It's Monday, and it's time for music!
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Today I am joining up with other Music Moves Me bloggers (and you can join us at the linky above). We are a group of music loving bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday (or even later in the week). If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please! Otherwise, your post link may be labeled "No Music" or even removed.)
Our head host is Xmas Dolly, and our co-hosts are Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, joined by the knowledgeable Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and, last but not least, me.
Every other week we have a theme. This week's theme is "You Pick".
Earlier this week there was another induction into Rock and Roll Heaven, with the death of Jesse Colin Young, songwriter, vocalist, and founding member of The Youngbloods, on March 16. He was 83 years old. The cause of death was "complications of cardiac, atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease".
"Get Together" brings me back to a time when life seemed to be...dare I say it, less complex?
It made me think, too, of these songs.
Richard Chamberlain, an actor that I remember from the TV show Dr. Kildare, died March 29 at the age of 90 after having suffered a stroke. But did you know that he was also a singer? Here he is with the song "They Long to Be Close to You" (no parenthesis) in 1963. I never knew Richard Chamberlain was the original singer of this song, which later became a hit for The Carpenters.
The Beatles and "Yesterday". When this came out in 1965, it was instant love for me.
1988's "Forever Young" from Rod Stewart.
1984 and Alphaville's "Forever Young" (a different song).
The Carpenters and "We've Only Just Begun". It's so sad hearing this song and knowing that Karen Carpenter died when she was only 32 years old.
Do I dare to close with The Who's "My Generation" with its infamous line "Hope I die before I get old"? Now, Roger Daltrey just turned 81 on March 1, and Pete Townshend is 79. Has anyone asked them recently about growing old?
And that's a wrap, on this last day of March.
Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.
