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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: ,

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:

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: , ,

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 […]

Posted 01 April 2022 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “When a couple of guys who were up to no good/Started making trouble in my neighborhood/I got in one little fight and my mom got scared/She said, ‘You’re movin’ with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air'”

So, anybody watch the Oscars last night? 😉 “Fresh Prince of Bel Air Theme Song” – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Posted 28 March 2022 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I’m discovering uses for you I thought I’d never find/I could’ve made chancellor without you on my mind.”

“Chancellor” – Gord Downie

Posted 21 March 2022 § Canada § Family § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The Best Cover of Every Beatles Song

Is there another band that’s had every song across their entire discography covered completely by other artists? Impossible to post a single favourite… A classic Beatles tune… This song has been covered 2200 times and they picked one of the best covers… An East Indian band via the UK reclaims the sitar (and the language!)… […]

Posted 18 March 2022 § FridayFunLink § List § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Two of us sending postcards/Writing letters on my wall/You and me burning matches/Lifting latches on our way back home”

“Two of Us” – Lake Street Dive

Posted 14 March 2022 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Heardle

There are literally hundreds of Wordle variations but Heardle, which plays increasingly longer snippets of a song as you try to get the track name and artist, is one of the most unique I’ve found.

Posted 09 March 2022 § Internet § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Spinning on that dizzy edge/I kissed her face and kissed her head/And dreamed of all the different ways I had”

“Just Like Heaven” – Chvrches w/ Robert Smith

Posted 07 March 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: