Well this is it then, my 100th post and as promised here are the 100 songs currently in my top 10 (ok I know that sounds stupid, but regular readers will understand!) If I were to do this again say for the 200th post there would be quite a few differences. This list is in no particular order, although Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” probably still remains my most favourite song ever! I would love to see your comments on the list; is there anything you really like or really don’t like on here, is there anything really embarrassing perhaps. What is your top 10 or top 100? Incidentally I can already think of many more that didn’t make the cut!

As usual you will find the usual trivia content or comment along with the songs

No Woman No Cry        Bob Marley – Obviously I love this song but it has to be the live version and then preferably the one from the 1975 London Lyceum concerts. That album was called simply ‘Live’ and I wore out my vinyl copy completely

Police And Thieves        Junior Murvin – A classic reggae song, well covered by the Clash. Sadly the song is still all too pertinent today

Licking Stick     Desmond Dekker – Fun reggae at it’s best from the late great Mr Dacres

Cottage In Negril           Tyrone Taylor – Don’t ask me why but this is probably one of my favourite reggae songs ever. It makes me want to go to Negril

Rebel, Rebel     David Bowie – The first single from the wonderful Diamond Dogs album. A glorious Rolling Stones pastiche on which, unusually, Mr Bowie plays lead guitar

Heroes  David Bowie – Inspirational and also a song that I will have played at my funeral in 50 years. You should check out the versions he recorded in both French and German

Strawberry Letter 23       Brothers Johnson – Regular readers will know just how much I love this song. ‘Nuff said

I Want You Back           Jackson 5 - That opening piano run still sends shivers down my spine and frankly how can you not want to dance to this

Superstition      Stevie Wonder – Stevie rocks out more than many on this one which was originally written for Jeff Beck. More than enough to forgive Mr Wonder for “I Just Called To Say I Love You”

White Man In The Hammersmith Palais    Clash – In my humble opinion the finest song by the finest band ever!

London Calling  Clash – If my memory serves me well this is the only Clash song ever to feature in a Bond movie

Complete Control          Clash – A venomous attack on CBS, far more venomous than the Sex Pistols “EMI” in my view

Don’t Let Me Down        Beatles – My favourite Fab Four song which in fact was only a B Side! Also a song that I sing very badly at full volume when I’m drunk

Revolution        Beatles – Another moptops classic that I also sing very badly whilst under the influence of alcohol

Instant Karma    John Lennon – Karma is a powerful thing and Instant Karma is a powerful song!

Do Anything You Wanna Do      Eddie And The Hot Rods – In my teens this was probably one of the most meaningful and uplifting songs I knew. Even at the old age of 50 it still does it for me

Gary Gilmore’s Eyes      Adverts – For subject matter alone this would be in the top 100. Mr Gilmore was executed in the US in the mid 70s and he donated his eyes to an anonymous someone. That someone is the subject of the song!

Theme From A Summer Place    Percy Faith Orchestra – You might say that this is one of my guilty pleasures, well maybe, but it is a beautiful piece of music. It was also used to great effect in the TV adaptation of Stephen King’s Rose Red

Wild Is The Wind           David Bowie – Not a Bowie original but one written for a 50s movie, perhaps more of a torch song and one of Bowie’s best ever cover versions. It certainly makes up for his bloody awful cover of the Beach Boys “God Only Knows” in the 80s

What’s Going On?         Marvin Gaye – Great song from a great album, such a shame that it still rings true after nearly 40 years

September        Earth, Wind And Fire – E, W & F at their best, probably my favourite Saturday night song

God Save The Queen    Sex Pistols – Fear and conspiracy kept this from the number one spot in the Queens Silver Jubilee week in 1977. For me this is a major contender for the UK’s new national anthem!

Public Image     Public Image Limited – So many people thought that Lydon would do nothing after the Pistols, how very wrong they were.

Suspicious Minds          Elvis Presley – Elvis gets his mojo back after all those years of shit movie songs

She’s Gone    Hall & Oates – Taken from the Abandoned Luncheonette album, one of the saddest songs I know. I always play this when I’m in a melancholy mood. I also believe that Daryl Hall has the finest white soul voice in history. And what the bloody hell is a luncheonette?

Mack The Knife   Bobby Darin – I love story songs and this is easily one of the best. You have to tap your feet and click your fingers to this don’t you?

Karma Police    Radiohead – Probably the best band in the world today

Bernadette        Four Tops – Levi Stubbs RIP, I believe Mr Stubbs was the finest soul singer there ever was and ever will be. is this the only song about a Bernadette too?

Still Water (Love)           Four Tops – Relaxing, powerful, beautiful, ethereal, there simply aren’t enough words to describe this gorgeous song

Into My Arms    Nick Cave – As love songs go this might be quite strange but it is undoubtedly beautiful too

Talk Show Host    Radiohead - My favourite song from the ‘Head by a long way. just a B Side and als on the soundtrack of Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Romeo And Juliet’ movie

Take Me Girl I’m Ready  Junior Walker – My favourite ever juke box record. In the late 70s this was number 77A on the jukebox in the Windmill pub in Ruislip

Woman To Woman        Shirley Brown – A real torch song, sets the hairs on the back of my neck on end

If Loving You Is Wrong   Millie Jackson – and the classic soul torch diva has to be Ms Jackson. I saw her live at the Victoria Apollo in the 70s

Ms Jackson      Outkast - Talking of Ms Jackson (although this is actually about Erykah Badu’s Mum) here is my favourite Outkast song. Don’t you think it sounds a little reminiscent of ‘Strawberry Letter 23′?

I Know What I like (In Your Wardrobe)     Genesis – Personally I think Genesis went downhill after Peter Gabriel left, what do you think? But this Gabriel era song is just sublime and what a fantastic title too

Metal Guru        T Rex – A song I used to mime to with my tennis racquet as a teenage wannabe rock star. So why did I go on to become a bloody accountant?

One Nation Under A Groove       Funkadelic - The ultimate dance song. I saw them live with companion band Parliament in 1978 at the Hammersmith Odeon. Still one of the best concerts I have ever seen

I Can See Clearly Now   Johnny Nash – This man has the voice of an angel, why are so few of his albums available on CD. Definitely one of my heroes, I reckon I would be lost for words if I met him

There Are More Questions Than Answers            Johnny Nash – A Texan singer that sings reggae? it shouldn’t work should it? But it does doesn’t it?

Solsbury Hill     Peter Gabriel – If I ever feel a bit down this is the song I play to pull myself back up. Written about his decision to leave Genesis just before they went towards mega stardom

I Was Watching You      Rosanne Cash – Regular readers will know that I have mentioned this song before. I do cry most times I listen to it and although it was released after his death it makes me think of my Dad

Hurt      Johnny Cash – Mr Cash covers a Trent Reznor off of the Nine Inch Nails song. You must be pretty hard if this doesn’t make you at least a tad emotional

The Man Who Sold The World    Lulu – One of the better covers of a Bowie song. If their respective labels had sanctioned it Mr Bowie was ready to record a whole album with Lulu. Sadly that didn’t happen

All The Young Dudes     Mott The Hoople – The greatest Bowie cover, in fact one of his greatest songs and he simply gave it to Mott!

Wishing Well     Free – Forget all the stuff he’s done with Queen, this was one of Paul Rodgers finest vocal performances

You Get What You Give        New Radicals – One of the most short-lived bands of the 90s, but what a legacy. Gregg Alexander also wrote (or co wrote) Ronan Keating’s ‘Life Is A Rollercoaster’ which I kind of like!

