Oh dear. It's that time again. Having lost an hour on the weekend thanks to the clocks going forward, it feels even worse this morning trying to adjust to the alarm going off again...
Never mind, eh? Another recent birthday [she's 86 - gulp!] we missed was that of the utterly magnificent Mina, our "Patron Saint of Screamers" [several of whose biggest hits were translated into English and became hits for other singers, including our very own Shirley Bassey's Never, Never, Never] - so what better way to wake us up on a Tacky Music Monday than this faboo number?
Oh those groovy hepcats!
Have a good week, dear reader.
Mina was so cool! I wonder how she’s doing now.
ReplyDeleteI HATE this clock change and I’m not even working anymore.
Mina simply walked away from fame in 1978, never to return. I've seen the occasional paparazzi shots of her, and she seems to have settled into an archetypal "Big Italian Mamma" life, completely under the radar. Shame. She had so much more to give.
DeleteI don't mind this season's clock change, as it makes the evenings so much lighter and longer. It's the autumn one I hate (even if we do get an extra hour in bed; by that stage I just want to stay under the covers until Spring). Jx
I do like a lighter evening, but all the fannying around with the clocks at the end of March and end of October is not worth it, in my opinion. I pretty much always take a week or two off work when the clocks change, and can ease myself into the new time without having to deal with an incessant alarm clock!
ReplyDeleteAs for a recommended wine: All. I recommend ALL the wine!
I'm an early bird so I'm not much bothered.(I also often have a granny nap after lunch these days!) And the "new boy" reckons his breakfast should be 0600
DeleteMr D: If only I never had to hear an alarm clock ever again, except when it's time to get up for a taxi to an airport...
DeleteI'll take your recommendation, and have a Sauvignon Blanc, a Kylie Rosé and a Malbec for breakfast next Monday! Jx
Dinah: 6am is for "getting in off a night bus", "having a pint at an airport pub, waiting for an early flight to Spain" or "turning in after clearing the decks after a party". Being otherwise awake at that hour is anathema to me! Jx
DeleteI liked that choon! I liked her A. Calder mobile too.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like her! There is so much more for you to explore in her back catalogue, too - just click the "Mina Mazzini" label at the foot of the post... Jx
DeleteWhile researching the vast back catalogue of Glen Baxter's work for my blog today, I saw this and immediately thought of you, regarding your comment above... Jx
DeleteThank heavens I had the foresight to take today off...I'm dragging. But it's glorious out and will go out to do some things in the potting shed and garden me thinks.
ReplyDeleteHopefully with Mina as your soundtrack! Jx
DeleteShe certainly can belt it out for such a little bit.
ReplyDeleteChanging time has never made any sense to me. The sun is perfectly capable of handling that all by itself.
It's a difficult concept to get used to, this "clock change thing".
DeleteMina has the most incredible voice. We love her for it. Jx
Bonkers and Cool.
ReplyDeleteNot an easy balancing act.
Mina always managed it with ease... Jx
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