Favourite Music Thursday - Somewhere Only We Know by Keane

To buy this song and Keane’s other music, visit Keane’s homepage or iTunes. 

Favourite Music Thursday: Blind Guardian - Skalds and Shadows

Blind Guardian is a power metal band from Germany. The first of their music which I heard was the album Nightfall in Middle-Earth (songs based on JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion and, yes, it's as awesome as it sounds). Their lyrics are almost all rich in mythology, folklore, and fantasy.

Now I won't act like I listen to a lot of metal - this is basically it - so I won't go into a deep discussion. About their musical style Wikipedia has to say:

"Blind Guardian's first two albums, Battalions of Fear and Follow the Blind, were more in the style of speed metal than their following works. Beginning with their third albumTales from the Twilight World, Blind Guardian gradually began to write more complicated compositions focusing less on speed. As of their sixth album, Nightfall in Middle Earth, Hansi stopped playing bass to focus on singing. At this point the band began to incorporate large amounts of orchestral arrangements, and utilized the technique of overdubbing, heavily influenced by the English rock band Queen."

"Skalds and Shadows" has been in my head this whole week, so I thought it would be a good choice for this week's Favourite Music Thursday. Trust me, you want to hear their music. And then go and listen to their other songs...

Favourite Music Friday – The Mummer’s Dance

I love Loreena McKennit’s music and The Mummer’s Dance is one of my favourites. It’s also serving as part of the inspiration for the Flash! Friday story I’m busy with today (no title thus far).  It just popped into my head when I saw the end of the story in my mind...

The story itself will be posted later tonight.

Favourite Music Thursday: Stay On These Roads

“Stay On These Roads” (1988), by a-ha, remains one of my favourite songs. I grew up with a-ha and to still love a song after listening to it hundreds of times over more than twenty years goes to show what staying power it has. (The lyrics are below the video.)

The cold has a voice
It talks to me
Stillborn, by choice
It airs no need
To hold

Old man feels the cold
Oh baby don’t
‘Cause I’ve been told

Stay on these roads
We shall meet, I know
Stay on – my love
We shall meet, I know
I know

Where joy should reign
These skies restrain
‘Shadow your love’
The voice trails off again

Old man feels the cold
Oh baby don’t
‘Cause I’ve been told

Stay on these roads
We shall meet, I know
Stay on – my love
You feel so weak, be strong
Stay on, stay on
We shall meet, I know
I know
I know, my love, I know




Morten Harket / Magne Furuholmen / Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

© 1988 Warner Chappell Music Ltd.