The Friday Fling Hosts a Personal Music Festival!
Friday Fling #259 for November 22nd 2013
They are not as popular as they were back in the days of my youth,
the middle ages of the twentieth century, the 1950s and 60s.
But there were many pop hits back then which were known as “instrumentals”
in that they were hit TUNES, without lyrics. The melody stood on its own.
This week’s Fling is a personal topic.
Favorite music. What type or title is/are yours?
Use that theme as your poetic muse! Go with the musical flow!
Consider the effect the music had/has on you, and/or its qualities,
what you like(d) about it and why. wherever your muse leads.
This week the Friday Fling holds a personal music festival!
Please save time to read, listen and comment melodiously
on your fellow Pals’ writes and posts about favorites.
Then go enjoy a lyrical late autumn weekend!
Below are a few of my personal favorites.
Feel more than free to post yours along with your poem.
Or just post the video(s).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWTjjm-Gg3c
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtovKFrzA1c
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiiqAg1mD1Y
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YveKuqVhUDY
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DupXeYyuK9k
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIMPCt2xiTo
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omG-hZfN6zk
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsjcyKQpMKk
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op2U-qGUDkg
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW1x-ra0aZk
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RDwpaMK4lA
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o10UzZyNWCo
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jisNh8jP_g
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNxpU_ITpMQ

I personally have SO MANY FAVORITES when it comes to music — instruments, styles, and all manner of music from bluegrass to classical to islands/Hawaiian — you name it, and most of it I love to listen to and even try to play. Wonderful challenge. I’ll be pondering as I fiddle at orchestra rehearsal tonight.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ETrr-XHBjE
NATIONAL PRIDE
Back in those glorious yesterdays
when Western history made us proud,
we bathed in the light of youthful ways.
We turned our music up good and loud.
When Western history made us proud
National Anthem was often sung.
We turned our music up good and loud.
to celebrate life on the top rung.
National Anthem was often sung
in ballparks at each big game’s start.
to celebrate life on the top rung,
on weekends during sweet leisure’s part.
In ballparks at each big game’s start,
we bathed in the light of youthful ways,
on weekends during sweet leisure’s part,
back in those glorious yesterdays.
Pantoum Copyright November 21st 2013 RGD
THE GHOST OF THE SKI
*
Look see
The clouds
Do tell their tails
Ghost riders of many
The cries of the dead even the livin cries out to the sounds of thunder
Whaerthe it be the horses
Are the riders of the motor cycle
They ride long and hard kin so see
Dark clouds rollin
A ring of fire
Follows
The trail be long out laws of many the good the bad and the oh so ugly rides the skies
*
Written By: Bettie Davis ———————————– © November 22 , 2o13
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THE MUSIC OF MY LIFE
My heart dances with the music
I hear within the wind,
singing along with melodies
from somewhere deep within,
for as varied as the day is long
is the music of my life,
soothing my soul
when nothing else can,
propping me up when
my mood needs a boost.
I hear music in the moonbeams
and the healing strains at dawn
as birds welcome the morning
with their symphony of song;
I hear a gentle whisper
as the waves caress the shore;
I hear the rustling rhythms
of leaves floating to the ground
as summer slowly fades away
and autumn is ushered in.
And as the sun sets again
at the end of a glorious day,
the music of the night
embraces my heart
and nourishes my soul
as together we waltz
to velvet melodies
that soothe rough edges
of emotions worn thin,
lifting my spirit again
as peace settles within.
(c) barbara kausteklis 11-22-13