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At last! My sister has sent the photos of our gang's Jubilee Film Club party - only nine days late...
...and speaking of being "proud to be British", thanks to the cult teen mystery series Stranger Things (which I've never seen - being yet another "Netflix-thing" - but is set in the 1980s, so its soundtrack is filled with choons from the era), none other than one of my all-time favourite songs Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush has suddenly crashed the charts (it's already at #2; one place higher than its 1985 run), and appears to be a serious contender to knock Harry Styles off the top slot after a ten-week run - 37 years after its original release!!
Any excuse to play this classic (again):
It doesn't hurt me.
Do you want to feel how it feels?
Do you want to know that it doesn't hurt me?
Do you want to hear about the deal that I'm making?
You, it's you and me.
And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building.
If I only could, oh...
You don't want to hurt me,
But see how deep the bullet lies.
Unaware I'm tearing you asunder.
Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts.
Is there so much hate for the ones we love?
Tell me, we both matter, don't we?
You, it's you and me.
It's you and me won't be unhappy.
And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building,
Say, if I only could, oh...
You,
It's you and me,
It's you and me won't be unhappy.
'C'mon, baby, c'mon darling,
Let me steal this moment from you now.
C'mon, angel, c'mon, c'mon, darling,
Let's exchange the experience, oh...
And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.
I never tire of it - and now a new generation is paying due tribute to a work of genius...
STOP PRESS:
Happy World Gin Day!!
Clink, clink.
It's on the soundtrack of It's a Sin too - I like to think some people discovered it through that.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally what is your beef with Netflix? I sympathise obviously because people use it to defend destroying the Beeb and Channel Four, which would be terrible crimes but I don't know if it's really harmful as a broadcaster. I'm more worried about companies like Apple or Amazon having control of what we see and hear
I have yet to steel myself to watch It's a Sin. I lived through all that, and I'd need to be in a very strong mood to binge-watch it.
Delete"What is your beef with Netflix?" The money, dear. We pay our licence fee. We pay BT for the privilege of broadband and a few cable channels we never ever watch. I am not paying any more money for any subscription service. Jx
That's a good point, it was a great show though and very educational, I hope a lot of people who don't remember the eighties saw it. I want to see it again definitely.
DeleteThanks for clearing that up re Netflix.
*I don't have Netflix or know much about it. I'm sure it only exists die to a terrifying amount of taxdodging and underpaying artists. I was just interested in your objection to it.)
ReplyDeleteOh, Christ! I don't have any gin in the pantry!!!
ReplyDelete(I haven't wached this latest season of 'Stranger Things' because I'm anticipating getting rid of Netflix before the finale airs in July - I'm holding out for the 3rd season of 'The Umbrella Academy' which is on in a week or twos time. UA usually has a fantastic soundtrack, too, although I don't think it's featured the lovely Kate Bush yet?)
Fab photo, btw!
No gin??!! Your shopping-list needs re-prioritising. Jx
DeletePaying a fee? Like in ye olde days when that little grey Morris van with the bent coat hangers would come round and demand to see your licence? Oh, you were too young to know about that...ask Granny!
ReplyDeleteI remember TV Licence Detector Vans! Nobody knows to this day if they actually worked, but apparently they never successfully prosecuted anyone. Jx
DeleteBravo, Kate!
ReplyDeleteThough I am also getting fed up with Netflix - so many hours wasted trying to find something decent to watch.
Sx
Precisely why I never subscribed to it - a few flashy, headline-grabbing shows, and the rest..? Pointless waste of money. Jx
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