Tunes on Tuesday ~ I’m the Urban Spaceman
in the 449 days I’ve been in lockdown
I could have taken a rocket ship to Mars
There can’t have been many bands with a name as stupid as the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, (if you can think of one then please let me know). But I like this song, and right now I quite feel like I don’t exist.
At least Ground Control in the USA is still listening to this Englishman.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the good old Saturn V
often copied but never bettered
Words I Suddenly Dislike
some words should never have been invented
Awe-Inspiringly, Awefulize, Awesome, Bigsie, Cancel Cultire, Contact-Tracing, Contactless, COVID-19, Denialism, E-Scooter, Fantoosh, Franger, Influencer, Lockdown, LOL, MacGyver, Meghan Markle, Mentionitis, Misgendering, ROLF, Sad Fishing, Segway, Shero, Social Distancing, Truthiness, WFH, WIP, WTF, Woke, Zoodle
I have no idea what some of the above mean, and honestly, I don’t really want to know
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
I don’t know what that means either
Monochrome Monday ~ Dystopia
are we doomed to live in the dystopian dictatorship forever?
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
international travel is banned
our borders are closed
Scenes on Sunday ~ Vacations
it’s much better to travel hopefully
than it is to stay at home imprisoned in lockdown
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
on vacation I like to rent a convertible mustang
Songs on Saturday ~ Say What You Want
climbing over walls at my age is not a good idea
It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I sprained my ankle climbing over a sea wall. I got it strapped up at the walk in centre, but I’ve been only sitting with my feet up listening to music and taking pain medication. I like this song from Texas, I must have played it a dozen times, dozing, trying to sleep.
Please listen responsibly.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the beaches here are not as nice as that one
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Rio Bravo
they invented ‘hey you in the jail….’
Following this morning’s musical post from Paint Your Wagon, here’s a slightly atmospheric song from Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson, from the John Wayne Movie Rio Bravo. It has the not very catchy title of My Rifle, My Pony and Me. Some dowgies and a campfire would be good.
Of course, Walter Brennan steals the scene as ‘Stumpy’.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
somebody should apologize for
‘Brokeback Mountain’
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Wand’rin Star
hitch your wagon to a star
Maybe the most unlikely singer ever to reach number one in the UK ‘hit parade’ ~ back in the days when we had such a thing. Lee Marvin and a song from the movie musical ‘Paint your Wagon’. But then who would ever have expected Dirty Harry to burst into song either?
And, then again, John Wayne started his film career as a singing cowboy.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalknet
a singer not a fighter
Monochrome Monday ~ Hollywood
in Hollywood the sun shines day and night
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
That’s a BIG gorilla
Monochrome Monday ~ My Home Town
a grey north eastern seaside town, but it’s home
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
digging in the mud
Scenes on Sunday ~ that’s not a car
less polluting than any electric car
I bought myself a car
or is it a shopping cart?
very different from the last car I owned
or truck
and it will do 60 mpg
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
I also owned a TR6
among many other vehicles
