was in the shower yesterday evening when this song popped into my head. What is it about the shower? I dunno, but that’s where I get most of my inspiration for my music posts! Perhaps the water droplets beating down on my poor empty head, or perhaps because that’s the only place I can sing […]
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♫ We Are The World ♫ (Redux) play this one about once a year, for it carries a message that we all need to hear from time to time. Right now, all over the world, troubles abound. In Haiti, Cuba, South Africa, protests are rocking the nations. In much of the world, the new […]
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I last played this one in January 2019, so I don’t feel too guilty doing a redux tonight, for I am pretty much exhausted and don’t feel like looking for a new song to play. I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive me! Written by Dennis Edmonton, aka Mars Bonfire, the […]
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CarolCooks2 weekly roundup…July 4th-10th July 2021…#Plastic Free July, Whimsy, Music,#Peanut Butter Fruit… Welcome to this week’s edition of my weekly roundup of posts…Especially for you just in case you missed a few posts during this last week…Time is marching on…It is now officially rainy season here so there will definitely be some dancing in the rain… […]
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Doctor My Eyes Jackson Browne Doctor, my eyes have seen the years And the slow parade of fears without crying Now I want to understand I have done all that I could […] Read more …
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♫ Sundown ♫ (Redux) Our friend Keith posted about Gordon Lightfoot yesterday and ever since, my memory dial has been tuned to Lightfoot songs! Digging back through my archives, I last played this on two years ago, so you should be ready for a redux by now, yes? The inspiration for this song, released in […]
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The Four Tops “Ask The Lonely” “Ask the Lonely” is a soul/pop ballad recorded b y Motown singing group the Four Tops. Released as the group’s third single, the single became the group’s second… Read more “The Four Tops “Ask The Lonely”” Source: The Four Tops “Ask The Lonely” Source: https://americaoncoffee.wpcomstaging.com/
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♫ Come Softly To Me ♫ Tonight I thought it would be fun to go back … I mean, wayyyyyyyyyy back. The year was 1959 … I was 8 years old and already a stubborn wench, though perhaps not quite as bad as I am today. I remember this song well, so obviously it was […]
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♫ You’re Still The One ♫ Shania Twain wrote this song with her rock producer husband, Robert “Mutt” Lange. Her lyrics were inspired by their marriage, which many felt wouldn’t last. The soothsayers were right, as Twain and Lange divorced 10 years later in 2008 after 14 years of marriage. I guess she spoke too […]
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♫ You Really Got Me ♫ Tonight, for some unknown reason, I wanted to play something older than my usual fare … no, Joe, not THAT old! So, I pulled a year from my invisible hat and came up with 1964. Wouldn’t you know that I’ve already played quite a few of the top hits […]
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