Five on Friday Set 8
Posted: Friday, March 19, 2010 by Travis Cody in
I really enjoy putting together my Sets each week. But you know what is quickly becoming my favorite part of Five on Friday? It's collecting the Sets of everyone who plays along so we can listen to them over the weekend. I definitely appreciate those of you who have decided to play along, and I'm glad I took the suggestions and opened this up as a weekly meme.
My Ipod shuffled heavily on one particular group this week, so Set 8 kind of chose itself.
The thing that attracts me to the music of Bread is the simplicity of the melodies and the clarity of David Gates' voice. And some of the lyrics play like poetry. For example, from the song Aubry...
And Aubrey was her name.
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon,
But where was June.
No it never came around.
If it did it never made a sound,
Maybe I was absent or was listening too fast,
Catching all the words, but then the meaning going past,
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon,
But where was June.
No it never came around.
If it did it never made a sound,
Maybe I was absent or was listening too fast,
Catching all the words, but then the meaning going past,
My pal Vinny has a great radio show on Blog Talk Radio. It's called Music on the Couch and his guests are mainly independent musicians. One of the questions he asks is what song do you wish you would have written. Well gang, that lyric is one I wish I would have written.
The tough part was narrowing down to just 5 songs for the Set. If you decide to play, read the guidelines for this feature here and don't forget to sign Mr Linky so I can collect you!
Thank you. It has been years since I've heard "Aubrey". Bread was a great group. Strangely enough this week's <a href="takethistune.blogspot.com>Take This Tune</a> is another "Guitar Man". My Five on Friday is another tribute.