SOTD #187
Today’s song is Heaven by Bryan Adams
Oh – thinking about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now nothing can take you away from me
We’ve been down that road before
But that’s over now
You keep me coming back for more
Baby you’re all that I want
When you’re lying here in my arms
I’m finding it hard to believe
We’re in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn’t too hard to see
We’re in heaven
Oh – once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Bring you up when you’re feeling down
Ya – nothing could change what you mean to me
Oh there’s lots that I could say
But just hold me now
Cause our love will light the way
Baby you’re all that I want
When you’re lying here in my arms
I’m finding it hard to believe
We’re in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn’t too hard to see
We’re in heaven
I’ve been waiting for so long
For something to arrive
For love to come along
Now our dreams are coming true
Through the good times and the bad
Ya – I’ll be standing there by you
Anyone watching BBC TV last night would have seen John Barrowman turning this Bryan Adams classic into just another piece of elevator muzak; while the words were still as meaningful as ever, the vocal emotion and power had gone. So I thought I’d post the original so you can find out how it’s supposed to sound.
SOTD #186
Today’s song is My Old Man’s A Dustman by Lonnie Donegan
Now one day while in a hurry
He missed a lady’s bin
He hadn’t gone but a few yards
When she chased after him
“What game do you think you’re playing?”
She cried right from the heart
“You’ve missed me. Am I too late?”
“Nah, jump up on the cart!”
Oh, my old man’s a dustman
He wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat
I say, I say, I say (Not you again!)
My dustbin’s absolutely full with toadstools
(How do you know it’s full?)
‘Cos there’s not mushroom inside!
This was always one of my favourite songs when I was growing up; it seems like it was on Ed ‘Stewpot’ Stewarts Junior choice every week. And I was reminded of it today, reading about the shenanigans happening in Brighton. Oh, how things have changed since Lonnie’s day.
SOTD #185
Today’s song is Mr Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra
Sun is shining in the sky
There ain’t a cloud in sight
Its stopped raining everybody’s in their play
And don’t you know
It’s a beautiful new day hey,hey
Running down the avenue
See how the sun shines brightly in the city
On the streets where once was pity
Mr Blue Sky is living here today hey, hey
Mr Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong?
Hey you, with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration, Mr Blue Sky’s up there waiting
And today is the day we’ve waited for.
Just because it’s a really sunny day, and just because this is a real feelgood song that makes me happy, I’ve dusted down the Song Of The Day after a period of hibernation.
If it’s sunny where you are and you’re not already outside, then – to paraphrase kids TV from the 70s – why don’t you just switch off your computer screen and go out and do something less boring instead?
A budding photographer
My partner and I joined the National Trust a little while ago and while that intially made be feel quite old (I’ve always had this image of NT members being old; don’t know why), I must admit that I’m really enjoying it.
One of the reasons I’m enjoying it so much is the chance that it’s giving me to get some use out of my camera. I’ve hardly ever used it despite having owned it for about six or seven years. We’ve used it a lot at work for taking product shots for catalogues and so on, but I’ve hardly ever used it for taking my own pictures. Happily, that is now starting to change.
What I’m finding I like best about taking photographs is the framing of the shot, to try and take something a little bit out of the ordinary. I’m trying not to just take snaps. I’m also using the macro lens a lot and taking close-up shots of various flora.
The tulips were at Scotney Castle, while the sunlight through the oak tree branches was from Batemans. If you ever get the chance to go to either, I’d recommend it because the gardens are magnificent.
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