Tag: pop music

ET C’EST L’HIVER/ AND IT’S WINTER: Beautiful and timeless music from Quebec circa 1975

ET C’EST L’HIVER F. Hamelin – Marie-Claire Séguin Une belle chanson poétique pour l’hiver *English translation below the French   Nous marchons si près de la terre Sous le vent de minuit Sous la blancheur du givre Et comme au temps du très vieux temps Le long d’un grand pays de neige Les arbres se..

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Spring 1969 Magical Mystery Tour

Spring 1969, London, Ontario. Grade 12, Oakridge High School   A friend named Chris Turnbull had somehow inherited a car. Probably his parents handed over this dilapidated vehicle when he turned 18. His decrepit Dodge was something of a jalopy. But it was equipped with an 8-track cartridge player: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-track_cartridge You inserted a clunky music cartridge..

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Nous sommes désolés Oncle Albert / We’re so sorry Uncle Albert

Nous sommes désolés Oncle Albert Voici la dernière nouvelle de mon livre, écrite il y a exactement un an. Le livre s’appelle Le temps passé avec vous fut bref mais tordant. L’oncle Albert est décédé peu après la rédaction de ce texte. The English version follows. The English book is called My Time with You..

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Fur Children

Fur Children I wrote this little piece of foolishness based on the classic tune “Goldfinger” from the 1965 James Bond film of the same name. The song is about my son’s cat Sassy, who simply won’t let you stop stroking her once you’ve started. Fur Children   Fur Children… They’re the cats, the cats with..

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Andy McClelland: A singer/songwriter you’ll want to share

Andy McClelland: A singer/songwriter you’ll want to share   In 1969, by a strange fluke, I won a scholarship to study at a small private Canadian institution located in Switzerland, Neuchâtel Junior College, receiving financial assistance for which only students from London, Ontario were eligible. I never should have been granted this award. It should..

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Shiny Grey Suit …Awarded the Golden Pineapple Award for the most original Hawaiian Blues tune of 2024

Shiny Grey Suit is now on Soundcloud…Awarded the Golden Pineapple Award for the most original Hawaiian Blues tune of 2024   My old friend Andy McClelland is a brilliant performing artist and a highly skilled singer/ songwriter with his own studios in northern Ontario. Check out his voluminous body of original, complex, and highly creative..

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Shiny Grey Suit is now on Soundcloud…Awarded the Golden Pineapple Award for the most original Hawaiian Blues tune of 2024

Shiny Grey Suit is now on Soundcloud…Awarded the Golden Pineapple Award for the most original Hawaiian Blues tune of 2024   My old friend Andy McClelland is a brilliant performing artist and a highly skilled singer/ songwriter with his own studios in northern Ontario. Check out his voluminous body of original, complex, and highly creative..

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Weetabix: The Song

Weetabix: The Song My old friend Andy McClelland is a brilliant singer/songwriter. Recently Andy has taken some of the silly song lyrics and doggerel that I’ve written and turned this dross into some golden tunes. Our most recent collaboration is “The Weetabix Song” that Andy has created based on a satiric little piece that I..

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The unhandy handyman’s lament: A song/La complainte du bricoleur malhabile

La complainte du bricoleur malhabile The unhandy handyman’s lament   Mon ami Andy McClelland, musicien professionnel hautement qualifié, m’a dédié cette chanson, mais elle aurait pu être écrite pour mon père.   My highly skilled professional musician friend Andy McClelland dedicated this song to me, but it could have been written for my father.  ..

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How my mother became a pedant

How my mother became a pedant…an excerpt from My Time with You Has Been Short but Very Funny https://robertmcbrydeauthor.com/ And a grammar song by the great musician https://soundcloud.com/andy-mcclelland   Stream The Grammar Song by Andy McClelland | Listen online for free on SoundCloud My mother, Angelina Reiser, was born in 1918 of parents who had..

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