Monochrome Monday ~ Ebony and Ivory
monochrome photography shows the darkness in the soul
In these politically correct days are we even allowed to listen to this song any more. You know what? I don’t care what sad, narrow-minded people think, I like this Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder Duet.
Oh maybe they were talking about piano keys.
In these woke days they can’t be made of ivory either.
But maybe ebony is O.K.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
not black
but positively monochrome
Scenes on Sunday ~ Dance
hand in hand, on the edge of the sand
they danced by the moon’s last light
Just to do something different, here’s a dance mashup with scenes from some great films. Most of which I’ve been lucky enough to catch, at one time or another.
I hope you enjoy.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Dance with me in Dreams
until the end of Love
Songs on Saturday ~ Drunk On A Plane
eventually the cabin staff will cut you off
Following the Dierks Bentley song Somewhere On A Beach I posted earlier today, I also came across this little ditty.
I have so been there.
Except I didn’t actually go to Cancun.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
but Marmaduke always has my back
Songs on Saturday ~ Somewhere On A Beach
it’s got to be five o’clock somewhere
This song by Dierks Bentley says everything about the kind of summer vacation that I can’t enjoy right now. As a matter of fact there are some fabulous beaches near the garret, but it isn’t warm, it isn’t relaxing, and there is certainly a dearth of hot girls in skimpy bikinis.
If it comes right down to it I can’t play the guitar either.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
but I can dream
can’t I?
Thank You For Being A Friend
friendship is all about trusting each other, helping each other
loving each other, and being crazy together
This song is for a friend, someone to whom real friendship means everything.
Maybe, someday, I can repay her friendship.
Maybe it will always stay this way.
Well, I can dream, can’t I?
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
one rose can never be enough
unless it’s given in true friendship
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Come Fly With Me
we have nothing to lose and a whole world to see
Of course, this song is very appropriate today because, despite the much heralded ‘end of lockdown’, we English aren’t allowed to fly anywhere very much. Certainly we are prohibited from flying to the USA, and you Americans aren’t allowed to come here either. Unless you are a politician or a prince.
This makes Boris Johnson, Joe Biden, and Prince Harry the three most disliked ‘men’ by all good Englishmen and true. We can’t stand their wives either…..
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Pan Am Super Constellation
the good old days of air travel
Tunes on Tuesday ~ England Swings
if you can remember the swinging sixties
you were never there
Now that England has finally seen the back of, (most of), the stupid coronavirus restrictions, the country is getting back to normal again. England isn’t quite swinging, but I still think this Roger Miller song is appropriate for the mood of the day
Of course some of us are old enough to remember the swinging sixties, when both skirts and cars were tiny minis.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
real mini coopers
very swinging sixties
Songs on Saturday ~ Soak Up The Sun
it’s the English summer, and we have sun
There aren’t many English bands who have ever had songs about sunshine ~ plenty about fog, rain, winter and misery. Ergo I had to look to some music from the USA to find a decent song about the sun. I like this from Sheryl Crow.
Today I will be enjoying a little of our very own pale English sunshine.
Who needs sunscreen here?
Don’t get burned.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Pacific sunset
Songs on Saturday ~ I’m a Believer
belief is not a given thing
Amazingly, the weather here has been so fabulous over the past couple of days that on Friday I walked 10 miles in the sunshine. This song got hold of me for some reason, and made me smile even more, because it made me think of someone I know.
I know I should have played either The Monkees or Neil Diamond version, but I think this one is even more fun.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
this guy steals those movies
Can’t Stop This Thing We Started
true love stories never have unhappy endings
I’ve been alone in lockdown for 478 days ~ long enough for me to think very carefully about relationships, friendships, and true love. This Bryan Adams song is for someone who is more than just a very good friend. I know that she is going to stick around, and that our story will never have an unhappy ending.
All she has to do is ask me, and I’ll tell her that I love her.
We have known each other for quite a while now.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Rose and Ginger
a partnership made in Heaven
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