Teenage Wildlife (Song Lyric Sunday)
Teenage Wildlife was track on the Scary Monster album. This was the first Bowie album I bought on release. I’m not sure that I ‘got’ how good this track was […]
God Knows I’m Good (Song Lyric Sunday)
I had to smile when I found this Bowie tune that had two of the prompt words in it; albeit ‘concern’ has a different meaning to the collective genre. ‘God […]
TVC 15 (Song Lyric Sunday)
“TVC 15” is a song by English musician David Bowie, released on his 1976 album Station to Station. RCA Records later released it as the second single from the album on 30 April 1976. The upbeat […]
School (Song Lyric Sunday)
Supertramp is a British rock band formed in 1969 under the name Daddy before renaming themselves in early 1970. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they have […]
Black Star (Song Lyric Sunday)
I’ve been threatening to load some of Bowie’s later music and today’s Song Lyric Sunday prompt yelled out BlackStar. IMO this video is such a stunning piece of visual art, […]
A Better Future (Song Lyric Sunday)
A Better Future is a track from Bowie’s 2002 Album, Heathen. Bowie denied that any of the album’s songs were written after September 2001, though he admitted that the songs […]
Changes (Song Lyric Sunday + Blogtober #31)
The Saxophone Player’s wife has posted prompts throughout October which has helped me change my sporadic posting regime. Today’s prompt is ‘what we learnt in 2020’ – Thanks Caroline! To […]
Peninsula (Song Lyric Sunday + Blogtober #24)
There was really nothing in, what I thought was, my eclectic music taste to meet with today’s prompt. So last night I took a tour around YouTube, waking up this […]
I’m a Memory (Song Lyric Sunday + Blogtober #17)
Willy Nelson is one of the most recognised artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the […]
Games People Play (Song Lyric Sunday + Blogtober #10)
I have chosen Games People Play, not only to link to the prompt words for Song Lyric Sunday but to Blogtober 2021 too. I have been a bit wayward in […]
Peaches – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I have chosen Peaches because The Stranglers (as part of the punk movement) released this during my teenage, defining year! Boyfriend is also a fan and we have been to […]
If You Ever Leave Me – (Song Lyric Sunday)
This is one of those songs that just makes me smile. I love the juxtaposition of preempting a break up with an in-love solution. I am a Barbara fan, but […]
Liquid Lunch – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I first saw Caro Emerald at the inaugural Festival in a Day BBC 2 Concert almost 10 years ago. This wasn’t one on her play list but hey – it […]
Northern Soul – (Song Lyric Sunday)
Recently, I have missed a few postings on SLS, not because I am not interested, rather that, real life has got in the way. I have taken the liberty of […]
Brand New Start – (Song Lyric Sunday)
This brilliant Paul Weller track has both prompt words in the lyrics. He his a tad older than me, but we both lived a stone’s throw away from Stanley Road. […]
Sunday – (Song Lyric Sunday)
Sunday is the opening track to Heathen, which marked the return of producer Tony Visconti, who’d co-produced many of Bowie’s classic albums in the 1970s. Visconti recalled to Uncut magazine June 2008 about […]
Flowers In The Window – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I love this song by Travis – the video is such a happy place too. I was first introduced the their music when their second album The Man Who was […]
Waiting for the Great Leap Forward – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I’ve bumped into Billy Bragg twice now. As a distant Dorset neighbour, it may not be so surprising. The first time was in 2009 when I went to the Tolpuddle […]
Get To This – (Song Lyric Sunday)
Twas a toss up between this and Bowie’s Five Years. Whilst a massive fan, I really couldn’t face the depressive story. So we have instead, this upbeat, jolly, little song […]
The Way We Were – (Song Lyric Sunday)
Well folks, it is Valentine’s Day and for me this song conjures up more memories than most. I am going to let you fill in the details, some of you […]
True Colors – (Song Lyric Sunday)
Billy Steinberg originally wrote “True Colors” about his own mother. Tom Kelly altered the first verse and the duo originally submitted the song to Anne Murray, who passed on recording it, and then […]
Even in the Quietest Moments – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I have chosen Even in the Quietest Moments by Supertramp, as I do have a tenuous claim to their fame. I worked for a couple of years with Brenda, the […]
Come Talk to Me – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I have been a bit of a fan of Peter Gabriel since his days with Genesis – I was given his solo album ‘So’ by a friend. We were were […]
Don’t Worry Be Happy – (Song Lyric Sunday)
Boyfriend has been looking at second hand camper-vans online – somewhat concerned at the £60k price mark!! So I’ve chosen Don’t Worry Be Happy for Song Lyric Sunday … “Don’t […]
Always look on the bright side of life – (Song Lyric Sunday)
Hey, here we go with what you may think is … The Life of Brian … whilst I had a chuckle at this when it came out – (a boyfriend […]
Golden Years – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I have gone with another Bowie track, with tongue slightly in my cheek, given our current global position – however, there is always room for hope don’t you think? Musically, […]
The Width of a Circle – (Song Lyric Sunday)
The Man who Sold the World was the third album of Bowie’s that I acquired but not until the late 70s. The first was ChangesOne, the second, Young American’s – […]
Cherry Oh Baby – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I’ve gone with a cover of Eric Donaldson’s 1971 song by reggae group from England UB40. It’s on their 1983 album Labour Of Love. Feels like one of those ‘defining’ coming […]
Moonage Daydream – (Song Lyric Sunday)
Originally I found a brilliant video of EJ performing Crocodile Rock with the Muppets. Thought it would have been great to share, given our Covid reduced Panto season … sadly […]
I Love My Dog – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I’m going with Cat Stevens singing I Love My Dog – just because I love the simple irony … Cat Stevens (real name Steven Demetre Georgiou) was just 17 when […]
Babooshka – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I’ve chosen Babooshka for my song lyric this Sunday. I bought the amazing Kate Bush album Never Forever when it was launched in 1980. I was on a Debenham’s store […]