MMMM: Seven Days A Week.

Hi everyone it me 😊. John at Thesoundofonehandtyping has invited me to join him at Monday’s Music Moves Me which is sponsored by MarieCathyAlana, and Stacy, so be sure and visit them, where you can also find the Linky for the other participants.

I am not sure if I have the theme right but John has done the days of the week so I have followed suit. I have thrown in a few songs that list every weekday and for measure I think most of them are danceable….. Plus I think some of the lyrics are fun . So thanks to John and the Ladies here I am 💜💜💜 I hope you enjoy and I have got the idea right.

Song Lyric Sunday: That’s why they call it the Blues.

Jim Adams.

Good Sunday morning everyone ! This week our host Jim Adam’s prompt for Song Lyric Sunday is the Blues. So what are the Blues Wikipedia says:

Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spiritualswork songsfield hollersshoutschants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture. The blues form is ubiquitous in jazzrhythm and blues, and rock and roll, and is characterized by the call-and-response pattern, the blues scale, and specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues is the most common. Blue notes (or “worried notes”), usually thirds, fifths or sevenths flattened in pitch, are also an essential part of the sound. Blues shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance-like rhythm and form a repetitive effect known as the groove.

My first choice and I didn’t really have to think about it is Rollin and Tumblin . There are so many versions of this song so I picked one of the originals by Little Walter. One from Cream from 1966 and my favourite version from Jeff Beck and Imogen Heap from the early 2000’s .

Rollin’ and Tumblin’” (or “Roll and Tumble Blues“) is a blues standard first recorded by American singer-guitarist Hambone Willie Newbern in 1929. Called a “great Delta blues classic”, it has been interpreted by hundreds of Delta and Chicago blues artists, including well-known recordings by Muddy Waters. Rock musicians usually follow Waters’ versions, with the 1960s group Cream‘s rendition being perhaps the best known.

In 1950, Muddy Waters recorded two early versions of “Rollin’ and Tumblin'”. On a session for the Parkway label, he provided the guitar with Little Walter on vocal and harmonica and Baby Face Leroy Foster on drums. Biographer Robert Gordon described the performance as a “standout track [which] could have easily have disintegrated into an overenthused party record”.The Parkway released the song as a two-part single (Part 1 backed with Part 2) and listed the artist as the Baby Face Leroy Trio. In 2022, this recording was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in the “Classics of Blues Recording – Singles” category.

For Aristocrat Records, Waters sang as well as played guitar with bass accompaniment by Ernest “Big” Crawford. Gordon called their version “exciting”, but felt that it did not have the power or passion of the one with Walter and Foster. In 1960, Elmore James recorded a different arrangement of the song and a year later, Howlin’ Wolf recorded “Down in the Bottom“, which employed a new set of lyrics and is credited to Willie Dixon.

My favourite version is by Jeff Beck featuring my very favourite Immie .

You Had It Coming is the eighth studio album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in December 2000 through Epic Records.The album reached No. 17 and 110 on the Billboard Top Internet Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively, as well as No. 96 and 123 on the German and French albums chart. “Dirty Mind”, went on to win the award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 2002 Grammys; this being Beck’s third such award, after the albums Flash (1985) and Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop (1989). Singer Imogen Heap is featured on “Dirty Mind” and “Rollin’ and Tumblin’“, and would later tour with Beck in 2004.

Also the Cream version is absolutely fantastic .

all information from Wikipedia

Well, I rolled and I tumbled
Cried the whole night long
Well, I rolled and I tumbled
Cried the whole night long
When I woke up this morning
Didn’t know right or wrong
Well, if the river was a whiskey
And I was a diving duck
If the river was a whiskey
And I was a diving duck
Well, I would dive to the bottom
I’d swear, I’d never come up

Well, I coulda had religion
In this bad old Sunday
I coulda had religion
In this bad old Sunday
But whiskey and bad love
Wouldn’t let me have my way

I rolled and I tumbled
And I rolled and I tumbled
I rolled and I tumbled

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Mckinley Morganfield

Rollin’ and Tumblin’ lyrics © Watertoons Music, Watertoons Music (bug)

HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE 💜💜

Song Lyric Sunday: Hip Hop Rap.

