Fleetwood Mac's Tusk album for me is another one that I love to play in the Autumn time
My favourite songs on that album are mostly Stevie Nick's beautiful haunting songs, Angel, Sisters of the Moon, Beautiful Child and this haunting poem Storms are some of my favourite Fleetwood Mac songs ever.
When I was 15/16 I learn the guitar by ear by playing the guitar over and over again in my bedroom! It got to the stage that my parents bought me a pair of cordless ear phones to plug into my guitar so they didn't have to listen to an awful tuned gutiar, the wrong cords and the caterwauling of my 16 year old self trying to be Stevie!
This was also for me a song about my first love, over that summer I had my first taste of love he was alot older than then me. By the Autumn the relationship has fizzled out and was over. I poured my heart into learning these songs. Storms and Beautiful Child remind me so much of that time, even now sometimes when I hear them I can remember so clearly how heartbroken I was.
If I was to get the many lyrics I love of Stevie Nick's songs tattooed on me I would be covered!
Yet there something about these lyrics from Storms
"Never ever been a blue calm sea
I have always been a storm'
These lyrics seem to sum me up although I have mellowed a bit. I always seemed to be a bit of a storm!
I don't play my many CDs much anymore it's all about spotifiy and my ipod now
but that doesn't mean I don't love my back catalogue of Fleetwood Mac CDs!
I will buy the new reissue of Mirage Fleetwood Mac's 1982 album where the song Gypsy takes pride of place. I will be buying it not on itunes but on amazon for the actual CD. I am still old school like that I love taking out the booklet looking at the new pictures, reading the lyrics and searching for new facts!
While Mirage isn't my favourite Fleetwood Mac album it will be joining my CD collection of Fleetwood Mac bumper reissue albums Fleetwood Mac, Rumours and Tusk
Do you still listen or buy CDs?
Kate Bush Running Up That Hill
I have two favourite albums in the world
One is Fleetwood Mac Rumours which is a whole album of breakup emotions
and the other album is Hounds of Love by Kate Bush
Which is like two different albums in one! The first songs are all the singles from it
Then there is the group of songs she called The Ninth Wave which I think
can't be listened to unless you play them all together!
This is my favourite song from that album
it's the song I play the most from Kate and one I can actually try sing along to!
A Song That Is Better Live....
Fleetwood Mac I'm So Afraid
I picked the 1976 version of this song but I also love the 1997 version
The studio version is a good song but it's live that Lindsey Buckingham
can let his awesome guitar skills loose!
The live version just takes this song to the next level
it's my hubby's favourite Feetwood Mac song
I have been lucky to hear it live five time and hubby twice
An Acoustic Song You Love....
Eric Clapton Layla
I also love the full on rock version of this song
but it was this version of Layla that made me want to listen
to more of Clapton. I love how he took a rock out song
and made it into a acoustic love letter
A Song That Reminds You Of Your Partner...
Huey Lewis The Power Of Love
Every time I hear this song it makes me smile
and think of when hubby and I were dating
Think we where only going out a few months
and after a few to many drinks
Paul sang every word of this song to me in a funny voice
Since that night this song to me has always been Paul's song
We even had it on our wedding band's play list!
A Song That Makes You Laugh....
The Fureys Frying Pan Song
From the first time I heard it this song always makes me laugh
with lyrics like
I couldn't find the lock, so I had to knock
and I prayed she'd let me in.
Then I heard a roar, when she opened the door
"Just where you think you have been!"
It's hard not to laugh! It's a funny pub song
A Song That Was In The Charts The Month Your Where Born....
Foreigner I Want To Know What Love Is
Most of the charts where Christmas songs as I was born on Christmas Eve
and the number 1 was Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas
but this cheesy power ballad was also in the charts December 1984
A Song You Haven't Listen To In A While....
Sarah Brightman Figlio Perduto
Sarah Brightman is one of my favourite artists
since I first heard her when I was 13 in The Phantom of the Opera
I was hooked on her beautiful pure soprano voice I soon ran out and bought all her albums
I was lucky enough to see her once in concert for her La Luna tour when my parents bought me tickets. She puts on an amazing show and it was the La Luna album that was my favourite album from her. I haven't listened to it in so long and was glad I answered this question cause it spurred me to dig out the album so glad I did. Figlio Perduto is my favourite track on the album
A Song You Find Incredibly Beautiful....
Kate Bush This Woman's Work
This one of the most covered song by Kate Bush
it's also one of her most used songs in film and TV
I think this is one of the most beautiful songs she has ever written
It's one of those song for me that when I listen to it
I will be still singing it days and weeks later
The lyrics are beautiful and for me the rawness in Kate's voice adds to the emotion of the song
Plus like with all Kate's singles the music video is great
I saw a similar post to this and thought it would be fun to do
so here are some random Question and Answers!!
-What’s your most played song? Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac I adore this song
closely followed by Close To You by The Carpenters which is mine and my son's song
followed by Songbird by Fleetwood Mac
-What’s your favourite indoor/outdoor activity?
