I’m late this week for the SoCS post. The reason behind my lateness is that I spent the entire day yesterday assembling my Covid-19 memories twisted nursery rhymes cake. It took a lot longer than I expected which left very little time for blogging. Today, two of my sisters visited for the first time in four and a half months. Their children came and everyone had a wonderful time. All three families have been sheltering in place so the risk of virus contamination and cross-spread is limited and I felt it was worth the calculated risk. The kids were so happy to see each other and had a marvelous time.
Anyhow, back to this post. More … Of course, more songs.
First up today is my favourite song from Fiddler on the Roof. When I first listened to this record of my mother’s I didn’t know anything about antisemitism. Even now, it is not something I’ve ever encountered in my daily life although I am obviously now horribly familiar with the tragedy of the Second World War and the Russian pogroms. Matchmaker has always been my favourite song from this wonderful theatre production.
My mother never had a record of Phantom of the Opera. I knew the story before I saw the theatre production … a few times. Okay, ten times, but I really love Phantom. I adored the book, there was something so wonderfully creepy about the disfigured man in the mask haunting an opera theatre. I remember reading it first when I was about twelve years old. I re-read it every now and again when I feel like being enchanted. Of course, everyone has their favourite song and for most people it seems to be The Phantom of the Opera theme song. For me, however, it is Think of Me.
Terence is not here tonight to help me with one of his pop up music songs, so I’m going to share my current favourite song with you. I will listen to this on replay for a few weeks until I get sick of it and then I’ll never listen to it again.
It is to late for you to join in this weeks SoCS, but if you would like to read what others had to say for this prompt, you can do so here: https://lindaghill.com/2020/07/31/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-aug-1-2020/
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Lovely music for a Sunday afternoon, Robbie! ❤ Have a blessed and beautiful week! xo
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Hi Bette, thank you, I am glad you enjoyed this. Have a great week.
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What a busy time, Robbie. Loved that version of Sounds of Silence. I have not heard it in a long time.
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In this case, Roberta, better late than not at all. I do love the Phantom of the Opera, and I enjoyed Fiddler on the Roof.
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I am a huge Phantom fan, Dan. I have never seen Fiddler performed live sadly. There has never been a performance during my adult life anywhere where I could see it.
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Wow!! Those are three fantastic picks. “Fiddler on the Roof” is a longtime favorite, “Think of Me” is equisite, and “Sound of Silence” is one of the best covers I’ve heard.
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I love all of them, Liz. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about these songs.
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You’re welcome, Robbie.
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my son showed me the Disturbed song before – what a great version of a classic song…
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It’s my favourite version, Jim. I just love Disturbed voice.
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he does have a great voice.
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I’m so glad you got to see your family. My older daughter and I met up today. We need it.
And another good selection of songs. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe. I feel so much more normal now. Definitely it is needed.
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Just what IS a Covid-19 memories twisted nursery rhymes cake??
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Haha, my twisted mind turning C-19 thoughts into artwork. You can see the cake here: https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/2020/08/02/covid-19-memories-cake/
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OMG!! That’s fantastic! I so admire people who can do cake decorating. I can do cake destruction, that’s about it 🙂
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All great songs Robbie and great reasons to like them as well. The sound of silence is a brilliant being especially this version which I discovered a while back and used it on one of my #WDIIA posts.
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Great songs!
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Thank you for sharing all of these, Robbie, and especially the version of the Disturbed cover, The Sound of Silence. It’s amazing how these lyrics from Paul Simon’s release of the song nearly 56 years ago can be applied to these coronavirus times we all find ourselves in. I enjoyed this SoCS-More post immensely …
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It is amazing how many songs and themes are enduring. It is the same with books. I am delighted you enjoyed this.
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I’m not a big musicals fan – but I did once get to see Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco opera! That was a cool experience.
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