At least, not unless there’s something in it for me 🙂
And today there is!!!
So…
Oxford Living Dictionaries defines the term ‘fraction’ thusly:
A numerical quantity that is not a whole number (e.g. 1/2, 0.5).
YAAASSSS!
Now put that under your cap for ’bout 2 seconds.
For this challenge, the rules say that I’m supposed to choose one song for your listening pleasure.
That said, I’m gonna ride all over the top of that rule by advising you to ONLY listen to 1/5th of each of five of my favorite Pop/Rock jams from my high school days.
Trust me, It makes no difference to me which 1/5th of a jam you choose to listen too.
FRACTIONS! Get it?
Five fifths equals one whole!
I think….Oh well!
LOL!
And now here they are….
Too Shy by Kajagoogoo
Head over Heels by Tears for Fears
Our House by Madness (Actually this jam was released a little before I started high school)
New Moon on Monday by Duran Duran
Owner of a Lonely Heart by YES (Not the original lead but a damn good high quality version)
YAAASSS! Lady G believes in staying in compliance.
So y’all better COMPLY! LOL!
Today I am going to nominate Cory Melancon and Ellie P to participate in this challenge. Both of these bloggers have very interesting and eclectic styles!
I think you’ll enjoy them!
Cory and Ellie P, you have the freedom not to participate but I sure hope you do!
Ok, now that we’ve danced a little jig to Charlie Daniel’s “Devil went down to Georgia,” please indulge me while I imagine myself waiting in line to watch “With Six You Get Egg Roll” at Augusta’s Daniel Village Shopping Center Movie Theatre.
The year is ‘fictional 1968,’ and somewhere, in the distance, I can hear one of my favorite pop tunes, “The Rain, The Park and Other Things,” by The Cowsills.
You remember them…right?
They were the family that The Partridge Family was patterned after.
You remember The Partridge Family…right?
You don’t?
GEEEEEZZZZZ!
Anyway, listen as those lovely Cowsill harmonies float through the air!
Not being able to contain myself, I proceed to sing along–changing the words a bit by chanting, “I love the flowers girl, was she reality or just a dream to me?”
Trust me, it makes sense.
Today, I nominate Ang from “Out of Tune, Right on Point.”
On a serious note, my friends, we almost lost this beauty back in March so this is my way of sending a hug and a kiss to her while celebrating her wonderful life and our hometown—Augusta.
I’m sending a huge thanks, a hug and a kiss to you girl for nominating me for the song challenge.
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you already know that I am a huge lover of music so I was MORE than happy to dig right into this challenge.
As always, here are the rules of the road…
Post a song a day for five consecutive days.
Post what the lyrics mean to you. (Optional)
Post the name of the song and video.
Nominate 1 or 2 bloggers each day of the challenge.
About a year ago, I started posting my favorite R&B songs in a series called “My Jams.” It was a real blast!
And so…
For this challenge I decided that I would focus on a few of my favorite Pop/Rock songs. As with “My Jams,” the order is completely random.
But, in this case, I must abide by the rules and stick to a five song limit.
That said, I have so many Pop/Rock favorites that it would take a lifetime to list them all.
Alas, I am bound by regulations 🙂
Today’s Pop/ Rock jam is actually a Country jam with some R&B influence. It’s by Charlie Daniels who tips his cowboy hat toward my home state of Georgia.
“The Devil Went Down To Georgia”
But did you hear that joker play that rhythm guitar while Charlie slid that devilish bow across the strings on that black fiddle?
FIRE!!!!
Sounded like LIGHTNING!
Wait, does lightning have a sound?
Oh well…thunder then!
Seriously?
For Lady G, a nine-year-old budding violinist, this was the JOINT!!!!
FYI: The fiddle has a flat bridge and the violin has a round bridge–that difference creates a sorta distinct difference in sound. Hell… at least that’s what my violin teacher said………..
Now if you ask a sistah, the devil won that duel! LOL!
Okaaaaaay?
Anywhats, I nominate my beautiful, crazy, sexy, cool, blonde blue-eyed Georgia homegirl Lennon Carlyle for this challenge.
Lennon, if you’ve already been nominated please forgive me love.
The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory- 1 Corinthians 15:41 (NLT)
Today was a beautiful day!
A celebration of our 50th Wedding Anniversary, and all of our children and their children converged from everywhere to spend this occasion with us.
Of course, we missed the older boys who have all grown up and moved forward on their separate journeys.
Ronnie and Eric are in the military and Angelo is teaching out of state.
We know they would have been here if they could have.
But isn’t that what the whole thing is about?
You have your babies, hope and pray over them, raise them and give them wings to fly.
Bittersweet–that’s exactly what it is.
But we wouldn’t have it any other way.
We’ve been blessed and we know it.
All of our children are healthy and have gone on to do great things.
And when we look at the grandchildren we see bits and pieces of Ma Lula, Ma Allie, Ma Hallie, Pa Babe, Alberta, Aunt Elvy and, believe it or not, those Hatfields.
Quite naturally, they favor one another physically– but their individual glory differs just like the stars that sparkle and glimmer at night.
All in all, despite the hard times and hurt feelings, we did it!
We did exactly what God wanted and His grace has been our strength to see it through.
And now…
We rest.
“Good night Leroy.”
“Good night Annie.”
And thus ended the series…but not the story. Both Ron and I will continue to weave tales about our family between the two blogs.
Thank you so much for all of your support and for reading “The Flowering Vine.”
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