Scary (not because they're scary) Songs for Halloween ( #BOTB )

     How about Halloween?  It's soon to be here.  Do you care?  Are you scared?  I don't and I'm not.  Halloween doesn't have that much impact on my life anymore.  But it's good for inspiring another Battle of the Bands...

Battle of the Bands

 

        Battle of the Bands is the blogging event started by Far Away Series and  StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands.   I do this event  each month on the 15th and the 1st of the month.  The premise is simple:  Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it.  Then visit thHe links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.

Halloween and All That

      My blog was started some 16 years ago and I'm still in the game to some degree.  Not like I was when I was posting every day.  When I started this blog Tossing It Out I was focused on Halloween since that had been my business prior to 2009.   Since those early days I've gone on to topics related to writing, politics, music, and whatever I had on my mind to toss out to my audience.  I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my blogging.

      As Halloween approaches, I thought it would be appropriate to pay homage to my blog roots and to the event day at hand.  Nothing to put us in the mood better than some "scary" music.  And I mean scary as in kind of bad music.  For it's time I guess it was kind of cool perhaps.  Not so much to my ears, but what the heck.  Here goes.  Which do you like best?

      

The Damned  "Black Leather Rock"  (1962)

       I heard this one recently in a film called The Damned or These Are the Damned.  It was part of a series that started with Village of the Damned.  It's good stuff for its time, but the music is an earworm that might drive you nuts.  Or maybe you'll like it.

The Nightmares  "Ooh I'm Scared"  1959

      I'm not sure how this song related to the British film Horrors of the Black Museum and I'm not going to do much research to find out.  And what's with the Chipmunk sounding singing break.  A lot of music was kind of bad back then I think.  Sometimes.  

Time to Vote!

        Don't be scared.  This is all just silly fun.  Enjoy the music!  Which song  do you prefer?  Battles are no fun without you the reader participating.    Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind.  You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.

        Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.

Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:

 StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands
 
'Curious as a Cathy' 

Sound of One Hand Typing

Landmark Sounds (Diedre Knight)

BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D

Trivial Music Silliness

Mike's Ramblings

Results on Wednesday October 22

Puttin' on My Shoes and Presentin' a Results Post ( #BOTB Results )

Last night I was standing on my front porch and looking at a great big full moon. Not a star could be seen although the night was perfectly clear. But I'm in the Los Angeles metro area and there's a lot of light pollution.  Then this morning I'm reading a story from some publication that the Earth is getting darker.  Well, whatever...

Battle of the Bands Results

        My previous Battle was another good one I thought since I liked both versions quite well. However, my vote definitely goes to Barefoot Jerry.  They somehow seemed almost like homeboys to me.  Or at least I'd heard about them back in my heyday of the 70s.  Did I ever actually have a "heyday"?  That's another post I guess.

        A lot of you agreed with my vote for Barefoot Jerry.  Here's the outcome:

Final Vote Tally

Alabama                 8 votes

Barefoot Jerry        7 votes

   

      New Battle coming on Wed Oct 15!

        

Falling into Fall ( #IWSG & #BOTB )

      It's that time of year again:  Halloween will be here soon, then Thanksgiving, Christmas, and, inevitably, another New Year.  If I didn't have the same old things to say every year I'd have to think up new same old things to say...

The Insecure Writer's Support Group

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month in Alex J. Cavanaugh's Insecure Writer's Support Group--a forum of writers who gather to talk about writing and the writer's life. For a complete list of participants visit Alex's Blog. 
     The co-hosts for the  October 1 posting of the IWSG are Beth Camp, Crystal Collier, and Cathrina Constantine.

October 1 question - What is the most favorite thing you have written, published or not? And why?

       Back around 1974 I think it was, I started what I decided would be my epic novel.  Every now and then through the following years I might tinker with my idea.  Sometimes I write snippets.  Sometimes I've even written several pages.  Not much in recent years, but I think about that early novel often.  I even think I might sit down and write it. 

       Probably the main reason why I like this particular idea so much that it's basically an autobiography of sorts.  A fantasy autobiography more like, but still kind of based on things from my own life.  Maybe I should just write some kind of memoir.  But maybe I should do a lot of things that I haven't done yet.

 Battle of the Bands

 

        Battle of the Bands is the blogging event started by Far Away Series and  StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands.   I do this event  each month on the 15th and the 1st of the month.  The premise is simple:  Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it.  Then visit the links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.

Barefootin'

     Continuing on with my theme of "Hits from the summer of '66" I offer up a couple of covers of a song that was popular with a lot of kids at my school. "Barefootin'" was written and performed by Robert Parker and got a lot of radio play on Knoxville's WNOX during my first summer in Tennessee. See what you think of the following covers and vote on your favorite in the comment section...

Alabama   "Barefootin'"   (1988)

Barefoot Jerry  "Barefootin'"  (1977)

 

Time to Vote!

        Kick off your shoes and get up on your feet.  Enjoy the music!  Which song interpretation  do you prefer?  Battles are no fun without you the reader participating.    Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind.  You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.

        Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.

Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:

 StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands
 
'Curious as a Cathy' 

Sound of One Hand Typing

Landmark Sounds (Diedre Knight)

BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D

Trivial Music Silliness

Mike's Ramblings

Results on Wednesday October 8th 

    Or thereabouts.  I'm gonna have to get back to some regimented blogging schedule I think.  Or maybe not.