Jim Adams.

This week our host Jim Adams has asked us to sample some Hip Hop Rap for Song Lyric Sunday.... Well I do have eclectic tastes but today is one of my least favourite genres. That is not to say I dislike it but I can live with it or without it. So what is Hip Hop Rap?

Hip hop music or hip-hop music, also known as rap music and formerly known as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the Bronx borough of New York City in the early 1970s by African Americans, and it had been around for years prior before mainstream discovery. This genre of music originated as anti-drug and anti-violence, while consisting of stylized rhythmic music (usually built around drum beats) that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. According to the professor Asante of African American studies at Temple University, “hip hop is something that blacks can unequivocally claim as their own “. It was developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntablesbreak dancing, and graffiti art. Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records (or synthesized beats and sounds), and rhythmic beatboxing. While often used to refer solely to rapping, “hip hop” more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. The term hip hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music, though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip hop culture, including DJingturntablismscratchingbeatboxing, and instrumental tracks.

So lets go back to the late eighties and Salt and Pepa….. They made great dance music and although lyrics are my first love dancing does come a close second . So first choice is Push it !

Push It” is a song by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa, who originated in Queens. It was released as the B-side of the “Tramp” single in 1987. It peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1988 and, after initially peaking at number 41 in the UK, it re-entered the charts after the group performed the track at Nelson Mandela‘s 70th birthday concert, eventually peaking at number two in the UK in July 1988. The song has also been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song is ranked number 446 on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was ranked number nine on VH1‘s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.

The song quotes a line from “You Really Got Me” by The Kinks, with the word “girl” replaced with “boy”: “Boy, you really got me goin’/You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’.” (For this, Ray Davies received a songwriting credit for “Push It.”) It also quotes “Pick up on this” from “I’m a Greedy Man” and “There it is” from “There It Is“, both by James Brown. The whispered “Push it” is sampled from a 1977 recording called “Keep on Pushin'” by the band Coal Kitchen. This song is written in the key of A minor.

Salt-N-Pepa (sometimes stylized as Salt ‘N’ Pepa) is an American hip hop group formed in New York City in 1985, that comprised Salt (Cheryl James), Pepa (Sandra Denton), and DJ Spinderella (Deidra Roper). 

Salt-N-Pepa have sold over 15 million records worldwide, making them one of the best selling rap acts of all time. Their success in rap and hip hop culture has earned them the honorific title “The First Ladies of Rap”

more information here.

Ah, push it

Ah, push it

Ooh, baby, baby, baby, baby
Ooh, baby, baby, ba-baby, baby
Get up on this

Ah, push it
Ah, push it
Ah, push it
Get up on this
Ah, push it
Get up on this
Ow! Baby!

Salt-N-Pepa’s here
Salt, Salt-Salt, Salt-N-Pepa’s here
Salt-Salt-Salt-Salt, Salt-n-Pepa’s here
Salt-n-Pepa, Salt-n-Pepa, Salt-n-Pepa’s here
Salt-Salt-Salt, Salt-n-Pepa’s here

Now, now, now, wait a minute y’all
This dance ain’t for everybody
Only the sexy people
So all you fly mother’s, get on out there and dance
Dance, I said

Salt-n-Pepa’s here, and we’re in effect
Want you to push it back
Cooling by day, then at night, working up a sweat
C’mon girls, let’s go show the guys that we know
How to become number one in a hot party show
Now push it

push it good
(Ah, push it) push it real good
(Ah, push it) push it good
(Ah, push it) p-push it real good

Ow!
Push it good
Ooh, baby, baby, baby, baby
Ooh, baby, baby, ba-baby, baby

Push it good
Push it real good
Ah, push it

Ah, push it

Yo, yo, yo, yo, baby-pop
Yeah, you! Come here, gimme a kiss
Better make it fast or else I’m gonna get pissed
Can’t you hear the music pumping hard? Like I wish you would
Now push it

Push it good
Push it real good
Push it good
P-push it real good
Ah, push it

Get up on this
(Uh) get up on this
(Uh, uh) get up on this
(Ha) get up on this
(Hit it)

Boy, you really got me going
You got me so
I don’t know what I’m doing
Ah, push it
Ah, push it

