A good night's sleep, chocolate, the happiness and satisfaction of sharing on AgingCare forum. Does anyone have some favorite things to think about? Yes, this phrase is from the song in the movie "The sound of Music". My husband and I often resort to using movie lines and song to improve communication. We were the only two in a gathering of people who heard the background music playing. We both had the same (cassette tape/CD). A connection bringing two people together. To this day, we crack up when one uses a simple movie line to make a serious point.
SO, What is one of your favorite movie line, some of your favorite things?
Everytime I read it, it looks like:
"Anything but Andy Williams".
From memory, Sylvia Wright misunderstood a scottish ballad's words, she later wrote about it in 1954, it became popular to refer to mishearing a poem, ballad, song lyrics (or any ??) as a mondegreen. For more, google "Mondegreens", see the funny funny examples there.
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
(Sauce unknown)
The vet is right: you'll know when. Meanwhile, gather the memories. Big hugs x
had their own show, singing "I am a little bit country, he's a little bit rock and roll".
Even though it was mostly corny, I enjoyed the little bit aspect of country; and little bit of rock and roll because too much of either was not my taste. However, when Andy sang with the Righteous Brothers, he could keep up! (They damped down)--it was a very conservative show, after all.
Alone Again Naturally was released when I was seven or eight and it made me sob my heart out. Still does form a lump in my throat. It was that verse:
"I remember I cried when my father died
never wishing to hide the tears.
At sixty five years old
my mother, God rest her soul,
couldn't understand
why the only man
she had ever loved had been taken,
leaving her to start
with a heart
so badly broken. Despite encouragement from me
no words were ever spoken;
and when she passed away
I cried and cried all day...
Alone again, naturally."
You can imagine the horror hearing that would cause an insecure little girl. Gilbert O' Sullivan was phenomenally successful in the early 70s then dropped off the radar, apparently as the result of getting caught out by a rat-bag business manager who essentially robbed his considerable fortune. He was back, though, a little while ago. Don't know if there have been new releases.
Thanks for sharing your time with me, Jesse!
The fireworks seem like they are right out front! Stiil loud, 9:16 p.m. Doubt very much the drunkest, loudest revelers even know what the holiday is for!
"Glad to be an American, where at least I once was free!"
"O, Say can you see, by the dawn's early light"
The spirit is willing, Jesse, but the flesh is weak.
Looking up Born Free-I think Andy Williams sang that too! Or, was it the BOSS?
Wait til he hears the chipmunks sing, "Oh say can you see!" by the stars early light, happening NOW, 8:17 p.m. So. Cal.
Happy fourth, even if anyone is alone and lonely tonight!
That was Gilbert O'Sullivan and we need you here, Send.
"In a little while from now,
If I'm not feeling any less sour,
I promise myself to treat myself
To visit a nearby tower"