This is a musical meme from Call me Madam:
Comment on this post and I'll assign you a letter.
List (and upload if you like) five songs which begin with that letter.
Post them on your blog, or list them here if you haven't an internet home of your own.
I was allotted the letter H so my songs, plucked from hither and yon, are -
Help, The Beatles
How do you solve a problem like Maria?, Rogers & Hammerstein
Heroes, David Bowie - he's singing it there with Queen, minus - alas - Freddie, but in this version he has a better hairstyle!
Heart of Glass, Blondie
Heart on my Sleeve, Gallagher & Lyle
If you'd like to have a go, please leave a comment and I shall dip into the Scrabble bag and see which letter comes out for you.
Oh I must have a go at this!
Posted by: Elaine | 17 June 2010 at 09:29 PM
Interesting that your first choice was 'Help!' :)
Posted by: Fiona | 17 June 2010 at 09:29 PM
Right, Elaine, off you go with the letter 'O'. Lots of operatic scope there, I should think!
Posted by: Cornflower | 17 June 2010 at 09:32 PM
Fiona, it turned out to be a lot harder than it looks!
Posted by: Cornflower | 17 June 2010 at 09:35 PM
oh yes, please! I want to play...how fun!! :)
Posted by: Neuroknitter | 17 June 2010 at 10:57 PM
Oh go on then, may I have a go?
Posted by: Dancing Beastie | 17 June 2010 at 11:12 PM
Sounds like fun! I'll have a go.
Posted by: Barbara MacLeod | 17 June 2010 at 11:43 PM
Make what you will of the letter ..... 'F' !
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 08:37 AM
You should come up with some good ones to dance to from the letter 'T'.
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 08:38 AM
I've drawn 'M' for you, Barbara.
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 08:39 AM
It's not a meme but I'm happy to play!
Posted by: Dark Puss | 18 June 2010 at 09:06 AM
Whatever it is, you've got 'E', DP.
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 09:08 AM
I LOVE alphabet song games...play something similar on long walks but sequentially so that you have to find songs with girls names that begin with A, then B and so on.
Posted by: Helen Richardson | 18 June 2010 at 09:37 AM
That sounds even harder, Helen!
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 09:49 AM
And here is my response:
http://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/post/711053486/e-is-for
DP
Posted by: Dark Puss | 18 June 2010 at 11:17 AM
Yes please, I'd love a go!
Posted by: probablyjane | 18 June 2010 at 11:50 AM
I would like to try too.
Posted by: catharina | 18 June 2010 at 01:24 PM
please give me a letter! sounds fun.
Posted by: Harriet | 18 June 2010 at 03:15 PM
Any letters left? I'd love one.
Posted by: Karen Beadling | 18 June 2010 at 05:38 PM
Love music and love games, so I can't resist this. Could I have a letter please?
Posted by: Jenny Lee | 18 June 2010 at 06:24 PM
I just have to rise to that challenge! Please may I have a letter?
Posted by: Fiona | 18 June 2010 at 07:41 PM
Good luck, Jane, you've got 'G'.
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 08:55 PM
I've pulled out 'N' for you, Catharina - hope that suits!
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 08:55 PM
How about 'S', Harriet?
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 08:56 PM
I've drawn 'R' for you, Karen.
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 08:56 PM
Jenny, this looks tricky - it's 'V'!
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 08:57 PM
I will give it a go! thanks
Posted by: Harriet | 18 June 2010 at 08:58 PM
You certainly may, and it's 'A'.
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 09:02 PM
Please, please (me, oh yeah, like I please you ...) may I have a letter? And here's something fun for your music lovers:
There are three notes in a bar ...
C, E-flat, and G.
The bartender says, "Sorry, but we don't serve minors." So, the E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between them.
After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished; the G is out flat. An F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough.
A D comes into the bar and heads straight for the bathroom saying, "Excuse me. I'll just be a second."
An A comes into the bar, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices a B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and exclaims, "Get out now! You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight."
The E-flat, not easily deflated, comes back to the bar the next night in a 3-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says: "You're looking sharp tonight, come on in! This could be a major development." This proves to be the case, as the E-flat takes off the suit, and everything else, and is now au naturel.
Eventually, the C sobers up, and realizes in horror that he's under a rest.
The C is brought to trial, is found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of DS without Coda at an upscale correctional facility. On appeal, however, the C is found innocent of any wrongdoing, even accidental, and that all accusations to the contrary are bassless.
The bartender decides he needs a rest - and closes the bar. Measure for measure, the work is just too downbeat!
