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Mum and I are celebrating Rock Music today and joining Mary at JingleJangleJungle for the Rocktober Music Fest.
Here are the most classic and iconic rock songs of the 1960s, which is Mum's fave decade She says that the Sixties were sure swinging and rocking with the bestest rock songs and it was also the beginning of metal. Yeah, Mum is a bit of a metalhead as well. Luckily, she plays heavy metal in her headphones mostly so she doesn't bother me. I don't mind some of the following songs though. They are quite good tunes. Quite energetic for the mad half-hour at bedtime!
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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!
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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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The theme for Mewsic Monday is - pick our own!
So here is what Mum and I have been listening to this week.
MARTIN AND SHIRLIE - FLY ME TO THE MOON
Husband and wife Martin and Shirlie Kemp have recorded a swing album. For those who do not know, Martin was in Spandau Ballet (one of Mum's fave 80s bands) and Shirlie was backing singer and dancer for Wham! and also one half of 80s pop duo Pepsi and Shirlie.
FLOOR JANSEN ON BESTE ZANGERS - SHALLOW
Floor Jansen is one of Mum's favourite female vocalists and since 2013 has been the official lead singer of Finnish Symphonic Metal band Nightwish. Floor, who is Dutch, performed on the Dutch TV show Beste Zangers and amazed everyone with her extraordinary vocal talent. Floor can sing anything - Classical, Rock, Metal, Pop, etc, as she clearly demonstrated on the show. Watch her performance of Shallow from A Star is Born.
FLEETWOOD MAC - LANDSLIDE
Another great band that Mum likes and Landslide is a truly beautiful song, by one of Mum's favourite all-time singers, Stevie Nicks. Mum tells me she has been pretty much inspired by Stevie throughout her life - her music, her voice, her lyrics and her mystical style.
And now here's something a little different. Mum and I have separate YouTube channels that we're trying to grow. Mum says she can understand why her channel didn't excite viewers to subscribe because basically, there was nothing for them to get excited about and she rarely posted on it. This was mostly because she wanted to concentrate on my channel (understandable!)
The truth is we're puzzled as to why my channel doesn't have a huge following and that other feline channels do. I mean, the videos Mum has made of me are entertaining enough, and she always picks audio tracks that totally match the mood of the vid. Not forgetting - I am such a star with my purrfect feline beauty and pawmazing purrsonality.
Mum now makes reaction videos and it looks like she is finally getting more viewers. She made a reaction video to the Floor Jansen "Shallow" Beste Zangers' performance, which you can see below. After that, you will see a video of mine from my own channel. I think Mum picked the right track for it 😻
Hope you subscribe to both channels. You would make our Monday not so blue if you do!
Purrs xx
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And now for a special Throwback the Music post. We haven't done one of these for quite a while!
Now, many of you who have been reading our blog for a long time know that Mum struggles with depression and anxiety. She is also an introvert. But burning deep within her is a creative spirit who won't settle which makes her even more depressed. She worries about getting on as she is in her early 50s now and is crazily worried that none of her dreams have come true. Her anxiety has restricted her for so many years. Being a cat mum is her proudest achievement and she would love to do that forever. But she tells me that to live in the human materialistic world she has to do things other humans find so easy to do. Talking is not her thing. Especially participating in small talk. That's why she became a writer. It's so much easier for her to communicate her thoughts that way. She does find it hard to talk to people and has gotten worse over the last few years. She is like a cat really as it takes her a while to trust people. What I'm leading up to is this: I believe inside my mother is an extrovert trying to get out. There is nothing wrong with her being an introvert. In fact, it's a gift because it's what makes her HER. So, to CHALLENGE herself she has made the choice to take the next step up from blogging to become a VLOGGER. Don't worry.She is not giving up blogging, but she wants to try to build up her YouTube Channel (which she has had for years). She will also try to build mine up too, but for now, she is concentrating on my Instagram, which is where I seem to be the most popular. I'm popular here in the blogoshere too, which is all thanks to you great guys 💚 We both love Instagram and I have so many more followers than Mum, which she is cool with and says she wouldn't have it any other way. We've started TikTok too, but she's a little confused with that one. It seems to be more for the younger generation. Have you guys heard of REACTION videos? They are so popular on YouTube it seems. Mum has become addicted to watching them (mainly reactions to music videos). The vocal coach ones are the best as you gain super tips if you are interested in singing. Anyway, Mum sings (she says she will record more singing videos) though for the moment she has decided to react to music and we might do reaction to some cats too. You must watch because I'm in some of her reaction videos. Here I am in two CHRISTMAS ones. We are reacting to two Christmas songs from 1984. A year that was truly one of Mum's favourites from her teens. She says she went to a lot of concerts that year and most of her favourite musicians from that weird hairstyle decade are in the Band Aid video.
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We are also participating in tomorrow's Feline Friday, hosted by Comedy Plus
Today is What if Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day It amazes me that humans seem to think they're so special because they have opposable thumbs. Some of them appear to think themselves superior to animals because of this. So what? Just because you evolved to have opposable thumbs does not make you cleverer than a cat (or dog or any other animal). Just because you can open things and turn things and hold stuff, it doesn't matter to us because we can do things you can't. So there!
1. My favourite kind of music is rock and metal, but I also love listening to a lot of movie soundtracks like the ones by composer Hans Zimmer. These days I just can't get enough of the Outlander Soundtrack by Bear McCreary. 2. I don’t believe in a lot of things, but I avoid the news and papers because I don't trust what they tell me. It's all brainwashing and propaganda. 3. My ideal day is a good day writing or doing something creative with Athena close by and taking a nice nap with her in the afternoon. This is what I do on most days as I work from home (or trying to earn from home). 4. Don’t let anyone stop you doing what you believe in. As long as you don't harm anyone, that is.
Athena's Answers
1. My favourite kind of music is orchestral and some classical. I also like a bit of pop and light rock. After George Michael died in 2016, Mum played a lot of his music. She was a big fan of his during the 80s and 90s. His beautiful voice soothes and relaxes me. 2. I don't believe in thinking too much about the past and future. I prefer to live in the moment with Mum. 3. My ideal day is staying close to Mum and eating lots and napping on Mum's bed. When she joins me for a nap it's even better! 4. Don't let every human into your life as some are bad and don't like cats.
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