Hello, everyone! I sure hope it's warmer where you are than it is here in the normally comfortably warm desert. I've given up hope that we'll make it to 50 degrees today and will probably wear a jacket till bedtime. On a brighter note, I know we aren't the only region experiencing winter temperatures, and for once, I can relate. It is, after all, Winter in America. Be safe out there, folks.
Of course, I probably brought this icicle weather on myself, bringing up the Snowbird like I did. But how about that battle? Didn't you just love the contenders? Here's how the ice chips shivered out:
Song: SNOWBIRD Votes:
Artist Anne Murray 6 + 1 = 7
Artist Burl Ives 1
Artist Elvis Presley 1
Thank you, one and all - once again - for coming around to cast your vote! Don't forget to see how the other battles turned out (top right of this page). That's where I'm headed next. Sharing a little sunshine below. See you all soon!
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. Votes will be tallied and the winner
revealed on or about 8 days later.
I sure hope everyone had a
pleasant Christmas ;-) Mine was so crazy busy I plumb forgot to come back with
the results of my “Special Edition” Christmas battle - despite replaying
“Driving home” nearly every day…
Which brings us to results
I may have inadvertently insisted on with my enthusiasm for a certain contender
– ha! You guys are so sweet. While Bryan Adams couldn’t quite pull it off, he
got a few well-deserved cheers. The Ronettes dusted off a couple of memory
banks (2 votes), and Chris Rea, drove home for the win (4 votes)! Thank you all
for voting ;-)
As for today’s Battle of
the Bands, it may have been the surprisingly cold and rainy weather we had here
over the holiday that made it easy it choose a song and contenders for another
installment of my on-going “For the Birds” theme ;-)
Written and originally
performed by Gene MacLellan
in 1969, “Snowbird” was well received and covered by a wide variety of artists
(including his own daughter), some famous, some not so much, over the years.
For instance our first
contender, Anne Murray; whose cover became the
first gold record ever recorded by a Canadian solo female artist. *This was an
inaugural song inductee of the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2003
Next up, this recording of
the song by a guy (Burl Ives) whose name was tossed
around quite a bit last month…
And I’m sure that
somewhere there’s a code I’d be breaking if I didn’t share this version by
Elvis Presley.
There you
have it, folks! Which do you like best? And how come? Let me know in the
comment section below. Oh! And, before you go, hop around and see the rest of
today’s battles (participating sites are located in the top right sidebar of
this page)
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. Votes will be tallied and the winner
revealed on or about 8 days later.
This is officially a Special Edition since I don't usually post twice a month. But hey, it's Christmas!
First up: A song my daughter introduced me to a week or so ago. I'm glad to know artists are still coming up with new holiday songs ;-)
Next up: A song I can honestly say I hadn't heard before, don't know how or why, but I'm glad I ran across it. It's fast becoming a favorite.
And, because we should have at least a little tradition going on, here's a golden oldie crowd-pleaser for all of us "birds of a feather."
There you
have it, folks! Which do you like best? And how come? Let me know in the
comment section below. Oh! And, before you go, hop around and see the rest of
today’s battles (participating sites are located in the top right sidebar of
this page)
Many thanks to all of you who came around and voted in my
For the Birds Battle. This outcome
was as surprising as the last, but in a more positive way. It was not a
shutout; no one was left pecking the ground dejectedly ;-) Here’s how it all
went down:
Christmas is for the Birds Conway
Twitty 1 Vote
The Twelve Days of Christmas 5th
Grade Teachers 2 Votes
The Gift Aselin
Debison 4 Votes
Merry Christmas, everyone! I'll see ya back here next year as long as they can keep a plug in the jug down south of common sense.
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. Votes will be tallied and the winner
revealed on or about 8 days later.
In keeping with my zany “For
the Birds” theme, I’ve chosen a couple of light-hearted songs by artists/bands
you may not have heard of to compete in today’s battle.
First up, a song written
by Pat McManus and Woody Bomer called Christmas Is for the
Birdswas first released in 1994
on Conway Twitty’s Christmas album for kids. He is accompanied by his
granddaughter “Twitty Bird”
Next up, a group of fifth-grade teachers perform an original version of a classic centuries-old song
about 23 birds, among other things, for Christmas called The Twelve Days of
Christmas.
Lastly,
just a really pretty song I thought you might enjoy, called The
Gift, by Canadian pop and Celtic
music singer Aselin Debison,
whose singing career began at age nine at a
rally in her hometown of Nova Scotia
There you
have it, folks! Which do you like best? And how come? Let me know in the
comment section below. Oh! And, before you go, hop around and see the rest of
today’s battles (participating sites are located in the top right sidebar of
this page)
Thanks, everyone, for coming around to cast your vote for the first of a few more battles to come with the theme "For The Birds" in common! * Note to anyone who tried and failed to reach me via email: it quit working a few days ago, and I've yet to figure it out.
In keeping with how the theme came to me in the first place, this battle should have been more predictable - to me, at least. But it was fun to find out ;-) Here's how it went:
Nellie Furtado - "I'm Like a Bird = 0 votes (She still gets airplay!)
Bob Marley - "Three Little Birds" = 7 votes (including mine)
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. Votes will be tallied and the winner
revealed on or about 8 days later.
As I mentioned last time, when it comes to predicting battle
outcomes, my judgment seems to be “For the birds.” While I pondered this
dilemma one morning as cartoons droned on TV after the local news, it occurred
to me that the roadrunner might be the smartest bird that ever raced across the
desert with Wile E Coyote in full, yet futile pursuit. It was as I considered
all the smart birds I knew that a BOTB theme came to me. If you guessed birds, you’re right! But not The Byrds or the Eagles or even
Counting Crows. At least, not yet ;-)
First up is a song by Nellie Furtado, who divulged in an
interview that her favorite birds are crows because they like shiny things as
much as she does.
Next up is a song that very few people haven’t heard ;-)
from Bob Marley and the Wailers' ninth album. It has an uplifting refrain that Marley said he heard the birds sing from his porch every morning.
There you
have it, folks! Which do you like best? And how come? Let me know in the
comment section below. Oh! And, before you go, hop around and see the rest of
today’s battles (participating sites are located in the top right sidebar of
this page)
Fun Facts:
Wally Amos was responsible for making more than just
cookies famous. Indeed, he was also a talent rep for musical acts such as Diana
Ross, Marvin Gaye, and Sam Cooke. And that was after he discovered and signed the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel ;-)