Indoor activity would be reading I love losing myself in a good book
closely followed by blogging and watching TV
Outdoor activity would be walking in the park with my family
-What chore do you absolutely hate doing? Cleaning the toilets & ironing equally!
-What is your favourite time of day/day of the week/month of the year? I like the evening, once OisÃn has gone to bed and I can relax. Saturday is my favourite day, it's my lie in morning and we do lots of different things, shopping, walking in the park and family time. I love December full of Christmas cheer, twinkly lights, family time and Birthdays
-What is your favourite body part? My eyes
-What sound do you love? The sound of my little boys laughter its a beautiful sound
-If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be like and what would it be for?
I would love to throw a big family Christmas party like my Nanny did when I was 11
All of my family was there, there was no set to come or leave at people just came and went as they
pleased. There was drinks, food, sweets and games for the children and adults. I remember the
children drinking fizz orange playing buckaroo while the adults drank champagne and played cards!
Then everyone stopped and sat around the TV to watch the very last episode of Only Fools and
Horses the one where they finally do become millionaires! Then my cousin and Uncle sang and
played music until the early hours of the morning. When I woke I was back at home the next
morning!
-If you could choose anyone, who would you pick as your mentor? My Nanny she was amazing she had been through so much in her life and never gave up. My Mother reminds me of her so much
-If you had to change your first name, what would you change it to? I always really liked my name but I do like Holly or Eve as I was born on Christmas Eve!
-If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would you meet?
Stevie Nicks
-If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do? Pay off our bills! Then book a holiday!
-When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time? I like to sit and read or I will spend a bit of time on Instagram
-What was one of the best parties you’ve ever been to? Beside my Nanny's Christmas party, I have to say our Wedding it was so much fun and I loved watching everyone dancing and enjoying themselves
-What was the last movie, TV show or book that made you cry or tear up? Last TV show was Downton Abbey, last movie was Toy Story 3 while watching it the other evening with my son, last book was Cross Stitch from the Outlander series, can't wait to start the second book!
-What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done? Arrange my brother's funeral
-When was the last time you had an amazing meal? Our anniversary meal was amazing couldn't move after it!
-Who is your favourite actress/actor? I love a few can't pick one Emily Blunt, Elizabeth Taylor, Amy Adams, Audrey Hepburn, Charlie Hunnam, Benedict Cumberbatch, Norman Reedus, Richard Burton and Leonardo Dicaprio
-Who is on your top 10 sexiest male list?
Norman Reedus, Charlie Hunnam, Chris Hemsworth, Kit Harington, Rob Kearney (Irish Rugby player) Aidan Turner, Henry Cavill, Brad Bitt, Idris Elba, Daniel Craig
-Who are your favourite style icons? Elizabeth Taylor, Victoria Beckham and Audrey Hepburn
-What films can you watch again and again?
Dirty Dancing, Grease, Boondock Saints, The Lost Boys, The Little Mermaid, Roman Holiday, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Wizard of Oz, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and The Godfather and all the Christmas movies!!
My favourite band ever sing my favourite album ever!
Just look at that cover even before you hear the songs you
just know it's going to be good!
I loveeeeee this album and dance around the house with
OisÃn listening to it!
Drinking:
Strong coffee after a few days of a poorly toddler
September went by in a crazy haze! We had a busy month of birthdays, wedding anniversary's and weddings and ate lots of yummy food! I then crashed half way through the month and was put on bed rest. Thankfully I got over it and was able to see my favourite band Fleetwood Mac we then has more birthdays and days out! Here is what we got up to this month:
-Some of the lovely Yankee Candles I got this month!
- Treat time Friday!
- Lighting our Wedding Day Yankee Candle
- Two glasses of non alcoholic wine
- Delicious 2nd Anniversary dinner
- Getting ready for dinner!
- Paul enjoying our anniversary dinner
- Non alcoholic champagne and presents
- Paul loving his Dublin jersey
- Reading our Wedding guest book and getting some laughs and tears!
- Flowers
- Presents new shoes and dress
- My wonderful brother's birthday
- Watching our Wedding DVD while drinking non alcoholic bubbly!
- Yummy dinner hubby made
- Drinkies!
- Lighting candles and getting cosy as the weather changes
- Tea time
- Really pretty coloured roses
- Nesting! Changing our apartment around to make space for baby!
- Call me old fashioned but I love my cd collection!
- Wet rainy September days
- Lovely baths
- Listening to my favourite Ms Stevie Nicks
- Drive down to the wedding
- Yummy Sunday lunch!
- Even yummier dessert!
- Eating cake lots of cake!!
- Myself and Paul at the wedding
- Fun times at the wedding
- I love Yankee candles!
- When I was put on bed rest and was feeling rotten blip kicked I looked out the window and saw this rainbow!
- I think I over did it on the bubble bath!!
- Blip getting bigger!
- We ate alot of yummy food this month!
- Blip and I channeling our inner Stevie Nick, before the Fleetwood Mac gig!
- At Fleetwood Mac
So thats what we got up to this month how about you?
