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Music Monday – “All the flowers that you planted mama/In the back yard/All died when you went away”

This song has always been incredibly powerful from when it became a worldwide smash in 1990 but it might even be more powerful to hear it now, nearly thirty years later, after Sinead O’Connor has led a life full of controversy and pain.   “Nothing Compares 2 U” – Sinead O’Connor

Posted 30 September 2019 § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I guess it could be worse, it ain’t that bad/At least I ain’t sittin’ in old Baghdad/In the middle of the hot damn desert sittin’ in a tank”

“You Can Have The Crown” – Sturgill Simpson

Posted 23 September 2019 § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Now in the pouring snow, sad, but swift/I headed down the highway/Hoping that the burden of my blues would lift/And praying that the whiskey would keep me brave”

Easily my favourite song of the year (I can’t believe I haven’t posted it before!) “Letter to Madeline” – Ian Noe

Posted 16 September 2019 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “She said, “Andy, you’re better than your past”/Winked at me and drained her glass/Cross-legged on a barstool, like nobody sits anymore”

“Elephant” – Jason Isbell (This reaction video where a couple commentators slowly realize what the song’s about is a pretty good supplement to what some feel is the best song of 2013.)

Posted 09 September 2019 § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “This tiny space is all I need to live in/A simple life’s good for the soul/And I think I’m going to live in a boler/Tow it behind me wherever I go”

I used this song as part of a longer end-of-season montage after our first summer seasonal site three years ago but it deserves a post of its own. (Make sure you read the story about the singer from the Ovarian Cancer “Walk of Hope” page below – very tragic story for such a joyful song.) “Living […]

Posted 02 September 2019 § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “A civil war vet went to see/If he could get a bit of timber for a new barn/The number 4 sped/From the train overhead came the itty bitty newborn”

“Sarah Jane and the Iron Mountain Maiden” – Steve Martin and Edie Brickell

Posted 26 August 2019 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Now Campbeltown Loch is a beautiful place/But the price of the whiskey is grim/How nice it would be if the whiskey was free/And the Loch was filled up to the brim”

One of the best things about traveling is the people you meet. I met a young guy from Scotland at the Banff Hot Spring and during our conversation, mentioned my grandmother was born in Campbeltown, Scotland. He asked if I knew this old folk song and I admitted that I didn’t (though I quickly filed […]

Posted 19 August 2019 § Family § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “So girl, leave your boots by the bed/We ain’t leaving this room/Till someone needs medical help/Or the magnolias bloom”

“Cover Me Up” – Jason Isbell

Posted 12 August 2019 § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I’ve been drinkin’ to remember and drinkin’ to forget/I got “I love you” on my mind, I got Jim Beam on my breath”

  I posted a Cody Jinks song before I went on holidays so why not post another Jinks’ song since it was in the top three of my most listened to songs over the past couple weeks (with the other two – “Cumberland Gap” by Jason Isbell and “Tear Stained Eye” by Son Volt both […]

Posted 05 August 2019 § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys/They don’t care about no trends/They don’t care about songs that sell”

When we’re camping in Weyburn I can’t help but think how I’m basically the hippie surrounded by a big herd of cowboys. But the point of this song stands – people who seem to be opposites can still get along if they see their commonality in defining their own tastes without giving in to trends […]

Posted 15 July 2019 § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,