All fingers and thumbs

What a voice!! Just listen!! I just want to emerge myself into this voice and enjoy it through and through.

Clasical music is one of my great loves. Especially Bach. A lovely piece, a great voice, a classic!

One of the singles I bought in my youth and danced on. I had not heard this in ages. It was fun to get reacquainted again.

Every time I listen to the Talking Heads it’s down to Memory Lane. I loved those guys especially the lead singer and guitar player David Byrne. It was the time of festivals and demonstrations against the nuclear bomb, apartheid, and injustice. I was very active in those days.

When I was 15 I was a huge fan of Stevie Wonder. I remember that I always went to the store to buy a single or an LP of Stevie. Not only did I liked his music, I secretly had a crush on the salesman in the music store who sold me the music. He was a huge fan too and could tell me everything about Stevie Wonder. Fun times.

I flirted with Punk back then. You always could dance on music by Madness. It was another era. I was very much British oriented in those days.

In my early twenties, I was living together for a few years with my best friend’s brother. We owned this album Rumours from Fleetwood Mac and loved this song in particular. It was the time of road trips to Great Britain, former Yugoslavia, and Greece. Young and happy times!

I am very much in love with Fado from Portugal. This song is so beautiful, full of melancholy and love. Branco is one of my favorite singers.

An oldie, but a great one. Back in the days, it was a great hit and I rediscovered it again. It brings back memories of when I was young busy working, studying and traveling.

I know I was shocked when he died in 2016. Cohen was a great singer/songwriter and a real poet. His lyrics, as well as his voice, were legendary. I always take time to listen to his music, it’s that awesome!

Spring 2019. Eurovision Song Contest. A big deal in Europe, Russia, and Israel. This Norwegian song was the best in my opinion and for a lot of others although my country The Netherlands won. But the Norwegians were a hit with that special sound of Fred Buljo (the bold singer). He sang in a special language which was an instant hit. I loved this song very much, it kept me mesmerized for weeks. Since then I try to follow him on FaceBook every time he has a new song.

He died of cancer in 2016. I thought about him a great deal this past year. His music, his lyrics, his presence and the way he stood out in the crowd. A great musician.

I have seen B.B. King live in the Netherlands in North Sea Jazz festival in Rotterdam. It was 1985 I think. It was with my then-new love Ron. King was larger than life, with his voice, his body, his music. So enormous and engaging. I love his music and the memory of a great time.

Late at night, coffee and a cigarette feeling blue. The perfect atmosphere to listen to Chet who jumped off a window in an Amsterdam hotel in 1988.

Great piece done by the actor Hugh Laurie whom I got to know as Dr. House in the television series. I loved binge-watching the whole series. It took me weeks and weeks of watching. But it was fun, intelligent and I loved this cynical genius.

“Why am I alive anyway”

What a wonderful song, what a rhythm, her voice, the sadness of the song, such hope in the end. It’s a song to recite every time you ‘ve seen that black hole in your life and came out of it alive and kicking.

“Had a feeling I could be someone”
I still remember when she had her first song, her first album. Just a girl with a guitar, it was so great watching the stillness and hear her voice. It’s all about being young and living life.

I was 10 years old when this song saw the light and it’s still a great song to listen to in 2020. I am humming it all day, it’s still a wonderful song. It makes me feel a bit melancholy because of all those years past. Am I that old already? I suppose so.

“Look in the mirror, what do you see?”

I think I heard this song for the first time in a shopping mall. But it stayed with me. Good lyrics, compelling sound, and the clip is great with all those changing faces at the beginning of the song. It’s a positive song. I like it!

I love this song, volume up high, pumped up base and my body is moving. Great, great song because of the vibrant energy. The lyrics are right in your face. It’s of a wonderful high sensitivity. Is it HipHop? I am not that familiar with all the different genres, but it’s a wonderful song and I am so glad it got introduced to me by a WdC member.