Last month a prompt was the word Cardigan. It appeared in a song by a famous singer songwriter. I took the word and remembered the band The Cardigans, fronted by the lovely Nina Persson. I remember seeing the Cardigans back in the day when they were starting out. They were a huge hit in Japan, before Europe and America picked up on their music.
So I took a bunch of song titles and wrote a poem. It started with the a song I could remember first and you can read that poem and some of the comments here on my publication.
I would not even know if this is a copyright issue as the lines are all quotes from titles. We all like our music and we have different tastes in music.
Let’s dedicate the month of May to write poems about favourite bands by using song titles only. My understanding is we can use song titles, don’t change them in anyway and don’t talk badly about the band/song if you wish to stay out of trouble.
Each day in May will have a letter assigned. So, in alphabetical order. Today it’s a band or singer starting with P.
PINK FLOYD
Back in SUMMER '68, we used to hang around on the cobbled streets outside one IBIZA BAR and then another, sitting there with our PAINT BOX, making caricatures for the tourists.
They were THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES.
We'd usually have to RUN LIKE HELL, though, as soon as they saw the pictures.
Because the truth is, we weren't even artists. We just thought it would be a quick and easy way to make some MONEY.
And it was... 😎
Prefab Sprout
Johnny Johnny
If you don’t love me
Don’t sing
Hey Manhattan
The sound of crying
Looking for Atlantis
Enchanted
I remember that
Life’s a miracle
Horsin’ around
’Til the cows come home
We let the stars go
When love breaks down
The king of rock ’n’ roll
Couldn’t bear to be special