A to Z Theme 2016

For my 2016 A to Z theme I used a meme that I ran across on the blog of Bridget Straub who first saw it on the blog of Paula Acton. This meme is a natural for me to use on my memoir blog. It's an A to Z concept and it's about me. No research and nothing complicated. I'm given twenty six questions or topics to discuss that are about me.

In April I kept my posts short and uncomplicated. In the midst of it all you might learn a few things about me that you didn't previously know.

Friday, April 22, 2016

S-Song you last sung (#atozchallenge)



Song you last sung...

        I rarely finish a song, but I often break out into song.  Usually I don't finish singing songs because I don't know all the words.  I seem to remember how a lot of songs start, but then it all kind of falls apart because the lyrics aren't there for me.   Maybe I'll sing the chorus or part of a chorus, but I don't seem to have the patience to sing entire songs.  Also usually I burst into song while I'm doing something else but then it all peters out as I get distracted by something else or am particularly engrossed in a specific detail.

       Songs that I typically sing these days are almost like parodies.  I'll take an existing song and add lyrics pertaining to whatever it is that I'm doing at the time.  Most often lately I sing the old Donna Summer disco tune of "Last Dance" except I'll sing "Last game..." instead of "last dance...".   I sing this when I'm playing a game of solitaire on the computer and get caught up in playing until I win a game.  It becomes such a waste of time that I'll sing to encourage myself to quit.  It's really kind of an annoying song that I sing.  It's almost like I'm trying to annoy myself into quitting.  This method of being forced into quitting by annoying myself seems to work.  Maybe.

        Aside from that singing, the last actual song that I sang was a Prefab Sprout song called "The Sound of Crying".   This is because prior to the time of composing this post I had just posted the song on my blog Tossing It Out.   Here it is again in case you're interested:




         Do you ever ad lib song lyrics to accompany something that you are doing or a mood that you're in?   Do you enjoy singing while you work?   What is your favorite song to sing?

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Bonus S: SEISMIC CRIMES

Today is the release of Chrys Fey's first novel!





      An Internal Affairs Investigator was murdered and his brother, Donovan Goldwyn, was framed. Now Donovan is desperate to prove his innocence. And the one person who can do that is the woman who saved him from a deadly hurricane—Beth Kennedy. From the moment their fates intertwined, passion consumed him. He wants her in his arms. More, he wants her by his side in his darkest moments.

     Beth Kennedy may not know everything about Donovan, but she can’t deny what she feels for him. It’s her love for him that pushes her to do whatever she has to do to help him get justice, including putting herself in a criminal’s crosshairs.

    When a tip reveals the killer's location, they travel to California, but then an earthquake of catastrophic proportions separates them. As aftershocks roll the land, Beth and Donovan have to endure dangerous conditions while trying to find their way back to one another. Will they reunite and find the killer, or will they lose everything?

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8 comments:

  1. I've always had music stuck in my head. This morning I woke up w/ 'Golden Age' by Asteroids Galaxy Tour. Last night it was Raspberry Beret when I found out Prince died. I have ad libbed lyrics before on purpose. I still sing 'takin care of Finster' instead of 'business' by BTO cause my cousin thought that was the line...we were kids when it came out and she'd just seen the Bugs Bunny cartoon where he was supposed to look after Finster baby, the bank robber. And my friends and I made up lyrics to 'every breath you take' by the Police too. I still sing, 'every well done steak, every arm you break, every cake you bake, every orgasm you fake I'll be watching you....Oh can't you see, I have to pee, my poor bladder aches, with every step I take..'

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    1. JoJo, I'll bet a lot of folks have been singing Prince songs. I don't really know any. Glad to hear I'm not the only one who makes up silly lyrics to songs.

      Lee

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  2. One day, I started ad-libbing lyrics to the theme from "Quincy": Oh his name is Quincy, he's the L A Coroner... that's as far as I got. I also managed to fit the name "Oconomowoc" into the George M. Cohan tune "Harrigan," and came up with a new set of lyrics to the A&W Root Beer song that included a reference to having to visit the restroom after drinking two or three root beers... (I was a little younger when I came up with that one, because that was when the commercial was on.)

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    1. John, I usually don't get much past the first line or two of a song. When I was a kid I'd make up lyrics as well. I guess we are not alone in that.

      Lee

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  3. Too many ad-libbed songs... last one legitimately sung, Dave Edmunds' Almost Saturday Night.

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    1. CW, I don't know any Dave Edmunds songs so this I have not sung.

      Lee

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  4. I love to sing, but not publicly. The first song that came to mind that I like singing is Keep Pushin' by REO Speedwagon (used to be my theme song). And I love to sing Guess Who songs.

    I haven't been creative enough to ad lib songs and substitute lyrics. I think that takes some talent Lee. :)

    Michele at Angels Bark

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    1. Michele, I make up some pretty stupid lyrics sometimes that take as much talent as saying stupid things.

      Lee

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