The last of our song collections based on the lyrics of the Dusty Springfield hit record ‘Wishin’ and Hopin’. todaay we come to dreaming and this will certainly provide us with more than one day of posting. So, let’s dive right in. “All I Have to Do Is Dream” is a song made famous by […]
Planning
Moving on to the second line of ‘Wishin’ and Hopin’ bring us to ‘Planning’. I am not sure that my researches will be able to find many songs on this topic, especially well known songs, but you never know until you look – so here goes. That’s The Way God Planned It is the title […]
Thinking
So, to the fourth of the actions recommended by Dusty Springfield. Now we come to thinking. I would expect this to provide a rich vein of song for us to mine. Indeed I come to my researches with several songs aleady in mind, so it may be that this topic will stretch over more than […]
Praying
The post today is out of order from the list provided in the song, but as it was Sunday I thought it made slightly more sense. So today we will be praying and tomorrow comes thinking. “My Prayer” is a 1939 song with music by salon violinist Georges Boulanger and lyrics by Carlos Gomez Barrera […]
Hoping
Today we come to the second item in Dusty Springfield’s list. Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one’s life or the world at large. A classic reference to hope which has entered modern language is the concept that […]
Wishing
I have decided to embark on a series based on the Dusty Sprinfield song ‘Wishin’ and Hopin’ which contains series of actions which might provide some fruitful topics for our researches. The opening lines of the song are ‘Wishin’ and hopin’ and thinkin’ and prayin’ , plannin’ and dreamin’…’ . Ignoring the lamentable contractions of […]
December
Now that December has begun it is time to reflect on a miscellany of songs that have been written by musicians over the years. This is not really a Christmas selection, that may come later, this is an opportunity to consider what the experience of December has meant to those who write songs. “December Boudoir” […]
Winter
I recently posted a collection of songs about Autumn, as I write there is snow on the ground and so it seemed appropriate to suggest that with November on it’s last day that it is time for a collection of winter songs. “Winter” is the last concerto of The Four Seasons by Italian composer Antonio […]
November
The blog makes it’s return after a fortnight of enforced absence and to celebrate this we are going to spend the morning in November. Although November is nearly at an end, I though we should mark it’s passing with a collection of songs in which it’s virtues are praised. “Rose Hip November” is a track […]
Sideways
Today we end our travels amongst the directional songs with what may well prove to be the most difficult direction of all – ‘Sideways’. I cannot imagine that there are a multitude of songs that feature sideways in the title. However I do like a challenge – so here we go. “Over Under Sideways Down” […]