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Monday, January 5
Music Monday - "Time belongs to me/Time's my secret weapon/My final advantage"
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Jason
on Mon 05 Jan 2009 05:17 PM CST
Monday, December 29
Music Monday - "I've got sunshine and red wine, a friend of mine is taking it easy"
by
Jason
on Mon 29 Dec 2008 02:54 PM CST
A catchy little tune I was introduced to when Ray Materick opened for Fred Eaglesmith at a show in Brantford while we were down in Ontario a couple years ago.
Monday, December 22
Music Monday - "Go laddie go, don't you ever forget where you're from"
by
Jason
on Mon 22 Dec 2008 10:53 PM CST
They say you can't truly know your parents until you become one yourself...
Monday, December 15
Music Monday - "I don't need to sell my soul/He's already in me"
by
Jason
on Mon 15 Dec 2008 05:34 PM CST
Monday, December 8
Music Monday - "I can't wake up from a dream/When the dream is real...these broken fingers."
by
Jason
on Mon 08 Dec 2008 07:01 PM CST
Sam Baker tells a true story preceding this live performance that sets the scene for one of the most emotional songs you might ever here (worth reading the link I provided for the full backstory before watching the clip as well):
Monday, December 1
Music Monday - "Oh, the year was 1778/How I Wish I Were in Sherbrooke Now"
by
Jason
on Mon 01 Dec 2008 08:10 PM CST
One of Canada's unofficial national anthems (although probably not the one that immediately comes to mind when I say that) got a recent plug on MetaFilter which led to a very interesting line-by-line analysis of the song and a great video clip as well...
Monday, November 24
Music Monday - "Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking/When I hear the silly things you say"
by
Jason
on Mon 24 Nov 2008 05:30 PM CST
Elvis Costello injects a cover of Elvis Presley into his set at Glastonbury making this a double dose of each of the two Elvis's best songs...
Monday, November 17
Music Monday - "So if you go away/I know that I will follow"
by
Jason
on Mon 17 Nov 2008 06:52 AM CST
I tried to think of the most embarrassing song I liked in high school. This is what I came up with. (God, I loved this song!)
Monday, November 10
Music Monday - "While There's a Lucifer To Light Your Fag/Smile Boys, That's The Style"
by
Jason
on Mon 10 Nov 2008 07:00 PM CST
My grade two teacher had a local pianist come to my school regularly to teach our class a variety of traditional songs ("Snowbird" by Anne Murray was about as modern as it got!)
Most of those songs are ones I can still sing to this day and when you think of the impact that a teacher can have in a student's life, it's funny which seemingly inconsequential things stand out. (On a related note, she was the type of teacher who began each day with "Oh Canada" and ended it with "God Save The Queen" - I don't think that's allowed anymore.) The war songs in today's clip were always a couple of my favourites during these lessons (and not just because we got to sing the line quoted in the title of this post - something else kids likely wouldn't be allowed to do today) which only grew in resonance as I grew older and learned more about the world wars. Since this is a Remembrance Day-themed post, I'll add an especially sad note - that teacher, who would probably be cited as a favourite teacher by most of my classmates, who regularly bought her classes ice cream treats or doughnuts, who would get 300+ kids to her house at Halloween when a neighbour on the same street might get 50, suffered from depression and committed suicide later in her life after she'd retired from teaching. Absolutely tragic. I know Remembrance Day is meant to remember the soliders who fought and died for us over the years. But I hope you spare a moment tomorrow to think not only of war but perhaps others, now gone, who have touched your life as well. Monday, November 3
Music Monday - "Now I'm Singing in the library/And trying to flirt"
by
Jason
on Mon 03 Nov 2008 12:00 AM CST
Thanks to Cenobyte for passing this along - not only a great video set in a library but someone out there is redoing the lyrics of various videos so they match what is shown in the video! This one is the classic Tears for Fears track "Head Over Heels" but you should look at the "Related Videos" section of the page for more examples. The "Rick Roll" one is particularly funny!
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