A Town Called Malice    Jam – Paul Weller. probably the greatest English rock star of his generation. I saw him live at the MEN in Manchester last year and he is even better in concert. Indeed he played this Jam classic too

The Look Of Love         ABC – For all my criticism of the 80s this song and the album it comes from (The Lexicon Of Love) is one of my favourites. Produced by the great Trevor Horn

Sheena Is A Punk Rocker          Ramones - 1, 2, 3, 4 and off da bruvvers go. Hey Ho Let’s Go is there really anything else to say?

Wuthering Heights         Kate Bush – Oh Kate my Lionheart, I love this woman and want to have her babies

The Man With The Child In His Eyes        Kate Bush – OK maybe I wouldn’t really do the male pregnancy thing with Kate, but she is definitely my favourite female singer

5.15      Who – My favourite song from the Who from my favourite of their albums, the classic ‘Quadraphenia’

Sugar Sugar      Archies – This was the first single I ever bought. I got it from Uxbridge market in 1969

Suedehead       Morrissey – For me Stephen can be a bit hit or miss but this is definitely on the hit side

William It Was Really Nothing     Smiths – How could I not include the Smiths in this list and yes I am being just a tad egotistical with this choice

New Years Day  U2 – The piano refrain is haunting in a rock kind of way. Also more ego coming out here too, my birthday is on new years day!

Justified And Ancient    KLF and Tammy Wynette - There will never be anyone like the KLF. Were they a band or just art terrorists? Who knows and frankly who cares when they left songs and collaborations like this behind!

You Got The Love         The Source Featuring Candi Staton – Another uplifting song, although personally I tend to ignore the religious aspects! Recently Florence And The Machine have recorded a great cover of this song

Gimme Shelter  Rolling Stones – For me this song, especially the riff, evokes the 60s

It’s Only Rock N Roll     Rolling Stones – Now this is another I used to mime to as a teenager, well ok I still do! It might not be a pretty sight but I love doing it!

Hurricane          Bob Dylan – Dylan at his best, when riled or when he gets political he is untouchable. This song was about the plight of wrongly imprisoned boxer Reuben Carter

You Wear It Well            Rod Stewart – Most people I know would opt for Maggie May from his early 70s hits, I always preferred this one. Possibly even worth forgiving him for the awful ‘Baby Jane’ for

Wish You Were Here        Pink Floyd – One of the Floyd’s greatest and another song that gets me just a little emotional

You Can Make Me Dance Sing Or Anything        Rod Stewart And The Faces – I bet you can’t not dance to this. It’s one of the last songs the Faces recorded before Ron Wood and Rod the Mod left. It shows them going in a direction which I think would have been so good

Itchycoo Park    Small Faces – I actually remember hearing this on the radio as a kid. I didn’t have a clue what the lyrics were about then and I don’t think I’m much wiser now! Don’t go near the atrocious cover version by M People

Lowdown          Boz Scaggs - Taken from the excellent Silk Degrees album from 1976 and the track I use to soundcheck any new hi-fi equipment even now

I’m Your Puppet            James And Bobby Purify – This was actually a rerecording of their original 60s song. Guilty pleasure or great soul song? I’ll let you decide, but either way I love it!

Olympian          Gene – probably the best of the ‘Britpop’ bands, well in my opinion anyway. Sadly the band are no longer around, but I did manage to see them three times while they were. Another song that I will have played at my funeral in the very distant future too

Born To Run      Bruce Springsteen – I was always going to include something from the Boss and it was always going to be this song

Lose Yourself   Eminem - In my opinion Mr Mathers is the greatest rapper, although Jay Z does push him close

Too Late To Turn Back Now       Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose – It took me more than 20 years to track down this song and now when I listen to it I reckon it is definitely a guilty pleasure

Stay Together   Suede – The most Bowie influenced of the 90s British bands. The combination of Brett Anderson’s lyrics and vocals along with Bernard Butler’s guitar is truly awesome

Skin Trade        Duran Duran - A Duran Duran song in my top 100? Yeah that surprised me too

1999     Prince – I love a lot of Prince’s stuff, but this remains a great party track

Susan’s House  Eels – Mark Everett is a superb songwriter and this for me is one of his best. His autobiography is bloody good too

Take A Look Around      Temptations – A terrific Norman Whitfield production and that intro still blows me away!

