Head Tale - Music Monday – “Facing off with gophers/Man it ain’t the same/As being home at the Saddledome/For the Oilers and the Flames”

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Music Monday – “Facing off with gophers/Man it ain’t the same/As being home at the Saddledome/For the Oilers and the Flames”

This song which mentions the Flames vs. Oilers feels appropriate after the Flames heart-stopping OT win in Game 7 versus Dallas which triggers the first playoff Battle of Alberta since 1991… A couple other Oilers/Flames themed songs…

¶ Posted 16 May 2022 § Canada § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, hockey

Music Monday – “What do you want to do?/I’m scared to even say the truth/This has been the hardest year/Is it even legal here?”

“The Problem” – Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell “Our Problem” – Amanda Shires with Friends

¶ Posted 09 May 2022 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health, science, unitedstates

Music Monday – “She got a six-six-six/I’ve got my crucifix/She’s got a spinning head/Like seeing grateful dead”

“Greedy Soul” – Liam Gallagher

¶ Posted 25 April 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “They put you in a pinewood box/And cover you up with dirt and rocks/It all goes well for about a week/And then, your coffin begins to leak”

I think I first heard this done by the Pogues but this song has been around since WWI, popular with both soldiers and children! Uhm, Happy Easter? “The Hearse Song” – Rusty Cage

¶ Posted 18 April 2022 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, holiday

Music Monday – “It was late last night the other day/I thought I’d go up and see Ray So l went up and I saw Ray/There was only one thing Ray could say, was…”

Happy birthday to my dad, Ray, who showed up yesterday along with my mom after a weekend visiting my sister. We didn’t have a formal gift for him but did give him a steak supper and homemade Saskatoon pie! “Motorcycle Song” – Arlo Guthrie

¶ Posted 11 April 2022 § Family § MusicMonday § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: parents

Music Monday – “Now the only thing a gamblin’ man ever needs/Is a suitcase, Lord, and a trunk/And the only time a fool like him is satisfied/Is when he’s all stone cold drunk”

Joni Mitchell won a Grammy last night for her “Archives Volume 1” album which features some long-lost masters from her first-ever recording session when she was 19 and a local DJ offered to help her make a demo tape at a local radio studio in Saskatoon. Pretty cool story! “House of the Rising Sun” – […]

¶ Posted 04 April 2022 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, history, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Heardle’s April Fool’s Song Is A Brilliant Choice

I’m up to playing three Wordle variants daily – the original Wordle, Heardle which is where you try to guess a song as they progressively play longer clips and Worldle where you see the outline of a country and after you guess, it tells you roughly how far away you are from the actual country […]