5 on Friday -- Set 234

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.

Now that August has arrived, it's time for my monthly feature for 5 on Friday -- The Hit Makers.

Once a month I'm going to feature the songs that launched careers. I'll be looking at different musical styles and the groups or singers from those styles who I love the best.

Here are five of my favorite progressive rock bands and the songs that brought them to the masses.

1 - Roundabout -- Yes -- 1971

2 - Dancing With the Moonlit Knight -- Genesis -- 1973

3 - I'm Not in Love -- 10cc -- 1975

4 - The Spirit of Radio -- Rush -- 1980

5 - Plug In Baby -- Muse -- 2001

5 on Friday - Set 140

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.

I'm already two weeks into my Spooky Stories Author series here at A Piece of My Mind, so my sets for the rest of October are going to be all-Halloween, all the time.

If you missed the first two interviews, you can catch them here:

Natalie G. Owens, author of AN INCONVENIENT DEBT

Trish Milburn, author of MAGICK 

The tone for this week begins with unchecked madness and spirals into the hell that follows... 

1 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

2 - 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson

3 - All the Madmen - David Bowie

4 - Riders on the Storm - The Doors

5 - Home by the Sea - Genesis

5 on Friday - Set 32

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.

At my sister's wedding last weekend, she walked down the outdoor aisle to the strains of a string version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

The weather was a mix of everything on her wedding day - a bit of sun, a bit of drizzle, a bit more sun. Nothing to make them relocate the outdoor ceremony - but all the ingredients for a spectacular double rainbow later in the day.



I'm repeating this shot which I posted yesterday, just because it's so crazy incredible.

For more wedding fun, scroll down to Thursday Thirteen.





Photo by Anita Coady




For today's 5 on Friday, I salute all things rainbow.



1 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Tomis String Quartet



2 - Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows - Lesley Gore

When you're near the
Rain cloud disappears, dear
And I feel so fine
Just to know that you are mine

My life is
Sunshine, lollipops and
Rainbows
That's how this re-
Frain goes
So come on join in
Everybody!

Sunshine, lollipops and
Rainbows
Everything that's
Wonderful is sure to come your way
When you're in love to stay

- Hamlisch / Liebling



3 - A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow - Mitch and Mickey

Mitch and Mickey are a fictional folk duo from the film A Mighty Wind by Christopher Guest. The song is performed by actors Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara.

In tales of ancient glory
Every knight and maiden fair
Shall be joined when the quest is over
And a kiss is the oath that they swear

- McKean / O'Toole



4 - She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones

Have you seen her dressed in blue
See the sky in front of you
And her face is like a sail
Speck of white so fair and pale
Have you seen the lady fairer?

- Jagger / Richards



5 - Silver Rainbow - Genesis

This song is off an album that my sister and I used to listen to constantly while driving along the seaside, when we were both in our late teens/early 20's.

But if you're sitting there beside her
And a bear comes in the room
And you keep on going cause you're unaware
Ooo, then you'll know that you are there

Beyond the silver rainbow
You won't know if you're coming or going

- Banks / Collins / Rutherford