tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437482762164560592024-02-18T21:21:10.536-08:00Take This TuneDurward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-72707906855012505642022-10-01T07:14:00.001-07:002022-10-01T07:16:35.973-07:00Back to Blogging About ten years ago, I stopped posting on this blog as interest in such things seemed to have died out. Recently on Twitter, I came across a great group of people who love music thanks to a group leader named Carl (good trouble) Jones. Carl is taking a temporary break from Twitter, so this seems like a good time to resurrect Take This Tune.Here is the premise. Once a week Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-63888861517185001932012-05-17T12:58:00.001-07:002012-05-17T12:58:20.558-07:00Back Down AgainSeemingly less interest than last time, so no reason to continueDurward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-3027674054553424752012-05-15T17:44:00.000-07:002012-05-15T18:01:25.789-07:00Too Far Gone
(Russell Crowe as Inspector Javert)
As many of you know, I have been obsessing over the filming of the musical "Les Miserables". I am a major Hugh Jackman fan as both an actor and singer. What I didn't expect was that I would become a major fan of Russell Crowe. I liked him in Gladiator and Master and Commander and knew he had the acting chops but had my doubts on the Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-67137760250448336322012-05-05T00:01:00.000-07:002012-05-07T12:42:31.568-07:00If I Were The Man You WantedThis week's Take This Tune is all about changing for the sake of love. The song is by the great Lyle Lovett - How far are you willing to go and what is a bridge too far?
Take this Tune and tell me a story about what you did for love.
For the female versions in the lyrics just substitute "woman" or "person".
They all sat around in a circle
They were all laughing and all tellingDurward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-75709958930668359552012-04-27T09:56:00.004-07:002012-04-29T13:46:32.414-07:00Restart - Feels Like Home
It's been a long while since I've posted to this meme. It's really simple. Take the musical prompt or the lyrics and tell me a story. You can do it verbally, photographically, musically - however the trigger gets you going. You can do it in the comments or link to a blog article you have written.
This week I've been thinking about what makes a home. This song is Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-10576178580555758652011-03-27T00:01:00.000-07:002011-03-27T00:01:00.849-07:00Undying Love
Would You Lay With me (In A Field of Stone)
WOULD YOU LAY WITH ME IN A FIELD OF STONE
IF MY NEEDS WERE STRONG, WOULD YOU LAY WITH ME
SHOULD MY LIPS GROW DRY,
WOULD YOU WET THEM, DEAR
IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR,
IF MY LIPS WERE DRY
WOULD YOU GO AWAY TO ANOTHER LAND
WALK A THOUSAND MILES THROUGH THE BURNING SAND
WIPE THE BLOOD AWAY FROM MY DYING HAND
IF I GIVE MYSELF TO YOU
WOULD YOU LAY WITH ME
INDurward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-41839195900262745092011-02-13T06:47:00.000-08:002011-02-13T14:26:21.404-08:00Red Dirt Girl
This is a beautiful but terribly sad song about two girls with dreams. One made hers come true. The other completely lost her way. Your challenge is to Take This Tune and tell us about choices and outcomes.
Important Notice: This will be the last "Take This Tune" I do on this site. I will continue to do them every once in a while on my regular site: Durward Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-14349028572653357632011-02-07T00:01:00.000-08:002011-02-07T15:11:00.674-08:00Ain't Talking
This video below is a little strange as You Tube was being difficult about the copyrights involved. If you don't have the Modern Times album in your collection, it is well worth adding to Mr. Dylan's wealth and buying it. It is one of the best examples of his poetry with all the layered meanings. Take This Tune and have fun.
As I walked out tonight in the mystic garden
The wounded Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-22577422537143856592011-01-30T00:01:00.001-08:002011-01-30T00:01:02.499-08:00Big Chill Double Decker
One of my favorite movies and soundtracks is "The Big Chill" with its window on a generation. It featured 14 great songs that acted both as music for the film and commentary on the interaction of the characters. This week you get your choice of two songs to use for your Take This Tune prompt. Hope you have as much fun as the cast did in the kitchen.
Don't forget to sign in when you post yourDurward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-32789278619193343442011-01-24T11:14:00.000-08:002011-01-24T11:20:06.611-08:00The House That Built Me
Whew! Almost forgot to put up a song. Now if someone other than Travis would join in, I would appreciate it. Just sign in any time this week if you have a story about what made you you.
The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert
I know they say you can’t go home again
I just had to come back one last time
Ma’am I know you don’t know me from Adam
But these handprints on the front steps Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-91929378852526872182011-01-16T00:01:00.000-08:002011-01-17T07:57:52.476-08:00South Coast of Texas
In case you haven't figured it out yet, I love story songs, slice of life songs, places that will never come again songs. Here is one of the best. Guy Clark's picture of the South Coast of Texas, his youth and the people he knew whose way of life is disappearing in favor of the tourists who don't know what they missed. So do you have a story of a place and time now gone.
The South Coast Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-50292886300202236142011-01-09T14:18:00.000-08:002011-01-09T14:18:44.133-08:00Big City Blues
Cocktails and Broken HeartsJack Vettriano
This week's Take This Tune is a little different. About 30 years ago, Barry Manilow made a jazz album with some of his favorite musicians and singers. There is a whole video of the making of 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe on You Tube and well worth watching to see how musicians and singers come together to create a theme album. Since it goes Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-57736253730133583402010-12-30T00:01:00.000-08:002010-12-30T00:01:00.767-08:00NightswimmingI asked Travis of Trav's Thoughts for a song suggestion and he came up with Nightswimming by REM which I had never heard. This one may stir up all sorts of images for you to write about next week, so sign in and Take This Tune.
Nightswimming
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows
Every Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-41111806252489625792010-12-28T10:54:00.001-08:002010-12-28T10:54:43.194-08:00Holiday UpdateDurward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-14863401905306740462010-12-19T09:00:00.000-08:002010-12-20T05:47:05.670-08:00Children Will Listen
My all time favorite Sondheim show is "Into The Woods" where in telling familiar fairy tales a musical is created about almost the whole of human experience which is everything but a fairy tale. Trav has suggested this week's Take This Tune in one of the most powerful songs in the production sung by the Witch: Children Will Listen. Here it is sung by the original star, Bernadette Peters. Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-10381328223152918912010-12-12T00:01:00.000-08:002010-12-12T10:47:20.166-08:00The Union - The Best Part of the Day
Nobody has sent any suggestions and I'm still all wrapped up in the new "The Union" album from Elton John and Leon Russell with Bernie Taupin throwing in his song writing abilities. Rolling Stone declared it the third best album of 2010. I'm declaring it number one. When it comes to vocals, musicianship and incredible lyrics, I simply cannot decide which one I like best, every single song isDurward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-83349017370795471122010-12-04T12:01:00.000-08:002010-12-06T09:26:25.942-08:00I Am A Town
This wonderful song by Mary Chapin Carpenter is about all the small towns that we once knew that now are dying or changing beyond recognition. We flee from them, remember them, hope to find them again as imagined, and miss them when they disappear. They are hopes and dreams both fulfilled or dashed.
So next week take this tune and tell a story about one of your cities or towns. &Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-44984646349817126792010-11-27T07:23:00.000-08:002010-11-27T07:23:50.821-08:00Seasons of LoveIt's the time of year when we pull boxes down from the shelves in preparation for the year end holidays. I'm bringing back Take This Tune to see if it will fly and if nothing else, have some great music for the holiday. What better song than one about friends, family and most of all LOVE. So pull up a warm computer and have a go at showing us your Seasons of Love. Don't forget Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-67751710816534149702010-05-14T03:00:00.000-07:002010-05-14T03:00:04.372-07:00Get Over It
There are certainly more than enough issues that you might want to hit with this Eagles song ... have fun!!!
Get Over It
The Eagles
I turn on the tube and what do I see
A whole lotta people crying don't blame me
They point their crooked little fingers ar everybody else
Spend all their time feeling sorry for themselves
Victim of this, victim of that
Your momma's too thin; your daddy's too Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-74740101942985967172010-05-07T00:01:00.000-07:002010-05-07T00:01:00.828-07:00Song For Sonny Liston
Blues the way it should be with Mark Knopfler's biographical song about Sonny Liston. For the non fight fans and those too young to remember, click on the link for the Wikipedia about this troubled man. Both his life and death are still filled with mysteries and still being discussed. He attained the greatest height in his field but never the love or acclaim he desired andDurward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-39629194314000005292010-04-30T03:00:00.000-07:002010-04-30T03:00:06.300-07:00The Things We Do For Love
This time around, Linda the wonderful photographer with the unbelievably talented artist daughter has requested this week's Take This Tune. Visit her on Are We There Yet
The Things We Do For Love
10 CC
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river
Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea,
You lay your bets and then you pay the price
The things we do for love, the things we do for Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-16801457350030566332010-04-23T03:00:00.001-07:002010-04-25T11:44:24.757-07:00Whistle Down The Wind
One of our regular participants, Travis of Trav's Thoughts picked this week's Take This Tune song. Whistle Down the Wind is a musical based on the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Jim Steinman. This is one of Webbers few unsuccessful musicals despite the wonderful music. The Broadway opening was cancelled after poor reviews of theDurward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-84169953004526660082010-04-16T03:00:00.000-07:002010-04-16T06:36:35.341-07:00Places In The Rear View Mirror
This week we are giving you three songs that are all about home towns, small towns, and places you leave behind on the way to somewhere else. First up Mary Chapin Carpenter's "I Am A Town" then Iris Dement with "My Town" and finally, Bruce Springsteen's "My Hometown". They are the places where we are from or just pass by on the way to somewhere else. Do you Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-18838489229989449102010-04-09T03:00:00.001-07:002010-04-12T08:01:45.877-07:00Sam Stone
Awhile back we played with Vince Gill's "Some Things Never Get Old". One of the lines about things that never get boring in that song reads "Eatin' watermelon down to the rind, any song by Brother John Prine". If you aren't familiar with John Prine, seek him out. His songs can be hilarious, sad, angry, or sweet. What they will always be is powerful in some way. Prine doesn't Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143748276216456059.post-75143399008026122342010-04-02T03:00:00.001-07:002010-09-11T12:36:32.669-07:00He Rode All The Way To Texas/Groupie (Superstar)
This is a two for one Take This Tune. I first heard "He Rode All The Way to Texas on the Trio album featuring Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly Parton. Unfortunately, You tube doesn't have that video, but you might want to go hunting on I Tunes to download. It is a song about a love 'em and leave "em man who happens to be an entertainer. The sentiments are similar to those of The Durward Discussionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com8