“Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.” (Carl Sagan); “Nothing ever dies on the Internet.” (anon.); “This is not your father’s Oldsmobile.” (Madison Ave. [m]adman). My posts amalgamate these three philosophical elements into one novel experience; they champion critical thinking, human dignity / equality, levelheaded / even-handed / liberty-based governance and solid environmental stewardship. C’mon in!
Talk about a “just phoning it in” Daily Prompt, huh? Correct me if I’m wrong, but, is not the entire purpose of these WP assignments to fire up the minds of writers / bloggers? Hopefully, have a similar effect re our subscribers, readers and passersby, too? Now, were I to “just phone in” my response, it’d be blog over in the scant time it takes to rattle off…
My Top Five List:
5. Apples (hmm… think trees?)
4. Bananas (how about a boat?)
3. Blueberries (maybe a thrilling hill?)
2. Grapes (perhaps a divine grapevine?)
1. Strawberries (a forever field, too?)
It’s the DJ / musicologist within, who’s now free associating re those above parentheticals; “recharging” said phone, too. Hence, I’ll be applying a musical spin to this post; to better entertain / enlighten you. So, let’s feast our ears and eyes upon the following, “fruit flavored”, tasty, sweet sounding, masterpieces…
Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree ~ Andrews Sisters
“Originally titled ‘Anywhere the Bluebird Goes’, the melody was written by Sam H. Stept as an updated version of the nineteenth-century English folk song ‘Long, Long Ago’. Lew Brown and Charles Tobias wrote the lyrics and the song debuted in the 1939 Broadway musical Yokel Boy. After the United States entered the war in December 1941, Brown and Tobias modified the lyrics to their current form, with the chorus ending with ‘…till I come marching home’” [Read More Here] btw, my 1st piano lesson involved covering Long, Long Ago.
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) ~ Harry Belafonte
“Belafonte described “Day-O” as ‘a [Jamaican Folk] song about struggle, about black people in a colonized life doing the most grueling work,’ in a 2011 interview with Gwen Ifill on PBS NewsHour. He said, ‘I took that song and honed it into an anthem that the world loved.’” [Read More Here]
Blueberry Hill ~ Fats Domino
“‘Blueberry Hill’ was an international hit in 1956 for Fats Domino and has become a rock and roll standard. It reached number two for three weeks on the Billboard Top 40 charts, becoming his biggest pop hit, and spent eight non-consecutive weeks at number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart. The version by Fats Domino was also ranked number 82 in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” [Read More Here]
I Heard It Through The Grape Vine ~ Marvin Gaye
“The Marvin Gaye version was the second to be recorded, in the beginning of 1967, but the third to be released. It was placed on his 1968 album In the Groove, a year and a half later, where it gained the attention of radio disc jockeys. Motown founder Berry Gordy finally agreed to its release as a single on the Tamla subsidiary in October 1968, when it went to the top of the Billboard Pop Singles chart for seven weeks from December 1968 to January 1969, overtaking the Gladys Knight & the Pips version as the biggest hit single on the Motown family of labels up to that point.” [Read More Here]
Strawberry Fields Forever ~ Beatles
“Lennon viewed ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ as his finest work with the Beatles. After Lennon’s murder in New York City, a section of Central Park was named after the song. In 1996, the discarded first version of the song was issued on the outtakes compilation Anthology 2; in 2006, a new version was created for the remix album Love. [Read More Here]
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HENCE… this easy as pie, cover your nose and pie-hole/hole-up heads-up:
CommonSenseTom 