Here Comes The Sun, Nina style

Love the Beatles version, but have a special place in my heart for Nina Simone singing Here Comes the Sun. Still can't work out how to upload videos from YouTube onto Blogger, but the link is here

A Moulin Rouge Roxanne

a favourite scene from a favourite movie. Could watch this over and over. Have done and still get shivers up and down my spine. Love the tango, the passion and the drama.

Roxanne from Moulin Rouge.

And a part of the movie soundtrack of life..

Driving along in the car, Mozart's Laudate Dominum on at top volume, doing my best to sing along is one of my guilty pleasures in life. No idea what the words are so I can make them up as I go along. If we had a shower, I'd be singing this in it. Particularly the last minute or so. Another favourite secret guilty pleasure is imaging this as part of the soundtrack to the movie of my life (when you're driving along in the car you can imagine whatever you like). Usually it is playing serenely over and above some particularly dramatic scene. Of what I have no idea, but you know the type of scene. Just love this piece of music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MSR3tYxsvE&feature=related

Bach Cello

As life gets more manic, toddlers shout even louder, phones go, dogs bark and everything just seems to be very loud and have a lot going on, I find myself drifting towards simpler and simpler music. I just totally love this prelude to Bach's Cello Suite No. 1. If I can get this on and retreat just briefly I can feel my stress levels falling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6yuR8efotI&feature=email

(yup, still can't work out how to upload the videos onto the blog - but will continue to try to do so)

Miriam Makeba, we will miss you

Miriam Makeba's Pata Pata song. I did want to upload the video but I can't work out how to do it, so I'll have to make do with the link for the moment.

A wonderful voice, so many wonderful songs. This reminds me of South Africa. I used to listen to her songs when I was there in 1990/91 but I listened to her more when I got back. She died 10th November 2008.

Goethe (apparently)

Whatever you dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.