Vimeo Vitamin

Betcha can't have just one. Ahh . . . oo

http://vimeo.com/3021212

Sunshine

"Bet your bottom dollar there'll be sun . . . " Little Orphan Annie

"Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but bluebirds all day long
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Nothin' but blue skies from now on" Irving Berlin, sung by Willie Nelson

"Here comes the sun . . . here comes the sun, it's all right" The Beatles

Sea Sew

A new album by Lisa Hannigan. Wearing a simple Irish dress she plays a music box, smiling and swaying and tapping her feet, singing, smiling the song, "I Don't Know." Love the band. Her sewing and art is wonderful, too--the music video of her with her pop-up books--so creative and fun.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=35745431

She'll be in town soon: Feb 28 2009, 9:00P, Martyrs’ w/ Low Anthem, Chicago, Illinois

Love and Affection

Here's something wonderful I had occasion to hear after working into the wee hours several nights in a row. I loved it years ago when it first was released. There have been a number of covers by well-known singers, but the artist sings it best.
"Born on the island of St. Kitts, British singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading was her country's first black woman to make commercial inroads into her chosen genre, spicing her take on folk with bits of soul and reggae."
She's still performing. Thought you might like it . . .

Joan Armatrading, Love and Affection (best version that I found)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hENDDCwEv1c&feature=related

Joan Armatrading, Love and Affection (another early version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDy1IsGMD88&feature=related

Have a great day!

Song of the Year Story

What happened was, thinking over favorites for the profile, I realized that my habit of choosing a "Song of the Year" for every year went back to elementary school . . . a lot of songs . . . eclectically too many. It might be fun to do a bio using your favs of the years and the story behind each choice. At 13, mine was Sergei Rachmaninov's "Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor," at 16, the 8th century Irish "Be Thou My Vision," at 18, "Three Gymnopedies," by Erik Satie, and so on. After hearing "The Blind Boys of Alabama" singing Prince's "The Cross," with its passionate lyrics and sound, well, that just had to be the one for the year 2004. "My Evergreen" by the Squirrel Nut Zippers topped 2005. Feeling all this great music made me want to share it. (See sidebar-->)

"The Cross" is in my "Top Ten of all Time." The Blind Boys introduced me to it, though. I saw them at Calvin College, the wiry lead singer in his 80s, holding notes way past breathing with his head thrown sideways and back, dancing, hugging, up and down the auditorium aisles--a bonefide rocker. He hugged me, too.

Music

Front row,
Always and hundred years ago.
Savory memory,
Delicious day,
Sweet anticipation.