Our theme for today is songs that make me laugh. Again I skipped a day, but as I was brewing with my favourite brewpub, I think I have a valid excuse.
Track 1 - "Nightboat to Cairo" by Madness
If you've been following this challenge, you'll know that I like Madness a lot, and most of their songs are kind of the funny. "Nightboat to Cairo" is very in the usual Madness vein, quirky lyrics, daft video and just fun to listen to.
Track 2 - "Lucille" by The Corries
A parody on country music by the legendary Corries which never fails to make me laugh, and I am sure many of us have told tales of broken hearts over pints in the pub.
Track 3 - "Rabbit" by Chas and Dave
Perhaps it is just me, but music these days seems so tiresomely earnest and meaningful. Thank god then for Chas and Dave.
I think Chas and Dave take the accolades today, fun music that brings back lots of memories of childhood.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
30 Day Song Challenge - Day 24
Songs I want played at my funeral is the theme for today. I really don't go for the whole "celebrate my life" thing any more than I want people to wail and gnash their teeth. What is a funeral at the end of the day? Saying goodbye and going to the pub for a booze up? With that in mind, let's go.
Track 1 - "The Parting Glass" as performed by Sinead O'Connor
What better way to say goodbye than to recall the many fine people and great experiences I have had?
Track 2 - "Asleep" by The Smiths
There are times when I think this song is the apogee of the Morrissey and Marr partnership, and when I am gone, "don't feel bad for me".
Track 3 - "Sae Will We Yet" as performed by The Corries
If there is an afterlife, I hope it is like Valhalla from Norse mythology, laden with drinking and generally living it up.
All great tracks, so I'll have them all thanks.
Track 1 - "The Parting Glass" as performed by Sinead O'Connor
What better way to say goodbye than to recall the many fine people and great experiences I have had?
Track 2 - "Asleep" by The Smiths
There are times when I think this song is the apogee of the Morrissey and Marr partnership, and when I am gone, "don't feel bad for me".
Track 3 - "Sae Will We Yet" as performed by The Corries
If there is an afterlife, I hope it is like Valhalla from Norse mythology, laden with drinking and generally living it up.
All great tracks, so I'll have them all thanks.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
30 Day Song Challenge - Day 15
Here we are at the half way point, and today's theme is "songs that describe you". This should be weird, so let's dive on in....
Track 1 - "Driving In my Car" by Madness
I only got my driving license in 2009, mainly because Prague has an incredible public transport system and so having a car was completely pointless. However, moving to the States made it a priority to learn to drive, and so at the age of 33 I finally took the plunge and did so. The exam itself was a bit of a joke really, a ten minute spin round the block and hey presto! Admittedly I failed the written exam first time round, mainly due to getting confused between metres and feet - the sooner the world goes metric, the better.
Track 2 - "Fields of Anfield Road" by The Kop
I love the original song, The Fields of Athenry, but being a Liverpool fan, I prefer this version.
Track 3 - "Wild Rover" by The Corries
Since I left home at 19, I have lived in England, the Czech Republic, Belarus and the US. As a kid I lived in England, Scotland, Wales and Germany. Even now, I am sure there will be other places to live and experience before I finally find a place to stop and put down some roots.
Of the three, it is Wild Rover that I think best describes me and my life.
Track 1 - "Driving In my Car" by Madness
I only got my driving license in 2009, mainly because Prague has an incredible public transport system and so having a car was completely pointless. However, moving to the States made it a priority to learn to drive, and so at the age of 33 I finally took the plunge and did so. The exam itself was a bit of a joke really, a ten minute spin round the block and hey presto! Admittedly I failed the written exam first time round, mainly due to getting confused between metres and feet - the sooner the world goes metric, the better.
Track 2 - "Fields of Anfield Road" by The Kop
I love the original song, The Fields of Athenry, but being a Liverpool fan, I prefer this version.
Track 3 - "Wild Rover" by The Corries
Since I left home at 19, I have lived in England, the Czech Republic, Belarus and the US. As a kid I lived in England, Scotland, Wales and Germany. Even now, I am sure there will be other places to live and experience before I finally find a place to stop and put down some roots.
Of the three, it is Wild Rover that I think best describes me and my life.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
30 Day Song Challenge - Day 5
Songs that remind you of someone. Hmmm, how easy would it be to get all maudlin and look back to painful break ups and shitty situations? But, you know, I love my life as it is now - I wouldn't change my wife for any other woman on the planet. So I think I will take the route of songs that remind me of people that mean a lot to me.
Track 1 - "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia
When I was a student in Birmingham, my best mate Cristi and I were responsible for clearing up after the live in students had breakfast. While cleaning various pots and pans, we would listen to Chris Evans on Radio 1. Chris Evans made a point of playing Natalie Imbruglia's cover version of "Torn" until it got to number 1 in the charts, and he played it every morning while we were working in the kitchen and we both loved the song. Even though I haven't seen Cristi in well over a decade now, I still regard him as one of my best friends and one of the most genuinely wonderful human beings I know.
