Happy Hump Day and Happy first day of astronomicalSpring! To celebrate, I’m sharing Songs about Spring.
I begin with Ella Fitzgerald’s version of Rogers and Hart’s Spring Is Here.*
This was originally from the 1938 stage musical I Married an Angel, which became a 1942 film of the same name. As I observed at Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 56, “I never get too far away from movie music,” a tendency I’ll indulge later in this post.
The next song is Lou Rawls Spring Again.
He talks about young love. That’s a theme of the next song, Spring Fever by Elvis Presley from the movie “Girl Happy.”
As I wrote above, “I never get too far away from movie music.”
Once again, I’m concluding the diary proper by quoting Don Durito.
For those of you wondering how I and Neon Vincent are circumventing Sucuri to embed videos, here is an example of the embed code we use, so that you can replicate as wanted:
Just remember that each unique 11-digit video code in YouTube needs to be pasted in two separate locations within the embed code in order for your video to show up properly. So easy that I can do it!
With those instructions, feel free to post your favorite music videos in the comments.
*There are radically different versions by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, Peter Nero, Frank Sinatra, and Carly Simon. I’ll post those some other time. After all, I’m an environmentalist; I not only recycle my ideas, I conserve my resources.
Here is a drink for the turning of the season that also fits the themes of the last two songs, Spring Time Love from Tipsy Bartender.
The Bartender is taking requests.
It’s World Water Day, so here’s a drink for the occasion: Electric Beach Water.
Today is National Puppy Day, so I’m sharing a drink for the day, You Sexy Dog You – Tipsy Bartender.
Sorry, no puppy drinks.
Today is Earth Hour. While there aren’t any Earth Hour drinks, but there are Earth Day ones. Today, I’m sharing the Nuptini Earth Day Cocktail.
Expecting Tipsy Bartender? I already used their one Earth Day drink in Drink to a late drum corps Earth Day on my personal blog and Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 44 here. Recycling it once was enough.
Today is National Tolkien Reading Day, so the drink for today is Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit Cocktail Recipe from Common Man Cocktails.
I learned very early on that if one is to discover Brian Eno’s work, one inevitably stumbles on to Jon Hassell’s work as well. Hassell’s trumpet playing was no stranger to me, as it turned out – he appeared as a sideman on a Talking Heads album. His solo albums have been each uniquely fascinating. This track, from his first solo album, is arguably my favorite. It could go on forever. Of course I think of the coast whenever I hear it, but I also think of the change in season, of new life and new hope, of beginnings.
I can only find fragments of this LP on YouTube, but it is well worth seeking out for those into something mellow, but not quite easy listening.
Now, that was a good album choice. Thank you.
Here’s a music video with lots of water for World Water Day: Carrie Underwood – Something in the Water.
I also have a song for National Puppy Day, The Puppy Song – Harry Nilsson.
That song shares a sentiment from Peanuts.
One of the most environmental songs I can think of is Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell. Here she is in concert in 1970.
Today has been a big day with the March For Our Lives rallies all over the US. Trying to think of an appropriate video. At the moment drawing a blank.
I’d try any of the songs performed by the singers at the rally in Washington, DC. I would post “Be Alright” by Ariana Grande, but I’m planning on using that for No. 58 this coming Wednesday. How about “The Times They are a Changin'” by Bob Dylan? Jennifer Hudson sang that today.
That sounds like a plan. I like it. Ariana Grande has a way of taking a stand when it counts. Glad you’re already planning Wednesday. I’ll be on my way home from a work-related trip. Still can’t do much while in the air.
O.K., here it is, Bob Dylan The Times They Are A Changin’ 1964.
I’ll have Jennifer Hudson’s rendition on Wednesday so long as it’s still up on YouTube, along with videos of the rest of the performers.
Once again, thanks!