Let’s Get It On   Marvin Gaye – This great song has recently been sullied by it’s use to advertise pizzas on UK TV (I think it might have been Dominoes) But it still remains a great song for seduction and lurve

The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage          Smokey Robinson And The Miracles – Bob Dylan once described Smokey as the worlds greatest living poet. Listen to this song and you can see why!

Gimme A Little Sign       Brenton Wood – A great example of 60s soul and the song I sing most in the shower (along with the Monkees ‘I’m A Believer’)

The Love You Save       Jackson 5 – Another classic written for the boys by the Motown house writers billed as the Corporation

Staggerlee        Lloyd Price – Another story song and I reckon the best version by far

Once In A Lifetime         Talking Heads – The ‘Heads finest moment for me. This song has everything and makes me happy everytime I hear it

Pyjamarama      Roxy Music – Roxy before they became bland and frankly shit!

Song 2    Blur – Funny isn’t how the songs with barely any lyrics often sound so good. Whoo Hoo indeed!

Double Barrel    Dave And Ansel Collins – Another slice of superb reggae. For years I thought these guys were brothers, they’re not. Actually it’s Ansel Collins and Dave Barker.

Sorted For E’s And Whizz          Pulp – Jarvis Cocker is a lyrical genius and this is Pulp’s best example of his way with words

Spinning Around           Kylie Minogue – OK so there is a certain appeal to the gold hot pants, but as modern disco goes this is brilliant. Gotta love Kylie!

Love Rollercoaster        Ohio Players – One of my favourite funk songs, expertly covered by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers but it wasn’t a patch on the original

Hey Hey My My        Neil Young – A great song and one which found a degree of infamy as it was quoted in Kurt Cobain’s suicide note

Grace     Jeff Buckley – How big a star would he have been had he lived? Probably one og=f the biggest I think

Satellite Of Love           Lou Reed – Taken from the Transformer album which was produced by Bowie and Mick Ronson. Listen carefully and you’ll hear Bowie on backing vocals

Hey Ya      Outkast – The ultimate party record of recent times, a great video too

Since I Left You            Avalanches – Aussie DJs/ dance act, I can’t believe that this wasn’t a bigger hit

Seven Nation Army        White Stripes – Jack White has recently been named man of the decade by some UK publications, perhaps with some justification. The riff alone on this is worth the top 100

White Horses      Jacky – OK clearly this theme from a 60s TV show (strangely enough it was called White Horses) is very much a guilty pleasure but I really love it. I think Jacky’s only other hit was ‘Rupert The Bear’

D’Yer Make ‘Er  Led Zeppelin – Taken from Houses Of The Holy and in many peoples opinion Zep’s worst song. But I like to be different and this piece of cod reggae is wonderfully irreverent

Wild Wood        Paul Weller – England’s finest living rock star perhaps? Well after Mr Bowie anyway

Stay With Me    Lorraine Ellison – How much emotion can you squeeze into a song, not much more than Lorraine Ellison does in fact. Ignore the David Essex cover of this song at all costs!

Young Americans    David Bowie – What he himself described as plastic soul and one of the songs I can recite the whole lyric of

I know I’m a little late with this, but there are some people I am thankful for, and I want to say thank you to them.

First, I am thankful for Migdalia, the Latina on a Mission herself.  Really, twitter makes you think you are closer to people you actually are, and we probably hardly know each other at all (we even discussed this phenomena once, lol).  But that doesn’t matter, because there aren’t many people that can instantly put a smile on my face with just their presence, not many people can make my heart skip a beat just by saying (err, typing?) my name.  She is not only one of the few people in this world that can do that to me, but also a sweet and helpful person who’s gentle encouragement gives me hope.

Next, I am thankful for Jacky from over at justin.tv, who’s presence does the same thing as Migdalia.  Similar in personality as well.  In fact, I’ve known Jacky quite a bit longer.  We haven’t talked much lately, but every time we do, I get the same warm & fuzzies.

I am also thankful for AnotherMaria.  She is just made of awesome, basically.  She’s strong-willed, motivated, driven to succeed.  She can multitask like nobody’s business.  She is basically all the good stuff that I’m not, but want to be.  She is The Maria as far as I’m concerned.  I hope to be as awesome as her one day.  It may be an impossible dream, but to be that strong, I suppose there is nothing I couldn’t do, and I could find someone as awesome as Maria to be with (and feel like I might actually be on something close to equal footing).

Taylor, another someone I haven’t talked to in awhile, but someone I go back with further than anyone else on the internet.  I’m thankful for her because, well, I might never have even taken the first step try to recover from my horrible mental screwed-upedness if not for her.  Amazing what having someone to care about can do.

And amongst the card bloggers there, whom I am thankful for in general, for what I have learned from y’all about generosity and stuff, are a few I am particularly thankful for.

Shane of Shoebox Legends, with whom I made my first major trade.  He’s cool, and who knows if I would’ve even hung around if not for that trade.

Of course we should all be thankful for the ladies of Dinged Corners, who constantly push the limits of what we can learn from cards.  They are truly innovative in their approach to little cardboard pictures of baseball players.  Go look through their archives if for some reason you don’t know of them, and prepare to have your mind blown by all the ways baseball cards can be used to teach, all the things things you can learn, all things you never considered before, about specific cards and cards in general.

And finally, I want to thank the man, the myth, the Wicked Ortega.  I want to thank him for caring enough to comment frequently, and for just being cool in general.  Thank you.

And yeah, I totally cried at his “What I’m Thankful For” post.  Like “hide the sharp objects” crying.  When it comes to people I have a connection to, that kinda thing is like stabbing me in the soul.  I hurt right along with.

I know I’m leaving out a few people I’m thankful for, for one reason or another, and I hope they know how much they mean to me.  You all are as much family to me as my own flesh & blood, perhaps even more so.  I think my friends are a blessing, even if I don’t often know how to properly express it, and I think that, in my friends, I am surrounded by some of the greatest people who have ever lived.

Love always…

This year, I’m a little afraid to make the christmas tree because Sara cut badly her finger some days ago and now I’m scared that she can hurts herself with the tree. So this year I decided to make an advent calendar with Ikea boxes. It’s not finished yet but I like the idea. What do you think? How little children that you… know reacted to the tree? any advice?

Este ano, tenho
um pouco de receio de fazer a árvore de Natal, principalmente depois da Sara ter cortado um dedo há alguns dias e ter levado pontos… Decidi então fazer este calendário de advento com caixas do IKEA. Ainda não está acabado mas estou a gostar desta minha ideia! E tu, que achas? Como reagiram as crianças pequenas às árvores de Natal? Que me aconselhas?

New image in the halloween photography contest

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Jacky photography picture

30/09/2009
I’m making this scarf for myself because I deserve beautiful things for me too!
Estou a fazer um cachecok para mim porque também mereço ter coisas bonitas!

06/10/2009
o cachecol popmponeiro vai crescendo lentamente…
the ponpon scarf is growing slowly…

19/10/2009
I finished the ponpon scarf yesterday night! It’s so warm and sweet
Aacabei ontem o cachecol pomponeiro. É tão quentinho e macio

Today I want to write about a “new singer” in HK (well shes only new cause I just found out about her):

Ava!!!

Bio:
Name: 羽翹
Occupation: Hong Kong based singer, model, celebrity
What i think of her: Shes really pretty! I love her style of dress and how she is. Well kinda(she did a makeup tutorial where you could see her pimples/panda eyes)… but still very natural  i think. Natural in the way she talks (ie no fake voices when she sings and talks, its the same all the time) which is very good . I hate fake voices and they annoy me no end…people should just be themselves. Being from a new generation of HK singers, she is more multi-talented. She speaks fluent cantonese and english (though it sounds a bit fob) and can play piano. She also makes many youtube videos, so already she is expanding her viewership hehe!! So overall she seems like a solid newcomer who we can expect more things from.

The only things I can really say I dont like are: She lacks a unique voice….it sounds like a typical cute girl voice (dont get me wrong, its not bad, but as a singer she needs to stand out). This is why in Japan female singers like Koda Kumi REALLY stand out. Shes unique in her dresses (sexy instead of cute), her voice projects power (its not typical cutesy cutesy, which isnt bad since i LOVE Ai Otsuka, just many have come to imitate her style). Kinda like anita mui. Oh and her JSG performance was pretty decent, i could feel some emotion)

Secondly, her songs are…not unique. The typical kind of cantopop slow ballad for 私事公辦…from a quick listen the lyrics seem like its yet another love song. I cant blame her, its only her second song but …
港大女生 is a bit better, it feels more “badass” (like Koda kumi style) but not as powerful.  Also, these songs dont highlight any of her vocal abilities (still unknown at this point, but on JSG she was ok) but artists in the golden era had massive JSG concerts and they sang amazingly…it feels like artists these days wont get the same exposure or experience.

But these comments arent restricted to her, its to cantopop and the hk music industry as a whole. This is why I keep moving on and coming back. The limited exposure artists get is ridiculous (that and HK is incredibly small, with 1 real tv station) so even if someone is talented their career could never take off. I hope this doesnt happen to her.

Anyways shes on my support list…and im a fan now .

She has her own youtube channel called avalifechannel…she has everything from her MVs, performances, to makeup tutorials. And a xanga and yahoo hk blog

Youtube Channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/AVALIFECHANNEL

Xanga Blog

http://ava-yukiu.xanga.com/weblog/

Yahoo Blog

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/yu_kiu

羽翹彈唱 – Endless story (Yuna Ito)

羽翹 私事公辦 MV (sounds more HKish)

羽翹 港大女生 MV (the “more original song”)

羽翹 – 李香蘭 (live)

I want to say i think its amazing she even attempted this song, id consider this one of the hardest canto songs to sing. But she clearly lacks the emotion jacky puts in…that and her vocal range is obviously not as big. That said, I think its still a VERY GOOD rendition and one of the best females ones ive ever heard.

• A Diana Krall vai actuar no Campo pequeno, será que lhe vão vestir o piano de touro?
• Portugal a minha primeira escolha… e todos mostram uma maçã… o símbolo português mudou? ainda se fosse a galo de Barcelos, eu até comprava. Quem me garante que a maçã não é espanhola? Ela fala, é?
• Hoje nas notícias falaram da Miss Hungria plásticas. A dama de honor levou um carro e a Miss Hungria Plásticas levou um apartamento para casa. Hãn? Ela também deve praticar musculação e carregou com o apartamentozinho às costas e depois teve de se esforçar para o enfiar dentro de casa…
• Tem chovido imenso e continuo a ver o pessoal a ir trabalhar de chinelos de dedo. Digamos que assim escusam de lavar os pés…
• Há uma publicidade nova das mulheres que são felizes por serem mulheres e oh meu Deus como elas são felizes!!! Alguém me apresenta alguma dessas mulheres para ela me explicar como faz para não ter TPM nem andar com a neura e com dores durante o período?
• Um dia, quando eu vir uma publicidade de um depilatório em que realmente se veja a tirar pêlos de uma perna, juro que compro! É que os que passam é tirar pêlos em pernas depiladas. Quem acredita nisto?
• Rodrigo Leão no top de discos mais vendidos? E só agora é que descobriram a pólvora? Ah quem me dera ir ao Coliseu vê-lo com a sua banda de novo, já agora em finais de Outubro…

Para oferecer este Natal
a gift for christmas

Here are some more granny squares I’m making slowly. I’m very proud of them and I just love all the colours!

