Half Alive/Heartbreak Hotel

It's been a few weeks so I'm catching up with a special blog post today.  It's time for:

That's right!  You get two songs today!  And if you happened to have grown up in Southern Idaho in the 50's and 60's like my dad, you will likely pronounce "Sunday" the same way, "Sundee!"

Well, since it's Sundee and I blog on Sundees, and since I missed last Sundee, you get to learn about both songs in the same week!

I'm sharing two songs that have similar messages,first here's last Sundees song, "Half Alive" from Emo band extraordinaire, Secondhand Serenade.  It comes from the band's debut album AWAKE (2007) and is the opening track.  Have an emo listen:

(it's totally about a deteriorating relationship, so sad!)

And now for t'other song, let's travel back in time to the year 1956 where a little fellow named Elvis Presley shook his hips and sang some toonz!  

Back in them days (this poor grammar is intentional, I'm in a weird mood) there waren't many albums so this here song was just a single and I guarantee you've heard it before too!  

Here's Elvis' 1956 hit song, Heartbreak Hotel y'alls.

(just like Half Alive, this is a sad song but this time the relationship is already deteriorated, so sad!) 

I hope you enjoyed two for one Sundee Fundee and the magic memories we created today.  I LUBB YOU SO MUCH BLOG READER PERSON!

On The Road Again

I'm on a highway somewhere between Carson City and Fernlee, Nevada.  I woke up this morning in my motel room knowing that I have a long drive ahead of me.

No surprise that this 1980 hit weaseled its way into my head.  Here's Willie Nelson's "on the road again"

I have an 8 hour drive ahead of me.  I've been at a funeral service for a beloved cousin.  And further complicating this drive is the fact that I'm in a 5 passenger car with 5 people.  We're packed like sardines but we're family and like each other.  

Have a great weeks y'alls.

OH, PS- The reason I know this song is not because of Willie Nelson, it's because of Alvin and the Chipmunks!  Thanks, Childhood Memory, for this treasure of 80's popular culture that I'm sharing with you now.

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

This one came quite out of the blue this morning.  Here's the 1967 classic "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" first made famous by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell:

I'm being lazy, go read about this at Wikipedia.  

Marvin Gaye went on to have an extremely successful career until he was tragically murdered by his father in 1984. 

Tammi Terrell also tragically died in 1970 from complications related to a brain tumor.  

Sad.

Had no idea.  

I hope you enjoyed the song stuck in my head today.  A big huge fat hug and cuddly wet kisses.

-Brady