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Song Lyric Sunday 5/21/23 Disco- The Whispers

Posted on by Susan St.Pierre


OH BABY! This song has a very special meaning for me. Other than making me want to dance every time I play it, it was a song that my sister and I realized we both enjoyed when it was released. So much so, it is my birthday post for her every year on Facebook. It’s a “sister” theme song now. ❤
Rock Steady is from nearer the end of the Disco Era but very much belongs in the disco ranks with its style and flare. I dare you not to dance! Enjoy!

  • This is the Whispers’ biggest hit, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s about a guy who falls into a complicated relationship with a girl he thinks he loves. He is trying to figure out if she loves him in return, though it should be obvious that she does. >>
  • This was written and produced by the team of L.A. Reid and Babyface. It was one of the first songs the pair worked on for another artist – they were members of the group The Deele at the time. In 1989, they formed LaFace Records and became music moguls as well as hit producers. TLC, OutKast and Pink were all signed to LaFace.

Rock Steady

The Whispers

I looked at you, you stole my heart
You are all that I anticipated
I wanted you, every part
But I knew that love would be complicated

I began to touch, but you wouldn’t let it
It never seemed to be the right time
I started to give up, down to the limit
And then you changed your mind, oh

And we begin to rock steady
Steady rockin’ all night long
And we begin to rock steady
Rockin’ till the break of dawn

Rock steady
Steady rockin’ all night long
Rock steady
Rockin’ till the break of dawn

You looked at me, to my surprise
You were too anticipating
I should have known, it was in your eyes
That you were gettin’ tired of waiting

You wanted me so much, but I didn’t get it
How could a fellow be so blind?
I started to give up, but love wouldn’t let it
Then you walked into my life

And we begin to rock steady
Steady rockin’ all night long
And we begin to rock steady
Rockin’ till the break of dawn

Rock steady
Steady rockin’ all night long (all night long)
Rock steady
Rockin’ till the break of dawn
(Rockin’ till the break of dawn)

Rock
(Steady, rock steady)
Rock (rock)
(Steady, rock steady)
Rock
Rock (rock)

You wanted me so much, but I didn’t get it
How could a fellow be so blind?
Started to give up, but love wouldn’t let it
And you walked into my life, oh

And we begin to rock steady
Steady rockin’ all night long
And we begin to rock steady
Rockin’ till the break of dawn
(Rockin’ till the break of dawn)

Rock steady
Steady rockin’ all night long (all night long)
Rock steady
Rockin’ till the break of dawn (everytime)

Rock steady
Steady rockin’ all night long
Rock steady
Rockin’ till the break of dawn
(Rockin’ till the break of dawn)

Songwriters: John Reid, Kenny Edmonds, Bo Watson.

https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2023/05/20/discotheque/
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Share Your World 5/1/2023 – Music, Music, Music

Posted on by Susan St.Pierre

Here are your questions this week:

  1. The First of May is a Bee Gees Song.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvr2n9q8t3I
    Do you like the Bee Gees and if so, what is your favourite track?
  2. What was the first record (single or album) you bought?
  3. Do you know what was top of the charts the day you were born?
    (You can check it out here source)
  4.  Do you and your partner have a ‘special tune’?

My response to Di.
1. My possibly obscure choice from the Bee Gees is showcased above. Love their sound!

2 The first 45 rpm single record I bought was Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones.

The Rolling Stones did not remain a favorite group of mine. But their influence on Pop Culture when I bought my first record was huge.

3. This song was #3 when I was born. The #1 and #2 are not familiar to me. But this one my mother sang to me.

4. I’d say it’s “Make it with You” by Bread. We had “If” also by Bread sung at our wedding. Just so ya know, we’ll be celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary this July. ❤

BUT, my husband gets misty over Unchained Melody. Is it okay that we identify with different songs? 🤔


https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/05/01/share-your-world-1st-may/
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Looking for Joy and Finding Good

Posted on by Susan St.Pierre

I was having an exchange with a blogger friend this morning when my cellphone went off. The song below is my current ringtone.

The topic of our conversation boiled down to an agreement that we are much more than our ‘political’ viewpoints. Let’s face it, somehow our enjoyment of everything has been damaged by media making all topics political.

I then looked up the clip from Sister Act:2 from which this joyful rendition came because it makes me happy.
Before me was Whoopi Goldberg, someone who is viciously political in ‘real life’…I looked past that.
Then I realized how long I’ve had ‘issues’ with the Catholic Church…I looked past that.
I further wondered if some people would be put off by any ‘religious’ theme… might they look past that?