Boy, you really got me going
You got me so
I don’t know what I’m doing
Ah, push it
Ah, push it

Ah
Ah, push it
Push-push-push-push it, push it
Push it
Push, push, push, push it, push it
Push it, push it
Push it, push it, pushit
Push it, push it
Push it, push it, push it

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Herby Azor / Raymond Davies

Push It! (TMW Remix) lyrics © Wb Music Corp., Sons Of K-oss Music Inc., Edward Kassner Music Co. Ltd, Sons Of K-oss Music Inc

Now as a contrast a favourite of mine by Fat Boy Slim who is a favourite of my eldest son. Weapon of choice!

Weapon of Choice” is a song by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim from his third studio album, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. It features American funk musician Bootsy Collins. It was released as a double A-side single with “Star 69” on 23 April 2001, as well as a standalone single release, and a 2010 re-release with remixes. The single peaked at No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart

I love: The music video, directed by Spike Jonze, features actor Christopher Walken dancing around a deserted hotel lobby. It won multiple awards at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards and won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Music Video.

The music video was filmed in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel (now the L.A. Grand Hotel Downtown) in Los Angeles in December 2000. Directed by Spike Jonze, it features actor Christopher Walken, who trained as a dancer in musical theatre before his acting career. Walken had asked Jonze to film his dancing, and Jonze suggested that he participate in the video. Fatboy Slim had originally been scheduled to have a cameo in the video, replacing Walken in the harness shots, but was unavailable that weekend because his wife was giving birth.

In the video, Walken is relaxing in a chair in a deserted hotel lobby, when he hears the song being played from a cleaning cart nearby. He begins to dance around the hotel, then gets in an elevator, leaps off the balcony, and flies around the mezzanine before returning to the chair and sitting back down.

The “Weapon of Choice” video won six awards at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards. Walken was awarded one of MTV’s “Moonmen” for Best Choreography. The clip was also ranked number one in a list of the top 100 videos of all time by VH1 in April 2002 compiled from a music industry survey. The Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt has also danced in a version of the video directed by Malik Bendjelloul. In 2012, British comedian and presenter Rowland Rivron also won charity TV show Let’s Dance for Sport Relief with his reenactment of the video’s choreography.

Walken has cited admiration for Jonze as one of his main reasons for appearing in the video, which he also welcomed as a chance to do “something different”. He also noted that as a trained tap dancer, dancing to electronic music suited him well. More information here.

You could blow with this
You could blow with that
You could blow with this
You could blow with that
You could blow with this
You could blow with that
You could blow with this
You could blow with that

You could blow with this
You could blow with that
You could blow with this
You could blow with that
You could blow with this
You could blow with that
You could blow with this
You could blow with that

(repeat twice more)

You could blow with this

That

This

That

You could blow with this
You could blow with that
You could blow with this
You could blow with that
You could blow with this
You could blow with that
You could blow with this
You could blow with that

(repeat five times more)

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Norman Cook / Andres Titus / Sylvester Stewart / Bootsy Collins / William Mclean / Ashley Slater

Weapon of Choice enhanced video lyrics © Polygram Music Publishing Ltd. Gb, Peep Bo Music, Mijac Music, Mashamug Music, Polygram Int. Publishing, Inc.

Happy Sunday Everyone 💜💜💜

Two songs to lift our spirits.

Well good afternoon everyone, I feel like raising spirits today …. Not Bacardi, I shall leave that to Morgarna , though at the moment she may have to make do with Dark Rum.

Right I am sliding off piste here. I want to actually raising our spirits as in realising we are all special we are all heroes . I know many of us have problems, illness, mental and physical, money worries of many kinds, relationship problems and everything fate wants to throw at us.

So here is today’s lesson coming to us straight from our Sam Ryder. Two songs both with wonderful messages for all of us.

I am a mountain and down in the valley is all that I’ve overcome”

Below is the story of one of the young dancers from Sam’s video like all the others she has a disability and over come it.

The video is up lifting as are the lyrics so do have a look at them if you can’t make them out.

