Showing posts with label the Beatles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Beatles. Show all posts

Thursday, January 13, 2011

"N" is for Notes, Songs, Singers & Songwriters - January 13, 2011


I cannot write a single note,
And I cannot carry a tune,
Thank heavens for special beings,
Whose talents make me swoon.

Some  put notes down on paper,
Which musicians then can play,
When sung by a wonderful vocalist,
It, literally, makes our day.

Other songs when sung and  played,
Have such a happy beat,
There is no way on earth,
We're not dancing in the street!



Of course, we cannot all agree,
On the music that we like,
But we willingly pay the price,
To see our favorites at the mike.

Old crooners like Sinatra,
Will endure throughout the years,
The romantic verse he sings,
Can start the sentimental tears.



The long haired lads from Liverpool,
Some fifty years ago,
Gave Beatlemania to the world,
Which still basks in its glow.




The rappers of today,
Might not be your favorite choice,
But, in this song by Tupac,
He praises his mother with his voice.



The dynamic Holland duo,
Who've become dear friends to me,
Are a singer-songwriter team,
Who are as great as they can be


Music can transport us,
To far parts of this earth,
To share in other cultures,
Or the countries of our birth.



Music helps to soothe us,
To clear our minds of stress,
It's so readily available,
A tool that most possess.

So, never let a day go by,
Without your music fix,
Program your cell or IPOD,
With your favorite mix!

Carmen Henesy

Copyright (c) Carmen Henesy
January 13, 2011

I am participating in Jenny Matlock's Alphabe Thursday and
Check both sites out and join in the fun.





Thursday, August 12, 2010

Yellow - Jenny Matlock, Alphabe Thursday, Rainbow Summer School, Rainbow Yellow, August 12, 2010



Yellow

Alphabe Thursday, Rainbow Summer School, Rainbow Yellow, August 12, 2010

The color yellow is a favorite,
It’s so bright and full of cheer,
That’s why it’s on a smiley face,
That grins from ear to ear!


It’s the color of the sunshine,
Giving forth those brilliant rays,
That melt away the winter snows,
And warm our frozen days.


It’s the color of a lemon,
The most versatile of fruit,
With lemonade to quench our thirst,
And luscious tarts and pies to boot!


Yellow also tells us caution,
As the light turns green to red,
That is not the time to speed,,
Or you just may end up dead!


Crime scene tape is yellow,
It means to stay away,
One mustn’t interfere,
In the search for guilty prey.

There are so many colors,
Some dark and others light,
Yellow is a favorite,
It's both cheerful and so bright.

Carmen Henesy

Copyright (c) 2010 by Carmen Henesy
All rights reserved




Donovan - Mellow Yellow

Coldplay - Yellow

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

"Y" is for Yesterday - Alphabe Thursday, July 8, 2010


"Y" is for Yesterday - Alphabe Thursday, July 8, 2010


The Beatles recorded "Yesterday" in 1965 as one of the songs on their album, "Help."
Wikipedia reports that "Yesterday" has the most cover versions of any song ever written and "it
was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone."  No wonder it achieved the
status of best song of the 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners.  A year later, "Yesterday," was "voted the #1 Pop song of all time by MTV and Rolling 
Stone Magazine."  It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1997.

While "Yesterday" was attributed to being written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, Paul McCartney is its sole author.

I would be surprised if there is anyone around today, except perhaps the youngest of children
who does not know this song. 

Here is a You Tube video of "Yesterday."  It certainly plunges me into nostalgia.