TFI Friday

I'm glad the weekend is here, it has been a long week and I have had a heavy cold since Monday and no doubt it is Manflu! So I am looking forward to a much needed lie in, if my body clock let's me as it seems to be set on a 6am wake up system! I just want to get over it quickly so I can resume normality and not have to be close to a hankie for my streaming eyes and nose!

I got the Nilsson box set I won on Tuesday, finally! I didn't think it was going to arrive as I know how bad the post service is getting these days. So I was happy to see it and took it out of the packaging and all is fine. In fact the box is marked up as a promotional box set, so that pleased me too. I'm slowly working my way through the box set and I think I'm up to Nilsson's 7th album and to my surprise there are some hidden gem's amongst the collection so far, songs I knew but didn't know they were by him so it is becoming a really good listen, thanks again SDE

The music blog seems to be slowly getting looked at, I don't know if people like it of if they are just nicking the artwork I'm posting. I'm enjoying posting the stuff so as long as I enjoy it, I'll carry on, I just wish some one would write or leave a comment so I know it is reaching out to someone!

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Illness!

I've had headaches for about 8 days now, I think it is due to me picking up some sort of sinus bug. Had cold sores too which I don't normally suffer from which are a pain (literally) as I reallly feel run down. It has been really difficult for me at work the last few weeks with 20% of the workforce off due to holidays which has meant I've had to work lots of overtime and I can tell. I've not been to the gym for 2 weeks now and having rested this weekend, I need to get back to the gym tomorrow and get back into it. I really need to start building this old bod and get it in great shape for next summer, so as they say medals are earnt in winter and won in summer, it's time to get into really good shape over the winter and to have a really good looking and in shape body for next summer, poser eh!

The blog for my music is slowly coming on, I don't want to rush it too much but there's a few singles on there. Next I need to start writing about groups and genres to add to the blog as well, but it is so hard to find any decent photo's of 70's bands like Sweet or Mud, keep looking I guess!

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New Blog!

Finally, i have decided on setting a blog for all things music! Originally I wanted to have a web site based on all things I liked about music, but like a lot of my ideas, it never seemed to get off the ground. It came to me last week that I could set one up here on Blogger and I've done it, featuring 4 singles up to now so keep popping back and watch it grow!

Make Your Own Kind Of Music

Nobody can tell ya
There's only one song worth singing
They may try and sell ya
Cause it hangs them up
To see someone like you

But you gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along

You’re gonna be nowhere
The loneliest kind of lonely
It may be rough going
Just to do your thing’s the hardest thing to do

But you gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along

So if you cannot take my hand
And if you must be going, I will understand

You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along

At Home

I guess I have to get used to writing my blog a little more regular so I have decided to put a little more about me here. I am an avid record collector, been collecting those shiny 7 inches of pleasure for around 35 years now. The first single I was bought was The New Seekers, Beg Steal Or Borrow back in 1972. As I grew so did my record collection covering all delights of Glam Rock, Punk & New Wave, New Romantics and 70's & 80's charts but as I hit the mid 80's music seemed to become really stale and uninteresting.

Getting into the late 90's Dance music, of all things, especially Trance began to interest me again. The music today has really lost a lot of the diversity it used to have. I remember when I used to listen to the charts and on a Saturday afternoon on Radio 1 there used to be the American charts. Nowadays our charts are really the American charts, so does that mean on a Saturday afternoon on Radio 1 they will be doing the UK charts? To me, all this r&b, rap hip hop all sounds the same but the charts has become full of this stuff, so what has happened to all the British music. I've nothing against American music but it would be nice to have good old music from Blighty in the charts!

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