The Battle of The Bands (BOTB) is your
basic Which-do-you-like-best contest where the one that gets the most votes
wins. All you have to do is show up (the 1st and/or 15th
of every month) give a listen and cast your vote in the comment section. Next, hop on over to
see what battles other participants (links located top right column of this
page) have posted for us to vote on! Votes will
be tallied and the winner revealed on or about 8 days later.
Have a safe and Happy 4th of July! If you've got special festivities planned, don't forget to include (30 of your best) friends ;-)
Which of the following songs reminds you of most of good times with friends; past, present, or planned?
The Rembrandts
Bruno Mars
"Smell the sea, feel the sky, let your soul and spirit fly." ` Van Morrison
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to listen and cast a vote
on my latest Battle of the Bands! In what is becoming a confounding trend, I’ve gone and selected two of my own favorite (in this case, Summer) songs to battle each other for the win, and choosing seems next to impossible! Maybe I’ll
flag down the mail carrier…
Anyhow, despite one vote I’ve taken the liberty of assuming I know who it was for, and
including mine, here’s how we tallied up:
Another Park, Another Sunday - 3
Hot Rod Hearts - Robbie Dupree 5
One person who took a guess on the B-Side question was
correct in naming Another Park, Another Sunday!
At least, I think so… Thanks for playing along, Stephen T. ;-)
According to Songfacts,
it was first released as a single with “Black Water” as it’s B-Side, but one
story has it that DJs didn’t appreciate a line in the song and gave the B-Side
more airtime which helped it’s popularity so much (‘Black Water’ became they’re
first #1 hit) that they “flipped” it to A-Side and ‘Another Park’ became the
B-Side. Wikipedia
seems to agree…
The Battle of The Bands (BOTB) is your
basic Which-do-you-like-best contest where the one that gets the most votes
wins. All you have to do is show up (the 1st and/or 15th
of every month) give a listen and cast your vote in the comment section. Next, hop on over to
see what battles other participants (links located top right column of this
page) have posted for us to vote on! Votes will
be tallied and the winner revealed on or about 8 days later.
I hope your summer is off to a fantastic start! Having recently attended a High School Graduation ceremony - what a crowd! - I couldn't help but remember the 'old days' when the very mention of the word "Summer" made us all anxious for that last school bell to ring already! It didn't even matter if we had plans, as long as we had parks and boulevards ;-)
Did you catch my theme there? Coming up are two songs that always, ALWAYS get me into the summer mood. Let's see if they do anything for you ;-)
First Up:
Next Up:
And there you have it, folks! Did we stir up any memories? Do you know - without peeking - or care to guess which of these songs was a B-Side hit? Let me know what you think, along with your (much-appreciated) vote in the comment section below.
The Battle of The Bands (BOTB) is your
basic Which-do-you-like-best contest where the one that gets the most votes
wins. All you have to do is show up (the 1st and/or 15th of
every month) give a listen and cast your vote in the comment section. Next, hop on over to
see what battles other participants (links located top right column of this
page) have posted for us to vote on! Votes will
be tallied and the winner revealed on or about 8 days later.
Happy tunes in May!
Do we have any other sing-to-the-radio Rock Stars out there? No? Just me? So it is ;-) I’ve never regretted a minute – or a song. One of the
most memorable “performances” I ever gave was on the ride home from a ballpark
where my best friend’s team had won, leaving us both in higher spirits than we’d
started with after deciding to venture clear across town after work for her to
play for a team she didn’t care about while I watched a game (softball) I didn’t
even like (for her sake.). Anyhow, a favorite oldie songcame on the radio during the drive home, and I sang it loud and proud, start to finish, without ever realizing until it was all said, sung, and done that for some strange reason, the words to the song hadn’t played – only the music. My friend was impressed and asked for an encore, but I’d embarrassed
myself enough for one day ;-)
While a link to the favorite oldie can be found above
(purple), here are a couple of contenders you can choose between, see who you’d
let sing in your car ;-)
The Battle of The Bands
(BOTB) is your basic Which-do-you-like-best contest where the one that gets the
most votes wins. All you have to do is show up (the 1st of every
month) give a listen and cast your vote in the comment section. Votes will be
tallied and the winner revealed on or about the 8th day of the
month.
It's hard to believe that one stinker of a concert, attended by some who were glad to oblige—the operative word here—caused Rick Nelson such distress that he went home and wrote one of the defining songs of his career—just when it seemed to be winding down!
For your discerning musical tastes (and coveted votes), I present to you two covers of Garden Party:
Adam Young - Owl City
The Pickups:
There you have it folks!
Enjoy the festivities! I appreciate everyone coming by to give a listen and
cast a vote in the comment section. Stop by the links of other participants
(located in righthand sidebar) if ya would 😉
Oh, and also if you would; let me know your thoughts about all the pop-up commercials...
The Battle of The Bands (BOTB) is your
basic Which-do-you-like-best contest where the one that gets the most votes
wins. All you have to do is show up (the 1st and/or 15th
of every month) give a listen and cast your vote in the comment section. Next, hop on over to
see what battles other participants (links located top right column of this
page) have posted for us to vote on! Votes will
be tallied and the winner revealed on or about 8 days later.
Last week, our local Weather Gal promised a “cool down,”
which was uplifting as all get-out for those of us who would like to experience
a little springtime before the onslaught of searing Sonoran desert temps take
over. I was thinking about springtime
when a flash of red outside the window caught my eye.
It was my backyard Cardinal! He was hopping around the hood,
and hanging off the side mirror of my jeep; parked right outside the window. He seemed to play a peek-a-boo game, stealing quick glances of himself from left, right, and topside (for an upside-down view). I was so enthralled with
this unexpected pleasure that I nearly forgot what I was doing! But I smiled the whole day and promised
myself I’d do a little something to keep the Cardinal hanging around. It took
the gorgeous bird less than 10 minutes to find the feeder I hung in a backyard
tree this morning!
Anyhow, I’m ready for Spring! Hope you are too. As usual,
the songs I’ve chosen to offer for today’s battle were either not covered by
anyone else in the whole wide world or, said covers simply didn’t measure up
;-) I love both of these ladies, but you can only pick one (for now). Which
song puts a bit of Spring in your soul?
This one?
Or this one?
Happy March! Be safe (and happy) out there, Folks!
