In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Originally posted by Brenda:
SIX, took a listen to "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO and I'm glad that I've never come across it before. I've heard Beatles songs along the same lines and I'd rather listen to the Beatles to tell the truth.
Yeah. I don't know why, but I really like that song. I can't remember if I mentioned it here, but when I first heard it I thought it was a Beatles song too. My old man wrote me back about a week after I'd sent it to him and he told me that he knew some other ELO songs and liked them but never heard this one and now it was his favorite ELO. He also mentioned how it sounded like the Beatles, I believe he said during their Sgt. Pepper era.
I don't know why I like it so much. It's usually not my thing at all. I'm a Beatles fan myself, but I like their "weird" stuff like Strawberry Fields Forever and The Walrus way more than their earlier "happy" stuff.
It should be said that "Mr. Blue Sky" was recently rated as the "Happiest Song In the World", and it was based on Science.Quote:
Electric Light Orchestra declared to have the "happiest song in the world"
There is actually a formula for how “happy” a song can make you, based on science.
https://www.magic.co.nz/home/music/2020/05/electric-light-orchestra-de
clared-to-have-the-happiest-song-in-the-world.html
They've got a top 10 list too...
‘Mr Blue Sky’ - Electric Light Orchestra
‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ - Queen
‘Good Vibrations’ - the Beach Boys
‘The Riddle’ - Nik Kershaw
‘I’m a Believer’ - the Monkees
‘I’ll Be There for You’ - the Rembrandts
‘Pamela’ - Toto
‘Mambo No. 5’ - Lou Bega
‘Our House’ - Madness
‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’ - Wham
I can't argue with Our House. I've loved that one since I was a little kid and first started listening to the radio. Wham's song is a guilty pleasure of mine too.
I never cared much for "I'll Be There For You", but I'll bet in a parallel dimension where they didn't use that as the theme song for Friends that the show wouldn't have been the mega-hit that streaming services still pay hundreds of millions of dollars to secure the exclusive streaming rights to this day.
I wonder if the Cheers theme song made its way on there. Hard for me to come up with a better theme song than that on the fly, IMO.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Thank you. That is the era of Beatles I was trying to come up with when I listened to "Mr. Blue Sky". It sounds like the Beatles, Sgt. Pepper era.
I love "Strawberry Fields" and that was from around Dr. Pepper. I think it was even on the Dr. Pepper album. My brother had that record and I can't remember now but I'm pretty sure I'm right. I don't care for "The Walrus."
I have one word to say about "Mr. Blue Sky" being the happiest song. ICK!
I know some of their top 10 list. Not sure I've heard "Don't stop me now" by Queen. I'll have to look that one up.
But I'm right there with, "Our House", "I'm a Believer", and "Wake me up" by Wham.
I can take or leave "Good Vibrations". Not a huge fan of the Beach Boys.
Should mention that I do like ELO. "Confusion" is a good song of theirs.
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Out for my walk in a dry day after some rain last night.
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Back from my walk and I just realized as I sit here typing that I was planning on doing some cleaning but forgot. Oh, well I will do it before I eat supper.
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Out in the rain. Some things to do.
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Quote:it's been very dry here after the last rain. I have to water again, and the dry air is giving my sinuses a beating.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out in the rain. Some things to do.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:it's been very dry here after the last rain. I have to water again, and the dry air is giving my sinuses a beating.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out in the rain. Some things to do.
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Ouch for your sinuses. I find with my sinuses its the cold that does me in.
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Back from my walk and I would have had lunch at that little hot dog/hamburger place I like which is near the dentist and the pharmacy I use. But it was just too wet. It was even too wet to wait outside for the bus. I had to stay indoors of the mall till the bus came.
The rain is tapering off now and it is suppose to be dry tomorrow. So we shall see.
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Still no car, but I did talk to the mechanic yesterday. He's waiting on the part and he's going to fix it. Looks like he won't need to drop the fuel tank since he'll be using nylon tubing to replace the rusted out line, so if nothing changes it's going to be fixed for under a $100 when he's done.
I can live with that.
Don't know if I'll be getting it before Thanksgiving though.
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Well, today I managed to irrigate/ water the front and back yards. It's been pretty dry since the last rain. Fortunately it's been relatively cool (compared to summer anyway, altho T-day is supposed to be in the low 80s) so I shouldn't need to do that for another three weeks or so.
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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