What was before me was simply a heartwarming performance of a beautiful song by kids singing their hearts out in joy!

I love this clip. The song speaks to me. I didn’t need to entertain unpleasant aspects of what I could see. My heart is happy that I didn’t. I found the “beautiful” in it and the “beautiful” is getting harder to find.

Let’s all seek joy and goodness anywhere we can find it. Check our biases, complaints, and politics at the door and LOOK for it.
There’s a time and place for those things, of course, but without experiencing a BIG picture, now and then for balance, we’ll lose our humanity.

I’m willing to bet our media wants us to stay ‘lost’.

Please enjoy this clip with me. ❤




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SoCS 1-21-23- Count on it- Use it!

Posted on by Susan St.Pierre

Your prompt for #JusJoJan the 21st and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “count on it.” Use the phrase “count on it” somewhere in your post. Enjoy!

[One of my all-time favorite songs came to my mind yesterday and I was determined, no matter the prompt, to USE IT. :-D]

So, the prompt “count on it” made me first think about numbers. I dislike them. I don’t care about the old saying, “Numbers never lie”. They’re dishonest because they can be manipulated as much as any other human method of understanding. As Mark Twain said, “Facts are stubborn but statistics are quite pliable.”

Does anybody still think a statistic from any government resource is something you can count on? If your answer is, “Yeah”, remind me not to seek your advice on anything.

But everyone needs something to count on. If you’re a Christian it’s, of course, Jesus. But there must be SOMETHING worldly that makes us think “I can count on it.”. I suggest you consider yourself as a candidate.

Are you going to make mistakes? Duh. You can count on it. But who knows when you’re lying every single time? Who knows what you like, and what you’re good at, better than yourself?

Even when we don’t listen to that little voice known as a conscience, we hear it.

So, here’s my advice, trust and believe in yourself. Embrace your strengths and try to improve your weaknesses. And most importantly, forgive yourself often. You’re a ‘work in progress’.

Many of my posts come right out and say that I believe every one of us is unique. Claiming that I’m an individualist is an understatement. Knowing that, below is my choice of a theme song for this post.

Remember:
Every decision you make, everything you tell yourself, and how you nurture and apply your talents is up to YOU.
You have great power…
Use it wisely and your happiness is almost guaranteed.

Hit it, Eric!

https://lindaghill.com/2023/01/20/the-friday-reminder-for-socs-jusjojan-2023-daily-prompt-jan-21st/
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Quadrille Monday #166 d’Verse Poets- Echoes of Love

Posted on by Susan St.Pierre

Let’s sweeten up our quadrilles, shall we? Pop a bit of candy into your poem. Use it as a noun, verb or adjective. As always, the theme and style of your poem is open. Just remember your quadrille should be exactly 44 words, not including the title and include the word “candy” or a derivative of the word.

Everlasting memories of innocent first love
Sing to old romantic hearts.
Once confectionary kisses echo a tune
With an intimate rhythm lifting our aging souls.

Addled breathless waves,
Sweet as candy.
Sweep the present toward long-ago moments
Inspired by melodies written just for us.


44-words

This song not only compliments today’s theme but it also still curls my toes. 😉

https://dversepoets.com/2022/12/12/quadrille-166-i-like-candy/
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Song Lyric Sunday- 5/29/22- Picture

Posted on by Susan St.Pierre

Such a beautiful song! The lyrics are so meaningful.
I chose this song last weekend* because I knew I might miss the Sunday posting during Memorial Day Weekend. As this was prewritten, I am able to post it from my phone.
Happy Sunday! Stay safe everyone and keep making those memories!
* The unthinkable events this week make this song even more powerful.

The story behind this song:

About 1.2 trillion photos will be taken this year, according to moblivious.com, the majority of them on smart phones. “Picture,” the newest release from Michael Ray, just might inspire a few more photos to be taken as music fans listen to his lyrics and realize just how true they are.

“One day we’re barefoot, young and alive, the next we’re a story in a three-by-five, that somebody’s sure glad to have” is one of the more significant lines in his song, co-written with Michael Hardy and David Garcia. It has special meaning for Ray, who wrote the song around the death of a family member.

“My uncle Terry passed away about a week before we wrote the song,” Ray says of the song’s origin. “After he passed, I wanted to write an autobiographical song about my family and the memories we all have to look back on – but it’s not a sad song. It’s a song of celebration. I hope it reminds people, like it does for me, to capture moments with their loved ones.


