved by Roger Taylor in a miniskirt. (My thought for the day is less meaningful than Radio 4's, but no less true for that.)
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The flowers are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!
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I hope the day hasn't been too stressful.
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May I offer another Marc cover?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F6RSMqIh3E
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I keep meaning to buy the Dummy's Guide to Classical Music so I can learn all the proper terminology.
I love that Freddie video; it's so meta!
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