5 on Friday -- Set 289

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 certainly never forsaw dedicating two musical sets to Stephen Harper.

In August, when he cynically called the longest election in Canadian history, somehow certain that using medieval seige tactics would starve out his two competitors, I dedicated Set 279 to him.

And now...

The Canadian Press

1 - Auf Wiederseh'n - Vera Lynn

2 - The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkle

3 - I'm Going Home (Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack) - Tim Curry

4 - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam

5 - Ding Dong the Witch is Dead - Cast of 1939's Wizard of Oz

5 on Friday -- Set 254

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.

January dawns and I'm launching a brand new feature this year, now that I've wrapped up 2014's The Hit Makers.

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.

My new feature is called Spotlight On...

...and for our first instrument, I'm looking at that most primal of instruments: the hand. Here are five songs which shine a spotlight on handclapping. 

1 - The First Circle - Pat Metheny Group - 1984

2 - Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel - 1970

3 - Eight Days a Week - The Beatle - 1964

4 - Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel - 1972

5 - Car Wash - Rose Royce - 1976

A to Z Blog Challenge - 5 on Friday Set 167 - Q

The third Friday of the A to Z Blog Challenge brings us once again to the musical feature, 5 on Friday.

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.

On Day 17 of the A to Z Blog Challenge

Q

is for

Quiet

1 - Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)  -  Astrud Gilberto, Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz

2 - Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack

3 - The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel 

4 -There's a Kind of Hush - Herman's Hermits

5 - Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles