5 on Friday -- Set 271

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.

I'm still in catch-up mode, having taken off most of May and now June from blogging, due to pacing for my fibromyalgia. 

And now, back to our regularly-scheduled programming.

This year I'll be taking a once-a-month look at specific instruments and showcasing five songs or tunes which place that instrument front and center.

This year's feature is called Spotlight On...

...and for our sixth installment, I'm venturing out from the primal body instruments of hand-clapping, whistling and vocal harmonies to explore percussion. Following April's look at drums, and May's look at the vibraphone or vibes, here are five songs which shine a spotlight on the piano.

1 - Jealous Guy - John Lennon - 1971

2 - Mad World (Donnie Darko soundtrack) - Gary Jules - 2001 for the soundtrack, 2003 for radio release

3 - Levon - Elton John - 1971

4 - New York State of Mind - Billy Joel - 1976

5 - Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston - 1974

  

True posting date: June 19, 2015

5 on Friday -- Set 193

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

Oh joy! Oh bliss!

It's writer retreat time again. At this very moment I'm happily settled amongst the early arrivals at the cottage which my writers' group has rented once a year for nearly a decade now. Up soon: lots of conversation, laughter, walks in the gorgeous autumn woods and by the Atlantic ocean, good food, good wine, writer-ish activities like our yearly brainstorming sessions, and timed-writing sessions where we each work on our individual works-in-progress for a set time (often an hour.)

Until then, enjoy these songs which have all became part of the spooky soundtrack landscape after their appearances in these films and television shows:

1 - Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas - from Supernatural  

2 - Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival - from An American Werewolf in London

3 - Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult - from Stephen King's The Stand

4 - Mad World - Gary Jules and Michael Andrews - from Donnie Darko

5 - Twin Peaks theme - composed by Angelo Badalamenti - from Twin Peaks

This piece is a straightforward soundtrack theme written specifically for the series, but it's one of my favorite themes, and one of my favorite shows. The main villain Bob goes down in my personal history as SCARY as heck.