because it's Tuesday - week of January 30

This song, my whole life, this song has made me cry.

I absolutely love this version of "In my Life," sung so beautifully by the late, wonderful, amazing, Johnny Cash.

Give it a good listen with some kleenex close at hand... and enjoy xo

Guilty Pleasure Friday - There For You

so, if you have read this blog for more than 10 minutes you will know that I am old.

Officially 50. A centennial baby. Ancient.

I'm a fan of music but I have no clue what the "kids" are listening to these days. Do they even still listen to the radio?

Whatever songs are on the top 40 on commercial radio are a mystery to me (admittedly, they have been since the late 1980's but I'm absolutely okay with that!!)

Typically, I watch Saturday Night Live on Sunday mornings.  On a recent Sunday morning, a young performer names Troye Sivan was the musical guest.  I had no clue who he was but pretty much expected to fast forward through his performance.  As it happened, I was folding laundry with a sleeping dog on my foot and the remote was not handy when he took the stage.  I was very pleasantly surprised. I liked his voice, the song he was singing didn't bug my ass too much.  I actually watched his second performance as well.  He was a spritely little delight.

So today, I share with you, a new/recent guilty pleasure.  I have no clue who Martin Garrix is (I actually do now know who Troye Sivan is) but here are Martin and Troye, "There For You."

Give it a chance kittens, you never know, you just might like it! xo

because it's Tuesday - week of January 23

Disco.

It was everywhere when we were kids.  On the radio, on the television.

Disco sucks was heard a lot too.  Some folks just didn't get it.  To this day, I don't get what the kerfuffle was about.  It was dance music.  Dancing can be a lot of fun.

Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way" was a soulful scorcher! Unbelievably catchy and incredibly dance-able. It's sort of hard to believe that it was released over 40 years ago!!

Equally hard to imagine, is that the Communards kick-ass cover is over 30 years old.  It's not surprising that they covered it, considering Ms Houston's version was an anthem for the AIDS movement and AIDS was at a crisis point in the mid-80's.  In my first apartment, I had a huge Communards poster in my bathroom.  I remember listening to their records with my girlfriends as we got ready to head out dancing. Gah, it was so long ago... not sure how it can be that long ago when we're all still young and fabulous!

Betcha can't listen to this and not want to dance around the living room.

enjoy xo

Guilty Pleasure Friday - Hold On

Ahhh... it feels very liberating to be so honest about these guilty pleasure tunes.

So, Wilson Phillips.

Yeah, the movie Bridesmaids made it okay to admit that you knew the words to "hold on."

Sing it loud, sing it proud!!

because it's Tuesday - week of January 16

My head is full of cold.  I was home today sick.  I slept most of the day and at the moment, only have one eye open.  Please be kind and forgiving if this post is full of typos.

So, here is your cover for this week..."I shot Andy Warhol" is a good movie. The soundtrack from the movie is excellent.  If you love covers, this is a great soundtrack to check out.  It's chock full of amazing covers including this one...

Luna does a fantastic job on Donovan's "Season of the Witch"

Remember, you've got to pick up EVERY stitch!

Enjoy my lovelies xo