Good Monday afternoon dear friend...I will be adding three songs to today's post and Playlist...Enjoy the music.
Neo mellow/Viral pop/UK pop/Singer-songwriter: Quietly Yours by Birdy. Jane Austen completed her first draft of Persuasion in July 1816, aged 40. Written in a cottage of Elizabethan origin at Chawton in southern England, she based many of her characters on local Chawton folk. In early 1816, Austen had fallen ill with what many biographers believe to be Addison's Disease, and by the middle of that year, her decline was unmistakable. She completed Persuasion while propped up on two chairs.
Austen wrote to her niece in March 1817, telling her she had a novel "which may appear about a twelve month hence." Sadly, Austen passed away on July 18, 1817, and John Murray published Persuasion, her last completed novel, posthumously on December 20, 1817.
Birdy wrote "Quietly Yours" for Netflix's 2022 adaptation of Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson. Persuasion recounts the story of Anne Elliot, who is "persuaded" by others to break her engagement with Navy Captain Frederick Wentworth because of his uncertain future. Anne cannot find another love like she had with Captain Wentworth, and when they cross paths again after a seven-year separation, she confronts her unfulfilled feelings for him.
With the English novelist's storyline in mind, Birdy details the emotions of a love rekindled after a separation of many years. She sings of "quietly keeping hope in her heart" after breaking up with a romantic interest, and the "sweetest spring at my door" when he returns to her life. Birdy wrote "Quietly Yours" solo and co-produced it with Rich Cooper (Lucy Rose, Rina Sawayama).
Classic Rock/Glam Metal/Hard Rock/Pop Rock: Dreams by Van Halen. "Dreams" is a song by Van Halen released in 1986 from the album 5150. It was the second single from that album, and it reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year. It was released in 7" and 12" single formats. The 7" single features the album version, while the 12" features a slightly extended one. Nine years after its original release, "Dreams" introduced the band to a new generation of fans when it appeared in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and on its soundtrack album. "Dreams" was written during the Sammy Hagar era of the band. It was performed during most tours featuring Hagar, including the final Hagar reunion tour. Even the Gary Cherone–headed tour supporting Van Halen III featured the song in their setlist. The song was also used to close the 2004 Democratic National Convention, played after the acceptance speech of John Kerry. It was also used as the campaign's theme song at rallies across the country in 2004.
Yacht Rock/Country Rock/Southern Rock/Classic Rock/Mellow Gold: So Into You by American Rhythm Section. "So into You" is a 1977 hit single by the Atlanta Rhythm Section. It was the first release from their sixth studio LP, A Rock and Roll Alternative. In "So into You", the singer admits an instant and mysteriously compelling attraction to a stranger entering the room, and is unable to focus on anything else. He attempts to gain the stranger's attention, hoping that she will be able to make a personal connection and that the "vibe" he feels will be mutual. It has been rumored that the woman in real life was Leslie Hawkins, one of the "Honkettes" backup singers of Lynyrd Skynyrd and that drummer Robert Nix was smitten with her. This has never been confirmed, however. The song became their greatest hit, spending three weeks at number seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and two weeks at number five on Cash Box. It did best in Canada, where it reached number two, blocked from the top only by the Eagles ' "Hotel California ". "So Into You" was also an Adult Contemporary hit: it reached number 11 in the U.S. and number 12 in Canada.
Have a great Monday...Take care and GOD bless...
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