Tuneful Tuesdays

Movies--Books--Music--Television, Music, Tuneful Tuesdays

Tuneful Tuesday – The Great American Songbook

/

New feature.  Every Tuesday I want to feature a song I’m listening to for the week.  It could be part of a playlist for a story I’m writing or it could be a random song that popped into my head. Whatever its origins, I’m going to share it with you! Today’s Tuneful Tuesday is the song “Fever” as done by Michael Buble.  It’s on my playlist for Love Bytes, a previously published story that I’m revamping.  I personally think this is a great version of the song by a male, although Peggy Lee is the ultimate version. And what, you may ask, is “the Great American Songbook”?  Well, let me allow Wikipedia to step in: From Wikipedia: The Great American Songbook, also known as “American Standards”, is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century. Although several collections of music have been published under… Continued

Tuneful Tuesdays, Uncategorized

Terrific Tuesday – Best Book to Movie Adaptations

/

Greetings and salutations! Today I’m going to talk about some of my favorite book to movie adaptations – just like it says on the tin.  I love books and I love movies, and when the two come together, it touches a chord in me that cannot be duplicated.  I won’t tarry on a long-winded introduction:  let’s get to the meat of the post, shall we?   What makes a book to movie adaptation terrific?  If the movie captures the essence of the book, the characters and offers the same or improved ending from the book.  Mind you, a terrific adaptation doesn’t necessarily mean the movie sticks as close to the book as white on rice, nor does it mean the movie leaves you with a terrific feeling. It just means that as a reader of the book, you’re satisfied with the spirit of the movie. Here, in no particular order,

Tuneful Tuesdays, Uncategorized

Tuneful Tuesday: My Top Songs of the 60s

/

Another week is started and once again I try to revive this old blog.  Each time I declare that I’m going to post regularly, but you know what?  I’m going to take it easy and post when I can. Today’s post is inspired by the break I was taking to day from writing.  As I surveyed new and old music on youtube.com, I realized how many old-time songs (I.e. songs before my time) that I enjoyed.  I decided to gather my top five songs of the 60s.  So get out your soul beads, your round glasses and your  knitted shawls, sit back and enjoy.   5. Stand by Me – Ben E. King   4. House of the Rising Sun, The Animals     3. Sounds of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel       2.   Georgia On My Mind – Ray Charles       1. I Heard it

Tuneful Tuesdays, Uncategorized

Tuneful Tuesdays – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

/

I loved this song when it came out because of Cyndi’s don’t give a durn attitude and her style. I also liked the way the video included different types of women – giving you the feeling that if you were in the vicinity while they were filming, Cyndi might have pulled you into the video too! From songfacts.com: Lauper co-wrote many of her own songs, but not this one. Like “I Will Survive,” it’s a girl power song written by a man. A Philadelphia singer/songwriter named Robert Hazard, who had a band called Robert Hazard and the Heroes, wrote it. Hazard recorded his demo of the song in 1979. Speaking with Rolling Stone, Lauper said that she had to alter the lyrics from Hazard’s original. “It was originally about how fortunate he was ’cause he was a guy around these girls that wanted to have ‘fun’ – with him –

Tuneful Tuesdays, Uncategorized

Tuneful Tuesdays – Billie Holliday

/

  “Better look out,” he said. “I know Lady, and when she starts crying, the next thing she’s going to do is start fighting.” – Louis Armstrong Talk about hitting all the marks.  It’s Women’s History Month, Tuneful Tuesdays, and the sun in Aries.  What could be better? Billie Holliday.  If you don’t know, then you need to run an Internet search.  No Lady G*ga here, believe that. I’m not going to go into her life and tribulations (of which there were many).  You can pick up a biography or her autobiography “Lady Sings the Blues” for that.  I am merely the messenger here to point out what an extraordinary voice and capacity to convey emotion this woman had. Her love songs were poignant, the edge of the blues discernible even in the “happiest” of love songs, which gave the song itself an extra heft. It Had to Be You

Scroll to Top