Rough seas might pull me under and
Dark clouds might dim my days
But there’s always bright tomorrows when
I close my eyes and say
“Remember how you’ve made it through the fire
Remember how you’ve come so far
An unstoppable force of nature
Yeah, that’s what you are”

[Pre-Chorus]
I know all that I have lost
Has given me the purpose of
Conquering my pain through love
I sing this hymn to rise above

[Chorus]
I am a mountain
And down in the valley below
Is all that I’ve overcome
All that I’ve overcome, woah
I am a mountain
And down in the valley below
Is all that I’ve overcome
All that I’ve oh-oh-overcome-ome
Oh-oh-overcome-ome
I’m a fighter, it’s like I was born to be one

[Verse 2]
Whatever life may throw, I’ll pass the test
Whatever fate might dream upon me next
I’ll stand with my head to the sky
Unshaken by thunder and winds and the tide

[Pre-Chorus]
I know all that I have lost
Has given me the purpose of
Conquering my pain through love
I sing this hymn to rise above

[Chorus]
I am a mountain (Ah, yeah)
And down in the valley below
Is all that I’ve overcome
All that I’ve overcome, woah
I am a mountain (I am a mountain)
And down in the valley below
Is all that I’ve overcome
All that I’ve oh-oh-overcome-ome (Alright)
Oh-oh-overcome
Oah

[Chorus]
I am a mountain (Hey)
And down in the valley below
Is all that I’ve overcome
All that I’ve overcome, woah
I am a mountain
And down in the valley below
Is all that I’ve overcome
(It’s all that I’ve, all that I’ve, all that I’ve, all that I’ve overcome)
All that I’ve oh-oh-overcome-ome (Yeah)
Oh-oh-overcome-ome (It’s all that I’ve overcome)
Oh-oh-overcome-ome (It’s all that I’ve overcome)
Oh-oh-overcome-ome
I’m a fighter, it’s like I was born to be one

Lyric Genius written and co-produced by Ryder along with Jimbo Barry and Lewis Allen. 

What the second song is about in Sam’s own words .

This is a song for the hope seekers & the faith keepers. The ones who foster the dream and keep its fire burning regardless of the knock backs, the almosts, the falls & the failures.”

Fought & Lost”
(feat. Brian May)

Congratulations on your jubilation
Our hearts are breaking underneath all the applause
This devastation is of our own making
But we’ve never tasted this much bitterness before

And everybody falls
But some of us are born to fight, and fight, and fight some more

So, we will see you here
Same time, same place, next year
And you may win this battle but you’ll never win the war
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all

Go take a bow
Your audience is waiting
We’ll take the shadows since the limelight isn’t ours
We wanted it so bad
Gave it all we had
Oh, but wanting, it doesn’t always make it yours

This time was ours to lose
But fortune favours those who ride the storm and make it through

So, we will see you here
Same time, same place, next year
And you can take this battle ’cause we’re gonna win the war
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all

So, here on the same ground
When the tables have turned around
Oh, and your tears fall as your world is crashing down
I hope, when you see me
You remember that feeling
Oh, ’cause we’ve both seen the world from both sides now

And everybody falls
And life will tear you down to show you what’s worth fighting for

Oh, we will see you here
Same time, same place, next year
And you may win this battle but you’ll never win the war
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all

Ato Z Lyrics

Music and Lyrics by: Tom Howe, Jamie Hartman and Sam Ryder
Vocal: Sam Ryder 

HAVE A Great Day all of you and remember we are mountains.

Uptown Disco Nights.

Jim Adams.

Good morning everyone it’s Sunday again and time for another Song Lyric Sunday. This week our host Jim Adams has give us Disco music as our prompt.

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States’ urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslinesstring sectionsbrass and hornselectric pianosynthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars read more here

Having read Jim’s introduction I discovered that it started much earlier and to my surprise in Paris… well we live and learn …that’s the whole point of SLS.

My first thought was D.I.S.C.O. BY Ottawan. So I decided bto stick with it. It was released in 1979.

These were the years at the hight of hubby’s and mine Disco days! .. I would get a baby sitter for a Friday or Saturday night. I’d put on my glitter and a ton of make up, a tiny dress, and boots! Hubby his non work suit or pasley shirt and bellbtoms. We’d go to the Top Rank in Reading and dance.