May 29, 2022 – Appearance, Image, Likeness, Object, Picture, Photograph

Picture

Michael Ray

Cold air, Christmas day, 1997
Pretty in her pigtails, holding up a present
Me in the metal with my front teeth missing
Rudolph on the TV, grandma in the kitchen
July ’85 black Chevrolet
Sunset setting on a Lake County lake
Ten pounds on the dot written on the back
Uncle Terry’s smiling big, holding up a bat
Still hangs in a frame beside the front door
Crazy to think he ain’t here no more

One day we’re barefoot, young, and alive
The next we’re a story in a three by five
Somebody sure glad to have
‘Cause time makes it hard to remember
So take every snapshot while you can
Tell them that you love ’em while you got the chance
Make sure that you take it in
‘Cause one day all you gonna have with them
Is a picture, yeah

Bonfire party in the middle of nowhere
Might just look like buddies and some cold beer
But when it’s my time to leave
It’s all someone will have left on me

One day we’re barefoot, young, and alive
The next we’re a story in a three by five
Somebody sure glad to have
‘Cause time makes it hard to remember
So take every snapshot while you can
And tell them that you love ’em while you got the chance
Make sure that you take it in
‘Cause one day all you gonna have with them
Is a picture, yeah, oh-oh, yeah

If you think this is one of those memories
That you wanna leave behind
Put your arm around who you love
And thank one tonight, tonight, ’cause

One day we’re barefoot, young, and alive
The next we’re a story in a three by five
Somebody sure glad to have
‘Cause time makes it hard to remember
So take every snapshot while you can
And tell them that you love ’em while you got the chance
Make sure that you take it in
‘Cause one day all you gonna have with them
Is a picture, yeah, oh-oh, yeah

Make sure that you take it in
‘Cause one day all you gonna have with them
Is a picture

Songwriters: David Arthur Garcia, Michael Ray, Michael Hardy. For non-commercial use only.

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Song Lyric Sunday- Soul Train- Freda Payne

Posted on by Susan St.Pierre

This week the theme is songs that mention Money, Gold, Silver, Rich suggested by Paula of Light Motifs II. 

I’ve been extremely busy doing outdoor chores. I popped onto this week’s prompt and a song came immediately to mind. (Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have participated.)
The video I chose was from the TV show Soul Train. I enjoyed this show every weekend as a kid. Needless to say, this is a ‘golden oldie’. This song reminds me of my ‘little’ sister who was nine when it was released. She and her neighborhood best friend played it over and over … and over. I liked it but they turned it into a (somewhat monotonous) theme song. LOL
I thoroughly enjoy the memory of a time a place now. ❤
This recording became Freda Payne’s first GOLD record.

About Band of Gold

“Band of Gold” is a popular song written and composed by former Motown producers Holland–Dozier–Holland (under the pseudonym of Edythe Wayne) and Ron Dunbar. It was a major hit when first recorded by Freda Payne in 1970 for the Invictus label, owned by H-D-H. The song has been recorded by numerous artists, notably competing 1986 versions by contrasting pop singers Belinda Carlisle and Bonnie Tyler, and a 2007 version by Kimberley Locke. The legendary songwriting team of Holland–Dozier–Holland used the name Edythe Wayne because of a lawsuit in which they were embroiled with Motown. Ron Dunbar was a staff employee and producer for Invictus. When they first offered the song to Freda Payne, she balked at the idea of recording it, finding the material more appropriate for a teenager or very young woman while she was nearly 30 years old. Payne reluctantly gave in after much persuasion by Dunbar. Almost immediately following its release, the Payne record became an instant pop smash, reaching number three in the US and number one on the UK singles chart and remaining there for six weeks in September 1970, giving Payne her first gold record. 

Band Of Gold (Almighty Anthem Radio Edit)

Freda Payne

Now that you’re gone
All that’s left is a band of gold
All that’s left of the dreams I hold
Is a band of gold
And the memories of what love could be
If you were still here with me

You took me from the shelter of my mother
I had never known or loved any other
We kissed after taking vows
But that night on our honeymoon
We stayed in separate rooms

I wait in the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom
Hoping soon
That you’ll walk back through that door
And love me like you tried before

Since you’ve been gone
All that’s left is a band of gold
All that’s left of the dreams I hold
Is a band of gold
And the dream of what love could be
If you were still here with me

Ohh

Don’t you know that I wait
In the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom
Hoping soon
That you’ll walk back through that door
And love me like you tried before

Since you’ve been gone
All that’s left is a band of gold
All that’s left of the dreams I hold
Is a band of gold
And the dream of what love could be
If you were still here with me

Since you’ve been gone
All that’s left is a band of gold

Songwriters: Dunbar Ronald, Wayne Edythe. For non-commercial use only.

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