Written for Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday
post ‘Get Over It Day’. This is my song.
Tag: Soul
Family Affair
Written for Song Lyric Sunday. This week Jim Adams
has asked his readers in his post ‘Quality Time’ to write about
a song dealing with parenting or a child/parent relationship.
This theme was my suggestion and here is my reply.
BIRTHDAY THURSDAYS
Welcome to Birthday Thursdays here in The Rhythm Section. Each week I will feature someone from the world of music whose birthday falls on that day. There won’t be any chit chat from me, no facts and figures – just some great tunes (and an occasional surprise). Check it out right here every Thursday and enjoy the music.
Happy Birthday to Ben E. King
Born September 28, 1938 in Henderson, North Carolina
IN THE GROOVE (June 13, 2023)
OK, boys and girls! I guarantee you’re not going to be able to sit still for this one.
No foreplay today; let’s get straight down to business.
Here’s the happiest song from 2014, a huge hit for Pharrell Williams. It’s called … what else?? …“HAPPY”!
I love that guy! He puts me in such a great mood, I want to ingest a little bit of what he’s got going on. How can anyone not be smiling after that video?
There’s no question of the day but if you’d like to share with us what flips your happy switch, please do; comments and videos are always welcome. Most import of all: just be happy!
Stay tuned tomorrow when DA takes us someplace new. I wonder where this time?
Why not check out the other posts in The Rhythm Section and remember to stay GROOVY!!
See you on the flip side.
I’m The Sicilian Storyteller
NAR © 2023
IN THE GROOVE (April 25, 2023)
Okay, we’re gonna turn the heat up just a bit here and really get In The Groove.
When this song first came out in September of 1972, I was a newlywed of exactly three months with nothing but loving on my mind. I thought this was possibly the sexiest, most titillating and steamy song I’d ever heard.
It’s the story of an affair between a married man and his equally married lover. In the song, the two meet in secret “every day at the same café” at 6:30 where they hold hands and talk. The two are in a quandary: “We’ve got a thing going on. We both know that it’s wrong but it’s much too strong to let it go now.”
Please excuse me, Pete, but I’m stealing a page from your playbook and doing a cover version of this song by my favorite duo of all time – Hall and Oates, the most successful pair in music history (yes, even more successful than Simon & Garfunkel).
Why a cover and not the original when the original is an excellent recording? Two words: Daryl Hall. Fifty-plus years after seeing him on MTV, I still “have a thing going on” for Daryl Hall so please allow me this one indulgence.
Turn down the lights, pour the wine and light the candles; here now are Hall and Oates doing a live performance of “Me and Mrs. Jones”.
Oh, my goodness! What can I say? I got a thing for “blue-eyed soul”.
Back to the business at hand. It’s time for the question of the day. Once again, you either know this or you don’t.
Who was the performer who originally sang “Me and Mrs. Jones” in 1972?
I’ll have the answer for you next week.
To refresh your memory, here’s the question of the day from last week:
In my little blurb before the video, I tossed out the name of another great song written by George Harrison. Did you notice it?
The song is “Cheer Down” and the title came from a little thing George’s wife Olivia used to say to him. Whenever he was starting to get all caught up in something and needing reining in, she’d say “Cheer down, big guy”. I like that; nicer than “Cool your jets!”.
I hope you enjoyed today’s sultry number here In The Groove. Join me next week when things will be very different.
See you on the flip side.
I’m The Sicilian Storyteller
NAR © 2023
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