Watched the Eagles Farewell Tour 1: Live in Melbourne DVD today. It was a nice, long concert – over two hours of great, live music. An Eagles farewell concert? Sad. Some things should never end… Anyway, there’s still hope. They called it ‘Farewell Tour 1’, so hopefully there’ll be 2, 3, 4, 5 etc…
Listened to John Legend’s ‘Get Lifted’ CD.
Also listened to James Blunt’s ‘Back To Bedlam’ CD. ‘Goodbye My Lover’ was, by far, the best song on the album. IMHO.
It’s been a long, long time since I’ve actually listened to an entire album of a ‘new’ or ‘current’ music artiste. By that I mean an artiste who made his/her debut before, let’s say, the mid ‘90s. Ask me about artistes after that period and you’ll get a blank stare… until I get a chance to google it. We’re usually listening to music from the ‘80s, ‘70s, ‘60s, ‘50s, ‘40s… well, you get the picture. Go on then, guess my age… Hah! You’re about 15 years off!
The little one will be back tomorrow, after her short ‘holiday’ with the in-laws. Looking forward to that. While she was there, she got to bathe one of the dogs. Apparently, she did a pretty good job of it. So I guess from now on, that’ll be one less chore for me… bathing Thaïs!
Posted: October 2nd, 2007 by tanya25m
| Filed under general, music
What a disappointment!!! The Jean Luc Ponty concert would have been an utter waste of time if not for the bassist, keyboardist and drummer. It’s a real shame when the backup musicians outshine the main attraction! I think the bassist was the best (and not a bad dancer, too!). The keyboard player was good, but he had a peculiar habit of standing up and sticking his bum out while playing.
The gates opened an hour after the scheduled time, and the concert was delayed by about 25 minutes. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Jean Luc Ponty’s performance was mediocre. The other band members were much better — except for the percussionist. He should take lessons from our very own Zakir Hussain who, I’m sure, could have done everything this percussionist did, with one hand. (And I’m not just saying that ‘coz Zakir Hussain hugged me!)
Anyway, on a different note, Cookie asked for a ‘damn’ butter sandwich today. So I made her a jam & butter sandwich, but the monkey didn’t eat it. By the time I brought it to her she had changed her mind and wanted her milk instead. Took her out for ice-cream earlier. Had a few spoonfuls and stopped. Do you know of any child who says no to ice-cream?!? She’s really one of a kind!!
Posted: February 12th, 2007 by tanya25m
| Filed under kidspeak, music
