They say a good image is worth 1000 words but can any old image be worth a song. Ten songs would be nice. Go ahead, suggest a song.
Do certain images make you think of certain songs? Does music bring images to mind? I can answer yes to both, but I’m intrigued to find out if others do.
I can make this a regular topic or others can take up the reins. And as the sort of host liable to walk out of my own party to find somewhere quieter, don’t expect many replies.
Riffing on Fintan’s reply, here’s an image to show you don’t need to take a photo or draw. I used MS Bing Image Creator and the prompt:
Male teenager and female teenager sat in a classic American car In Colorado. They are waiting outside an American pizza diner. Use the graphic novel style of Daniel Clowes.
The 'Spill 
Yeah, I m sure this is an old idea and is probably being done better elsewhere but I am really unbothered about such things these days.
And yes, that’s me in dim light.
I think it’s a great idea but I haven’t thought of anything yet, will get back to you. Perhaps we could do something on synaesthesia too.
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon
Pink Floyd’s brain damage from the dark side of the moon resonates with me!
That was LongTallSilly
Oh that’s good. I wouldn’t have thought of that but yes, I can see how that would be appropriate.
First thing that came to me was Bridie Jackson and the Arbour, and “Far From The Tree”. I can’t find the lyrics but it was basically about people’s responses to an epileptic child, and how the parents dealt with it. And proceeds went to Epilepsy Action, or some such. But here is Boy Hits Car, and “I’m a Cloud” , which was my go to when I used to get off the train on the way home after work: https://youtu.be/JGTJv4OVJPM?si=6EcVZqS1sNbXKfUB
Oh that was unnerving. I mean your reply not the song, which I enjoyed.
Anyway, I was just about to start taking selfies to send to my girlfriend (and to mark another milestone) when I got a call from my sister. She went on to tell me she had had a fall.
The hidden problem with that is she’s recently had seizures without convulsions during her sleep. Now, tripping over happens to us all but she doesn’t remember anything but the impact of the fall.
Worrying times. We spent a lot of time today learning about seizures. We also joked a lot about her seizures but it was very bad taste.
My reaction partly explains why I struck this pose. There are much nicer photos but I thought this would give people something to work with.
Your sister that I met briefly? That sounds worrying for you all , best wishes to her. Hopefully medication might be able to get things under control.
I’ll pass on your wishes.
It’s difficult. She’s not allowed to drive. She shouldn’t be operating machinery (she is). The different parts of the health service don’t communicate well with each other. She has another phone consultation next week. Let’s see.
She has Rebellion tickets though.
“The different parts of the health service don’t communicate well with each other.”
That’s true. We’ve just been going round in circles with wyngate jnr who’s been having recurring constipation problems , bad enough to be off school for days at a time. A senior GP at our local surgery has now said they will oversee his case so that is a step forward. Happily it’s not affected him for over two weeks now.
Just ordered my Rebellion ticket.
Very glad to hear a senior GP has got involved.
It’s really not that hard to link all the different units of a health service together via a central system so that everyone involved can access the information and work together.
We must think along the same lines at some level?! I do hope your sister is alright.
I was listening to Blondie’s Accidents Never Happen when I read your reply.
Actually, I’m not sure anyone should be thinking along the same lines as me 😁 but I do I do find the idea comforting.
I hope she is too. I can tell she’s a bit worried.
It won’t be until the end of June before we have a definite answer. So far away.
My thinking tends to hover on the dark side. June is a long time to wait. I hope she’s okay.
It is but things should happen between now and then.
Btw. My NYE Instagram post was a snowman asking “What’s so funny about peace love and understanding. Great song.
If I wasn’t so old I would say we were separated at birth. 🤪
A very random image. One like many associated with the first listen of a tune. Simon & Garfunkel’s I am A Rock conjures the entrance to Shakey’s Pizza Parlor in Reno every time i hear ” a winter’s day in a deep and dark December”. It had just come on the radio as I pulled up with my date and I insisted we listen before turning off the car. I long ago accepted the inevitability I would always see that. A very favorite song BTW and much listened too. It’s a very pleasant warm memory & totally incongruous with the song’s subject matter.
Great topic BTW
That’s a great memory. I love the incongruity. Images and music can be odd partners.
That’s a great memory. I love the incongruity. Images and music can be odd partners.
If we’re talking about your photo at the top then this. Not that images necessarily call songs to mind for me , unless the association is something visual to do with artist eg a record cover. I made some kind of association with this guy’s face , and this song is one of the band’s most monochrome! https://youtu.be/rhGfeQJ07uc?si=ctTl3_bjoBQoEqSi
I like that. It’s from the same era and has a little of the pacing of the first song that I thought of when I looked at the photo.
Paul Hampton – Two Hour Honeymoon. A contemporary at Brill with Burt Bacharach, who arranged this, Paul sounds as bewildered and frustrated as your guy in the picture.
My god! What a car crash of a record. Great choice.
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It’s even worse than it appears
But it’s alright
The Dead’s attitude to getting old, grey and past it: we will survive!
(Chris, of course)
You’d probably hate it, but hip-hop such as that made by Atmosphere would do a great job of putting those lyrics to appropriate beats.
Best wishes to your sister, I do hope she gets some effective treatment sorted soon. The photo of you made me think of Feel The Pain by the Damned (hope you don’t mind) and the American photo makes me think of a book called the Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, which is not that good, but I enjoyed it. I often find particular songs get attached to books if I listen to them when I read them, or places. It’s all very interconnected. The art makes me think of Route 66 by the Rolling Stones.
Feel the Pain fits perfectly. I wouldn’t have put that photo up this week as I feel really good and my studies and work have been so enjoyable.
Books and music. Oh. I can go for that. Definitely must do that. Not read the book or the author but I like the title.
Yes. That’s a Route 66 feeling. I knew it would give that type of image. . . . There are so many problems with AI. But that’s for another post.
All we seem to do these days is wave our arms and yell
Other people are hell
And what’s that song you’re singing, “Everybody Hurts”?
And everybody lies
Don’t want to remember, too many regrets
And no cigarettes
Cause I’m not a smoker
But I said I was
And the elevator stuck between the floors
Is getting to me
Don’t let him forsake you
Wrack him up and knock him down again
You’re changing direction
I won’t know where I was
The back end of the pantomime horse
Is getting to me
Withered Hand – No Cigarettes
Okay. If I was making a playlist on the theme, WH would start it.
Great thinking.
AI can be fun? Who knew? Quick review of image follows:
1. I never looked that cool in my life but will accept artistic license.
2. I’m sure my date was that attractive with following qualifications.
A. As it was February and snow on the ground we were buried in clothing.
B. I was 17.
3. Extra points for mountains. Minor deduction for lack of snow.
4. A High School acquaintance drove a Cortina. Even that curio was a left hand drive. Major deduction.
5. What’s a pipza? 🧐
AI is really good fun. But it deals in cliche unless you can refine a vision. That’s why I wrote Colorado and not Reno.
I’ve been to Reno in the middle of winter and yes, it was cold and snowy. I think we tried to scam free drinks and pretend to play the slots before we got back on the Greyhound.
I love AI spelling but it won’t get a job in the real world. It really needs a good education.
There was a time the drink scam worked. Nowadays the cocktail waitress is probably a casino accountant 🫤🥶