Eis alguns quadradinhos que tenho estado a fazer devagarinho. Estou muito vaidosa e adoro as combinações de cores!

vovvar ……….. utan Jacky vill oxå ligga i hundbädden ……….. kanske “lite” liten för honom men viljan finns ju där ………

på Ulrika och hennes vovve Jacky.

Wish list for my craft projects: panda fabrics, fairies fabrics, printed felt, baby toys bells, anchor/dmc mouline threads, soft cotton yarn, fairies buttons…

Eis alguns dos meus desejos para o meu projecto de 52 crafts: feltro estampado, tecidos com pandas e fadas, guizos para brinquedos, fios anchor e dmc para ponto de cruz, lãs em algodão muito macias e botões de fada…

I’ve learnt to make the ripple zig zag crochet with this wonderful tutorial on youtube by Teresa. I’ll try to make a row every day

Aprendi hoje a fazer este zig zag em crochet através de uma demonstração no youtube feito pela Teresa. Vou tentar fazer uma carreira por dia

Is it too colourful? I’m thinking in making a blanket with all the yarn I have at home. What do you think?

Está colorido demais? Estou a pensar fazer um cobertor com todas as lãs que tenho em casa. O que é que achas?

Here are my first granny squares. I’m thinking in making a yarn blanket for my baby girl. I learnt to make them with this wonderful tutorial of Teresa!

Estes são os meus primeiros quadrados da avó (granny squares). Estou apensar fazer um cobertor para a minha filha. Aprendi a fazê-los com este fantástico tutorial da Teresa.

Eis alguns dos meus passatempos. E os teus quais são?

OMG they are such a legendary band, almost everyone in Japan respects / likes their songs…amazing
I think literally they are an all stars band…everybody in that band is prolific and famous in their own right
Theyve been a band thats been on and off since 1983 (formed in that year) and they are headed by Kuwata Keisuke (a legendary composer/guitarist/singer). I think every song theyve made has  been a hit or close to one, and their albums have always sold past the millions (topping Morning Musume during their golden year, when SAS came out of hiatus). I dont know too much about them though…except their song 真夏の果実 (a legendary hit) has been covered by Jacky Cheung into 每天愛你多一些 (honestly I think Jacky has a better voice, and it was made into a legendary cantopop song because of him)

Southern All Stars – 真夏の果実

Manatsu No Kajitsu)

[literally midsummer fruit)

Quick snap poll. Here are some current favourites. I kinda second the “Roads Will Take You There” choice.

Jerry

1. Ice Cream Man – The Modern Lovers (from Modern Lovers Live)
It’s sweet and poignant and has any number of false endings.
2. Baby I Love You – Ramones (from End Of The Century)
Joey sings Ronnie! That’s about as great as it gets. Plus, it was our wedding song.
3. Oh, Happy Day – Edwin Hawkins Singers
This is actually my current choice. My dad, rest his soul, had a song that I’d written with Verity Susman played at his cremation.
4. Stop! Your Crying – Chin Chin
The chorus is appropriate. “Stop! your crying/It makes no sense.”
5. White Horses – Jacky
Perfect love: unobtainable.

Charlotte

1. What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
2. Hey, Bulldog – Rolf Harris
3. Roads Will Take You There! – ABC Playschool
4. Till There Was You – Peggy Lee
5. Going Home – Snowbirds

Comecei a fazer amigurumis o ano passado por esta altura. Aprendi a ver uns videos no youtube. Vi modelos mas nunca fui capaz de os seguir, por isso, inventei os meus próprios amigurumis. Entretanto, já criei animais variados como gatos, sapo, porco, golfinho, ouriço, leão, mochos e ainda árvores, cogumelos e bonecas.
Que tal? Gostavas de brincar com algum deles?

Here is what I got from Joy at the pay it forward parcel swap of September