Amy is this week’s host, and her challenge is to capture Summer.
'Summertime and the livin' is easy
...
One of these mornings
You're goin' to rise up singing'
DUBOSE HEYWARD, GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN
Summer at the Beach • Lens-Artists Challenge
This photo sums up this season in Holland. While the sun might be shining (occasionally), the beaches are mostly deserted. It’s rather chilly out there, and the Covid-19 scare still is sort of omnipresent
On a positive note though, the light does make for some spectacular photography.
Dusk at the boulevard
Anyways, not be a grumpy old man, most of these mornings I sort of ‘rise up singing’ kind of mood.
So far for this entry in the Lens-Artists Challenge #104.
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Song Lyric Sunday 5 July • Good Vibrations. This week, Jim Adam’s prompt is Best/Better/Good/Great.
A brilliant song by Brian Wilson (music) and Mike Love of the Beach Boys.
Here are the lyrics:
I, I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's giving me excitations
I'm pickin' up good vibrations (oom bop, bop, good vibrations)
She's giving me excitations (oom bop, bop, excitations)
Good good good good vibrations (oom bop, bop)
She's giving me excitations (oom bop, bop, excitations)
Good good good good vibrations (oom bop, bop)
She's giving me excitations (oom bop, bop, excitations)
Close my eyes
She's somehow closer now
Softly smile, I know she must be kind
When I look in her eyes
She goes with me to a blossom world
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's giving me excitations
I'm pickin' up good vibrations (oom bop, bop, good vibrations)
She's giving me excitations (oom bop, bop, excitations)
Good good good good vibrations (oom bop, bop)
She's giving me excitations (oom bop, bop, excitations)
Good good good good vibrations (oom bop, bop)
She's giving me excitations (oom bop, bop, excitations)
(Ah)
(Ah my my what elation)
I don't know where but she sends me there
(Ah my, my, what a sensation)
(Ah my, my, what elations)
(Ah my, my, what)
Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations
A happenin' with her
Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations
A happenin' with her
Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations
A happenin'
Ah
Good good good good vibrations (oom bop, bop)
She's giving me excitations (oom bop, bop, excitations)
Good good good good vibrations (oom bop, bop)
She's na, na
Na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do
And here’s a blurb about its origin…
“Good Vibrations” is a song composed by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love for the American rock band the Beach Boys, of which both were members. Released on October 10, 1966, the single was an immediate critical and commercial hit, topping record charts in several countries including the US and UK. Characterized by its complex soundscapes, episodic structure and subversions of pop music formula, it was the costliest single ever recorded at the time of its release. “Good Vibrations” later became widely acclaimed as one of the finest and most important works of the rock era. Also produced by Wilson, the title derived from his fascination with cosmic vibrations, as his mother would tell him as a child that dogs sometimes bark at people in response to their “bad vibrations”. He used the concept to suggest extrasensory perception, while Love’s lyrics were inspired by the nascent Flower Power movement. It was written as it was recorded and in a similar fashion to other compositions from Wilson’s Smile period. The song was issued as a standalone single backed with the Pet Sounds instrumental “Let’s Go Away for Awhile”. “Good Vibrations” was to be included on Smile before the project’s collapse and instead appeared on the substitute LP Smiley Smile (1967).
This type of bench is butt-ugly but rather common in, not just the Hague, but the whole of the Netherlands. The semi-comfortable design, it’s sturdiness and the fact its price will be relatively low cause its popularity among the civil servant community.
The graffiti reads ‘forced uniformityupon the unique masses. B.’
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