Emile Waldteufel’s famous composition from 1882 is known in English as ‘The Skaters’ Waltz’. It was inspired by the sight of Parisians skating on the frozen Seine river. Waldteufel wrote over 200 works, but this is the piece he is best remembered for and this is one of the most famous wintery pieces in classical […]
Thank you to Jim Adams, who hosts Song Lyric Sunday and gives us the chance to share lots of familiar, and some not so familiar, songs.
If you fancy sharing one of your favourite songs you can find out how to participate, and also listen to all the great entries, here.
Of course, it’s only natural that the prompts are what they are, and there really is a lot to choose from for Christmas music. I’m not going to be giving you lots of detail about my choices this week because Christmas is all about joy, sharing, giving, children, love, and a little respite from the stress and strains of this cut and thrust life we all seem to be part of now.
I’d like to share a little bit of joy with you all, and to thank Jim, for hosting this weekly share of music for this year, Helen Vahdati who started this great weekly event, and all of the participants and readers who are part of it all. May you all have a blessed Christmas and a Happy and healthy New Year ahead.
Firstly with the magic of Christmas Eve for a little girl. Will she get back before her mother catches her?
There’s SNOW AND KITTENS!
and secondly, if you must have lyrics, then here we have Christmas Canon. You’re watching the official music video for Trans-Siberian Orchestra – “Christmas Canon” from the album ‘The Christmas Attic’ (1998). “Christmas Canon” is set to the tune of Pachelbel’s “Canon in D”.
and an alternative recording with lyrics on screen:
It’s time again for Kat Myrman’s wonderful challenge to tax our creativity. Just take her photo prompt and write a story, inspired by the prompt, in 280 characters or fewer.
Here is this week’s prompt and my contribution.
Check out all the fabulous entries here and, if you’ve never had a go, why not try a story of your own? You may surprise yourself!
I’m sick of this cabbage and carrot diet. Look, it’s turning my tail feathers green! Thank goodness it’s Christmas. Maybe I’ll get some plum pudding, and there’s bound to be some nuts and fruit going spare. I’m hoping there may be stilton and port left over too. Now we’re talking!
Each week Helen gives us a new theme and asks us to choose music with lyrics to suit.
Sometimes it is difficult, sometimes a song comes immediately to mind. Always, it is enjoyable.
By listening to everyone’s chosen song, which you can do here, we get to hear old favourites, and music that is completely new to some of us.
This week the theme is “new“, and I’m offering two seasonal songs for your enjoyment. The first is by ABBA, and I am using them to help me wish every one of you A Happy New Year.
“Happy New Year”
No more champagne And the fireworks are through Here we are, me and you Feeling lost and feeling blue It’s the end of the party And the morning seems so grey So unlike yesterday Now’s the time for us to say…Happy new year Happy new year May we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every neighbour is a friend Happy new year Happy new year May we all have our hopes, our will to try If we don’t we might as well lay down and die You and I
Sometimes I see How the brave new world arrives And I see how it thrives In the ashes of our lives Oh yes, man is a fool And he thinks he’ll be okay Dragging on, feet of clay Never knowing he’s astray Keeps on going anyway…
Happy new year Happy new year May we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every neighbour is a friend Happy new year Happy new year May we all have our hopes, our will to try If we don’t we might as well lay down and die You and I
Seems to me now That the dreams we had before Are all dead, nothing more Than confetti on the floor It’s the end of a decade In another ten years time Who can say what we’ll find What lies waiting down the line In the end of eighty-nine…
Happy new year Happy new year May we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every neighbour is a friend Happy new year Happy new year May we all have our hopes, our will to try If we don’t we might as well lay down and die You and I
Time again for Kat Myrman’s wonderful challenge to tax our creativity. Just take her photo prompt and write a story, inspired by the prompt, in 280 characters or fewer.
Here is this week’s prompt and my contribution.
Check out all the fabulous entries here and, if you’ve never had a go, why not try a story of your own? You may surprise yourself!
The old house has been deserted for years.
Each Christmas, on the bare tree in front, a few old baubles appear.
No-one ever sees who places them there, or who takes them down on twelfth night.
No-one ever witnesses the party that takes place, and survives!
Having had “Boys”, then “Girls”, I just lost the shirt off my back by betting on “Babies”.
However, it is the season of a baby so I could have gone with my original idea, but I won’t!
I’m not even going to give you the lyrics to this song, you’ll know most of them anyway. So, just sit back, relax, and enjoy a bit of fun. I defy you not to smile a little bit!
I hope you all have a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas, and that the New Year is one with a bit of fun, lots of good health, a modicum of success, the love of family and friends, and some good music!
To view the fantastic opportunity that Helen continues to give us all, to share music new and old, known, and unknown, click here. Thank you Helen.
I’ve never tweeted in my life, but Kat Myrman’s wonderful challenge, to tax our creativity, is definitely worth trying it out. Just take her photo prompt and write a story, inspired by it, in 280 characters or fewer.
Photo by Buzz Anderson at Unsplash.com
Here is this week’s prompt and my contribution. Check out all the fabulous entries here.
If you’ve never had a go, why not try a story of your own? You may surprise yourself!
The party
She hated the Christmas party.
They said it was good for staff morale and all that crap!
She hated it!
All that posing. The bling. Yuk!
Then the boss started to come on to her. She lost it.
Happy Christmas everyone. May you, and your family, have a peaceful and joyous Christmas, and a healthy and fulfilling New Year ahead.
A Christmas must for me is to revisit The Fairytale of New York by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl. Well, there is a new version out this Christmas, and I think it is well worth a listen. See what you think! (Licensing restrictions may make this unavailable in some countries – it is by Ed Sheehan & Anne-Marie and you may be able to pick it up from another source)
Dark, but cute post from Ray, with an added bonus of great music and a link to a blogger who sadly died in February 2017. It’s well worth a look at Gerard Vlemming’s site, if only his last full post on 9th February, just before his death on 25th.
A little dark, but cute nonetheless. This is what it might look like if the tables were turned for a day. (This photo came from the late Gerard Vlemmings, who was a blogging visonary with his The Presurfer Blog.)
What would they be listening to as they opened their humans? Trans Siberian Orchestra, of course. (I’ve seen them live on three occasions. By far, the best shows I have ever been to and you should catch them if you can)
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