Rock 'n Roll

This week's Monday Music Moves Me theme is Rock 'n Roll.

There are so many options with this one

Go link up with Xmas Dolly.

Here goes Elvis Presley epitomizes 50s Rock 'n Roll

 

Rockabilly Band from Cape Town.
Peachy Keen.
Those these lassies

 

 One of the few songs by The Beatles that was sung by Ringo, their drummer

 

 Little Richard

 

 No Monday Music is complete with a Jack White song

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As Black as Newgate's Knocker

Happy Monday, Lovely Plonkers and today's Monday Music Moves Me's theme is songs with colour in them.  Go visit the gorgeous Xmas Dolly, sign up and share your colourful toonz.

There are truck loads of songs with colours in the title so I decided to make BLACK my colour of choice this week.

Here are my choices....enjoy. 

No Monday music would be complete with Mr Jack White




 

The Beatles - Blackbird - Paul McCartney



 AC/DC Back In Black



Thin Lizzy Black Boys on the Corner



 KT does a mish mash with a Jack White (White Stripes) song.

 

Arctic Monkeys - Black Treacle

Monday Music Moves Me

Come Rock with me and Xmas Dolly!  This week's theme is

"Moving Forward".

Take Me With You When You Go by the one and only Jack White

 

Ramble On

 

Come Sail Away



 I can see for miles


 The Long and Winding Road

 

Monday Music Moves Me

Happy Monday.  Let's rock it!

There is no theme this week for Monday Music Moves Me over at Xmas Dolly, so I thought I'd share some heart-warming stuff.

Have a great day.  Earphones in, Volume UP.

BlogFestivus Day 4 and Monday Music

On the 4th Day of Christmas my true love sent to me....

..Four Calling Birds

I’m not talking about budgies, I’m not talking about girls, I’m talking about song birds and that would be the most famous fab four ever, namely:  John, Paul, George and Ringo aka The Beatles.

I love The Beatles and grew up listening to their music as my big Skin ‘n Blister (sister) was, and still is, a MASSIVE Beatles fan. Thanks to her, I know most of the words to all their hit songs and  how to sing all the harmonies…pretty pathetic, I know.

So, I figured, seeing as its Monday and I usually do Monday Music Moves Me over at Xmas Dolly, I thought I’d tie the two together and, you know, kill two birds with one stone. I hear you groaning, Oh I know, it’s a “cheap” shot….(Kak Grap gaan sit in die hoek!)

Well, A Daft Scots Lass’ 12 Days of Christmas song now goes :

Four Liverpool Blokes,

Three Brontë Sisters,

Two Jimmy Choos

And Jamie Oliver's Satay Chicken on a Stick.

And thats just what I did...

Photo courtesy of www.thebeatles.com

Most of you know how I'm addicted to Guitar Hero and I was just so elated to find out about  The Beatles Rock Band  which I can play with my World Tour stuff.  Yesterday I spent 3 hours of the afternoon playing the new game and I simply couldn't tear myself away as I progressed through the levels, all the familiar songs floaded back to me and the music just got better and better.  

To give you a little of my Beatle background just so you know why I'm so excited about this game...

When my sister and I were growing up, we listened to the Beatles LPs over and over.  My older sister, Janie, was their biggest and most dedicated fan and as we shared one tiny room with one old record player and two stacked bunk beds, I had no choice but to listen and suck it all in.  She had a green record player holder with all her prized Beatles albums inside packed in the order that they were released.  Yes, Janie is a little obsessive and anal about these kinds of things.  She bought books on the Beatles history and studied them in great depth.  She stared at the pictures for hours and hours.

Hence, I know all the words to all the Beatles songs (as well as the harmonies).  I know, I know its rather pathetic and sad.  When my sister and I were younger and she was going through her Beatlemania-phase, I hated them beccause not only did I hear the records repeatedly in my head, it took Janie into a different world that I wasn't apart of. 

All I wanted to do was go and play with her outside, and all she wanted to do was study the beautiful brown eyes of Paul McCartney.  (I always prefered John Lennon anyway)....I got educated by Janie on the full  history of the four lads from Liverpool;  how they got started, that before Ringo Starr joined as drummer they had a really good-looking drummer called Pete Best and before Paul their bassist was Stuart Sutcliffe (one of John Lennon's art school friends).  I knew all about their manager, Brian Epstein, who turned out to be gay (another piece of useless information) and their Producer George Martin during the early years. 

Yes, people I am a wealth of Beatles information and its all thanks to my sister's constant coaching and blethering on about how awesome they were.

Back to present day and age and I now love the Beatles music.  Their sounds and look was revolutionery and its the type of music you can sing along to and tap your foot to.  Its brilliant karaoke material!  And  y'all know how much I love to karaoke. 

Janie, we need to jam soon!

Got The Beatles Rock Band XBOX 360...

Photos courtesy of http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/

Oh boy! Oh Boy! I'm so soopa excited...

Riaan bought The Beatles Rock Band for XBOX today and I cant' wait to play.  Riaan is hogging the guitar at the moment .  Janie, you'll LOVE it. We need to have a Beatles evening just for you and me to play.

Its got the entire story of the beatles with pics as you proceed throught the ranks. 

Can't wait to have my turn...and it have my favourite Beatles song on....Come Together.