Are You Out of Breath? ( #BOTB )

  There's so much happening that it's hard to keep up if you're not paying continuous attention.  Wars, fires, floods--and that was just the movie I watched the other night.  I should read a book maybe.  Nah, I'll just listen to some music...

Battle of the Bands

 

        Battle of the Bands is the blogging event started by Far Away Series and now hosted by StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands.   This event happens each month on the 15th and on some there is also a Battle on the 1st of the month.  My blog is one of those with a second Battle excepting over these summer months.   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.

Songs That Took My Breath

      My previous Battle of the Bands featured two drifty dreamy songs that I enjoy a great deal.  This round I'm going with a similar theme. Both songs were songs that captivated me from the first time I heard them and I still enjoy hearing them. I hope you will be willing to give them a listen and then tell which one you like best...

Captain Beyond  "Sufficiently Breathless"  (1973)

       This song seemed to get a lot of radio airplay in Knoxville in 1974 or so.  I liked it so much that I bought the album on vinyl which meant the whole album got a lot of play for me.  There are some really fine musicians in this band which made for some excellent music.  This song especially carries me away to a dreamy place...

Duncan Sheik  "Barely Breathing"  (1997)

     I first heard this song playing on the radio in Los Angeles soon after it was released.  I heard it played a lot but that was fine with me.  I liked the song so much that I went and bought the album on CD.  Great song that still sounds good to me.  Do you like this one?

Time to Vote!

          Before you totally drift away into Dreamland, how about casting a vote?  Hey, take time to relax a bit and enjoy music.   Which of these songs 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

Jingle, Jangle, Jungle 

Landmark Sounds (Diedre Knight)

BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D

Trivial Music Silliness

Results to come on ?

         I guess I'll post them sometime.  I'm not going to commit for the time being.  

    

Somedays Sunday Is Monday ( #BOTB Results )

     Some days seem like Sunday while some Sundays seem like Monday.  Of course, what's one day to another when you're retired like me.  So I'm just gonna say it's Monday now and be done with it.

     Besides there's some kind of football game going on today and I'm feeling a bit under the weather so despite what I said in my earlier post I'm going to give you my Battle of the Band results today Sunday.  Everyone else is, so why not me?

Battle of the Bands Results

Drifting Dreamy Songs

     My most recent Battle featured two dreamy songs that I like quite a lot. "What to Do" is a lovely violin driven song by progressive rock group Wally. This song was a big part of my life in my mid-twenties when this song posed the question that I was asking myself at the time. The Flaming Lips song "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" is a song that I've recently embraced as it sounds good to my ears and it expresses some of what I've been feeling recently.

      Both songs are absolute winners in my mind, but I'm going to cast my vote for Flaming Lips.  What a great song!

     As you can see by the results, both songs were favored by voters. Nice outcome!

Final Vote Tally

Wally                   5 votes

Flaming Lips       7 votes

Next Battle on Saturday February 15th

      Happy Valentines Day to those who care.  Happy Days to everyone as well.  I may not be the Terminator, but I'll be back...

No Turning Back ( #IWSG )

One of my ultimate dreams would be to take a time machine back to the past.  Not to change anything, but just to look around and experience what was.  In fact, one better not change anything or it could be bad news for us all.  Besides you couldn't do it. Not any of it I guess...

 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 February 5 posting of the IWSG are Joylene Nowell Butler, Louise Barbour, and Tyrean Martinson.

February 5 question - Is there a story or book you've written you want to/wish you could go back and change?

      I haven't published anything I've written so for now I can go back all I want to change things in those stories.  Doesn't really matter I don't think.  To me it matters once it is published.  Once it's out there (assuming there have been no errors in the published copy), then it's out there to stay as it is.

     But that's just me.  And it's not something I really think about.  Not yet at least.  That could always change. 

      Hey, how about stopping by to vote on my current Battle of the Bands?  Take a break with some relaxing dreamy music.