OMG where do I start with this one I am tempted to just use it as an excuse for more Duran Duran but though I am going to have one of theirs I shall provide an alternative as well and I have to say I do still love these despite being all grown up.
Category: Music Challenge
Day 07 – A song that is your guilty pleasure
Ohhh guilty pleasures – can think of lots but they are not generally musical lol okay so I guess it has to be cheesy music so the first one comes from the group who made the first real album I ever got (real as opposed to Disney soundtracks)
The second is not really so guilty well I don’t think so but it was a time in her career where she took a lot of criticism but I love this song
And just to amuse you I will prove wearing your bra in public was common at the time…
I wish I still had that figure and those shoes – I am the redhead in case you were puzzled – wish
someone had told meleaning back in pics was not a good idea lol
Day 06 – A song you can always relate to
Hmmmm this seemed so easy when I started but now am actually having to rack my brain to come up with songs. The first song relates to my little boy especially after we nearly lost him I spent hours watching him sleep. (Plus I have to admit to having a bit of a thing for a certain guy with a huge mouth)
The second is a little harder especially as I look down the list at song categories to come, but as I had one for my little boy I better have one that reminds me of my daughter.
Day 05 – A song that has a new meaning to you every time you hear it
Am a little stumped by this one I confess as usually once a song has a meaning attached it tends to stick. Okay after staring at the screen for a while and hitting random songs in my I-Tunes I have a tenuous answer. This is more a question of me understanding more rather than personal feelings regarding relationships, maybe rather fitting given what today is. The first is about the way what you would do for love changes as you grow older, as teenagers we are more willing to become what the other person wants of us rather than remain true to ourselves and risk being rejected.
The second song is one I loved from the moment I heard it but as a person in my teens when I first heard it I could not understand the concept of needing courage to walk away from a relationship but as an adult I can see the consequences far more clearly and know how scary it could be to make that move.
Day 04 – A song that reminds you of something sad
Well at the minute it doesn’t take much to make me sad but here we go the first is one that I cannot listen to without tears welling up because of the impact of the video twenty plus years ago at Live Aid.
The second is more personal and I am sure you will understand why when you watch it though you might want to have your tissues ready. I cannot share the video of Fiona singing this to Charlie and him asking more each time she stops singing but a very talented young lady recorded this version for them.
Please if you live in the UK and have not signed please take this chance you really could be saving a life Petition
Day 03 – A song that makes you laugh
Again not as easy as it sounds some songs make me laugh because of memories and some because they are attached so bad they are funny rather than deliberately amusing.
So this one makes me laugh remembering school disco’s – it was one of the few songs that the boys would enter the dance floor for and then it was to out highwayman each other
the other is a Monty Python skit need I say more
Day 02 – A song that helps you clear your head
This is a little harder today but usually to clear my head I listen to songs some of you may consider a little strange in fact they are more more chants than songs.
The first is really good for meditating
The other is a song but still along a similar theme
Day 01 – A song that makes you happy
Hmmm as you can imagine this one is quite tough at the minute but will give it a go I am going to try to give you two options for each question.
This first one takes me back to my teens were anything and everything was possible and life had not yet made me cynical.
The second one is a youtube mix I love music that I can dance to it generally makes me happy after all one needs music to happy dance to even if only in your head so this is two of the most iconic ladies in pop merged into one amazing track
Paula Acton 