I’ve heard a few songs by Nina Simone but know very little about her. I do know that the songs I’ve heard have all been political anthems. This one is no exception. Please check out the bonus video after the lyrics to Four Women. Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally…
Month: March 2020
#SLS — No Thugs in Our House by XTC
Jim Adams is the audiophile host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: This week we have Promise/Vow/Oath and I think that everyone should be able to find a song that uses one of these prompt words. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme…
SAVE OUR VA: Veterans say NO to Privatization! — Rise Up Times
Spreading the word. Our Veterans Deserve Quality Care. “The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has the best integrated healthcare system for veterans in America according to many studies.” via SAVE OUR VA: Veterans say NO to Privatization! — Rise Up Times
#MM — Saturday Mix — Love’s Return
Love’s Return Birds drift warm breezes, Calls echoing to each other, Then land on same branch. I listen for bells on sails Tinkling we’ll be kissing soon. Clear skies, winds westward. My schooner flies towards harbor; Birds drift overhead. Bells tinkle like your laughter; Warm breezes touch like your sighs. Sarah Weejars is…
Women Music March #14 — Kate Bush
Peter at Peter’s Pondering helped me to decide to highlight Kate Bush today. Thanks Peter! I wasn’t aware she had done several collaborations with Peter Gabriel. Today was the first time hearing this song. I’m quite taken with it and the music video. Catherine “Kate” Bush CBE [Most Excellent Order of the British Empire] (born…
WPP #1 — Said Mrs. Thomas McDonagh
Said Mrs. Thomas McDonagh Ears awake or drowned with sleep hear wailing Realize the voice I hear’s my own grevious flame Bound with a rough rope of sorrow in the dark Round the clock dying, anchored in the dark You’re beneath soil so far away, silently wailing Lost to smiles and hugs and home hearth’s…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #127
“There’s an opposite to déjà vu. They call it jamais vu. It’s when you meet the same people or visit places, again and again, but each time is the first. Everybody is always a stranger. Nothing is ever familiar.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Choke When love has ended Each night’s dreamed beginning is blessed deja…
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