Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
The Wizard of Oz has always been a special movie for me, but it became even more engrained in my memory and life as it was the first play I was ever involved in. Not on , but backstage. It was the start of my love of the theatre and many happy days in stage craft with some of the best friends on earth. And I still believe that there must be a place where there isn't any trouble . . . .it's far, far away, behind the moon, beyond the rain!
Long and Winding Road - Beatles
1976 - What a year for me! 13 -My first plane flight and it was all by myself - to LA! For the whole summer!, The year of the Wizard of Oz at school and the year my music teacher taught a class on the Beatles - and I couldn't get enough of them! This song was, and sometimes still is, the one I play when I want a good cry and a good lift at the same time! I was lucky enough to actually walk the actual Long and Winding Road - down to the Mull of Kintyre!
Disney Girls - Beach Boys
Blues Street - Moody Blues
These two songs are forever wrapped up in all my high school memories - after school, around the piano, Roger - our choir director playing and all of us gathered around singing! Disney Girls - Blues Street - he played this record for us one day and it is just such a great song with such powerful words -
It's funny how our lives are like a prize fight
One day you're up and then you get knocked down
But i have learned the hurt can end
We can come up smelling like a rose again
Wanderlust - Paul McCartney
Anything Macca - but this is the song that sums me up - full of the Wanderlust that my Father gave me from birth!
Empty Garden - Elton John
I was at music school when John died. I had a room full of Beatle pictures - I was out all night playing backgammon with my friend Rob who was an insomniac. This happen quote often and my roommates NEVER stay up. This night I walk in and they are both sitting up in bed and asking me frantically if I am ok! I had no idea what they were on about! They told me someone had shot and killed John Lennon and I was furious - not funny etc - they put the radio on to prove it and I just layed down on the floor and wept. I locked myself in a practice room and played Beatles songs on the piano and sang and cried. I love this song Elton wrote and it gives me a lump in my throat every time.
Shelter Me - Cinderella
This is just one of many great songs for driving and singing at the top of the lungs - but more than that - it's the lyrics - Im a lyrics kinda girl!
Everybody needs a little place they can hide
Somewhere to call their own
Don’t let nobody inside
Every now and then we all need to let go
For some it’s the doctor
For me it’s rock and roll
We all need a little shelter
Just a little helper to get us by
We all need a little shelter
Just a little helper ooo, and it’ll be alright
Dead Flowers - Rolling Stones
This is my fav Stones Song - and it is in my will to be played at my funeral - but the memory that comes up anytime I hear it is - Pauletta and I driving down Sunset Strip at 2am singing at the top of our lungs after our amazing week in LA -Eric Clapton, Ron Wood and the Four Seasons will never forget us!
Old Cape Cod - Patti Page
Patti Page is such a part of my childhood - I could sing every one of her songs by heart by the time I was 7 or 8 - standing in our living room with my pretend microphone -wishing I was on stage! And this song about my favourite place on earth fits so well with childhood and memories of me and my Dad fishing.
Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney
See Long and Winding Road - oh and if you are ever at the Mull , take it from me - the cows there are NOT partial to teh actual song, I should know as I parked on the side of road overlooking the sea view there and played the song on my car stereo at 11 - and the cows were not amused but I will never forget it!
In the Cool of the Evening - Dean Martin
Yet another funeral song - Dean is the coolest of the cool and this song is such a feel good, best time singing, partying and drinking with your mates moment in time!
Harness Pain - The Proclaimers
I love Charlie and Craig - but this song - OMG there is NOT a bad line in it and the tune - simply, to me, one of the best songs EVER
You need to harness pain
To raise yourself up again
You need to harness pain
And tell the truth about love
You need to break your heart
Before you can really start
You need to break your heart
And tell the truth about love
Then you need to set a goal that you can't reach
Then you have to attack defenses you can't breach
Then you need to lose and lose and lose again
If you want to hold the flame
You harness pain
You harness pain
You need to take your doubts
And spread them all about
You need to face your doubts
To tell the truth about love
You know the cliche's wrong
Hatred is just as strong
You know it's just as strong
Just as strong as love
So you need to take your hate and doubt and fear
Distill them through your word 'til they run clear
'Til they run right through your heart like Highland rainIf you want to hold the flame
You harness pain
You harness pain
Do you want to be the best or be well known? -
Do you want to repeat lines or write your own?Do you want to follow paths or blaze a trail?
When you try to succeed, You mostly fail
And you're gonna lose and lose and lose again
If you want to hold the flame
You harness pain
You harness pain
Somethings Gotta Give - Christian Kane
Now to the song that the blog title comes from - I have recently discovered Christian's music - he is on Leverage and if you haven't seen it - check it out - great show!
He is country but with a great rock beat - and this song just floored me - Once in awhile you hear a song that just feels like it was written about your life!
This is it -
See Ya All Tomorrow!!!
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Wonderful post my friend, lovely photos too!!!
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ReplyDeleteThat's just lovely... <3<3
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