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Song Lyric Sunday: Two fa One Birthday.

Good morning everyone how are you all today. This week for Song Lyric Sunday We need to showcase a Musician, Singer, Singer Songwriter, producer ect.

There are plenty to choose from and if you head over to Our Brilliant Host Jim Adam’s page he has some really interesting facts not only about September Babies, of which I am one, but interesting history and how the change from the Julian calendar to the more accurate Gregorian calendar cause havoc in 1752 when Great Britain and it Colonies finally caught up with the rest of the world who had mostly changed over in 1582.. Jim explained it so well.

Well back to the job in hand, I love Rock and Roll and I love long haired men so this week I am in heaven. I chose Mathew and Gunner Nelson….a “two fa one” as they are twins.

Nelson, 1990. Image: Geffen Records.

Nelson is an American hard rock duo consisting of brothers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson. They are the twin sons of Rick Nelson and Kristin Nelson. The duo achieved success during the early 1990s with their debut album After the Rain, which included “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection“.

Born on September 20, 1967, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson are the twin sons of Rick Nelson and Kristin Nelson, and were involved in music from an early age. In an interview, Gunnar once said that he and Matthew had been writing songs since they were six years old.

The band are listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as part of the only family to reach number one record status in three successive generations

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson Their Grandparents.

Ozzie Nelson Big band leader, actor, and musician. Reached No. 1 in 1935 with the song “And Then Some” (Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra). He later married his band’s vocalist, Harriet, and the couple starred in the long-running television and radio hit The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Ricky Nelson their Dad.

The son of Ozzie and Harriet, who grew up on the family show and became a teen idol and rock and roll icon. Topped the charts with “Poor Little Fool” in 1958 and “Travelin’ Man” in 1961.

Then Gunner and Mathew twin sons of Ricky Nelson.

My Favourite song by the boys is AFTER THE RAIN.

Look in the mirror, girl
By now you should know
You’re living in a fantasy
And you can’t let go

He never really loved you
From the start
The only thing he ever gave you
Was a broken heart

Don’t be afraid to lose
What was never meant to be

Whoa, after the rain
Washes away the tears
And all the pain
Only after the rain
Can you live again

I know the emptiness
You feel inside
You’re thinking if you break away
You’ll never survive

I’m waiting as my heart
Beats just for you
Come on and take my hand
And I’ll pull you through

But things will never change
Until you want them to

Whoa, after the rain
Washes away the tears
And all the pain
Only after the rain
Can you live again

Look in the mirror, girl
By now you should know
You’re living in a fantasy
And you can’t let go

Lyrics at Genius.com

The band tried to find a record deal, they settled with Geffen Records and began approaching A&R executive John Kalodner. According to Gunnar, they met with Kalodner “every month for a year”, during which he filtered the songs they brought him until they had enough for an album. They were also introduced to Marc Tanner, who helped them polish their songwriting skills.

During this time, Nelson was also approached to contribute a song to the film Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Matthew and Gunnar then co-wrote a song with Dweezil Zappa called “Two Heads are Better than One”. Since the band was in the process of being signed up to Geffen, Kalodner recommended them not to use their names for the song, so they were billed as Power Tool instead. The song eventually became the film’s theme song.

Absolutely great film and an amazing theme by Power Tool, AKA Nelson .

Well, I remember the sparks that flew
In the summer of ’79
My brother went wild
For a pretty girl’s smile
But he didn’t care that she was mine

We fought each other
Like never before
And beat till we were black and blue
And when we told her it was time
She’d made up her mind
She said, “I’ve had it with the both of you”

That was when the pact was made, uh
No woman could sever
We swore it brother for the rest of our lives
We would stick together forever

‘Cause
Two (two) heads (heads) are better than one
(Woo hoo hoo)
It’s double the pleasure babe
It’s triple the fun
I said
Two (two) heads (heads) are better than one
(better than one)
It’ll make you come undone
Two heads are better than one

Well we found ourselves in Vegas
The city of sin
We were restless and looking to play
When this little blonde dolly
In the hotel lobby
Blew a kiss as she walked our way
She said, “I’m feelin kind of lonely”
And gave us a wink
Feeling bold we expressed our intentions
We said, “you gotta have both”
She said, “That’s a joke.”
“It takes two, just to get my attention”

Both to share and share alike, uh
That’s a part of our lifestyle
So I’m gonna tell you baby
Just where we stand
If you won’t love us both
It ain’t what’s wild

Because
Two (two) heads (heads) are better than one
(woo hoo hoo)
It’s double the pleasure
Triple the fun
I said
Two (two) heads (heads) are better than one
It’ll make you come undone
Two heads are better than one

We’ve come this far together
It’s too late for turning back
But it’s only fair to warn you
That when you rock with the boys
You never come back
(oh no)
Hey!