Posted by: Marlene C | 18 June 2010 at 09:26 PM
Marlene, that is a virtuoso contribution to this post! Thankyou so much, and you have the letter 'L'.
Posted by: Cornflower | 18 June 2010 at 09:53 PM
My response is now posted here:
http://off-at-a-tangent.blogspot.com/2010/06/m-is-for-music.html
Posted by: Barbara MacLeod | 18 June 2010 at 10:02 PM
Bravo!
Posted by: Barbara MacLeod | 18 June 2010 at 10:30 PM
I thought 'V' would be impossible but in the end I thought of 14! However, my top 5 are:
Valerie - Amy Winehouse
Vienna - Ultravox
View to a Kill - Duran Duran
Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
Voulez Vous - Abba
What fun!
Posted by: Jenny Lee | 19 June 2010 at 11:19 AM
It took some playing(with words too)but here it is:
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
No more
Nights in white satin
Nevertheless, I'm in love with you
Nature Boy
1. Derek Lee Rankin
2. Madeleine Peyroux
3. The Moody Blues
4. Frank Sinatra
5. Nat King Cole
Posted by: catharina | 19 June 2010 at 12:41 PM
http://harrietdevine.typepad.com/harriet_devines_blog/2010/06/musical-meme.html is where you will find my contribution
Posted by: Harriet | 19 June 2010 at 01:38 PM
Jenny, was one of them Vertebrae by Vertebrae by Bjork?
Posted by: Dark Puss | 19 June 2010 at 02:43 PM
And here R Some Rs for your consideration:
1. Rainy Day Women #12 and 35, B. Dylan
2. Rattlin' Bog, Clancy Bros
3. Respectable, Rolling Stones
4. Revolution, The Beatles
5. Reason to Believe, Springsteen
Guess how ancient I am.
Posted by: Karen Beadling | 19 June 2010 at 07:37 PM
American, Pie Don McLean
Ain't got no...,Nina Simone
Angel Eyes, Bryan Ferry
All Over the World, ELO
Allouette, trad. French
OK, that says a lot about my vintage & nothing about my shuffle shame:)
Posted by: Fiona | 19 June 2010 at 08:01 PM
I'm no good at this sort of thing - don't need a letter - just have an unrelated note of no importance for you: The picture of the piano reminded me that in Queen Lucia, Lady Ambermere has a Broadwood. :-)
Posted by: Nancy | 19 June 2010 at 10:16 PM
Thanks, Barbara!! That little gem was sent to me by a friend and fellow "musician in an earlier life."
Karen, your blog is the best.
Here are my "L" songs:
Love Me Do, The Beatles
La Vie En Rose, Edith Piaf
Last Train to Clarksville, The Monkees
Let's Misbehave, Cole Porter
Liebestraum, Franz Liszt
To Karen Beadling: Would The Monkees be on your list, too?
Posted by: Marlene C | 19 June 2010 at 11:58 PM
Oo, can I have a letter, please?
Posted by: Simon T | 20 June 2010 at 01:12 AM
You've got 'P', Simon - have fun!
Posted by: Cornflower | 20 June 2010 at 09:26 AM
Right then.... off I go to hunt!
Posted by: Simon T | 20 June 2010 at 10:01 AM
50
Posted by: Dark Puss | 20 June 2010 at 11:24 AM
My 'H' list almost included Hey, hey we're the Monkees!
Posted by: Cornflower | 20 June 2010 at 01:31 PM
Hi Cornflower (Karen) - as someone who only visits via Stuck-in-a-book (Simon T above)(where I occasionally operate as OV - Our Vicar (his dad)) I was wondering if I could have a letter
Posted by: Peter Thomas | 21 June 2010 at 04:40 PM
Delighted to welcome you, OV! Please have the letter 'D'.
Posted by: Cornflower | 21 June 2010 at 08:02 PM
I was listening to these, except for Springsteen, in my mid-20s and 30s. I'm 69.
Posted by: Karen Beadling | 26 June 2010 at 01:18 PM
Wellll ... I would recognize all their songs, but in those days I was a bit of a snob.
Posted by: Karen Beadling | 26 June 2010 at 01:23 PM
Elaine, what did you come up with for your list?
Posted by: Dark Puss | 05 July 2010 at 04:20 PM
I am so late with my songs...got distracted...forgot them...had to re-remember them...here goes before I forget again!
Letter F:
Faith, George Michael
Fame, Irene Cara
Free man in Paris, Joni Mitchell
Free Bird, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Phew!! Have a great day!
Posted by: Neuroknitter | 08 July 2010 at 06:15 PM