tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post8909428898265418499..comments2024-03-29T01:47:12.394-04:00Comments on BB Creations: Music WeekBirgithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-63063845186134438312023-05-05T08:25:39.923-04:002023-05-05T08:25:39.923-04:00Hi Birgit, I'm glad you're feeling better ...Hi Birgit, I'm glad you're feeling better now. Music is healing, for sure. I enjoyed your classical offerings, along with your tribute to Gordon Lightfoot - a true Canadian icon. ♥ "If You Could Read My Mind" brings back many personal memories, but I love all of his music.Debbie D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/13153118405565035071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-70388006560197117312023-05-04T16:34:01.227-04:002023-05-04T16:34:01.227-04:00I am happy you are feeling better. When I was you...I am happy you are feeling better. When I was young (probably the early 1960's) my mother purchased a series of "best of classical music" records. They may have been offered by a supermarket (you purchased one each week)-not sure. I listened to a number of them. I even listened from time to time to WQXR, a radio station in my native New York City, that played classical music, in addition to the rock stations. So, although it is not my genre of choice, it does give me an idea for a future post. I enjoyed the Sibelius symphony; it was calming (unlike the screaming death growls of some of the hard rockers my husband prefers). I LOVE The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. You'll be hearing it next Monday when I do my Gordon Lightfoot tribute. Sad when I found out yesterday.Alanahttps://ramblinwitham.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-75511465985635243542023-05-04T02:14:21.922-04:002023-05-04T02:14:21.922-04:00I hope by now you are feeling better and Harley ha...I hope by now you are feeling better and Harley has helped. I fell in LOVE with the first song. Not only was it beautifully written, the scenery was gorgeous, too.<br /><br />I was saddened to read about Gordon Lightfoot's passing and I loved the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Thanks for these wonderful songs today, dear.<br /><br />Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-67724453789799755272023-05-03T15:44:22.667-04:002023-05-03T15:44:22.667-04:00Sorry to hear you have been ill, but glad you are ...Sorry to hear you have been ill, but glad you are on the mend.Anabel Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643196773717977697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-71095445994317070882023-05-03T09:51:59.299-04:002023-05-03T09:51:59.299-04:00Birgit,
I'm sorry you're not feeling well...Birgit,<br /><br />I'm sorry you're not feeling well but am glad you're on the mend. This time of the year sinus issues are buggy. I added your post to the 4M linky party to help ya out a bit. ;)<br /><br />"Pianissimo" is a very lovely tune. Andrea Bocelli is always a delight to hear. Soft music is indeed great for the body and soul. I was sadden to learn last night about Gordon Lightfoot's passing. He hasn't looked well for the past few years and feared he was ill. He was a genuine talent with scores of great songs. Thanks for sharing your wonderful song picks with us today. <br /><br />Take it easy and get back to your ole self soon! XOCathy Kennedyhttp://curiousasacathy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-39321494784299775942023-05-03T07:31:10.654-04:002023-05-03T07:31:10.654-04:00Gordon is the cover story in today's Detroit F...Gordon is the cover story in today's Detroit Free Press. Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045554938847356871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-50376485039013278252023-05-03T06:48:23.341-04:002023-05-03T06:48:23.341-04:00Hi, Birgit!
Happy Wild, Wacky and Almost Wordless...Hi, Birgit!<br /><br />Happy Wild, Wacky and Almost Wordless Wednesday, dear friend! I see that my buddy Harley's belly is already open for beeswax. Seems your smooch pooch spends most of his life upside down. :) I just wanna kiss him right on the lips! I'm happy to know that you are coming around, feeling better day by day. Harley's a sweetie for snuggling with his mommy while she was sick. Thanks for mentioning friend Shady in the text and referring to my Shady's Place series The Good Doctors: Music Is Medicine. Music is indeed a tonic that's good for what ails you. <br /><br />In that regard, I was hoping for a medley by Meryl Streep singing in the shower, but nevertheless I did enjoy your musical offerings. The song by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli is indeed exquisite, soothing and restorative. I agree that a controlled burn beats a towering inferno hands down.<br /><br />I also very much enjoyed the performance of Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky and the accompanying orchestra doing Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg's piano concerto. <br /><br />The Oslo Symphony Orchestra plays divinely. Thanks for sharing the anecdote about how you discovered and bought this piece of music. <br /><br />Yessum, thanks for remembering Canadian folk-pop pioneer Gordon Lightfoot, one of the greatest singers and songwriters of the 20th century. I love "If You Could Read My Mind, "Sundown," "Carefree Highway" and the hit you posted "Edmund Fitzgerald." Mrs. Shady is so enamored of the latter that she often sings the song on road trips. She has memorized most of the words to the long story song. On a trip by car to California in 2014, we passed the sign near Phoenix, Arizona, for "Carefree Highway," the stretch of State Route 74 upon which the song is based.<br /><br />I was hoping for some Alice Cooper or songs with cookie monster death growls, but I must admit that I enjoyed your picks for this morning's musical interlude. This is healing music, dear friend BB, and I can understand how listening to it helped you recover from your illness.<br /><br />Have a nice Wednesday, continue to feel better and I'll be back to see you tomorrow, sitting in the balcony-- "At The Movies!"Shady Del Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887100141814372022noreply@blogger.com