Category: Saturday Classics

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This week Saturday Classic is a classic and with a good message it features Graham Nash’s song “Teach Your Children,”I think it says it all. I know it’s valentine’s Day but no love songs from me. Only you need to have a code you live by. Love is a good one.

The video is a collaboration between Graham Nash and celebrated filmmaker and animator Jeff Scher.

The imagery frames the youth-led liberal activism of 2018 against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement and Peace demonstrations of the 1960’s, providing a powerful visual aid to Graham Nash’s relevant-as-ever appeal to teach not only our children but also our parents well.

“I wrote Teach Your Children because we have much to teach them. Conversely, I believe we as parents have much to learn from them as well. I think that Jeff Scher did a wonderful job of animating my lyrics and positioning the song in a contemporary setting.” – Graham Nash (2018)

Saturday Classics – cold little heart

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This is so sad, and at the same time beautiful. Cold Little Heart by Michael Kiwanuka is my choice for this week for Saturday Classics. The haunting melody, combined with the deep emotional lyrics, creates an atmosphere that truly captivates. I am not going to explain this any further; it just resonates with me on a profound level. The way his voice intertwines with the rich guitar sound adds layers of depth, evoking a sense of longing and nostalgia that I find incredibly moving. It’s a song that invites reflection and solace.

A talented singer-songwriter with a rich voice, Michael Kiwanuka gained fame in 2012. Raised in Muswell Hill, London, by Ugandan parents, he started as a session guitarist before signing with Communion Records after performing at acoustic gigs. His debut album, Home Again (2012), showcased his talent with a mix of soul, folk, and neo-soul, reaching number four in the UK charts. In 2016, he released Love & Hate, which topped the UK Albums Chart, featuring the popular track “Cold Little Heart” used in the HBO series Big Little Lies. He released his third album, Kiwanuka, in November 2019, followed by his fourth album, Small Changes, in 2024.

Artwork by me, not in any way related to the song, other than inspired by “Cold Heart,” but done in warm tones.

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This weeks Saturday Classic is my pick

I have no idea what the lyrics are, but it sounds nice, flowing and positive, evoking a sense of harmony that is truly enchanting. Something that feels good at these times of turmoil around the world, when chaos seems to take center stage and peace feels elusive. I hope you feel it too, that uplifting sensation of the moment. I don’t listen to this style of music, on purpose, as I often gravitate towards different genres, but when I come across it, I find myself drawn in and thoroughly enjoying it, even with the language barrier that might normally create a disconnect. The melodies and rhythms speak a universal language that transcends words and connects us on a deeper emotional level. If you are ready for a six-minute relaxed moment, please click and allow the music to transport you to a place of calm amidst the storm. It’s a brief escape in challenging times.


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Saturday classics – pure joy

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Saturday Classics followers, today Let me introduce you to Kelly Boesch with this song. Pure Joy. I founded her music through Spotify new songs list that I get.

The artist writes this; I come back to this theme a lot. Finding Joy in the little things in life. Sitting in silence together, walking alone in nature, being with someone you love. Just noticing the beautiful things around you. I made the song with this theme as well. Simple things that might go unnoticed to most but some people find the beauty in them. I personally find the beauty in the small things. It brings me joy. I also see the sadness and hatred. It’s a fine balance trying to keep from being filled with too much sadness over everything that is going on right now. These little videos help me feel good and I share them in hopes of others finding the same goodness for a few minutes. Sending peace to the world in hopes that it heals.

I can easily agree with her, she was a new find to me but I am intrigued by her music and videos

I found this on her page: The Artist Kelly Boesch is an AI visual innovator blending two decades of design expertise from IMAX and abstract painting with cutting-edge technology. A pioneer in developing a new visual language, pushing creative boundaries at the intersection of human artistry and machine learning.

Song: @suno (Lyrics by Kelly Boesch)

Saturday Classics: Carly Simon’s ‘Jesse’

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For This weeks Saturday Classics – Carly Simon song. At some point in my life, it was easy to relate to this song. Relationships can have they moments. And I listened to it quite often. I found Carly Simon through my sister, she introduced me to her records.

