Song meme

[litlover12]

I have about a zillion things to do . . . so of course I'm doing a meme. (In my own defense, I am overdue on this one; I got it from sonneta nearly two weeks ago!)



1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload) 5 songs you love that begin with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

sonneta gave me "B." This was HARD -- there are so many good songs that begin with B!

"Before the Parade Passes By," Michael Crawford

No video available, but you can hear it here. You may have to turn it way up at the beginning.

"Breakfast Table," Chris Rice

"Burn," Chris Young

"Big Blue Note," Toby Keith

"Be Thou My Vision" -- the version I have on my iPod (by this singer, who goes to my church) doesn't seem to be online. But I found this really nice version by Michael Ball.

(If I had a runner-up, I think it might be Frank Sinatra's "Blues in the Night" -- which doesn't seem to be on YouTube anyway. Sacrilege!! Also "Bring Him Home" . . . and I guess I'd better stop now.)

If you want a letter, let me know!

Comments

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

I'll do the song meme!

(also... Before the Parade Passes by is Barbara Streisand... at least unless Crawford recorded it separately... :-) )

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

He did, on his first solo album. His version is one of my very favorite songs ever!

Your letter is S.

[sonneta.livejournal.com]

I love "Be Thou My Vision".

[caspiandorrit.livejournal.com]

I WANT LETTER!!!!

Is in need of distraction. *is having another "episode"*

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

*sends hugs and prayers*

Your letter is M.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Yes, please do! Thanks!

I've been meaning to contact you anyway -- you're running "Costume Chronicles," right? I know there was talk about a Dickens issue at some point; wanted to find out if it was still in the works!

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Yes! To be precise, the bicentennial is Feb. 7. I would love to write something for the issue -- and I was wondering if I might recruit some of my regular commenters at Dickensblog to write for you too, if you're interested. We have some very good writers over there.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Wonderful, thanks! I might go ahead and do it now, just so they can get started thinking about it. Do you have any idea yet what sort of deadline we'd be looking at, or is too early to know?

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Oh my, I like my new title! Maybe I'll print up a T-shirt. :D I defer to your editorial judgment, but if it were up to me, I think a Jan./Feb. issue would be perfect.

I think this could work out really well for the Dickensbloggers, because we've been brainstorming on a really good way to celebrate the bicentennial. We discussed self-publishing a book of our collected essays on Dickens, and donating the proceeds to a charity he would have liked, but as I've recently found out, self-publishing can be a royal pain in the neck, and there aren't that many proceeds. Maybe contributing essays to CC would be a much better idea!

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Well, that and Google News Alert. :-)

I have a Create Space account already with Amazon, so we could use that for a book. And I'd heard good things about Lulu too. But it's still a lot of work, either way. So I'll throw the magazine idea out there and see what they think of it!

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Oh, and also -- I might like to write something for the sleuths issue, too, if you'd have me! I'm a big Lord Peter Wimsey fan and did both my undergrad honors project and my graduate thesis on Dorothy L. Sayers.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Sure -- it's Gina.