Cream - Sunshine of your love

Hey,

I'm loving the weather today! Literally got up to write a blog post and thought how apt the title is!
 I'm one of these people that genuinely feels about 100% healthier and happier when it's sunny, it's so nice!
To be honest I guess it doesn't help living somewhere as cold as England, where I'm actually forced to take vitamin D (no word of a lie, I'm deficient in it :( :D). But still, I love the countryside that England revels in too, so I  can't have it all eh?
Today I fancied posting a song that I absolutely love and, it turns out, knew of ages ago, as Cream's 'Sunshine of your love' is the song Bender famously sings at the start of The Breakfast Club -  "NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NA NA" (Had to put it in there, sorry).
Funnily enough I only became aware of Cream, through reading a collection of poems written by the late (and if course hugely talented) Richard Beckinsale. It is in these he mentions listening to the band and since hearing their music I'm hooked. I think it's so cool when you find bands/music you like in the most unlikely places, I also think it's great to have as wider range in music taste as possible, it's interesting how many connections you can actually end up making.

  

If  you're unfamiliar with the band, Cream shot to fame in the 60's as a British Rock Supergroup, and consisted of Bassist/Singer Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker on the drums and Eric Clapton as the lead singer and guitarist. Having a mix of genres, with psychedelic rock, hard rock as well as blues undertones, Cream had a famously unique hybrid that led way to huge success. 'Sunshine of your love' made it to number 5 in the US on release, but it was 'I feel free' that made it to number 11 on the UK chart (also a good one to check out!) and the band sold more than 15 million albums worldwide during their career span. 

Have a lovely day and enjoy the sunshine! :D

Molly x 

The Kooks - Seaside

Hey!

Felt like a post today, being currently laid up with a cold ( I'm alreet' no worries :D) and chilling to music. So I thought why not?!
I'm so happy it's finally the Easter holidays! Although is it sad that it's because I can rest the cold out without the constant thought of "Am I missing something really important about what Coleridge did in 1817?!" Rather than "Mate this weekend's going to be wild"?  :'D.
The joys of being a Lit student haha, sounding like you're all intellectual but really spending most of the time trying to memorise quotes from 'Gavin and Stacey' rather than 'The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner' ;).
Alas, I am droning on, what I really want to talk about is The Kooks and how epic they are?!
I know that this is not a new revelation to those that have been  'sway'ing since the band hit the music scene in Brighton back in 2004, but they're one of those bands that I loved ages ago and kind of 're - fell in love' with recently... We all love classics like 'Shine on', 'She moves in her own way' and 'Always where I need to be', but they've got loads of other really cool Indie/Rock tunes that I've only heard of recently. 'Seaside' I suppose is one of them, but I know it's always been fairly popular too.

Unfortunately I can't get the version I wanted on here, but this acoustic version is pretty good too!
I love it as, as well as being quite a soothing choice for my banging headache :P,  not suprisingly there's not much I love more in life than going to the Seaside.
I love the calmness you get at the beach, the sort that I only feel being next to something as vast and ever moving as the Sea. I love how everything's put into perspective by it  some how, like all the little things we stress about seem not very important at all and it's great!
I'm hoping to go to Brighton for what will be my first time this summer, and I'm as excited about walking along the famous 'Brighton Pier' as I am to check out the music scene... It all looks so good!

I hope that this post finds you well, and perhaps you get to go for a trip to the seaside soon.. We all need candy floss every so often I think :D

Take care and  I hope to be better for the next post!

Molly xx

Two Favourite Songs of the week

Hey,


The weather is so beautiful today! I'm looking out of the window writing this, wishing I could spend all day outdoors. But alas, a girl needs to study if she wants to go to university :(.
This will be a particularly short post, really only to highlight two songs.


Rock The Casbah - The Clash

-Running With Wolves - Aurora

I really love both of these right now.
 The first, because it came on the radio for the first time in ages the other day and my Mum explained it reminded her of her wild partying days back in the 80's, when it first came out ;) and the second, because I heard it for the first time last night and I think it's amazing. Haha, as good of a reason as any I suppose! :D. If you are unfamiliar with Aurora's music, you'd have probably heard her voice without knowing, in the 2015 John Lewis Christmas advert 'Man On The Moon' covering Oasis's 'Half The World Away'. I just love the wispy/pure voice she has.


I hope you enjoy these and have a lovely day whatever you're doing!
Molly xx

Road Trip Adventures and The Police - Message in a bottle

Hello!!

Once again the writing bug has hit me and I've  realised I haven't posted for a while, so here I am! Hope you're good?!

I can't really explain the lack of posts, as aside from the usual A level revision and seeing friends,  I can't really say what it is that I've been up to... I'm really exciting, I know! :D  ;)

I felt like posting a Police track after being reminded of their brilliance a week or so back, in the half term holiday. After a rather impromptu decision, a few friends and I road-tripped to Liverpool and despite having eclectic tastes, The Police were a band  we all agreed on. Starting with Roxanne, we went for it (yes harmonies and everything :D) and ended up at the one and only 'Message in a bottle. I love the sound of it, so characteristic of their individual style that I find hard to put into words. It kind of reminds me of the sort of music that should be listened to in dark, smoke filled basements with good amplifiers to get the best effect.

According to Wikipedia, the song was released on 21st September 1979 and was the lead single from their second studio Album 'Reggatta de blanc'. It was written by the band's lead singer and bassist 'Sting' and follows the story of a castaway on an island, who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. When no one answers, he despairs thinking he is desperate to be alone, but by he next day finds "a hundred billion bottles" washed up on the shore from others like himself.

Honestly, understanding the story behind it makes me like it even more! :D

Have a good day,
Molly X