Popular Music

“A Thousand Years”

I have  watched so many music videos and have noticed that (so often) the singer simply does their part and the various band members simply do their part. What I miss in many videos is them all  showing some cohesion in the performance. What do I mean? Well,  it is fine if everybody sings and/or plays flawlessly, but it is so much nicer when they are all “in the same space”. i.e. instead of a group of professional entertainers doing what is expected of them, I can see them reacting with each other as well. Interactions can make a good video into a lovely video!

What can I say about this one … except “What a really lovely video.” I am sure that most of you (probably all of you) will agree. Enjoy!  🙂

“Tell Him”

Take a beautiful song; add a couple of powerful voices; intersperse the recording video with other interactions between the singers, and you have an interesting study in body language while enjoying an amazing duet! Enjoy!

“Legs”

This past week has been filled with a mixed bag of good and “not so good” events, coupled with a need to catch up with some neglected projects. The end result was that I had no music post planned for today … but ZZTop came up in a conversation a short time ago! Enjoy!

“Don’t Forget About Me.”

Last year, I spent two weeks on our West Coast (Vancouver area) … being my annual visit to see my son and daughter. Last year was a little different in that it was also an opportunity to meet Blogger Carolyn (joyroses13.wordpress.com) and her family! Continue reading →

“It’s the end of world (as we know it!)”

I was introduced to R.E.M. quite a few years ago during a spinning class! “It’s the end of the world (as we know it)”  was the final song of the class and, as R.E.M. were clearly winding down to the end  of the song, we were told to sprint … and hold the sprint until the very end. I soon found out that this song had a rather lengthy ending! Continue reading →

“I’ve been this way before …”

Last Saturday I linked to Blackmore’s Night performing “Dandelion Wine”, and noted what a great song on which to potentially end a concert program. Continue reading →

“Dandelion Wine”

The first time (and all subsequent times) I heard this song, my thought was “What a wonderful way to end a concert.” Continue reading →

“My Song”

I know that many of you are in my general age range, and can clearly relate to the wonderful sounds of the 60s, 70s and 80s, but recent years has also produced some great songs. Continue reading →

“The Village Lanterne”

Last Saturday’s music post linking to Blackmore’s Night “Windmills” triggered some interesting Comments both here, and in my world outside of the Blog!  A number of Comments were based on not having heard of Blackmore’s Night before, which is a sentiment that I can totally relate to as I only heard of them by chance a little over a year ago! Continue reading →

“Windmills”

Sometimes the most perplexing lyrics can prove the most interesting, and put those same perplexing lyrics with a lovely melody and vocals and ……………………….! Continue reading →