Entertainment For Lively Minds
What do I do?
Mrs B bought me an ipod some time ago, it's not one of those giga-busting things that it seems are commonplace for members of the massive, but I don't mind rotating the content. I use it on the days I'm away from home, and it's generally on in the kitchen.
At Mrs B's request, I put some of, what she referred to as, 'her' music on there. Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb, the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, Enrique Iglesias, Michael Buble etc. They crop up now and again, offering up a bit of light and shade, although I've also quarantined them within their own playlist.
Yesterday, Mrs B asked me to download Rolf Harris's new version of Two Little Boys. I offered to buy her the CD. No thanks. She wants it on the ipod.
The thing is, there are limits, aren't there?
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This is where the vows come into play
Rememer, for better or worse, in sickness and in health
Buy her an iPod
...get an engraved one from Apple
...in a gift box
...with a nice card
...load it with her music
...wrap it nicely
...and she'll thank you being so thoughtful and lovely :-)
Then you can clear out YOUR iPod
Wise words
suggest also buying a pink (or similar colour) one. It's clear that it's hers and that you won't be borrowing it that way.
It's sound...
...advice.
Thank you.
Three Words.
High School Musical 3. Sorry, that's three words and a number. My kids love it, and for long car journeys to Donegal it is therefore essential that it be on my pod.
Thing is, I am growing rather fond of it.....I'll get me coat.
oooh...
...red card! You're barred!
I'm guilty...
of growing fond of HSM as well!! It's on so often in our house that I just couldn't fight it anymore!!
You can
Tick a little box in itunes so chosen songs don't come up on shuffle. But leave Michael Buble, he's great. And Two Little Boys is one of the greatest songs ever recorded.
I didn't know...
...about the box-ticking, thanks for that.
I genuinely like Buble's 'Home', but when he sings about seeking out exotic booze in 'Come Fly With Me', I can't help thinking that while the line fits Sinatra perfectly, Michael had best not forget to bring some form of ID.
'Two Little Boys' might be great, I'm prepared to believe it, it's just that I can't bear it. Do you think that Mrs B might be getting her own back over 'Golden Birdies'?
Popular
Seemingly divorce is quite popular (and trendy) these days.
Send me a list of all the tunes on your iPod
And I guarantee I can find at least five that are worse than "Two Little Boys". I've got scores on mine that are worse.
I've got...
Mika on mine! Surely that's worse than Rolf?!
Come on Dave...
...I've got scores as well, but once we let that particular cat out of the bag and the distaff side can't deny that she knew as much all along, well, who knows where it might end?
I remember a colleague, Louise (her real name) who was moving in with the boyfriend, someone we all came to refer to - as she did - as "My Pete". The loved up couple, Louise and My Pete, duly joined forces and, after the big move-in weekend, we asked how it had gone.
'Great,' says Louise, 'first thing we did was mix up all of our CDs and records together'.
Great, said everyone else, as I swallowed a cup of freezing cold poison and kept my counsel.
We did that, some years ago. I didn't mind. I can always find my copy of 'Blood on the Tracks' (however well it's been hidden), but eventually it was Mrs B who insisted on having her own dedicated section. Not that it helped her in locating either Mr Robson or Mr Jerome.
By the way, I've just downloaded 'Two Little Boys'. It was recorded with the Fron Male Voice Choir and I'm looking forward to hearing it again, only on some speakers which might do justice to a proper male voice choir.
Two Little Boys
Here's a fine version by John Otway...
Retaliation is in order
Cradle of Filth's greatest hits?
I dunno...
...she's so often unshockable. Mrs B saw Hendrix at London's Refectory Club, and The Fabs somewhere else - Hammersmith probably - took the odd drink at the Scotch of St James and The Bag O' Nails, attended the hippest school in UK history (Holland Park Comp) and sometimes she talks in Russian in her sleep.
When she heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' for the first time (this was a long time after it first appeared and with no knowledge of the fate of the singer) her considered observation was, 'he wants shooting'. An opinion that was unaltered, even when in full possession of the facts.
I love my wife to bits ...
... but she did ask if I could buy some tunes for her to make a playlist which she entitled 'Emma's Cheese'. You can only imagine what horrors comprised that one. The Captain and Tennille and Charlene were two ... specimens.
Light of my life, etc
Mrs Specs_Beard and I each have a shuffle (as in the iPod product, not some kind of low-key movement) which fortunately allows us to get round this problem.
However, because she's yet to get the hang of iTunes, it's always me moving the songs on and off her shuffle for her.
Last week, she asked me to remove everything from the machine completely (including Fleet Foxes, for pity's sake) and replace it all with JUST Christmas music. Carols, Vaughan Williams, Sleigh Ride, Best Christmas Album in the World Ever, etc.
She's going to listen to this stuff for a month. Should I be making tentative enquiries about 'getting help' or similar...?
I know I performed...
...a huge flip flop today, but it does seem a bit early for carols. See if you can put her off until Dec 1st at least. Otherwise, cave in unashamedly and get hugged for being a nice bloke, which is all that counts, really.
No Stairway?
I've got Rolf doing Stairway To Heaven on mine, excellent version. I wouldn't object to a bit more Rolf, saw him at Glastonbury a few years ago and apparently he's back next year. Great stuff.