In this song, Jesse, an ex-lovers, is coming back to town, and she’s getting prepared. He broke her heart, and she knows he’ll do it again if she lets him. Simon enlists her friends and family for support, and prepares a speech to let him know where he stands. That’s the chorus of the song, which contains Simon’s trademark imagery, letting Jesse know all the things she won’t be doing for him:

Cut fresh flowers
Chill the wine
Change the sheets
Put on cologne
Sit by the phone

But midway through the song, the plan goes out the window; she just can’t resist his charms. “Jesse, I’ll always cut fresh flowers for you,” Simon tells him.

“Jesse” was the lead single from Carly Simon’s ninth album, Come Upstairs. It became one of her best-known songs and one she would usually play in her rare concert appearances.

Saturday Classics – All the ways

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I don’t know if this a classic, but I have listened this to more than once lately. So Why not share this?

This information I found out after googling them.Hailing from Alabama, the talented country-folk duo known as the Secret Sisters features siblings Lydia (Rogers) Slagle and Laura Rogers. They first gained attention in 2010 with a unique blend of seamless harmonies, insightful songwriting, and a deep appreciation for the rich traditions of country music. In 2014, they refreshed their vintage sound by incorporating girl group-inspired garage-folk elements in their album Put Your Needle Down. They later released two Grammy-nominated LPs produced by Brandi Carlile: You Don’t Own Me Anymore (2017) and Saturn Return (2020), which blended aspects of their original style. Retaining their mid-century influences, their most recent album, Mind, Man, Medicine (2024), presents a more modern sound reflective of experiences such as motherhood and the challenges of the pandemic, featuring the duet “All the Ways” with Ray LaMontagne.

Well, if you need, need, need Someone to love Oh, let me love, love, love you All the ways

For Saturday Classics .

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It has been ages since I participated in Saturday Classics, so as it is the last Saturday of the year, I thought I might join with a tune that I like. I happy to share this particular piece, which has always resonated deeply with me. Teddy Swims – Lose Control

This is one of the songs from him that I’ve listened to a lot over the past year; I really like this voice, as it resonates with me on so many levels. His unique tone and expressive delivery captivate my attention every time I listen. I often find myself lost in the melodies, reflecting on my own experiences while his lyrics play in the background. I don’t think I need to explain this any further, as music often speaks for itself through the feelings it instills. I truly hope you enjoy it too; perhaps it will resonate with you.

I don’t know if the photo is a great match to the song, but you tell me :-D. I have to add an image as this is a photography blog.

Something’s got a hold of me lately. No, I don’t know myself anymore. Feels like the walls are all closing in. And the devil’s knocking at my door

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Melody Gardot – Baby i’m a fool

It has been a long time since I participated in Lepis Saturday Classics, but I genuinely hope you enjoy the mellow mood I share with you today. I have been deeply immersed in soul music lately, and one artist who has captured my attention is Melody, whose unique sound has managed to find its way into my playlist on numerous occasions. This blend of soulful melodies and smooth jazz rhythms truly appeals to my musical taste, creating a soothing atmosphere that transports me to a carefree state of mind.

“Baby I’m a Fool” is a beautifully crafted song written and composed by American jazz singer-songwriter Melody Gardot. It was released as the second single from her second full-length album, My One and Only Thrill, which showcases her unique blend of jazz, blues, and pop influences. According to Gardot, the lyrics are about “two coquette people who won’t admit they are in love with each other,” capturing the essence of longing and the complexities of love in a playful yet poignant manner. The song resonates with listeners with its lush instrumentation and Gardot’s sultry vocals. .

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The Korgis – Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime

Dumb Waiters was The Korgis second album and one of the signature releases of 1980 in the UK, ushering in the New Romantic era. This was the peak of The Korgis success.

Change your heart, look around you , Change your heart, it will astound you, I need your loving like the sunshine , And everybody’s got to learn sometime

Warren has said the simple lyrics concealed big ideas. “At the time, I was very into Buddhist philosophy. He had his very individual philosophy, but it was basically a Buddhist approach to life.. the This thing about changing fundamentally the way we look at life, the way we look at other people. Change your heart and look at the world with completely fresh eyes, not with the eyes of our social conditioning. Break away from your social conditioning and look at the world as if you were looking at it for the first time without any preconceptions. All that kind of stuff. As simply as possible, I made that the lyric of the song.”

