Songs About Art #MewsicMovesMe

 Happy Mewsic Monday!

So, every Monday I enjoy picking songs with Mum Marie for the Mewsic Moves Me blog hop. In this music linky party participants share songs from YouTube or Vimeo on their blog.

This month’s honorary co-hostess is Cathy.

Today's theme is Songs About Art in honour of National Coloring Day

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SPANDAU BALLET - Paint Me Down

Mum told me that this video was banned when it was released back in 1981. It probably wouldn't be now! 

THE ROLLING STONES - Paint it Black

A classic way before my time and released the year Mum was born.

BELINDA CARLISLE - Shades of Michelangelo 

This is just so beautiful. Mum had tears in her eyes listening.

DURAN DURAN - The Reflex

Not really about art but Impressionist artist Renoir is mentioned in the lyrics.

"I sold the Renoir and the TV set"

PAT BENATAR - Painted Desert

Mum has always like Pat Benatar (especially in the 80s)

 but she hasn't heard this one before.

THE BEATLES - Paperback Writer

It's still about art. Writing is an art form :)

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Songs About The Moon #MewsicMonday

Happy Mewsic Monday!

Today, 20th July is National Moon Day - in honour of the day when man first walked on the moon in 1969. 

And guess what,  it's also the theme for this week's Mewsic Moves Me!

So, let's kick-start the day with this energetic number!

NIGHTWISH - Moondance 

The above is a very early Nightwish song but the following track, Shoemaker, is from their latest album Human Nature. It's about Eugene Shoemaker, an American geologist and one of the founders of the field of planetary science. After his death, some of his ashes were carried to the moon with the Lunar Prospector mission.

NIGHTWISH - Shoemaker

And now to this 80s classic by Duran Duran - and tonight it is actually a New Moon!

DURAN DURAN - New Moon On Monday

And now for this catchy one to sing and dance to. Mum used to love singing along when she was younger!

BELINDA CARLISLE - La Luna

A great performance next by Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac!

FLEETWOOD MAC - Sisters Of The Moon

And now let's wind down with a Moonlight Drive 

THE DOORS - Moonlight Drive

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Angels in song titles or lyrics Mewsic Moves Me

Happy Mewsic Monday!

We hope you are well.

Our good friends Binky and Granny are co-hosts of Mewsic Moves Me this April and we're loving their themes. This week it's songs with Angel in the title. That's an easy one as there are so many to choose from.

Here's some that Mum has chosen. She's chosen only three as she's late with this post! We've gone with 3 that we think most of you will not have heard before.

DURAN DURAN - Like An Angel

One of Mum's favourite Duran Duran songs. Yeah, she was a Duranie back in the day she tells me. The first band she ever saw live in concert - and that was in the last century, in 1983, at Wembley Arena.

NIGHTWISH - Angels Fall First

This beautiful track is from Nightwish's first album Angels Fall First (1997). Tarja Turunen was the original singer from 1996 until 2005.

 

WITHIN TEMPTATION - Angels

A beautiful song from this Dutch symphonic metal band.

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Bands Beginning with D #MewsicMovesMe

Happy Mewsic Monday!

We're still on lockdown in the UK and so we took our time creating this playlist of bands beginning with D.

We are joining Curious as a Cathy for Mewsic Moves Me and as there is no theme this week, you can choose whatever tracks you like. We are going with D because we are just continuing our own A-Z theme.

So, without further ado, here are bands/artists beginning with D!

DURAN DURAN - Planet Earth 

(Don't forget EarthDay on 22nd April!)

THE DOORS - People Are Strange

DEEP PURPLE - Black Night

THE DAMNED - Eloise

DAVID BOWIE - Ashes to Ashes

DEPECHE MODE - Just Can't Get Enough

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Songs with Names in Title #mewsicmovesme

Happy Monday!

Mum is extremely honoured to be a co-host for Mewsic Monday this March! We have chosen songs with names in the title.

Thank you, Cathy, of Curious As A Cathy for inviting me to co-host!

And now let's get on to our Mewsic Choices! Mum picks and I just listen 😻

The first track is the obvious choice for Mum Marie.
Fun fact: My mum's birth name is Maria but she's never felt at home with it. It just doesn't resonate with her, and Marie does. Even at school people called her Marie and not Maria, so it stuck. It's the same name anyway - Marie is the French form of Maria and Mary.

 ELVIS PRESLEY - Marie's The Name (His Latest Flame)

 

 THE WHO - Athena

 

 THE BEATLES - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

 

FLEETWOOD MAC - Rhiannon

 

NIGHTWISH - Eva 

 JIMI HENDRIX - Hey Joe 

BLONDIE - Denis

 

 THE KINKS - Lola

 

DURAN DURAN -Rio

 

KAISER CHIEFS - Ruby Ruby

ERIC CLAPTON - Layla

 

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Mewsic Moves Me

I suggested to Mum that since she loves music so much and I quite love it too (when it's not loud and heavy) we should participate in the Monday Mewsic Moves Me blog hop, which is hosted by Curious as a Cathy

We have already done so a couple of times but maybe we should try to make it a regular thing.

Tentative is the theme today, and so here are 4 songs that popped into Mum's head this morning she feels relate to being uncertain.

Is There Something I Should Know by Duran Duran

This is a blast from Mum's teenage years.





If I Can Dream by Elvis Presley 
The first singer that Mum ever heard because my granddad was a fan. This one has always moved her and made her cry. Just hearing the intro makes her teary.

 


Dead Boy's Poem by Nightwish 
This is Mum's favourite band. Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band and she has been a fan since 2007. She discovered them on YouTube and every track of theirs moves her in some way. This one certainly does. When feeling uncertain, worried, or sad, she finds it a very cathartic song.

 


Faith by George Michael 

I love George Michael and Mum does too.
His voice is so velvety smooth and warm and always calms this kitty down!

His slower ballady songs are the ones I enjoy the most, but Mum has picked this one because if you are being tentative, and unsure of things - in Mum's case, she really fears the future. Well, Mum, please, in the words of George, you "Gotta Have Faith!"

 

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Music Monday Throwback Christmas Special

Some of the best memories for Mum music-wise are from the year 1984. Well, she was 18, ambitious and full of hope for the future, and totally music-mad. It was before she got into rock and metal so she was into the top pop acts of the day. 

Music was great in those days. I particularly enjoy listening to George Michael and Wham with Mum when gets nostalgic. Mum also loved Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran and Paul Young at the time too. 

So today we're sharing some of Mum's music memories from Christmas 1984.

In December of that year, Mum went to 3 live concerts. Spandau Ballet (twice!) earlier in the month and Wham! on Boxing Day. She couldn't get tickets for their Christmas Eve gig, unfortunately. In the previous year, she'd seen Duran Duran at the same venue - Wembley Arena. That was her first ever concert! She tells me the screaming girls ruined it for her because for Mum it's always been about the music. She was never a crazy fangirl, screaming at her idols. No. She wanted to join them on stage, be part of the gang because she dreamed of being a singer.

So here are some songs from December 1984. We hope you enjoy the memories (if you're old enough!)



  Last Christmas by Wham!





Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 




Round and Round by Spandau Ballet 




Everything She Wants by Wham! (Mum's fave Wham song) 




Love of the Common People by Paul Young (Top of the Pops Christmas Special 1984)




The Reflex by Duran Duran (Top of the Pops Christmas Special1984)


 

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