Last week I took part in Jim Adam’s Song Lyric Sunday Challenge and despite being one of my favourite challenges, I don’t always manage to take part, but I just wanted to squeeze this post in.
Click on the link below to see Jim Adam’s post and to take part in the challenge.
The Song Lyric Sunday Challenge this week the theme is Heavenly Bodies, Planets, Moon, Sun, Stars, as suggested by King Ben’s Grandma.
There is something restful about listening to music about the heavens, the stars, the moon etc. It is ideal if you are struggling with life’s torments, to sit back and listen to some celestial music.
In the face of the stresses of life, I try to remain stoic, which can often come across as a cavalier attitude to life as I sit back on my recliner on holiday, but believe me, I am not unaffected by what is going on in the world around me, but just like to reflect.
Listening to these songs helps me maintain my composure.
Firstly, no lyrics, but my favourite piece of classical music is part of a suite called The Planets written by Gustav Holst, it is called Jupiter. It was written in 1916 and first performed in 1918. The middle section of the piece has been turned into a hymn/anthem, “I vow to thee my country” and also a Rugby anthem, but the lyrics do not mention the planets and so don’t count. The music is quite heavenly though.
And a bit more in-keeping with the rules, here is the song “Fly Me to the Moon“. originally titled “In Other Words“, it was written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song the year it was written. Frank Sinatra’s 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon, but my favourite version is by Julie London also released in 1964.
“Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)”
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a-Jupiter and Mars
In other words: hold my hand
In other words: baby, kiss me
Fill my heart with song
And let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words: please, be true
In other words: I love you
Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words: please, be true
In other words, in other words: I love you
I hope you enjoy these songs. Happy Sunday.
I have also included the following word prompts in my post:
Tales from the mind of Kristian 
Thanks for joining in with your lovely music Kristian.
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Thank you, I enjoy taking part 🙂
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Both Brilliant, I used Jupiter today as well among my choices 💜
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It’s one of my favourites. I enjoyed your selection too. I’d forgotten Kiki Dee’s song Star 🙂
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Mine too, Mars a close second. Kiki Dee is very underated!
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I didn’t know that that hymn tune came from a much larger piece!
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Its my favourite 🙂
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I always play Holst’s Planets for my students during lunchtime as I think it is an amazing composition Also, I have been singing “Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)” a lot recently. I think because of Squid Game.
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