Sunday Session - Remember this one?

Last week, when I was desperately trying to find a way to stay motivated to write my reports, I rediscovered this song and then proceeded to play it over and over to entertain me. It is such a happy toon, I had to share it. I wonder if you remember it from ABC viewings circa mid-seventies?



(For trivia fans, the vocals are by Ronnie James Dio, lead singer of heavy metal band, Black Sabbath!)

For more feel good songs, check out the Sunday Session finds at Thea's blog!

Nik Kershaw

Due to a busy weekend of paperwork, Sunday Session is now on a Tuesday for me.

After looking at Thea's Nik Kershaw clip, I wondered what this fave singer from the eighties had been up to lately and my word, has he changed.

Barely recognisable and totally NOT eighties anymore! I had to share the original version of Wouldn't it be Good, because this song rocks, and then I thought I would share him singing it in 2008.

1984:


2008 (That's 24 years later!):


And if you're still loving this song, I also found a version of it by Placebo, and even though they totally milk the emo message, that guitar riff never loses its appeal.



And, while I'm on a roll, I'm sharing a song from Nik Kershaw's recent album. Pretty melody, no clip yet, nice to listen to.



Need more music? Visit Thea's blog for some more blogger faves.

See you next week!

I'm still here!

Sorry I've been AWOL lately! I've been throwing myself into my new Mobile Bookshop venture, which some of you already know about. I've been planning, and training, and making phonecalls and sending emails like anything, to get it all happening. It's very exciting!

Also there were a couple of weeks there where our internet service was struggling with the amount of gaming and Youtubing that Jack does, and sometimes I just could not even load my own blog! That is all sorted now, so I am back!

I'm playing along with Thea's Sunday Session, because I love revisiting old songs.

This week the theme is siblings. My first thought was Nick and Mark Seymour, then I thought of the Jonas Brothers, but I wanted to choose a band that is a little more obscure. So I've chosen Ella and Jesse Hooper, who used to be in a band called Killing Heidi, and are now in a band called Verses. I adore Ella, and she was 16 when they released Weir, which was a huge hit on Triple J.



This next one has a great Aussie clip - very cool.



Love Dan Sultan's voice!

Go visit Thea's blog for some more musical inspiration.

Sunday Session - Idol Favourites

This Sunday Session is a tad late, but my internet connection was so slow yesterday, it wasn't funny!

I've been watching American Idol on Fox, and while I'm not a huge fan of country music, I just loved the way Lauren sang this version of Anyway, originally sung by Martina McBride.



Pretty amazing for a 16 year old.

I also love Haley. She has a huge voice as well. Since singing Rhiannon, I can't get the song out of my head. Love the stage effects in this clip.



Pop over to Thea's blog for more great songs!

Sunday Session - Happy Mothers' Day!

I've had a lovely Mothers' Day so far, breakfast in bed - pancakes with maple syrup, a luxurious sleep in, and a beautiful bunch of flowers from the boys.

I'm about to go and visit my Mum, but I thought I'd do my Sunday Session first.

I'm in a Westlife mood, and I'm going to give you four videos today, because these songs are just so heartwarming and there's so much eye-candy!

This one is especially for my Mum, and to Mum's everywhere.



This song is just gorgeous, and it's a great clip!



This one is one of my all time favourite songs. Souring harmonies!



If I had found this last week I would have played along with Sunday Session and used this for my wedding song!



Hope you enjoyed this! Happy Mothers'Day! Have a blissful day!

Oh, and go to Thea's blog to see some more inspiring songs.

Birthdays All Around

My blog has been lacking in the diary-keeping department lately, so I'm going to share a whole lot of photos from recent family events.

Firstly, my sister Kristie had her birthday (back in March, mind you!) and so we met up with Mum for morning tea. Kristie wore her Alice in Wonderland top, which was way cute, and how cute was Lily in her red and white polka dots?

Then it was Mum's birthday, so we all got together at Mum's house where she had sneakily added some limestone walls to her garden. Looks good!

From the left: Me, Uncle Keith, Aunty Lyn (my Mum's sister), Dave, Jack, Kristie, Lily, Mum, my cousin Jenny.

Lily is laughing hysterically here - cute!

Jenny and her son, Travis

And then it was my birthday! I had a yummy cake, and we nearly had an indoor bonfire with all the candles lit up!

My boys bought me a new bookcase (I had so much fun arranging my books on it, after having them in boxes for about a year!), a cute notebook, and a gift voucher for Spoil Yourself.

I got store vouchers from my folks, gorgeous blockmounted pics from Kristie, Dave and Lily, and eco make-up brushes from my sister, Leonie.

Thanks to everyone for all the pretty birthday cards. Love you! xx

Sunday Session - Anzac Day

It is very late at night here, but I've been looking at all the Easter and Anzac themed songs over at Thea's Sunday Session, and I had to share this one with you, from my favourite Aussie band, Hunters and Collectors. (The singer usually has a brilliant voice, but here it is really strained, as the band was on tour.) The song was inspired by the book A Fortunate life by A.B. Facey.



I thought I would play another of the Hunnas songs for you, and this one is sad and poignant too. Shows Mark Seymour's voice in a better light, though.



Still love this band after all these years...