The search was half of the fun on this week’s prompt. Memorizing musician’s and songwriter’s birthdays is not my area of expertise, so I went through the days in wikipedia until I hit on Phil. A few years or so ago, when I was listening to Spotify’s Release Radar, I came across a song by…
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#SLS — “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” by Elton John (1975)
When I saw the theme this week, so many songs came to mind, but so many of them were ones I thought others might choose, so I went to lyrics.com and put all three search terms in. There were a plethora of new tunes I came across that were good as I built a list…
#FF — Unshakable Bodhisattva
Unshakable Bodhisattva While Canadian soldiers were being sent abroad by their government in WWII to fight fascism, at home, agents were stealing babies from Indigenous families. Little Buffy was shipped south, to a white family in America, to have the Indian scrubbed from her. After double university degrees, Buffy returned to her reservation and was…
#SLS — “Any Road” by George Harrison, on Brainwashed (2002)
I’ve recently watched a few more episodes — only watching one at a time, to make them last — of the Beatles documentary series (on Disney+) which has gotten me falling under their spell all over again. So when I saw Jim’s prompt for this week, I went looking for one of their songs. “Any…
#SLS Bonnie Pointer (DOB 7/11) of The Pointer Sisters (previously posted WMM 2024 Day 16)
The Pointer Sisters, photo by Chris Foster/Shutterstock(link takes you to Rolling Stone’s article about when they hit the country charts) Please click on each sister’s name link to take you to The Pointer Sister’s website for a full bio Ruth Pointer (b. 3/14/1946)Anita Pointer (b. 1/23/1948 — 12/31/2022)Bonnie Pointer (b. 7/11/1950 – d. 6/8/2020)June Pointer…
Thursday Inspiration #331 “Who’s Sorry Now?”
There are a couple of songs I think of when I think of that theme of “Who’s Sorry Now?” The first one is, “Under My Thumb,” by The Rolling Stones. “Under My Thumb” is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, “Under My Thumb” features a marimba played by Brian Jones….
#SLS — “What is this thing called love?” written by Cole Porter, from The Great American Songbook
One of the things I didn’t realize when I picked this song is that it would have so many covers. I saw the name Cole Porter and ran with it. I see it is one of Porter’s most often played compositions. Can you imagine writing a song that ends up with a legacy like this…
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