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Music Monday – "I can't wake up from a dream/When the dream is real…these broken fingers."

Sam Baker tells a true story preceding this live performance that sets the scene for one of the most emotional songs you might ever here (worth reading the link I provided for the full backstory before watching the clip as well): 

Posted 09 December 2008 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "Oh, the year was 1778/How I Wish I Were in Sherbrooke Now"

One of Canada's unofficial national anthems (although probably not the one that immediately comes to mind when I say that) got a recent plug on MetaFilter which led to a very interesting line-by-line analysis of the song and a great video clip as well…

Posted 02 December 2008 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (2) °

Music Monday – "Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking/When I hear the silly things you say"

Elvis Costello injects a cover of Elvis Presley into his set at Glastonbury making this a double dose of each of the two Elvis's best songs…

Posted 24 November 2008 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "So if you go away/I know that I will follow"

I tried to think of the most embarrassing song I liked in high school.  This is what I came up with.  (God, I loved this song!)

Posted 17 November 2008 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "While There's a Lucifer To Light Your Fag/Smile Boys, That's The Style"

My grade two teacher had a local pianist come to my school regularly to teach our class a variety of traditional songs (“Snowbird” by Anne Murray was about as modern as it got!)  Most of those songs are ones I can still sing to this day and when you think of the impact that a […]

Posted 11 November 2008 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "Now I'm Singing in the library/And trying to flirt"

Thanks to Cenobyte for passing this along – not only a great video set in a library but someone out there is redoing the lyrics of various videos so they match what is shown in the video!  This one is the classic Tears for Fears track “Head Over Heels” but you should look at the […]

Posted 03 November 2008 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "I was the one who let you know/I was just sorry ever after."

I attended an excellent Teen Literacy conference today, tomorrow's the wrap-up conference call for the Canadian Library HR Summit but instead of writing about either of those subjects, I think I'm going to introduce a new recurring feature that I've been thinking about adding to my blog for awhile.  Like the Friday Fun Links that […]

Posted 28 October 2008 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °