I am joining my second week over at Jingle, Jangle, Jungle who created the challenge for some fun. She has chosen 3 themes each week where you pick a song that suits the theme. It can be the title of the song, in the lyrics, or the person who wrote it( I think I got this right). I am trying my best to pick 3 songs that come into my head first and just enjoy them( or not) but I am not an expert in music so don’t expect a long discussion on the piece of music like I do with my films. Anyway, the 3 themes are as follows:
Feb 17 - Week 7
A Spice;
A type of Tree (or just 'Tree')
A Unit of Measure
1. Incense & Peppermints-Strawberry Alarm Clock(who knew?)-1967
This is so 60s and hippy so what's not to love. I recall dancing to this in a wild flower child kind of way.
2. UNDER THE MANGO TREE-SUNG BY DIANA COUPLAND-1962
3. I WOULD WALK 500 MILES-THE PROCLAIMERS-1987
This is just a fun song that makes me feel good and I want to start jumping around like I did on the dance floor.
There are my 3 for this hump day...Any 3 you could pick?
These are fun!
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ReplyDeleteJust when I thought it was safe to file you under once a week bloggers... :) Hello again, dear friend! You know I can't resist a discussion of music, so here I am again.
I like your choices. It burns me up that Sean Connery got to squeeze Ursula Undress. It shoulda been Shady! The only artist and song I don't know is the Scottish alt. folk & alt. rock duo The Proclaimers doing their 1988 single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - (the official title for some reason) - a record that topped the charts in Australia, Iceland and New Zealand.
My picks for the prompt:
A Spice;
A type of Tree (or just 'Tree')
A Unit of Measure
would be many and varied.
"Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" - S&G
"Jackson" - Johnny Cash/Nancy & Lee:
We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout
"Cinnamon" - Derek
"San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)" - Fever TREE
"Dang Me" - Roger Miller:
Dang me, dang me
They oughta take a rope and hang me
High from the highest tree
Woman, would you weep for me?
"The Oak Tree" - Morris Day
"(There Was A) Tall Oak Tree" - Dorsey Burnette
"Lemon Tree" - Trini Lopez
"Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro:
See the tree, how big it's grown
"25 Miles" - Edwin Starr
"26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" - The Four Preps
"500 Miles" - PP&M
There are a gazillion songs about units of measuring TIME. A few that pop into my mind are:
"It Only Takes A Minute" - Taveres
"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" - Gene Pitney
Oh I was only 24 hours from Tulsa
Ah only one day away from your arms
"Day After Day" - Badfinger
"Holding Back The Years' - Simply Red
"In the Year 2525" - Zager and Evans
"2000 Light Years from Home" - Rolling Stones (measures both time and distance)
"Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford (measuring weight)
You could also point to the artist name Lovin' Spoonful as an example of a unit of measure.
See you "At The Movies", dear friend BB!
Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteGood job on your picks.
ReplyDeleteThey certainly take me back.
Hope you are having a pain free day.
I had no idea that was the title for #1, hahahahaha. All these decades!
ReplyDeleteLove The Proclaimers! Scotland’s best.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! Yeah, Shady, I knew you would be able to co e up with a ton of choices and I’m sorry you could give Ursula a good squeeze. I do hope to post more than just once per week.
ReplyDeleteExcellent job! Sorry for the late response. I literally spent all day at the doctor's office. All's (mostly) good there. Thanks again for joining the challenge :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun series! 500 Miles is a fantastic choice and so is Under the Mango Tree - it's such a happy little ear worm.
ReplyDeleteNice picks! These are all super songs!
ReplyDeleteBirgit,
ReplyDeleteWay to go! You did well playing along. I like coming up with the first thing that comes to mind but this week the ones I thought of I've used in recent months so I sought help so I used DuckGo to find three new songs that worked nicely. Thanks for visiting! Have a great evening!
I enjoyed all of these. Old hippie and huge James Bond fan, here. ☺
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