Two (two) heads (heads) are better than one
(woo hoo hoo)
It’s double the pleasure
Triple the fun
I’ll tell ya
Two (two) heads (heads) are better than one
(better than one)
It’ll make you come undone
Nothing’s better than

Two (two) heads (heads) are better than one
(woo hoo hoo)
It’s double the pleasure babe
I’ts triple the fun
Two heads
Are better than one
(better than one)
It’ll make you come undone

Two heads are better than one (one)
Two heads are better than one (one)
Two heads are better than one (one)

Whoa whoa whoa, baby
Two heads are better than one (one)
Two heads are better than one (one)
Two heads are better than one (one)

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Dweezil Zappa / Gunnar Nelson / Matthew Gray Nelson

Two Heads Are Better Than One lyrics © Red Brick Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Well there are loads more facts on these talented and there fabulous family to be found on Wikipedia so dive in 💜💜

HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE 💜💜💜

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS September 5, 2026

Ping went my phone, yes it’s LindaGHill, with her prompt for SoCs . Here is what she said: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “motion.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!“

WHY.

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This is me here I stand motionless,
Do you want my heart.
Take it and crush it in your hand.
Words are cruel, they beat me down
All heart you watch me drown.
In my own blood you see me thrash,
Get your mates lay bets as to when I’d crash!
Beat me, slap me with your words
I’ve gagged myself not to be heard.
Cut me carve me it is nothing I have not done myself.
I’m a lost wrecked of emotions.
Abused to sate your need

My heart you’ve broke in two
It is pinned on my sleeve for you .
It beats still in motion.
There is no more you can do.
I stand here screaming silently
Emotion in motion
A pitiful hopeless case.
I cannot win this race.
Here comes the huge and vicious mouth
I can’t bear it and stumble south
You motion for me to go
The final wounding blow.

Haiku Fridays with J-Dub #19

This week Jilly sends us this for her Friday Haiku Challenge.!

crown full of roses

with graceful flow she dances

sass and confidence

June 8, 2023, at Wright Park, Tacoma WA aka the Central Park of the Pacific Northwest.

Here is my reply .

Caught in stone and time
Her crown of roses live on
Eternal motion. © willow dot21

#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 80, Alliteration 9/01/26

Welcome to Tanka Tuesday

+ Tanka Tuesday Challenge Rules

Hi, this week Robbie, is our host for #TankaTuesday challenge. This week, we’re writing poetry that features one or more forms of alliteration.

Alliteration is a literary device that repeats the same starting sound in a group of words that are close together. A popular example is “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.” This week Robbie says “I’m asking you to write a poem that uses alliteration at least once.”

I have written an Etheree about the Tulip Fields.

Colorful tulip fields leading to a traditional Dutch windmill — Image by AI and me

Tiptoe Through The Tulips 🌷

A plethora of purple petals wave
To slinky sizzling shiny yellow
Edged neatly by ruby red hues
Surrounded by pinks and blues
Gather up those of gold
Radiant Rainbow
Pretty priced black
They are all
Here for
You

Song Lyric Sunday: Sunshine,Sea and Sand.

Good Sunday morning, Jim Adams our brilliant and dedicated host for Sunday lyric Sunday has requested songs about sandy beaches! Apparently it’s National Beach Day ? Really ? well obviously the money makers have designed a day for everything! Let’s call the next one International Money in the Coffers Day? Jim as always has plenty to say about
National Beach Day and he manages to make it interesting, as he always does

There are loads of good, bad and indifferent old and new songs about beaches and sand I have gone for two. The first one which is more recent. and one from my youth. Imagine Dragons a group introduced to me by our eldest grandson.

I have chosen “Take me to the beach”..for two reasons it’s a great tune and the lyrics are just so true of life today.

“Take Me to the Beach” is a song by American band Imagine Dragons. It was released as a single through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records on October 11, 2024. The song was included on the band’s sixth studio album Loom with four remixes also released featuring Baker Boy, Ernia, Jungeli, and Ado through to the end of 2024. “Take Me to the Beach” was written by band members Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee with additional writing from producers Mattias Larsson and Robin Fredriksson. It was first teased on TikTok on May 28, 2024. The song’s lyrics describe escaping typical life.

Lyrics:

People-pleasing planet
Got a million people saying how to plan it
I can no longer stand it
Gonna spend my days telling them to can it
Each and to their own
Got a salesman ringing my phone
Tell me where to go
No, I don’t wanna hear the down low

I owe
Nothing, not a penny, never wanna hear you preach
No

Take me to the beach, ah
You could have the mountains, ah
You take the snow, ah
It’s way too cold
My heart is cold enough, ah
Push comes to shove, ah
You could have the mountains, ah
I’ll take the beach

If you want it, come and get it
Got a million people telling me they’re with it
And they got me at my limit
And I’m telling you, I never spare a minute
If you wanna keep on living
For the sucker that is telling you your limit
Gotta find out it’s a gimmick
Can’t nobody tell you how to live it

I owe
Nothing, not a penny, never walking on a leash
No

I’m better off alone
Like a rolling stone
Turning off my phone
No one bringing me down, down, down, down
Just give me some space
That sun in my face
And the days go on, and on, and on, and on (T-A-K-E, T-A-K-E)
(T-A-K-E)

Take me to the beach, ah
You could have the mountains, ah
You take the snow, ah
It’s way too cold (it’s way too cold)
My heart is cold enough, ah
Push comes to shove, ah
You could have the mountains, ah
I’ll take the beach (I’ll take the -, I’ll take the -)
Take me to the –

I don’t have no friends, ask anyone
Got me ’til the end, my favorite one
Take me to the beach
I don’t have no friends, ask anyone (ask anyone)
Got me ’til the end, my favorite one
Take me to the beach

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Benjamin Arthur Mckee / Daniel Coulter Reynolds / Daniel Wayne Sermon / Mattias Per Larsson / Robin Lennart Fredriksson / Robert Amoruso / Philip Eric Norman / Danzal James Baker

Take Me to the Beach lyrics © Imagine Dragons Publishing, Songs Of Wolf Cousins, Mushroom Music Publishing Pty Ltd, Mushroom Music Publishing Pty. Ltd., Mushroom Music Publishing Pty Ltd (ascap)

My second song is a real oldie and may well show up several times today… but hey ho I like it. “Remember, Walking in the Sand” came out when I was about twelve years old. (The same age as my grandson was when he introduced me to Imagine Dragons). The song is about a teenage couple who get split up and he gets sent overseas… the song is not specific but it’s possible that it refers to the boy being drafted and at that time he could well have been sent to Vietnam. ( American song from that era) …Anyway she waits for him for two years …then the swine gets in touch and blatantly tells her he’s met someone new??? Well she’s devastated…I like to think she got over him and met someone much better!

“Remember (Walking in the Sand)“, also known as “Remember“, is a song written by George “Shadow” Morton. It was originally recorded by the girl group the Shangri-Las, who had a top five hit with it in 1964, their first hit single. A remake by Aerosmith in 1979 was a minor hit. There have been many other versions of the song as well.

“Remember (Walking in the Sand)” was covered by Aerosmith and was released on the 1979 album Night in the Ruts..

There where lots of other copies, eg, Amy Winehouse, The Haylas, Jeff Beck and Imelda May, The Red hot chili peppers and many more too many to mention… it’s worth looking it up on YouTube and seeing all the different versions…it will not disappoint!…

Lyrics.

Seems like the other day
My baby went away
He went away ‘cross the sea

It’s been two years or so
Since I saw my baby go
And then this letter came for me

It said that we were through
He found somebody new
Oh, let me think, let me think, what can I do?

Oh no, oh no
Oh no-no-no-no-no

walkin’ in the sand
(Remember) walkin’ hand in hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting

then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
Softly, softly we’d meet with our lips

Whatever happened to
The boy that I once knew?
The boy who said he’d be true

Oh, what will happen to
The life I gave to you?
What will I do with it now?

walkin’ in the sand
(Remember) walkin’ hand in hand
(Remember) the night was so exciting
(Remember) smile was so inviting

then he touched my cheek
(Remember) with his fingertips
(Remember) softly
(Remember)

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: George Francis Morton

Well that’s me for now, HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE 💜💜💜

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS August 29, 2026. Sleep 😴

Ping went my phone , yes it was LindaGHill with this week’s prompt for SoCs. Here’s what she said: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “sleep.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!“

Sleep patterns

Sleep is a life giver …a healer, it keeps you sane, and can really help you with your sanity.

There are times in your life when it is harder to sleep than at other times. Times when you heart breaks and your mind is in torment! Insomnia is so hard to bear on top of everything else .

Insomnia is so damaging to the brain and physical health.

Then of course when you are a parent and your hormones are all over the place… You have a tiny human thrust on you who is totally dependent on you…. they can keep you up all night and day …. until you are so desperate for sleep.

Then there is The Golden monent just before you wake, you are asleep but waking up and you just want to stay sleeping

Well that’s me for now. However you sleep 😴 Deeply, lightly, fitfully, like the dead, cat naps, power naps however you sleep enjoy it while you can.

THIS IS PART OF LINDAGHILL’S STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS SATURDAY.

Haiku Fridays with J-Dub #18 The Beast.

Jilly says this about this on her prompt for This week’s Friday Haiku.

mirror images

mouth spits river, moon above

guardians of truth

I see this … The Beast.