D.I.S.C.O.” is a song by the French band Ottawan, written by Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger and produced by Daniel Vangarde. Ottawan originally recorded it in French.

It was first released in 1979 and reached number two in the UK Singles Chart the following year.

The song’s name is an acronym and comes from the lyrics in its chorus, in which a woman is described as “D.I.S.C.O.”. In other words, each letter of the word standing for a certain quality, except “O”, which simply leads to singing “oh-oh-oh” (“She is D, delirious / She is I, incredible / She is S, superficial / She is C, complicated / She is oh-oh-oh”).more information here.

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We used to go to the Top Rank whenever we could get a baby sitter. That reminds me of this song ….our signature tune.

Uptown Top Ranking” is a song by Jamaican teenage singersAlthea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track “Three Piece Suit” by Trinity. The lyrics were written by the duo and Errol Thompson. It was produced by Joe Gibbs, using a re-recording of the riddim of the 1967 Alton Ellis song “I’m Still in Love”, which had already been re-popularised in the 1970s by Marcia Aitken‘s cover “I’m Still in Love With You Boy”, and “Three Piece Suit” by Trinity, to which “Uptown” was an “answer record”

The record was initially recorded as a joke. It was accidentally played by BBC Radio 1DJJohn Peel resulting in numerous requests for additional plays. With early championing by Peel and a performance on Top of the Pops, it soon became a surprise hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart in February 1978. The track spent a total of 11 weeks in the charts. Althea & Donna became the youngest female duo to reach the number-one spot on the UK chart.

See me in me heels and ting
Dem check, sey we hip and ting
True dem no know an’ting
We have dem going and ting

Nah pop no style, I strictly roots
Nah pop no style, I strictly roots

See me ‘pon de road, I ‘earin’ you call out to me
True you see me in m’pants and ting
See me in me ‘alter back
Sey me gi’ you ‘eart attack
Gimme little bass, make m’wine up m’waist
Uptown top ranking

See me in m’Benz and ting, oh
Drivin’ tru Constant Spring
Dem check sey me come from Cosmo Spring
But a true dem no know an’ting
Dem no know sey we top rankin’, oh
Uptown top rankin’

Shoulda see me and de rankin’ dread, oh
Check ‘ow we jammin’ and ting
Love is all I bring
Inna m’khaki suit and ting

Nah pop no style, I strictly roots
Nah pop no style, I strictly roots

Watch ‘ow we chuck it and ting
Inna we khaki suit and ting
Love is all I bring
Inna m’khaki suit and ting

Nah pop no style, I strictly roots
Nah pop no style, I strictly roots

Love inna you ‘eart, dis a bawl out fe me
When you see me in m’pants and ting, oh
See me in me ‘alter back
Sey me gi’ you ‘eart attack
Gimme little bass, make m’wine up m’waist
Uptown top rankin’, oh

See me ‘pon the road and ‘earin’ you call out to me
True you see me in m’pants and ting, oh
See me inna me ‘alter back
Sey me gi’ you ‘eart attack

Gimme little bass, make m’wine up m’waist
Gimme little bass, make m’wine up m’waist
Love is all I bring
Inna m’khaki suit and ting

Nah pop no style, I strictly roots
Nah pop no style, I strictly roots

You shoulda see me and de rankin’ dread, oh
Check ‘ow we jammin’ and ting
Love is all I bring
Inna m’khaki suit and ting

Me nah pop no style, dat true, I strictly roots

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Errol Thompson / Donna Reid / Joe Gibbs / Althea Forrest / Neamian Ellis Alton

Uptown Top Ranking 2001 lyrics © Keep On Kicking Music Inc., Jack Russell Music Limited, Carlin Music Corp

Happy days I remember them well.

HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE 💜💜💜

Oops and Ouch.

Well we are back to normal at the Eurovision …U.K. came second to last at position 25 ! I thought our song deserved a little more love to be fair.

