Marigolds at Mencap Garden
Second day of the song titles posts and it’s a classic from the Rolling Stones. I was going to make a curry tonight and then discuss the rhyming slang “Ruby Murray” but my sister is coming to tea and we are having Chinese style rice instead. I was thinking of making a multi-layered Angel Delight dessert, as I have some in the cupboard, but Julia’s last words on the subject as they left this morning was “Don’t you dare.” She’s not a fan of 1970s convenience food.
I can’t actually think of any other songs with Tuesday in the name, but I don’t need to because this will do. This is in direct contrast to Thursday, which is worrying me. I might have to write one myself. It can’t be that difficult, not when you hear some of the stuff that gets played. You just need a few rhymes (I can already think of six rhymes for “Thursday”) and a subject, which is generally love, alcohol or heartbreak, or love, alcohol AND heartbreak. Bung in some choruses and the job’s done. I have no musical talent, but since the 1970s this has not been so much of a problem. Musical talent is obviously quite useful, but it isn’t as important as it used to be.
Mooring ring
It’s a bit like honesty in politics. Though I consider it to be important it doesn’t seem to be necessary these days. The sight of the President of the USA telling the Knesset to give their Prime Minister a pardon on multiple counts, shows the depths to which world politics has sunk. The “cigars and champagne” Trump referred to are allegedly worth $195,000, and are only part of one of three cases being brought.
The world is not a nice place at the moment, and it pains me to see the UK sinking down the corruption rankings from 11th to 20th in the last five years. I how we might be able to do something about it but I’m doubtful. If you lie with dogs you will end up with fleas.
I am late getting to these posts, but I might have suggested The Moody Blues song “Tuesday Afternoon”.
It was the first one that cam to mind, if I’m honest. The search for song titles has turned up a lot of listening I need to do. 🙂
I think Justin Hayward is the last Moody left. John Lodge passed on recently.
I missed that. Sometimes the press makes a big thing of reporting a death, others they seem to ignore.
To write a song you only need one constantly repeated word or brief phrase
Yes, I’ve heard some examples of that.
You may be right about modern songwriting. Rhythm has taken over from melody and repetition from meaning in many cases. Do you know someone who can lay down a funky base track for your Thursday lyrics?
Er . . . do I sound like I know someone like that?
For reasons known only to WordPress, my comment about Bernie Sanders came across as anonymous when it should have been listed as Laurie Graves.
I thought you were trying to avoid the Governement reading your social media! 🙂
Thursdays child. I went to a panel talk yesterday with two authors who are former CIA members. It was pretty interesting to hear them talk about issues today
I imagine they have a lot of insight denied to us. 🙂 Not sure whether I’d actually want to know some of the things they must know.
Well, one guy said that the saying in the CIA is if we were 10% as good as people think we are we’d be great …
I won’t argue with him. It’s like if Governments were able to do half the things that conspiracy theorists believe they can we wouldn’t be in the mess we are in.
Exactly
🙂
A very good Tuesday song. But then I am a big Rolling Stones fan.
What a time for this country and, by extension, for the world. Trump the bully has cowed leaders all around the world. Except, maybe, for Putin, Trump’s BFF. Still, I take courage from a Senator I admire very much, Bernie Sanders, who for years has been thundering like an Old-Testament prophet as he promotes values that Jesus, I think, would approve of. (Health care for all. Fair wages. Affordable housing.) He’s been treat terribly by the Democratic National Committee, but he doesn’t give up. He. Just. Keeps. Going. Even though like Moses, he will never see the Promised Land.
A prophet is without honour in their own country, as they say. These seem like perfectly sensible policies to me. Nothing is ever perfect but we have the health care and a minimum wage – we just need to sort thr housing and life will improve for many people and their families.