30 Day Music Challenge – Day 7
By Jeannette | July 8, 2017
Today’s prompt is “A Song To Drive To”. As I don’t drive, for me, it’s a song to cycle to.
I quite surprised myself with my choice of one, it’s a group that I don’t listen to regularly and only have the one song on my phone but, it was the one that stood out for me.
It’s also been really interesting watching TOTP repeated on BBC4 every week, we watch it and discover new tunes and, if you watch with subtitles on, it’s very funny seeing the “ban diddley qua qua” (for example) of Prince Charming being subtitled.
So, today’s choice is Radio GaGa by Queen and not just because of the driving bit at the start, it’s the perfect song to cycle/drive along with a gentle breeze whistling around your cycle helmet windows.
The lyrics stand out for me too:
“I’d sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio
You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds invaded by Mars
You made ’em laugh, you made ’em cry
You made us feel like we could fly.
Radio.
So don’t become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don’t know or just don’t care
And just complain when you’re not there
You had your time, you had the power
You’ve yet to have your finest hour
Radio, Radio….
We watch the shows, we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
How music changes through the years.
Let’s hope you never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around ’cause we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You had your time, you had the power
You’ve yet to have your finest hour
Radio, Radio.”
That sums up my Sunday evening as a teenager, taping the best bits of the Top 40 and trying not to include the DJ’s introduction and comments in between the songs. Good times.
What would your driving/cycling song be?
4 Comments
Stacey MacNaught on 9th July 2017 at 10:26 am.
Ah what a great song you chose!
For me, it would be anything by Tracy Chapman, but in the interests of keeping it relevant, ‘Fast Car!’
Mummyemblog on 9th July 2017 at 7:36 pm.
we all love Queen in this house even the 3 year old!
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Rachel George, Ordinary Hopes on 9th July 2017 at 9:26 pm.
Meatloaf – I would do an-y-thing for love, but I wont do that!
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Anne on 10th July 2017 at 8:20 pm.
oh yes, great choice. I like to have something on I can sing along to when there is no-one else in the car, the louder the better. I don’t think I could choose a favourite.
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