The show though put on in Liverpool as host for last year’s winners Ukraine was AMAZEBALLS &BONKERS! I loved it! Sam Ryder, last year’s runner up did a great job entertaining us while the votes were sorted . His new song Mountain is wonderful and inspiring …

“I am a mountain
And down in the valley below
Is all that I’ve overcome
All that I’ve overcome, woah-oh
” just part of the beautiful lyrics, Sam was joined on stage by dancers with disabilities and prosthetic limbs to show you can overcome. Another suprise was Roger Taylor from Queen playing the drums. Do watch the video it great.

And of course Ukraine who won last year but could not host because of the war came in 6th place . They had their party at our house 🌹

Who won ? Loreen from Sweden…well done Sweden. Interesting song.

Ah well there’s always next year. 😄💜💜💜

From the Caribbean to Egypt.

Good morning it’s Sunday and our host Jim Adams has asked to use Girl Bands, Groups as our Song Lyric Sunday prompt. Well I am going from the sublime to the ridiculous…I love both the groups I have chosen .

Jim Adams.

The Beverley Sisters (MBE) were an English female close harmony pop vocal and light entertainment trio, consisting of three siblings from London. They were most popular during the 1950s and 1960s, and became well-known through their radio and television appearances. They also toured the cabaret circuit. They were also known for their matching outfits, which they wore both on- and off-stage.

YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY WERE ALL BORN ON 5TH May Joy 1924 and the twins 1927 ! How’s that for a coincidence?

The Beverleys consisted of eldest sister Joy (born Joycelyn Victoria Chinery, 5 May 1924 – 31 August 2015), and twins Teddie (born Hazel P. Chinery, 5 May 1927) and Babs (born Babette Patricia Chinery, 5 May 1927 – 28 October 2018)

Their style was loosely modelled on that of their American counterparts, The Andrews Sisters. Their notable successes included the Irving Berlin-penned “Sisters” and the Christmas songs “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus“, “Little Donkey“, and “Little Drummer Boy“, while in the United States they charted with a version of Greensleeves.

Read more on Wikipedia.

By the waters of the Caribbean
Lived a lovely little Latin Queen
In her bathing suit she can be seen
Strolling down beside the sea

But her bathing suit never got wet
And she was the Admiral’s daughter
And always so close to the water
But her bathing suit never got wet

Then one day imagine her surprise
Clouds began to gather in the skies
There she stood just like a frightened pup
When the heavens opened up

But her bathing suit never got wet
For there on the sand was a feller
And he had the cutest umbrella
So her bathing suit never got wet

Then a boy whom she’d snubbed one day
He got revenge, and in the very sweetest way
He turned the hose upon this Latin Beaut’
Who standing in her bathing suit

But her bathing suit never got wet
No, no, no, no
For while she was weeping and screaming
She woke up and found she was dreaming
So her bathing suit never got wet

Here’s what happened on the beach one night
When she saw nobody was in sight
She made up her mind and she went
Swimming to her heart’s content

But her bathing suit never got wet
You’d agree that she couldn’t look cuter
Wearin’ her birthday suiter
So her bathing suit never got wet

No it never, never, never, never got wet
Not yet

Recorded 1947 . Written by.


Charles Tobias was an American songwriter. Wikipedia

Born: 15 August 1898, New York, New York, United States

Died: 7 July 1970, Manhasset, New York, United States

Songwriting partners: Sam H. SteptLew BrownMurray MencherEddie CantorNat SimonPeter De Rosemore

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The Bangles are an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981. The band recorded several singles that reached the U.S. top 10 during the 1980s, including “Manic Monday” (1986), “Walk Like an Egyptian” (1986), “Hazy Shade of Winter” (1987), “In Your Room” (1988), and “Eternal Flame” (1989).

The band’s classic lineup consisted of founding members Susanna Hoffs (guitar and vocals), Vicki Peterson (guitar and vocals), Debbi Peterson (drums and vocals), with Michael Steele (bass and vocals). As of June 2018, the band consisted of sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson, Hoffs, and founding bassist Annette Zilinskas. Read more on Wiki.

All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don’t you know?
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They’re falling down like a domino

All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian

The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They’ve got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink, then they bring you more

All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They’re walking like an Egyptian

All the kids in the marketplace say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian

Slide your feet up the street, bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac

If you wanna find all the cops
They’re hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
They spin the clubs, cruise down the block

All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian

All the cops in the donut shop say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Liam Hillard Sternberg

Walk Like an Egyptian lyrics © Peermusic Publishing.

