peewee
Well-known member
Hi All,
I had a couple of great sweeping philosophical themes ready for this week, but then on Valentine's day, I learned that a friend from way back - a man so full of joy and life and creativity - died of a heart attack playing in the snow with his younger daughter. This tragic turn of events brought me grief of course, and even more to some of my friends who had known him since elementary school. Very sad. But I noticed that as I thought about him and grieved and thought about what a unique person he was, songs with his name kept jumping into my head.
About ten years ago I lost another great friend named Johnny, so this season is for both of them
So there is our theme: songs mentioning the name Johnny in the lyrics or title, and as a separate category songs written or performed by a person or persons named Johnny.
if you're having trouble finding a song, here's a good resource:
http://songmeanings.com/query/?query=johnny&type=lyrics
http://youtu.be/Pwq27fwZeCg
Usual rules apply, please don't post anything until midnight Hawaii time tonight time, and so on.
-Uke front and center
-Multitrack OK
-prizes for each category will be a credit to the UU shop for a t shirt unless I come up with something more creative.
(more on this later)
- selection will be semi-random - a random drawing from among favorites, or if I get busy with work, we'll just go straight to the hat
- I get to do a song or two
- Entry? Bonus? whatever. just play some songs.
playlists:
SONGS MENTIONING JOHNNY
SONGS FEATURING JOHNNY
And here is the Frankie and Johnny and Mary Playlist...
I had a couple of great sweeping philosophical themes ready for this week, but then on Valentine's day, I learned that a friend from way back - a man so full of joy and life and creativity - died of a heart attack playing in the snow with his younger daughter. This tragic turn of events brought me grief of course, and even more to some of my friends who had known him since elementary school. Very sad. But I noticed that as I thought about him and grieved and thought about what a unique person he was, songs with his name kept jumping into my head.
About ten years ago I lost another great friend named Johnny, so this season is for both of them
So there is our theme: songs mentioning the name Johnny in the lyrics or title, and as a separate category songs written or performed by a person or persons named Johnny.
if you're having trouble finding a song, here's a good resource:
http://songmeanings.com/query/?query=johnny&type=lyrics
http://youtu.be/Pwq27fwZeCg
Usual rules apply, please don't post anything until midnight Hawaii time tonight time, and so on.
-Uke front and center
-Multitrack OK
-prizes for each category will be a credit to the UU shop for a t shirt unless I come up with something more creative.
- selection will be semi-random - a random drawing from among favorites, or if I get busy with work, we'll just go straight to the hat
- I get to do a song or two
- Entry? Bonus? whatever. just play some songs.
playlists:
SONGS MENTIONING JOHNNY
SONGS FEATURING JOHNNY
And here is the Frankie and Johnny and Mary Playlist...
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