I"m Movin' On

In honor of my ...FINALLY...packing up my stuff again, and moving...I'm playing all of my favorite traveling, moving, etc. songs.
Here are the first songs that came to mind....more tomorrow.

Pssst! Anyone notice that all the traveling songs seem to be by men? Is it just me? Or maybe there are some by women and I just don't know them...pooh.

The Lady and the Snake

A young girl was trudging along a mountain path, trying to reach her grandmother's house. It was bitter cold, and the wind cut like a knife. When she was within sight of her destination, she heard a rustle at her feet.

Looking down, she saw a snake. Before she could move, the snake spoke to her. He said, "I am about to die. It is too cold for me up here, and I am freezing. There is no food in these mountains, and I am starving. Please put me under your coat and take me with you."

"No," replied the girl. "I know your kind. You are a rattlesnake. If I pick you up, you will bite me, and your bite is poisonous."

"No, no," said the snake. "If you help me, you will be my best friend. I will treat you differently."

The little girl sat down on a rock for a moment to rest and think things over. She looked at the beautiful markings on the snake and had to admit that it was the most beautiful snake she had ever seen.

Suddenly, she said, "I believe you. I will save you. All living things deserve to be treated with kindness."

The little girl reached over, put the snake gently under her coat and proceeded toward her grandmother's house.

Within a moment, she felt a sharp pain in her side. The snake had bitten her.

"How could you do this to me?" she cried. "You promised that you would not bite me, and I trusted you!"

"You knew what I was when you picked me up," hissed the snake as he slithered away.

(course in my version the man/woman/child then uses her last bits of strength to beat/stomp the crap out of the snake before she dies...saying if I gotta go so do you......apparently I'm not all that nice)

Here's the musical version of this story.
Love this song but not too crazy about the graphics!


On her way to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
"Oh well," she cried, "I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"

"Take me in tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake.


Now she wrapped him all cozy in a coverture of silk
And then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk
Now she hurried home from work that night as soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she'd taken to had been revived.

"Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake


She clutched him to her bosom, "You're so beautiful," she cried
"But if I hadn't brought you in, by now you might have died"
Now she stroked his pretty skin again and then kissed and held him tight
But instead of saying thanks, the snake gave her a vicious bite!

"Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake.

"Now I saved you," cried the woman
And you've bit me, even why?
And you know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die"
"Ah shut up, silly woman," said that reptile with a grin
“Now you knew darn well I was a snake before you brought me in "

Please, take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake, sighed the snake

“Take me in tender woman
“Come on in you pretty snake…
Come on in, yeah, come on in you pretty snake…

A Sunday "Sermonette" from Lambert, Hendricks and Ross

I love Lambert Hendricks and Ross!
Semonette is a fab song....I'm not all that crazy about the images used in the vid but just do what I do and listen to the music.


Here's LH&R live in 1961, with O.C. Smith, singing "Everyday I Have the Blues".


This is Jon Hendricks reencarnation of the Lambert, Hendricks & Ross trio live on Vitoria (July 19th 1991). They're singing "Come On Home". The lyrics were written by Jon Hendricks.
Vocals by Jon Hendrick, Kevin Fitzgerald Burke, Aria Hendricks (Jon's daughter) and Judith Hendricks (Jon's wife).

It's not the heat????

So, you know how "they" always say, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity."

Well, I think, "they" are nuts!!

It is the flippin' heat AND the humidity!!!

I swear it's like breathing something that fights back!
And the heat, only makes it an extra special experience(yes, that was sarcasm).

Alrighty...enough of this kvetchin' about the weather (not that I couldn't go on and on and on....).

Let's listen to a little music, since it is Monday.
And what better song to hear than "Heatwave" by Martha and the Vandellas!

It's Wednesday!! Yea?.....Today I Sing the Blues & I'm a might Twisted

Alright y'all! Time for some good ole blues!!
Not that I have the blues...nope, I'm more likely to have the Oranges!
This is from the "Three Mo' Tenors" special...I love these guys!



I looooove singing this song!!! Wonder why??

Thoughts for Thursday

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Anderson



When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck


The purpose of life is a life of purpose. ~Robert Byrne


The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb




I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ~Elwyn Brooks White


Life is simple, its just not easy. ~Author Unknown


A life without cause is a life without effect. ~Barbarella


Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't. ~Richard Bach

Fabulous Friday...sing along...Don't Go Changin'...