Twin evils
Jealousy and hate
Sad planet 💜

Jillys Haiku Friday .💜💜💜

One -Liner Wednesday: Oh! Really!

This is my slightly longer than One -Liner Wednesday than I usually do ..but I think it is worth it!

This memorable interaction is a famous comedic exchange from the 1965 Beatles movie, Help! In the film, the band seeks protection from Scotland Yard because a mystical, dangerous cult is trying to steal a sacrificial ring stuck on Ringo Starr’s finger.

The exact script dialogue unfolds as follows:

Superintendent: “So this is the famous ring?”
Ringo: “I’m in fear of me life, you know!”
Superintendent: “And these are the famous Beatles?”
John: “So this is the famous Scotland Yard, eh?”
Superintendent: “And how long do you think you’ll last?”
John: “Can’t say fairer than that. The Great Train Robbery, eh? How’s that going?”

Part of LindaGHill’s One – Liner Wednesday.

The Great Train Robbery

TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 79, Color as a Metaphor, 8/25/26

This week’s host for Tanka Tuesday is Colleen, here is what she has to say about : “The Significance of Color in Japanese Poetry“

Connection to Nature

In Japanese poetry, color is intricately linked to nature. Poets often draw inspiration from the natural world, using colors to evoke specific emotions and imagery. This connection allows readers to experience the beauty of the seasons and the environment through vivid descriptions.” You can read more about this and all the Tanka Tuesday Guidelines here at Colleen’s prompt.“

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So this week, let’s explore color in our Japanese poetry. Using (a) color as a metaphor, write your poem connected to your favorite season.

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I am going for Autumn 🍁 again as I love it so much, it is my safe season. The colours I have chosen are Golden (Ki ) Power and devine mercy, Green,Blue (Ao) commonness and simplicity.

I remember travelling through Tuscany one year in Autumn 🍂🍁. We passed a field full of Sunflowers… they were past their best. Waiting for their seeds to be harvested. I was struck by sadness… bowed heads, they looked tired and wet. There had been rain… and yet the golden sun was out and the sky was so blue. So renewal was on its way.

I have written two poems, An Etheree and An Haiku.

Sunflowers Rebirth. Etheree

I
think that
I have not
Seen a sadder
Scene than golden heads
Turned to brown bowed by rain.
Nature’s way to revival
To make oil or rebirth. It’s true,
All those dying heads are a sad view.
Against a Tuscan sky that is so blue.

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Circle of life. Haiku.

A blue Tuscan sky
Holds the mighty golden orb
All things run their course

Song Lyric Sunday: Your Body is a Temple.

Remove keyboard; add Imogen Heap’s Mi.Mu gloves

Hi I was away this weekend and so here is Jim Adams Song Lyric Sunday on Monday.

This week Jim has asked us to find a song that uses the words bare, birthday suit, buff, exposed, liberated, naked, naturist, nude, or skin. … Well I have a favourite song about all the afore mentioned prompts… yet the nearest it gets to mentioning them is Bodies …The song treats sex and love really beautifully and gently.

The accompanying video was made by Imogen and her partner Michael Lebor ( a film director). It was filmed exclusively by them in their own house. … Imogen was newly pregnant with her daughter Florence Scout Rosie, known as Scout at the time… I think it makes the song even more special.

“Entanglement is part of Sparks, the fourth studio album by Imogen Heap, released on 19 August 2014 through Megaphonic Records in the United Kingdom and through RCA Records in the United States. Recorded between 2011 and 2014 across four different continents, with a new song being written and released every three months, it was primarily written and produced by Heap, with additional writing and production from collaborators Deadmau5, Vishal–Shekhar, and B.o.B, as well as production from Nick Ryan. Info Wiki“

Entanglement was made the old fashioned way … I don’t think Imogen even used her Mi Mu gloves, which she invented and developed, on the track.

Here we are
Blood pressure rising fast
Air electric
Conduct this orchestra

A micro utopia born
As the overture plays
This prelude to life long love
Our bodies entanglement takes
You all over me
Me all over you

Fearless heart
I’m gonna take care of you
Whether spark or spiral
I’ll pull the strength of suns

It’s home where you hold me
So show me no mercy
On islands of cotton
Taboos get forgotten
Our body entanglement wants
You all over me (me, me, me)
Me all over you (you, you, you)
You all over me

Oh, burst me into bloom I dare you to
Lose yourself in our embodiment
Ravage this palate of pinks and reds and
Dissolve into radiance

It’s home where you hold me
So show me no mercy
On islands of cotton
Taboos get forgotten
Our body entanglement wants
You all over me (me, me, me, me, me)
Me all over you, you, you, you
You all over

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Imogen Heap / Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap

Happy Monday everyone 💜💜💜