Yesterday’s winner: Election Day
Which song do you like better: The Flame or The Promise?
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Yesterday’s winner: Election Day
Which song do you like better: The Flame or The Promise?
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Yesterday’s winner: The Flame
Which song do you like better: Duran’s Vertigo or Arcadia’s The Promise?
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Yesterday’s winner: Goodbye Is Forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUie9EtLvHA
Which song do you like better: Arcadia’s The Flame or Duran’s Hold Me?
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Yesterday’s winner: The Flame
Which song do you like better: Duran’s Hold Me or Arcadia’s Missing?
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Yesterday’s winner: Goodbye Is Forever
Which song do you like better: Duran’s A Matter of Feeling or Arcadia’s The Flame?
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June is a very busy birthday month! Today I get to wish The Bass God (that’s John Taylor, in case you lost track) a very happy birthday!!
I have only met John once, during an album signing for Astronaut. (I own the disjointed voice he may or may not have heard from somewhere in the crowd say, “It’s a beautiful album, John!) My partner-in-crime has been in vicinity to him a few more times than I Once even close enough for him to sign our In the Pleasure Groove books (mine has a lovely doodle of an American flag in it, too. :D). She even has a picture with him, which still thrills me! However, today is my day to blog, so there’s not really any exciting stories to tell. Maybe next year! 😉
So, we’ll celebrate with some special John Taylor videos instead.
Let’s see…
Gotta go with the JT cameo to begin with, because his grin cracks me up.
In fair play, I must also choose a Power Station video…which led me to Get it On.
That got me thinking about John’s solo career, and one of my very favorites is Hey Day. I wonder why? 🙂
And while I was thinking about Hey Day, I remembered riding the train from Birmingham to Edinburgh so that I could go to the Glasgow show. A little known fact is that one of my very favorite songs to watch John play is Careless Memories. That bass line just doesn’t stop. He’s brilliant.
Naturally, as one does….while I was thinking about watching John, I remembered how much, er…enthusiasm….he brings to Danceophobia. Because really, if you’re gonna play that song, you’d better sell it, right? And John does. So this is from the Berkeley show I went to in the fall of 2015. I am not sure if this shows John (YouTube was misbehaving for me today so I couldn’t preview it first), but if you ever have the chance to see the band and they play Danceophobia….he dances with more enthusiasm in his pinky finger than I do in my entire body. 🙂
Lastly, I couldn’t help but give my John-girls what they really want.
He’s strapped to a car. You’re welcome.
The happiest of birthdays to you, Mr. Taylor…with many years of health, happiness and music to come, I hope. Cheers!!
-R
It is that time again, isn’t it?
Today is June 8th, which means it is a very special date on the calendar, and we allow ourselves to take a moment to celebrate National Best Friends Day!!!
Ok, I’m kidding. It’s Nick’s birthday!! Happy birthday Nicholas. I suspect you’re spending it well in Verona Italy, where I hear it is very hot today. (Actually, I read that from a friend who visiting there from Finland, and I suspect that her idea of “hot” and mine may be quite different. But just in case, I hope you’re enjoying the lovely weather.)
I don’t know if it’s just me, but it seems as though with each passing year, we are celebrating these dates at a far more accelerated pace. I would swear I just wrote one of these blogs – and I think I completely missed Roger’s birthday altogether!! (thanks to our writing schedule)
So, since we are celebrating, I decided I would share a few of my favorite Nick videos today, so here we go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9K-Lq26_Gg
A very happy birthday to you, Nick with many wonderful and healthy years ahead! See you in July!
-R