Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today is Wednesday, and time for another post in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge hosted by Long and Short Reviews. If you would like to participate in the challenge yourself, you can find the topics for 2023 here, and if you’d like to read other people’s responses to this week’s topic, you can do so here.

A Recent Song I Loved

Recently, as I’ve posted about before, my lovely Nanna passed away, and soon after, perhaps even an hour or two later, a song came on in my headphones from my Spotify ‘made for you’ playlist. That song was The Hounds of Love by Kate Bush, which I had never heard before. In fact, the only other track of hers I had ever heard before was Running Up That Hill (another musical masterpiece). Nonetheless, I have recently become a massive fan.

I should say that none of the lyrics in The Hounds of Love bears any meaning to the relationship between my Nanna and me. There was just something about it that struck a chord with me somewhere inside. It’s a lovely song, and playing it helps me to deal with my grief a little, but I have no idea why. I have thought about it and can only assume it has something to do with the melody. Like a lot of Kate Bush’s songs, the music in The Hounds of Love feels almost magical and makes my skin tingle. It is beautiful, and I recommend listening if you’ve never heard it before.

Another one I’ve recently loved is the Mama Cass version of Dream a Little Dream of Me. I first heard the song in the 1990s when The Beautiful South covered it and loved it immediately. Much later, maybe when I was in my early twenties, I discovered the Mama Cass version in the movie Beautiful Thing (released in 1996), and this quickly became my favourite. It is such a gentle and rhythmic song, and I find it soothing. It’s almost like a lullaby.

I’ve been listening to both of these songs a lot recently; I find, as all good music does, that they take me away from myself for a few minutes while still allowing me to connect to my emotions.

Just in Case

Now, just in case I have misunderstood the assignment entirely and talked about songs I heard recently instead of a recently-released song I loved, I’ll add a couple of those, too.

I was listening to Spotify’s Release Radar the other day when I heard Keep on Talking, the latest track from Texas, a band I’ve enjoyed listening to since the mid-nineties when I first started to discover music. It’s catchy, upbeat and well worth a listen if you fancy a little bop around while cleaning (one of my favourite things to do).

Then there’s Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous, a cover of RuPaul’s 2004 dance track by Trixie Mattel. Just like Keep on Talking, it’s upbeat, gets stuck in your head and is great for moving around while you’re blitzing the bathroom with your headphones in and turned up high.

Well, that’s me for week 26. I’m looking forward to seeing which songs some of you will choose.

As ever, thank you for stopping by to read my words.

Until next time,

George

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