Plus bonus picture. I saw M’lady looking so cute today, sitting by the lily plant. Library borrow 2-disc set, called, “Smooth Soul: Piece of My Heart. I found out that Piece of My Heart is one disc in a Time-Life 10-CD collection. Twenty-nine songs total in these 2, so many of them well-known. The one…
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Coloring Club Plus — 5/14/19
I borrowed 3, count ’em, 3, Peter Gabriel CDs from the L today. The first one I listened to was “Up.” None of the songs were familiar to me. I chose, “The Barry Williams Show” as it really cuts to the bone and reminds me of a lot of reality TV shows. The very first…
Coloring Club Plus — 5/13/19
Lightning Bolt is the tenth studio album by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released October 2013. It’s their most recent studio album, but I have heard word that they have a new one coming out. When I listen to Swallowed Whole, I get images of being out on the sea and, like Jonah, being…
Coloring Club Plus — 5/12/19
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS OR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED A MATERNAL ROLE Jim Messina, formerly of Poco and Buffalo Springfield, was working as an independent record producer for Columbia Records in 1970 when he met Kenny Loggins, a little-known singer/songwriter and guitarist who was signed to ABC-Dunhill as a staff songwriter. The two…
SLS — 2nd offering — Merle Haggard — Mama Tried
Because I’m feeling guilty for not choosing a song for all the moms out there, I’m posting 2 songs today for SLS. “Mama Tried” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in July 1968 as the first single and title track from the…
SLS — Flowers — R.E.M. — The Flowers of Guatemala
Jim Adams is the ever-ready and always-prepared host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: The theme today is Mom/Mother/Flowers. Here are the “rules”: Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit where credit is due. Make…
Coloring Club Plus — 5/11/19
Tunnel of Love is one of my most listened-to Bruce Springsteen albums. Most, if not all, of the songs are winners in my book. “Tougher than the Rest” reminds me a lot of “Thunder Road” in that he is urging a woman who may have given up on love to give it another chance –…
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