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Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
The theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is “Dream/Lullaby/Sleep.”
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Her 1993 album, Passion, not only includes her Grammy-winning duet with Peabo Bryson, A Whole New World, from Disney’s animated film, Aladdin, but artist Regina Belle also executes the powerful Dream in Color.
The song is about having the courage to live life fully and with integrity.
FUN FACTS:
Impossible to find a good video of the wonderful song so I had to settle for a static of the Passion album cover.
Enjoy!
See my Song Lyric Sunday selection for Nesie’s Place!
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It’s hard being the person every one comes to for answers… and you don’t have any.
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Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
The theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is “Songs that reference another group.”
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I’m Every Woman was the 1978 debut hit for Chaka Khan after she left the funk group, Rufus.
Whitney Houston’s 1992 cover of the song for The Bodyguard soundtrack not only mentions Chaka near the end, but she’s also featured in the official video.
FUN FACTS:
It’s a fun, energetic video!
Enjoy!
See my Song Lyric Sunday selection for Nesie’s Place!
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I know you’re gone
I’m not Deluded
Or in Denial
Dread is a constant companion
Because I know you’re gone
And each day is more of the same
And no you
Yet , my senses come alive
When I see the things you loved
When I hear the music you loved
I get excited and can’t wait to tell you about them
Then my heart skips a beat
Because I know you’re gone
Despair and Depression grab my hands
And I’m caught in a tug-of-war
Where losing is the only option
Because I know you’re gone.
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Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
The theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is “Songs that includes somebody famous in it”
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Originally written in 1973 by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Candle in the Wind was a tribute to actress Marilyn Monroe who’d died eleven years earlier.
It’s opening line, “Goodbye, Norma Jean”, refers to Monroe’s real name… Norma Jeane Baker.
Taupin said the song is about “the idea of fame or youth or somebody being cut short in the prime of their life. The song could have been about James Dean, it could have been about Montgomery Clift, it could have been about Jim Morrison … how we glamorize death, how we immortalize people.”
John would rewrite the song twenty-four years later as Candle in the Wind 1997 for a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales after her death. He never says Diana’s name, but refers to her as England’s Rose.
FUN FACTS:
I’ve posted both versions of the song’s lyrics with videos. The first video is from Elton’s Madison Square Garden concert, and the second is from the memorial service for Princess Diana. (With a one minute lead-in in Italian! Performance begins at 1:07)
Enjoy!
See my Song Lyric Sunday selection for Nesie’s Place!
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We could laugh and talk for hours/days … then not talk hours/days.
That was part of “us.”
We didn’t have to be in the same room to be comforted by each other’s presence.
We didn’t have to voice every thought and emotion.
We appreciated the silence.
But invariably, one of us would cough or sneeze, leading the other one to make a loud, snarky remark … and we’d be off and running into recreating endless movie scenes and TV one-liners.
Until we exhausted ourselves and invited silence in.
We appreciated the silence.
But I don’t anymore.
The silence is too loud.
Sometimes I feel like I’m drowning in silence and the only lifeline that can save me is gone.
Forever.
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