O Brother...
Sorry I did not post yesterday. Things got rather busy. First of all, great job on all of the "all" songs. The mystery song this time was picked up right away. It was "All of Me." It was only a matter of time before Clarissa won this. Clarissa, you'll need to arrange your own travel and accommodations to Hylton, TX. By the way, there are no residents in Hylton anymore.
Now for today's topic. We are going for a theme again. How about some songs involving:
FURNITURE
Now, for those of you who, like I, are fans of O Brother, Where Art Thou, here is an interesting little story. The headline was:
Ex-Con Makes it Big with a Song He Can't Remember, in a Movie He's Never Seen
In September 1959, James Carter, now 77, was chopping wood with a Mississippi prison road gang. He frequently led the men in singing while they worked, and one afternoon he happened to be recorded while singing a song called "Po' Lazarus." Carter served out his sentence and became a shipping clerk when he got out of prison. By 2002 he was retired.
What happened to that recording of "Po' Lazarus" is another story: It was preserved in a music archive, and in 2000 it ended up in the soundtrack of the film O Brother, Where Art Thou. The soundtrack was an even bigger hit than the movie: It went on to sell more than five million copies, generating thousands of dollars in royalties for Carter...if anyone could find him. After more than 40 years, nobody even knew whether he was even still alive.
It took the record's producer about a year to track Carter down in Chicago. One day, two people showed up at his doorstep, told him about the movie (he'd never seen it) and the soundtrack (he'd never heard it) and handed him a check for $20,000.00, the first of what would likely be hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties.
About a week later, Carter flew to the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, where he saw the album win five Grammies, including Album of the Year. For all that, Carter has trouble even remembering the lyrics to the song that made him an instant celebrity. "I sang that song a long time back," he says.
Now for today's topic. We are going for a theme again. How about some songs involving:
FURNITURE
Now, for those of you who, like I, are fans of O Brother, Where Art Thou, here is an interesting little story. The headline was:
Ex-Con Makes it Big with a Song He Can't Remember, in a Movie He's Never Seen
In September 1959, James Carter, now 77, was chopping wood with a Mississippi prison road gang. He frequently led the men in singing while they worked, and one afternoon he happened to be recorded while singing a song called "Po' Lazarus." Carter served out his sentence and became a shipping clerk when he got out of prison. By 2002 he was retired.
What happened to that recording of "Po' Lazarus" is another story: It was preserved in a music archive, and in 2000 it ended up in the soundtrack of the film O Brother, Where Art Thou. The soundtrack was an even bigger hit than the movie: It went on to sell more than five million copies, generating thousands of dollars in royalties for Carter...if anyone could find him. After more than 40 years, nobody even knew whether he was even still alive.
It took the record's producer about a year to track Carter down in Chicago. One day, two people showed up at his doorstep, told him about the movie (he'd never seen it) and the soundtrack (he'd never heard it) and handed him a check for $20,000.00, the first of what would likely be hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties.
About a week later, Carter flew to the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, where he saw the album win five Grammies, including Album of the Year. For all that, Carter has trouble even remembering the lyrics to the song that made him an instant celebrity. "I sang that song a long time back," he says.
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Sleeping Single in a Double Bed- Barbara Mandrell
Who's Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
You Can Eat Crackers In My Bed Anytime
Come to the Table
Mr Mom (has washing machine, TV and more)
Turn Your Radio On
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables
Here In This Place (table)
Couch Potato (the Wiggles..oh wait--that's Hot Potato. Same difference. Dumb old Wiggles)
"All I want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air, with one enormous chair, oh wouldn't it be loverly?"
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
Someone keeps moving my chair- They might be Giants
Oh, VAL!!!! Thank you!!!! I have so many people to thank ...
"Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick and think of you, caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new. "Time after Time" CYNDI LAUPER!!!
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
Soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of forty-leven geese
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
Itd hold eight kids n four hound dogs
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didnt get much sleep but we had a lot of fun
On Grandmas feather bed
-Good ol John Denver
Higher Ground (the tableland)
You know, as in "I'm pressing on the upward way"
Well, there's this John Mayer song about a body being a wonderland or something, but I'm not sure the lyrics are appropriate for this family-friendly blog....
I ran right back to little Honey's house,
I got me a rockin' chair.
"Now, Honey if you don't open that door,
"I'm gonna rock on away from here."
-Ricky Skaggs
"Big big house, with lots and lots of room,
a big, big TABLE, with lots and lots of food!"
10 little monkeys jumping on the bed, one feel off and bumped his head, momma called the doctor and the doctor said, that's what you get for jumping on the bed.
Old Blue Chair ~ Kenny Chesney
Rock a by baby in the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock...
Rocking Chairs- Rocking Babies
Dolly Parton
Living on Love- Alan Jackson
(the front porch swing counts don't it)
Piano Man- Billy Joel
Love the story about the ex-con grammy winning guy! What are the odds?
Well excuse me but I think youv'e got my chair. George Strait
'...a chair is still a chair, even when there's no one sitting there...'
'...so I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair...'
Norwegian Wood
hmmm - I'm noticing a trend...
How about "The Chair" by George Strait?!?!
Turn Up the Radio -- Autograph
Bed of Roses -- Bon Jovi
And the Cradle Will Rock -- Van Halen
C.
Aw, Katie...it's okay if you're married. Which I am not, but Val is. I'll give the John Mayer Lyrics. After all, it's one of Mike Cope's favorite songs, and if Mike likes it, it must be good. :)
"I'll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it."
If it wasn't for trucks, my bed wouldn't get made. ~ Some '90s country song
And now my sleepy head your carriage waits to taekyou off to bed. ~ Sleep Tight ~ Ceilne Dion
Cat's in the Cradle--Cat Stevens
Blue Chair--Elvis Costello
Cradle of Love--Billy Idol
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