Love Billy Joel...Love this song!!




Don't go changing to try and please me,
you never let me down before...
Don't imagine you're too familiar
and I don't see you anymore...

I could not leave you in times of trouble,
we never would've come this far...
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times,
I'll take you just the way you are...

Don't go trying some new fashion,
don't change the color of your hair...
You always have my unspoken passion
although I might not seem to care...

I don't want clever conversation,
I never want to work that hard...
I just want someone that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are...

I need to know that you will always be
the same old someone that I knew...
Ah, what will it take till you believe in me
the way that I believe in you?

I said 'I love you', and that's forever,
and this I promise from the heart...
I could not love you any better,
I love you just the way you are...

I don't want clever conversation,
no, no, I never want to work that hard...
I just want someone that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are oh oh oh ...

Checkout Diana Krall singing I Love You Just the Way You Are

Wow Wednesday!!

Chinese Deaf Dance Group - The Thousand Hands of Buddha

As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart
A thousand hands will naturally come to your aid
As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart
You will reach out with a thousand hands to help others

I put this vid up because you can actually see people on the side directing movements

I Sing the Body Electric!......Musical Monday

I love this song! It suddenly popped into my head this evening.
I enjoy a good musical and FAME was pretty good.
I forget when it came out...in the 80's I think (I don't feel like looking it up, sorry).
Enjoy this song and sing along :-)


Here's your bonus vid...Out Here on My Own..with a very young Irene Cara.

Musical Monday.....I'm a Woman!!

Alright y'all!
It's Monday so it must be time for some Music!
Yep, that's just what we need on a Monday, a little music to lift the spirit.

So, I went to my fave place, youtube, and found this fabulous clip from the play Smokey Joe's Cafe.....cause I'm a Woman!

Now they're just being silly!!!

Good Grief!!
First there was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it came out in April of this year and I read it (here's my blog on that book).

It's actually a fun, though strange, book, especially if you know P&P backwards and forwards.

But noooow....we have Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange.

Just when you think it's safe to go back to the bookstore!

Apparently Ms. Grange starts her story where Pride and Prejudice ends and introduces a dark Darcy family curse.
Okay, like....how the heck did we miss that the man was a vampyre???
I'm sure she explains it.

Ms Grange also wrote Mr. Darcy's Diary which I have read. It was okay not my favorite Mr Darcy background book. The best of those might be Pamela Aidan's trilogy of books in the Fitzwilliam Darcy: Gentleman series. I enjoyed Ms. Aidan's books, there are three of them, and read them simultaneously while rereading P&P.

Mr Darcy, Vampyre comes out in August. I doubt if I will be able to stop myself from reading it. Hopefully it will be as fun and lighthearted as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

I wonder what's next???? Elizabeth Bennet-Darcy, Werewolf????

Cary Grant as James Bond???

I love Cary Grant!
I had no idea that he had been considered for the part of James Bond.
Wow!
I mean, I can not at this point think of anyone as being the James Bond except for Sean Connery but I bet Cary would have been smooooooooth!

I especially loved him in:
The Philadelphia Story (1940 my favorite!)
His Girl Friday (1940)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
An Affair to Remember (1957)

So check out his Bond like scenes from various movies.

Okay..these are for my sister!

Don't even pretend girl! You know you loooove Michael Jackson...well, the old, original Michael Jackson.
I was checkin' out youtube, I really need to stay away from there, when I found these and I know you wanted to see them.
Have fun!!

A tribute to the Jackson Five...check out the clothes and the moves!


Oh yeah!! Classic J5..and that hat on Michael is fierce!! :P


This is supposed to be the first televised performance of "ABC".


I wanna be your Sugar Daddy...


The Jackson 5 with Vicki Lawrence on the Carol Burnett Show.


Oooo...the J5 on Sonny and Cher.


We can't forget the Jackson 5 cartoon series....


Wow! I have never seen this one...it's either fabulous or really weird.
And it has Janice and Randy!

I Dig Rock and Roll Music!!!

A blast from the past!
Sammy Davis, Jr and "Mama" Cass Elliot....didn't you just love those
variety shows??!!


OMGosh!!! Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence from 1967
Those clothes, those dancers! Fabulous!!

Hellooooo Possums!!!

You just have to Looooove Dame Edna! She is absolutely fabulous!


You absolutely MUST watch this entire interview....too, too funny!