SONGS IN SEASON
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:31 am
Nutritionists suggest we eat our food and veggies’ in season to get the most out of it. Here's a little attempt to focus on songs in season.
There is something about September. Maybe it's the loss of summer and all its promise that brings a melancholic feel to this beautiful time of year. Maybe it's the richness of the on-going harvest or the shortening of the days and the rising of the mists. Whatever. It seems to be the time of year with so many songs associated with it. I love this time of year and here are two examples of songs which struck a melancholic chord in me over the years, the first from childhood the second from youth. Do you have some suggestions which fit the time of year or the month? Add them here and let’s keep this thread going all year.
I used to listen to this by Nina and Frederick in the early 60s. Couldn't find their version on the tube so here's the fantastic voice of Andy Williams which was also a major influence on my love of song way back when.
And here my favourite voice, Justin Hayward:
There is something about September. Maybe it's the loss of summer and all its promise that brings a melancholic feel to this beautiful time of year. Maybe it's the richness of the on-going harvest or the shortening of the days and the rising of the mists. Whatever. It seems to be the time of year with so many songs associated with it. I love this time of year and here are two examples of songs which struck a melancholic chord in me over the years, the first from childhood the second from youth. Do you have some suggestions which fit the time of year or the month? Add them here and let’s keep this thread going all year.
I used to listen to this by Nina and Frederick in the early 60s. Couldn't find their version on the tube so here's the fantastic voice of Andy Williams which was also a major influence on my love of song way back when.
And here my favourite voice, Justin Hayward: