Does anyone have the problem of having a song running around their head all night as they sleep? Or perhaps it's a piece of art that you're working on ... or a problem you've been trying to fix.
I'm looking for a sure fire way of stopping this happening ... after I've had a gig or a class or a choir practice, one piece or a phrase will stay stuck and refuse to shift and I wake up like a wet rag ....
I'd really appreciate your feedback.
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
October Songs
A little something for your listening pleasure today :)
It's a wet start to October here although it's still quite warm outside.
I spent most of the day preparing songs for my singing group which starts tomorrow and started looking for a song with October in the title. Look at the state of my desk!!!! (Just to prove I was working !!)
Anyway, as I was getting a bit distracted with harmony songs I decided to let my distraction do something useful for an hour and prepare this blog for you all.
So here we go - October Songs - all a bit melancholic as you would expect - reflection must have been on the agenda for these October songwriters ... And there were a few lovely surprises ... a few not so well worth noticing as well , but a few gems. For example, I only really knew Julie London singing "Cry Me A River" which I adore, but never imagined her singing fun songs ... So "This October" from her album "Calendar Girl" is a treat - great backing vocals too.
In Irish folk music The Castle of Dromore starts off with the line "October winds lament around the castle of Dromore" and I love singing it ... click here to hear my version of it - and that's Finbar Furey playing pipes on it.
But back to songs with October in the title, here's a list of the best that I could find.
James Taylor (live with the Dixie Chicks) - October Road
U2 - October - a very freshfaced Bono and Co ... what a wonderful piano track. They probably don't remember, but I gave them their first Belfast gig - back in 1979 - at the Queens University Fringe Festival - and they supported Squeeze and Dr Feelgood I think!! Ah those were the days :)
Amy Winehouse - October Song
I don't really get this song and most of the time I don't really get Amy either, but some of her stuff is so brilliant.
Robin Gibb - August October - a very old track, and another very fresh faced young man!
Pet Shop Boys - My October Symphony
Dave Cousins (Strawbs) - October to May
Julie London - This October
The Incredible String Band - October Song
And one more piano track ...
George Winston - October Moon
Are there any others that you can think of?
It's a wet start to October here although it's still quite warm outside.
I spent most of the day preparing songs for my singing group which starts tomorrow and started looking for a song with October in the title. Look at the state of my desk!!!! (Just to prove I was working !!)Anyway, as I was getting a bit distracted with harmony songs I decided to let my distraction do something useful for an hour and prepare this blog for you all.
So here we go - October Songs - all a bit melancholic as you would expect - reflection must have been on the agenda for these October songwriters ... And there were a few lovely surprises ... a few not so well worth noticing as well , but a few gems. For example, I only really knew Julie London singing "Cry Me A River" which I adore, but never imagined her singing fun songs ... So "This October" from her album "Calendar Girl" is a treat - great backing vocals too.
In Irish folk music The Castle of Dromore starts off with the line "October winds lament around the castle of Dromore" and I love singing it ... click here to hear my version of it - and that's Finbar Furey playing pipes on it.
But back to songs with October in the title, here's a list of the best that I could find.
James Taylor (live with the Dixie Chicks) - October Road
U2 - October - a very freshfaced Bono and Co ... what a wonderful piano track. They probably don't remember, but I gave them their first Belfast gig - back in 1979 - at the Queens University Fringe Festival - and they supported Squeeze and Dr Feelgood I think!! Ah those were the days :)
Amy Winehouse - October Song
I don't really get this song and most of the time I don't really get Amy either, but some of her stuff is so brilliant.
Robin Gibb - August October - a very old track, and another very fresh faced young man!
Pet Shop Boys - My October Symphony
Dave Cousins (Strawbs) - October to May
Julie London - This October
The Incredible String Band - October Song
And one more piano track ...
George Winston - October Moon
Are there any others that you can think of?
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