Here's some Norwegian Americana to take your mind off it all. Harald Thune may hail from the Land of the Midnight Sun, but he's got a voice many Nashville musicians would kill for. Don't believe me? Ask the recently retired Kris Kristofferson, who declared: “This guy is good; this guy is really damn good!”
Wednesday 31 March 2021
Positive Songs For Negative Times #49: The Backbounceability of Humans
Here's some Norwegian Americana to take your mind off it all. Harald Thune may hail from the Land of the Midnight Sun, but he's got a voice many Nashville musicians would kill for. Don't believe me? Ask the recently retired Kris Kristofferson, who declared: “This guy is good; this guy is really damn good!”
Tuesday 30 March 2021
Conversations With Ben #10: The Happy Bench
Sunday 28 March 2021
Saturday Snapshots #182: A Top Ten Wedding Songs
If anyone knows any reason these answers should not be revealed, let them speak now or forever hold their peace.
10. ET thanks Taylor.
ET, plus "ta"... and James Taylor.
9. Dedication! Or... half of it, at least.
Roy Castle was famous for his Dedication.
Half of that would be...
8. Irish priest on public transport.
Will you be going on the bus, Ted?
7. King's wife in hardback emergency room.
A Book in the ER?
With Priscilla (but not Presley).
Booker T & Priscilla - The Wedding Song
6. Musicians who will help you get around London.
An Oyster card will help you travel in the capital.
The Oysterband - Blood Wedding
5. Like a shadow and a divorcee.
Hank Marvin was a Shadow. Tammy Wynette was a divorcee.
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Sad Wedding
4. Romans grasp my realism hour.
Romans grasp was one anagram... my realism hour was another.
Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris - $1000 Wedding
3. Decayed mongrel on the loose!
"Decayed mongrel" was an anagram.
Godley and Creme - Wedding Bells
That's the first time I've ever seen the video to that. I will have nightmares.
2. No longer southerners.
Dixie, no more.
The (Dixie) Chicks - White Trash Wedding
1. I'm feeling bodily ill.
Do you take these Snapshots, to have and to hold, for richer or poorer, till death do you part?
If so, join me back here again next Saturday.
Saturday 27 March 2021
Saturday Snapshots #182
How has your week been. Mine's been pretty awful, well, you know, not the best, I could go into more detail, but I'm sure you wouldn't...
Ahem. Sorry. I'm Rampling. I know. Let's get on with the quiz.
Identify ten artists from the clues below.
The identify the theme that links their records.
Then guess the songs.
Easy!
10. ET thanks Taylor.
9. Dedication! Or... half of it, at least.
8. Irish priest on public transport.
7. King's wife in hardback emergency room.
6. Musicians who will help you get around London.
5. Like a shadow and a divorcee.
4. Romans grasp my realism hour.
3. Decayed mongrel on the loose!
2. No longer southerners.
1. I'm feeling bodily ill.
That's Charlotte, until the answers tomorrow morning.
Friday 26 March 2021
Positive Songs For Negative Time #48: The Day After
Thursday 25 March 2021
Radio Songs #70: Side Door
Wednesday 24 March 2021
Neverending Top Ten #3.8: N.B.
Louise bought Sam a "Colour Your Own T-Shirt" kit.
Don't ask me. We never had these in the 70s.
Anyway, he coloured it in. And then, using the same water resistant pen (bearing in mind he knows only slightly more about football than his old man does, and I know nothing), he wrote this on the back...
A junior pedant in training.
I am very proud right now.
(And even more impressed that a 7 year old knows how to use Nota Bene.)
Here's linus.maybe... Not Another Football Song!
Tuesday 23 March 2021
Conversations With Ben #9: Two Birthdays
Monday 22 March 2021
Positive Songs For Negative Times #47: Window Raisin' Granny
Sunday 21 March 2021
Snapshots #181 - A Top Ten Silver Songs
Yesterday's link was Silver Songs... so here's Phil!
And here are the answers...
10. Total Landscaping.
Saturday 20 March 2021
Saturday Snapshots #181
Morecame to Saturday Snapshots than ever before... but not all of them were Wise enough to guess the clues.
Identify ten singers from the clues below. Then work out the theme their songs have in common... then guess the songs.
I think it's quite easy this week. But that's easy for me to say!
10. Total Landscaping.