tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post5723618064298045349..comments2024-01-25T11:14:39.042+00:00Comments on maniacmum: Music MemeJane Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-40280230704118419242008-06-08T22:21:00.000+00:002008-06-08T22:21:00.000+00:00Thank you for the tag sweetie. I am rubbish at th...Thank you for the tag sweetie. I am rubbish at this type of thing but I shall have a go, and thank you.dulwichmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106294077068237863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-18655346073037062102008-06-05T17:20:00.001+00:002008-06-05T17:20:00.001+00:00Forgive me, wasn't quite reading properly, this wa...Forgive me, wasn't quite reading properly, this was supposed to be my songs for spring, rather than my favourite....<BR/><BR/>Trouble is I don't really have seven songs at the minute (I don't really listen to music much) so those will have to do. The Johnny Cash one is always there at the back of my mind though, and we saw a repeated documentary about him the other day, so I guess I am not quite cheating there.<BR/><BR/>MT<BR/><BR/>PS Sorry about not working out how to do tags properly. I am crap at IT, middle child completely outclasses meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-58679156939456767312008-06-05T17:20:00.000+00:002008-06-05T17:20:00.000+00:00Forgive me, wasn't quite reading properly, this wa...Forgive me, wasn't quite reading properly, this was supposed to be my songs for spring, rather than my favourite....<BR/><BR/>Trouble is I don't really have seven songs at the minute (I don't really listen to music much) so those will have to do. The Johnny Cash one is always there at the back of my mind though, and we saw a repeated documentary about him the other day, so I guess I am not quite cheating there.<BR/><BR/>MT<BR/><BR/>PS Sorry about not working out how to do tags properly. I am crap at IT, middle child completely outclasses meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-21547194031412313152008-06-05T15:21:00.000+00:002008-06-05T15:21:00.000+00:00Oh God it's like High Fidelity when Rob finally ge...Oh God it's like High Fidelity when Rob finally gets asked what his top 5 are and can't decide.<BR/><BR/>I like most of your selection, not too keen on the Cars, SoM is alright if you're in the mood, the High one is OK, but Wham are wonderful Wham;The Who,well they're always fabulous; the Bee Gees are just brilliant (had hits in the 60's,<BR/>70's 80's and 90's) & love Mercy by Duffy.<BR/><BR/>I am not a wild music fan, (best poems would be better)but here are some of my favourites....I'm only attaching two videos and saving them for last, cos, well they're both corkers.<BR/><BR/>So in no particular order:<BR/><BR/>Norwegian Wood, The Beatles.<BR/>There are so many to choose from, but this is one from around the time they stopped being pretty boys and started telling interesting stories. Love the music, love the clever lyrics, the idea of a young man being treated like dirt by a girl, the slightly sardonic tone. Wonderful.<BR/><BR/>Run,Baby,Run by Sheryl Crow. I love tousled female singer/songwriters and they don't come much better than this. Added to the fact I like a clever lyric "She was born in November the day Aldous Huxley died.." (also the day of JFK's death, but she doesn't sing it) & a great tune.<BR/><BR/> Beautiful - Christina Agueilara. I forgive her all the crap for this. Wonderful lyrics again "you're a beautiful, no matter what they say" & for daring to have people who aren't physically beautiful on the video as she sings it.<BR/><BR/> Get into the Groove - Madonna. So many songs too choose from, but I love this cos it reminds me of when I was young and went out dancing.<BR/><BR/> Desperado The Eagles for personal reasons. It's great though.<BR/><BR/> "Perhaps,perhaps, perhaps" Doris Day which must be seen with this scene from "Strictly Ballroom" Sexy Dancing, humour and real sadness. Fantastic!<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycrvNbct1LI<BR/><BR/>And finally, this has to be my all time favourite <BR/>"Hurt" by the late, great and much lamented Johnny Cash. For years I'd pegged Johnny Cash as some old country & western hasbeen. Till I saw this, his last video. Talk about memento mori. He sings it beautifully, with real pain, a plea for forgiveness of the many hurts he inflicted in the past, a recognition of the physical hurt he and his wife June were going through near the end of their lives, and an acknowledgement of the unimportance of all their wealth and fame. It's really wonderful and always always makes me cry.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go<BR/><BR/>Hope that'll do. I'll probably think of some more tomorrow!<BR/><BR/>MTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-46098092158481774982008-06-04T16:54:00.000+00:002008-06-04T16:54:00.000+00:00Persephone, give me any excuse to provide a soundt...Persephone, give me any excuse to provide a soundtrack and I'll take it!!! Sorry about the chilling BBE ref though... I love that song because it makes me think the singer is really sad and lonely and it's got the emotional catch I always go for in songs I use when I'm writing. So the lyrics, probably ain't quite right, but the feelings it inspires are probably perfect for one of my current heroes...<BR/>I've just tried to look for the promo for I'd Do Anything which has just finished, which features Nancys ripping off each other's lockets. It's the first time we've watched one of these series and it was horribly compuslive...<BR/><BR/>expatmum I always think these things are just a bit of fun, really. Hope I haven't given you too much of a headache!!<BR/><BR/>Rivergirlie. I like music memes (not that I've done many memes...) because you don't have to be interesting just say what music you like. Don't know if you can do it on wordpress, but I copy the embedded stuff from the You Tube video and just paste in using html version of the blog. Which seems to work... I did try posting straight from You Tube and never got anywhere!Jane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-56771424573111064622008-06-04T14:56:00.000+00:002008-06-04T14:56:00.000+00:00well, i accept! i'm very very poor at completing m...well, i accept! i'm very very poor at completing memes, tho, cos nothing brings crashing home how amazingly dull i am like having to write interesting things about myself (there are none - except the toast phobia that everyone no knows about). actually, i owe one to ben locker, so maybe i'll do them together.<BR/>how did you get all those utube things to appear on one page? i can't bloody do it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-82636713684080824132008-06-04T13:46:00.000+00:002008-06-04T13:46:00.000+00:00Gosh this will take some thinking. I used to have ...Gosh this will take some thinking. I used to have music on all the time but we have such a complicated system now that I don't have time to figure it out! Will think and post about it.<BR/>Thanks.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-47921003934831848652008-06-04T13:26:00.000+00:002008-06-04T13:26:00.000+00:00It is an interesting exercise, isn't it? This cam...It <I>is</I> an interesting exercise, isn't it? This came through from Lisa at "Rullensberg Rules" to Rob at "Eine Kleine Nichtmusik" to me.<BR/>"Behind Blue Eyes" has rather a chilling reference for me. Someone related to my husband <I>loathes</I> me (has never said why) and this song is my warped way of trying to feel some compassion for him: "...my dreams aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be...."<BR/>Not living in England, I'd never seen that hysterical promo for <I>How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria</I>. What a hoot! <BR/> Will answer your kind email in due course...Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.com