Kitty's Corner

We're nearly reaching the end of my series of music posts. It's now week 28 out of 30, so now there only this one and two more to go. Read the rules here if you don't know what I'm talking about.

This weeks challenge is to post a song that makes you feel guilty. It reminds me quite a bit about week 13's challenge: A song that is a guilty pleasure, where I posted a song by Right Said Fred. I have the same problem as I had all those weeks ago: I simply don't understand how a song should be able to make me feel guilty!

I'll give it a go anyway, with two videos, because I couldn't decide which one to chose.

The first one is with Afroman:



I have to admit that I especially enjoy the two white chicks in the beginning of the video.

And next one up is Katy Perry:




That's what I can come up with for today. What about you?

So, it's Monday again already. Those weekends sure happen very fast!
It's time for another post in my row of music challenges (rules listed here in case anyone forgot them)...
This week is calling for a song, that you can play on an instrument. Hmm. I'm not out of a musical family, really, but I can play one song. One.



Meet the Muppets, performing "When the saints go marching in".

Next week's challenge is about which song you wish you could play on an instrument, and I promise you that it'll be a different kettle of fish!

Here's another Monday coming up, which means it's time for another blogpost in my series of Music Challenges. Today the challenge is to find a song that I want to play at my funeral.

It's kind of odd for me, since I probably won't be listening to it myself, being dead and all. But I've chosen a Norwegian song performed by a Danish artist, namely Kim Larsen. It's called "Kringsatt av Fiender", which means "Surrounded by enemies".

It's a very beautiful song in my opinion.



The lyrics:
Kringsatt av fiender,
gå inn i din tid
Under en blodig storm
vi dig til strid
Kanske du spør i angst,
udekket, åpen:
hvad skal jeg kjempe med,
hvad er mit våpen?

Her er dit vern mot vold,
her er dit sverd:
troen på livet vårt,
menneskets verd.
For all vår fremtids skyld,
søk det og dyrk det,
dø om du må - men:
øk det og styrk det!

Translated it's approximately:
Surrounded by enemies,
walk into your time
During a bloody storm
Prepare to fight
Perhaps you ask in fear
uncovered, open:
What shall I fight with,
what is my weapon?

Here is your protection against violence
here is your sword
Believing in life,
and what's human life is worth.
For the sake of our future,
Seek it and make it grow.
Die if you must, but
make it bigger and strengthen it!


There are three more verses, but these are the ones I want sung by my funeral.
Thank you for your time and attention.

American magazine "Rolling Stone" asked their readers about who they think made the worst songs of the 1980s.

Here's the result of the survey:

1: Starship - We Built This City

2: Europe - The Final Countdown

3: Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red

4: Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

5: Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

6: Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

7: Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy

8: Toni Basil - Mickey

9: Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz

10: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

I must admit that there's a couple of the songs that surprised me a bit, but I guess that's what happens when you ask people who reads a rock magazine.

Take number one on the list, "We built this city" by Starship. The single version reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and also number one on the U.S. Top Rock Tracks chart and number twelve in the United Kingdom.

Number two on the list is by the Swedish band "Europe". Their song reached No. 1 in 25 countries, including the United Kingdom, and was certified gold in the United Kingdom in 1986.

I just wonder how songs that are rated to be the worst of a decade could have made it number one on any billboards. I would have found it more reasonable to put songs on the list that just didn't make it anywhere, you know? But perhaps that's just me.

I'm currently making a series of music challenges, and when I'm done there'll be 30 of them. We've reached number 21, namely a song you listen to when you’re happy.

I listen to a lot of music when I'm happy, in fact, I listen to the most music when I'm in a good mood, where as I tend to be pretty quiet if I'm not happy.

So something cheerful and bouncy that I would put on when I'm in that kind of mood could be Green Day with one of the songs from their latest album "21st Century Breakdown" from 2009. I've chosen "Know your Enemy because that song always makes me bounce!



The lyrics are... well... not really worth mentioning, but the energy in the song is great, and just me!