Track 2 - "Shoals O'Herring" by The Corries
Yes another song by The Corries, but this song always makes me think of someone I have never met, and never will, my grandfather. My mother's family come from Fraserburgh in the north east of Scotland, a town more famous these days for the BrewDog brewery. Mum's family were fishermen, working up and down the east coast of Great Britain, following the herring. In my grandfather's eventful and thoroughly unorthodox life, one of his jobs was as the Managing Director for a fish canning company in Lowestoft, before emigrating out to Adelaide in Australia.
Track 3 - "Start!" by The Jam
I have three brothers, two older and one younger. When my little brother and I were kids, my eldest brother Mark came to live at home for a while. Every Saturday we would get the newspaper, decide what we thought the football scores would be that day, pick a horse from the day's races and he would put a £1 bet on for us, a fiver on the Grand National. Mark was a fan of The Jam (actually a fair bit of my musical taste is entirely his fault), and he had this song as a 7" single. We listened to this song a lot.
I am not going to decide on a single track from these three. They are all excellent tracks and the people they bring to mind are, or were, all excellent people as well.
Track 1 - "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia
When I was a student in Birmingham, my best mate Cristi and I were responsible for clearing up after the live in students had breakfast. While cleaning various pots and pans, we would listen to Chris Evans on Radio 1. Chris Evans made a point of playing Natalie Imbruglia's cover version of "Torn" until it got to number 1 in the charts, and he played it every morning while we were working in the kitchen and we both loved the song. Even though I haven't seen Cristi in well over a decade now, I still regard him as one of my best friends and one of the most genuinely wonderful human beings I know.
Track 2 - "Shoals O'Herring" by The Corries
Yes another song by The Corries, but this song always makes me think of someone I have never met, and never will, my grandfather. My mother's family come from Fraserburgh in the north east of Scotland, a town more famous these days for the BrewDog brewery. Mum's family were fishermen, working up and down the east coast of Great Britain, following the herring. In my grandfather's eventful and thoroughly unorthodox life, one of his jobs was as the Managing Director for a fish canning company in Lowestoft, before emigrating out to Adelaide in Australia.
Track 3 - "Start!" by The Jam
I have three brothers, two older and one younger. When my little brother and I were kids, my eldest brother Mark came to live at home for a while. Every Saturday we would get the newspaper, decide what we thought the football scores would be that day, pick a horse from the day's races and he would put a £1 bet on for us, a fiver on the Grand National. Mark was a fan of The Jam (actually a fair bit of my musical taste is entirely his fault), and he had this song as a 7" single. We listened to this song a lot.
I am not going to decide on a single track from these three. They are all excellent tracks and the people they bring to mind are, or were, all excellent people as well.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
30 Day Song Challenge - Day 4
Today's little jaunt through my musical tastes is around the theme of songs that make me sad. Usually songs that make me sad are songs that actually make me feel either melancholy or nostalgic rather that actually upset. So, to today's videos...
Track 1 - "Loch Tay Song" by The Corries
This traditional Scottish song is so full of pathos and pain that there are times when I physicaly cry when I listen to it. I can't help but think of home whenever I listen to The Corries, even though the concept of "home" is a tricky one for an Army brat.
Track 2 - "The Green Fields of France" by The Fureys
Originally written by Eric Bogle, this song captures the futility of war so perfectly, and especially the waste of a generation that was supposed to be the war to end all wars. Although it has been recorded by many acts, The Fureys do it best for me.
Track 3 - "Miserere Mei Deus" by Allegri, performed by Kings College Chapel Choir
Well, nobody said it had to be modern. Quite often I listen to this when I am feeling down and I find comfort in the beauty of human genius. That perfect harmony of voices is simply beautiful.
Three quite different tracks there, but the song that makes me feel the saddest is "The Green Fields of France" because it seems we never learn that war solves nothing, and simply shares the pain of humanity to the widest audience available.
Track 1 - "Loch Tay Song" by The Corries
This traditional Scottish song is so full of pathos and pain that there are times when I physicaly cry when I listen to it. I can't help but think of home whenever I listen to The Corries, even though the concept of "home" is a tricky one for an Army brat.
Track 2 - "The Green Fields of France" by The Fureys
Originally written by Eric Bogle, this song captures the futility of war so perfectly, and especially the waste of a generation that was supposed to be the war to end all wars. Although it has been recorded by many acts, The Fureys do it best for me.
Track 3 - "Miserere Mei Deus" by Allegri, performed by Kings College Chapel Choir
Well, nobody said it had to be modern. Quite often I listen to this when I am feeling down and I find comfort in the beauty of human genius. That perfect harmony of voices is simply beautiful.
Three quite different tracks there, but the song that makes me feel the saddest is "The Green Fields of France" because it seems we never learn that war solves nothing, and simply shares the pain of humanity to the widest audience available.
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