Walk Like an Egyptian” is a song by American band the Bangles. It was released in September 1986 as the third single from their second studio album, Different Light (1986). It was the band’s first number-one single, being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was ranked Billboard‘s number-one song of 1987. More information Wiki .

I love both groups and I have chosen my very favourite song from each group.

Happy Sunday Everyone 💜💜

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY IF YOU’RE CELEBRATING 💜💜💜💜

Song Lyrics Sunday …but then they grow up.

Jim Adams.

Good Sunday morning everyone this week for Song Lyric Sunday our galant host Jim Adams has set us the prompt of Boy Bands.

A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. South Korean boy bands usually also have designated rappers.Some such bands are formed on their own, often evolving out of church choral or gospel music groups. In contrast, others are created by talent managers or record producers who hold auditions. Being vocal groups, most boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on-stage. They are similar in concept to their counterparts known as girl groups. The popularity of boy bands has peaked three times: first in the 1960s to 70s (e.g., with the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds); the second time it peaked during the late 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s, when acts such as New Kids on the BlockTake ThatBackstreet BoysNSYNCBoyzoneFiveA1O-Zone and Westlife dominated global pop charts; and last time in the 2010s up to the present, with the emergence of groups such as One DirectionThe WantedBig Time RushThe VampsBallinciaga and K-pop acts such as BTSExoAteez, and Cravity. More information here at Wikipedia

So I chose the Vamps for no reason other than I like the song and they are a great fit for the genre.

The Vamps are a British pop band consisting of Brad Simpson, James Brittain-McVey, Connor Ball and Tristan Evans.They formed in 2012 and signed to Mercury Records (now Virgin EMI Records) in the November of the same year.

In 2017, they had their first number 1 on the UK Albums Chart with Night & Day (Night Edition). Their first two albums, Meet The Vamps and Wake Up are both certified Gold in the UK. The Vamps have also launched their own record label, Steady Records, and they are working in partnership with EMI/Universal. The first act signed was American band The Tide.

In 2018, guitarist McVey participated in the eighteenth series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and finished in fifth place. They have continuously toured worldwide since their debut in 2012, and they are the first band to headline London’s O2 Arena five years in a row. Information from Wikipedia

I’ve been up all night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming
All night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

Sometimes I tend to lose myself
When I’m out here on my own
I never seem to get it right
But I guess that’s how it goes
Ever since you came around
Can’t nobody hold me down
You showed me how to find myself when I needed it the most

I been up all night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming
All night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming
Wide awake, that’s okay, as long as I’m with you
I’ll be up all night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

I’m never gonna find my way
If I don’t learn to let go
The past is the past, today is today
And there’s things I can’t control
The circles underneath my eyes
Tell the truth that I’ve been trying to hide
I’ve been waiting for you way too long
Won’t you come and take me home
Oh I, I’m praying this ain’t all a dream
Can you, you, wake me up before you leave?

I been up all night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming
All night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming
Wide awake, that’s okay, as long as I’m with you
I’ll be up all night, no sleep
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming
Whoa, as long as I’m with you
‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

‘Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Justin Franks / John Mitchell / Tristan Evans / Bradley Simpson / Connor Ball / James Mcvey / Daniel Majic / Tom Lagergren

All Night lyrics © Artist Publishing Group West, J Franks Publishing, Artist 101 Publishing Group, These Are Songs Of Pulse, Danny Majic Music Publishing, Global Talent Publishing Ltd, Kmr Ii Gt Publishing Limited

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Well I just couldn’t do a post on Boy Bands without including the Boy Band that in my opinion are the kings of the genre! They are men now and only three of them still together but they are still brilliant. From their first song dreadful video! But the talent is there.

