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There is a Saturday blog and a Sunday one. I was suggested to do a Monday one. There are some great songs about Monday but I want to do a Tuesday one.
Reasons for a Tuesday. Well Monday is over for this week and one of my favourite bands wrote about Tuesday mornings. Their song Fairytale in New York is my favourite song but today let's talk about Tuesday.

As I can't post the video as I haven't learnt how to from a mobile here goes the lyrics.

Too many sad days
Too many Tuesday mornings
I thought of you today
I wished it was yesterday morning
I thought of you today
I dreamt you were dressed in mourning


But I knew that you
WIth your heart beating
And your eyes shining
Would be dreaming of me
Lying with you
On a Tuesday morning

I fell through the window
And I found that I was still breathing
I thought of tomorrow
And the fear that you might leave me
I thought of tomorrow
And I wished it was Monday morning



Turn your face from me
And I will cover myself with sorrow
Bring hell down upon me
I will surrender my heart to sorrow
Bring hell down upon me
And I will say goodbye tomorrow

I haven't played guitar in a few weeks. The last time, one string had popped. It was high E and I only had a spare B string so I put it on. I know it was too tight and wouldn't stay in tune, so that was only temporary. We were away from the house 3 days and now 2 more strings have popped. If this keeps up, I'll have no strings attached!

Actually, the guitar may be too loud for the condo and I'm thinking of packing it with foam or getting one that's only semi-hollow body... very quiet.

The good news is there's a music store 2 miles away!

Musician news today reports Peter Tork who played bass for the 60's teen sensations The Monkees died at the age of 77.
Mickey and Michael are the two remaining members still kicking...

I'd never heard of these before, not by name, and was bug-eyed watching one played in a classical concert. It isn't touched but played by the energy of the hands waving gently above it.

Turns out, I'd heard them often and often. So have you. They've been around for donkeys years. Did you know?

Maybe most famously, the Star Trek theme is played on the (above the?) theremin. If you've managed to avoid Star Trek all your life, you might have heard the Beach Boys singing Good Vibrations. I found a poor recording which shows the theremin player in the foreground, although he actually does touch his keyboard. I'll have to put it into a comment, only one video link allowed.


Trekkie playing the theremin -


Monday is my day off and therefore my busiest day catch you at the next coffee break

Since the death of my father, I have only been to one concert, and that was Shania Twain. So when a Facebook page offered up a competition for two tickets to a gig in Copenhagen with the power metal band Amaranthe, I tried my luck and entered the competition, and I won.

Yesterday was the day of the concert. I had enlisted a friend to come with me, since I knew he was a big power metal fan. And wow, was that evening fun!

The first band was Warkings. Nobody knows the members or where they are from, because they wear costumes on stage. The drummer was dressed like a Spartan, which was pretty rad to see! The rest of the band were dressed in home made costumes, which added a sense of theater to their show. Their lyrical themes are warriors and war, and they were extremely entertaining to watch. So much energy on the stage!
7/10

Next up was Follow The Cipher, which started as a side project for the lead guitarist from Sabaton. Their set was primarily Sabaton inspired, and the lead singer was trying her absolute best to entertain. I would have loved them, if they were any better than they were. Sadly, they were quite a disappointment. During Follow The Cipher, some dude in front of me kept blocking my view, which was fairly annoying. Whenever I moved, he moved right in front of me. I believe he was trying to look at the lead singer, but still. So annoying! Anyway, Follow The Cipher definitely has some potential - but it wasn't fulfilled that night.
4/10

Then it was time for the main event. Amaranthe. A Danish/Swedish band that are notorious for being extremely entertaining live. They opened up with Maximize, which kind of set the tone for the show. It was going to be quite the party!

Sadly, my back gave up three songs in, so I was forced to leave.

If my back had stayed comfortable, I would have seen the entire show, which I read was one of the best shows they ever played.

So for the short three song concert I saw, Amaranthe scored high on my list. It was easily one of the best power metal shows I have been to in a long time.
9/10

One of my favorite Irish groups is The Corrs. One of the tunes played by them (see below) is 'Toss the Feathers'.

Do any of the Irish blogger's know what it means to 'Toss the Feathers'...?







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69 year old rock legend Lindsey Buckingham was singer/guitarist for the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and again from 1997 to 2018. Early in April 2018, Buckingham was fired from the group over performance material differences. He later filed suit with the band over this.

Buckingham who had toured as a solo act in the past had gone back on the road.

Early in February, Lindsey had emergency open heart surgery and as a result of the surgery suffered vocal cord damage. Reports are it's unknown if the damage is temporary.

At this time, all his concert dates have been cancelled.