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This stirred my memories this week. I often listen to alternative rock… this is not all that rock, but the label of the band is that.

Keane – Somewhere Only We Know 

“Somewhere Only We Know” is a song by English alternative rock band Keane, officially released as the lead single from their debut album Hopes and Fears.

I read that: Keane lead vocalist Tim Rice-Oxley revealed in 2004 of the meaning of the song: It’s about being able to draw strength from a place or experience you’ve shared with someone. I think it’s an idea a lot of people can relate to. It might be about a geographical space, or a feeling; it can mean something individual to each person, and they can interpret it to a memory of theirs… It’s perhaps more of a theme rather than a specific message

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone? I’m getting old and I need something to rely on So tell me when you’re gonna let me in I’m getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

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Saturday tune for Easter.

Gene Pitney – Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart (1968)

This was originally a #5 hit for Gene Pitney in the UK in 1967. When Almond covered the song in 1989, he invited Pitney to sing on it with him, which Pitney was happy to do. That version was a hit #1 in many countries including the UK, but Pitney’s record label refused to release it in America, where Pitney was from. They were afraid that young listeners who were not familiar with Pitney or Almond would think they were a gay couple.

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The lyrics convey a feeling of being lost in one’s thoughts while people and their actions become mere shadows and echoes.

Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’ – Midnight Cowboy

“Everybody s talkin at me I don’t hear a word they’re sayin, Only the echoes of my mind. People stopping staring, I can’t see their faces, Only the shadows of their eyes. I’m going where the sun keeps shinin Thru’ the pouring rain, Going where the weather suits my clothes, Banking off of the North East wind, Sailin on summer breeze And skipping over the ocean like a stone.

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Saturday tune for Easter.

Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye / and by @cdkcompany

Said Gotye of the song’s inspiration and meaning, it was “definitely drawn from various experiences I’ve had in relationships breaking up, and in the more reflective parts of the song, in the aftermath and the memory of those different relationships and what they were and how they broke up and what’s going on in everyone’s minds. Yeah, so it’s an amalgam of different feelings but not completely made up as such.”

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Here is my song for today from Jack Savoretti . Have a great weekend!

‘You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me / Io Che Non Vivo Senza Te (Medley)’,

For those who don’t know, “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” is an English cover of the Italian song ‘”Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)” written by Pino Donaggio and Vito Pallavicini.Giuseppe “Pino” Donaggio is an Italian musician, singer, and composer of film and television scores. A classically-trained violinist. He sang this song at the 1965 Sanremo Festival. Most of you will know the Dusty Springfield English version a year later. It was her biggest hit and became her signature tune.


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Here is my song for today. Have a great weekend! Hopefully not alone, if so, hopefully not lonely.

Diana Krall & Michael Bublé – ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)

Alone Again (Naturally)” is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan. Recorded in 1971, it became a worldwide hit. The song did not originally appear on his 1972 studio album Back to Front but has been included in reissues (often replacing “Clair”). The single spent six non-consecutive weeks at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 between late July and early September 1972 in America. It ranked number two in the year-end chart and sold over two million copies. Diana Krall released a duet version with Michael Bublé on her 2015 album Wallflower.


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Charles Aznavour – Tous les visages de l’amour / She 

This popped up – and it is such recognized song, mostly as sung by Elvis Costello in ‘Notting Hill’

Aznavour recorded the song in several different languages aside from English, including Spanish, German Italian and his native French.

This was the theme from the UK TV series The Seven Faces of Women. It was written by Herbert Kretzmer, the lyricist of Les Miserables, and Aznavour, who wrote the music.


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The cranberries – linger

This week I am posting a song that came up in my Spotify feed in one of the playlists. Yes I like it, so I thought I’d share it.