Do what you like, do what you like
Sugar sweet, if only they all knew
Jam, can’t spread no more you’ve took my bread
Energy, just work, no rest or play
Me, myself I’d rather be alone again

So you can do what you like, do what you like
No need to ask me, do what you want
Do what you like, do what you like
No need to tell me, do what you want

Cherry pie, you’re not as cute as me
Ice, could never be as cold as you
Recipe, you stir me up inside
Me, myself I’d rather be alone again

So you can do what you like, do what you like
No need to ask me, do what you want
Do what you like, do what you like
No need to tell me, do what you want

So you can do what you like, do what you like
No need to ask me, do what you want
Do what you like, ooh
No need to tell me, no need to tell me

Oh ho, maybe, maybe, oh
Do what you like
Do what you want
Do what you like
Do what you want

Me, myself I’d rather be alone again
So you can do what you like, do what you like
No need to ask me, do what you want
Do what you like, do what you like
No need to tell me, do what you want
Do what you like, do what you want
No need to ask me, do what you want
Do what you like

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Gary Barlow / Ray Hedges

Do What U Like lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

To Brilliance in 2011 and their still going now.

Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary BarlowHoward Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group’s lead singer and primary songwriter, with Owen and Williams initially providing backing vocals and Donald and Orange serving primarily as dancers.

The group have had 28 top-40 singles and 17 top-5 singles on the UK Singles Chart, 12 of which have reached number one, including “Back for Good”, “Never Forget”, “Patience” and “Greatest Day”. They have also had eight number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart. Internationally, the band have had 56 number one singles and 39 number-one albums. They have received eight Brit Awards—winning for Best British Group and Best British Live Act. In 2012 they received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), Take That has been certified for 14 million albums and 11.4 million singles in the UK. More information from Wikipedia

The Flood”

Standing on the edge of forever
At the start of whatever
Shouting love at the world
Back then we were like cavemen
But we map the moon and the stars
Then we forgave them

We will meet you where the lights are
The defendants of the faith we are
When the thunder turns around they’ll run so hard we’ll tear the ground away

You know no one dies
In these love drowned eyes
Through our love drowned eyes
We’ll watch you sleep tonight

Although no one understood
We were holding back the flood
Learning how to dance the rain
We were holding back the flood
They said we’d never dance again

Bleeding, but none of us leaving
Watch your mouth son
Or you’ll find yourself floating home

Here we come now on a dark star
Seeing demons, not what we are
Tiny minds and eager hands will try to strike but now will end today

There’s progress now
Where there once was none
Where there once was none
Then everything came along

Although no one understood
We were holding back the flood
Learning how to dance the rain
There was more of them than us
Now they’ll never dance again
Although no one understood
There was more of them than us
Learning how to dance the rain
We were holding back the flood
They said we’d never dance again

We will meet you where the lights are
The defendants of the faith we are
When the thunder turns around they’ll run so hard we’ll tear the ground away

Although no one understood
There was more of them than us
Learning how to dance the rain
(Learning how to dance the rain)
There was more of them than us
Now they’ll never dance again
Now we’ll never dance again

Writer(s): Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams, Howard Donald, Jason Orange Copyright © 2000-2023 AZLyrics.com

Happy Sunday Everyone 💜💜💜

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS May 6, 2023

Badge by Shelley Krupa..

A confused but lovely Linda has given us our prompt for SoCs this week she said: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “a song from your childhood.” Think of a song from your childhood and just write. Have fun!

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As a child our house was full of music, from Pat Boone to Adam Faith and all types in-between!
Mum and Dad were both deaf but they had a little hearing and they had their favourites too, Mum loved the big musical show numbers from Carousel , South Pacific , Porgy and Bess …she also loved Roger Whittaker. Dad loved classical music and his favourite was Maria Callas. They influenced me as did all my brothers and sisters!
As I said, from Pat Boone to Adam Faith and beyond and all points in-between. Maybe that is why music is so important to me.
Now what on earth among all this music stands out as a song from my childhood? It’s very hard but two stick out and they are both very different.

Adam Faith Who Am I

And Roger Whittaker, Mum’s favourite, The Last Farewell.

Both bring back floods of memories.

This is part of LindaGHill’s Steam of Consciousness Saturday.

Cut your roots.

Rooted to the ground
From the moment we are born
We are tied and bound
Yet we all have the ability to fly
To cut the earthly chains
And soar through clear blue sky
Sever the ties ignore the pains
Reaching the edge of space
If only in our imagination
Ignoring gravity, flying in it’s face
We are all magic, let’s cause consternation .

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