I believe today is the day of friendship and my friend, Loretta and I, have been friends for over 40 years…crazy! The 80s do not seem to be 40 years ago, but it is…I find that wild. I’m posting 3 songs about friendship and these are songs that came into my head right away. I’m joining Monday Music Moves Me which is freebie week.
1. FRIENDSHIP SUNG BY LUCILLE BALL AND VIVIAN VANCE-1953
Loretta loves, I mean, Loves, Lucille Ball and who doesn’t?! This song, written by Cole Porter, was used in this episode to great effect when Lucy and Ethel sing this song together with great affection. This changes when, they show up at the benefit wearing the same dress. Jealousy ensues and mayhem takes the form of each gal slowly destroying the other gals’ gown.
2. THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO SUNG BY ABBA-1979
I played this song for my friend who thought it was a bit sombre, aka, for funerals….she is wrong, of course, because I always think of Loretta and myself when I hear this song. I think it’s one of the most beautiful from this quartet.
3. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS SUNG BY JOE COCKER-1969
This is just iconic as is Joe Cocker’s style when singing. This is a great song that I love listening to and never tired of. I believe John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote this song for their band, you know…the Beatles.
What songs can you think of or, at least, what song makes you think of your best friend?
Hi, Birgit, my dear friend! I hope this new year finds you feeling much better than you were at the end of last when you were battling pneumonia. I just recovered from a prolonged bout with the flu that bowled me over the day after Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing us your friend Loretta and presenting friendship songs that you and she like. On the first song from I Love Lucy you asked who doesn't like Lucille Ball. Truth be told, I don't, ever since I saw how she conducted herself on a TV talk show, can't remember which one. She came across as smug, rude and dismissive. It really turned me off.
Yessum, that Abba song sounds like one they sang aboard the Titanic after the last lifeboat departed. :)
Joe Cocker's cover of The Beatles song "With a Little Help from My Friends" is best known to millions as the theme of The Wonder Years series.
Mrs. Shady and I just finished watching The Kennedys, a charming and funny British comedy series set in the 1970s and similar to The Wonder Years. The show has a 1970s classic rock soundtrack and, coincidentally, the final episode that we watched two nights ago contained the 1976 Queen hit "You're My Best Friend." By the way, we were shocked and dismayed that The Kennedys only lasted 6 episodes before being canceled due to less than stellar ratings. Given a chance, it surely would have caught on.
I am returning to Shady's Place tomorrow with my first post of 2026. Hope you can stop by. Meanwhile, I will be waiting for you here tomorrow, sitting in the balcony-- "At The Movies!" Have a wonderful Wordless Wednesday, dear friend BB!
I've never heard that ABBA song before and I fell in instant love with it. Funny thing about covers of Beatle songs-there are several I like better than the originals and the Joe Cocker cover you posted is one of them. (Another is Elton John singing Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds), Lucy was a staple of my early and mid childhood. I've visited her grave outside of Jamestown, New York. What a talent she was!
ReplyDeleteI remember that I Love Lucy episode with great fondness. Thanks for the reminder, Birgit! ☺ ABBA's song was unfamiliar (I'm not a fan), and I have to agree with Loretta on this one. Joe Cocker is my favourite here. It's one of the best cover versions ever recorded, IMO.
ReplyDeleteFirst friendship song that came to mind was James Taylor's You've Got A Friend.
It's wonderful that you and Loretta have been friends for so long! ♥ These types of friendships are rare and should be treasured. My best friend of 40+ years passed away in 2021 and I miss her every day.
I met my oldest friend on our first day in secondary school in 1968 so we’ll be heading for 60 years soon. I didn’t know that ABBA song but there was something very Scottish about it to me (it sounded like accordions at the beginning, also we’re quite good at maudlin songs).
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