Dolores O’Riordan wrote this song about her feelings following the breakup with her first boyfriend, the soldier who broke her heart. She said the song is about “the way I reacted to infatuation.” she described this as “a love song.” In the lyric, she describes being mistreated by her love and seeing him with another girl, yet unable to break free because he lets their relationship linger. This hardy seems the stuff of dreams, but the feeling of first love is what O’Riordan keyed in on. It brought her back to a time of innocence.


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Year of the Cat – Al Stewart – Year of the Cat

The 1942 Humphrey Bogart movie Casablanca produced a huge hit with “As Time Goes By,” but “Year of the Cat” is the most popular song that is based on the film itself. In Vietnamese astrology, the Year of the Cat is also called the Year of the Rabbit – it comes every 12 Years and it is supposed to be a stress-free year. 1975, the year before the song was released, was a Year of the Cat.

On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
Like a watercolor in the rain
Don’t bother asking for explanations
She’ll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat

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I (Who Have Nothing) · Ben e King 1963 and also sung by Joe Cocker 2004, Shirley Bassey 1963 and Tom Jones 1970

So, SO many versions to pick from as you can see from the link first release 🙂 A classic would you agree?

The song’s melody was based on an Italian song, “Uno Dei Tanti,”First release by Joe Sentieri (1961)(English: “One of Many”), which King had heard in Italy. King’s producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller translated the lyrics into English.

In the UK Shirley Bassey’s George Martin produced version, which peaked at #6 in 1963, is the best known.

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Billy Idol performing Sweet Sixteen from the album Whiplash Smile.

I remember listening this song and watching with my mom, and being surprised she liked it and thought that Billy was good looking :-) 

This is me – sweet sixteen

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For Your Love (2015 Remaster) · The Yardbirds

I remembered this song, it’s a classic 🙂

I’d give you everything and more and that’s for sure
(For your love)
I’d bring you diamond rings and things right to your door
(For your love)
To thrill you with delight
I’d give you diamonds bright
There’ll be days I will excite
They’ll make you dream of me at night

For your love (many times)
(For your love)
I’d give the moon if it were mine to give
(For your love)
I’d give the stars and the sun for I live
(For your love)
To thrill you with delight
I’d give you diamonds bright
There’ll be days I will excite
They’ll make you dream of me at night

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Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold”

One of my all time favorites is Neil Young’s Harvest record.

I want to live, I want to give, I’ve been a miner, For a heart of gold, It’s these expressions, I never give
That keep me searching, For a heart of gold, And I’m getting old, Keep me searching, For a heart of gold. And I’m getting old

I’ve been to Hollywood, I’ve been to Redwood, I crossed the ocean, For a heart of gold, I’ve been in my mind, It’s such a fine line, That keeps me searching, For a heart of gold, And I’m getting old

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Anna Järvinen - Nuori Ja Kaunis ft. Olavi Uusivirta

I was watching Bodies on Netflix and this song was playing in the background here and there played

Some Finnish 🎶 music. I like this song.  Young and beautiful.

These are the opening lines of this song:

Bite your lips together, get that expression again
As if I owe something, shall I pay it off now
I’m happy, what did you think
I’m happy, what did you think
Press the gas again, let life go
Scream your vocal cords apart
I’m happy, what did you think

Photo reference is to this line in the lyrics.

A birch branch quietly knocks on the window
Is it the wind shouting or is it someone else
You are young and beautiful, but who is it shouting

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Des’Ree – You Gotta Be from 1994

In the last few weeks, I’ve been revisiting the timeless classics .However, as the winds of nostalgia carry me towards more recent times, I find myself drawn to the music of 1994. It’s hard to believe that it has already been thirty years since the release of a song that carries such a powerful message.

As I delve into the music , lyrics and melodia. They offer a window into the hopes, dreams, and struggles of a generation, connecting us to a moment in history that continues to resonate with us today.

Listen as your day unfolds Challenge what the future holds Try and keep your head up to the sky Lovers, they may ’cause you tears Go ahead release your fears Stand up and be counted Don’t be ashamed to cry

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What A Difference A Day Makes by Dinah Washington

I was watching Bodies on Netflix and this song was playing in the background here and there played by the piano. So it has been playing in my head also.. and, yes what a difference a day makes.

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Saturday Classics

Ella Fitzgerald Sings “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”

Happy new year !

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