V - For a Song Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By geono. on 24-Jul-20. Waypoint GA16668

Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles

Had to pull out some old xmas video tapes.

Highlights of family christmas.

Need a conversion to DVD.

Made me think of this song for some reason.

Not a bad track!

You can listen by clicking here.

TFTL

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archiving

V for "Vegetables" by the beach boys
TFTLC

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My first choices here have all been taken so I'll go with Vanilla Sky by Paul McCartney.
Another simple photo with a bottle of vanilla essence in front of a very cloudy sky on this wet day here in Tassie.
Thanks.

Letter: V
Song Title: Van Dieman’s Land
Singer(s): U2
Comments: The photo added to the Gallery is of a plaque depicting Abel Janzoon Tasman setting foot on the southern island which he named “Anthony Van Diemans Landt”, which became known as Van Dieman’s Land. A close view of the plaque is also included.

Thanks geono. for the cache and the series.

Valley by Jethro Tull.

Here we are hiking the local hills with a valley behind us.


Thanks heaps Geono.

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Viva Las Vegas. Elvis. 1963.

A very cool little song from the king. Can't add much more than a photo of being in Vegas....

Thanks for another one geono.

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Vincent by Don McLean
Album: American Pie (1972)


The words and imagery of this song represent the life, work, and death of Vincent Van Gogh.
A Starry Night is one of the Dutch impressionist's most famous paintings.

The lyrics, "Paint your palette blue and gray" reflect the prominent colors of the painting, and are probably a reference to Vincent's habit of sucking on or biting his paintbrushes while he worked.
The "ragged men in ragged clothes" and "how you tried to set them free" refer to Van Gogh's humanitarian activities and love of the socially outcast as also reflected in his paintings and drawings.
"They would not listen/They did not know how" refers to Van Gogh's family and some associates who were critical of his kindness to "the wretched."

"How you suffered for your sanity" refers to the schizophrenic disorder from which Van Gogh suffered.

Another of my all time favourite songs.
Well worth watching the youtube link at the end of my log.
A tortured soul, a trying time for many people right now.
Other useful links attached also.


Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you

Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in the ragged clothes
The silver thorn, a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will

Written and performed by: Don McLean

Some Daffodils.
Thanks for the cache geono.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/don-mclean/vincent
https://coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au/managing-my-daily-life/coping-with-isolation-and-being-at-home.html

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Our song title for the letter V is:
Valley Of The Calm Trees - Klaxons
A beautiful spot to camp by along the river, nestled amongst the Valley of the Calm Trees on a mystical misty morning
Thanks for the Locationless Cache

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V-Vegetable by RadioHead. TFTC

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Vacation by Dirty Heads. No vacation for me this year

Vintage wine by the Moody blues. From 1988 album sur la mer.
Here is a bottle of my 2001 uncle's wine.

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Vehicle - by the Ides of March.
This photo is of our geo vehicle, with our geo chauffeur Muggle Hubby at the wheel, patiently waiting to continue our journey at the Paddle Steamer Series, whilst I make my way back from the cache.

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Vacation
Connie Francis
A good oldie but not happening in Vic.

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"V" My V song is Vegetable by Radio Head. thanks for the series and for continuing to feed my need for locationless to satisfy my addiction to locationless. TFTL

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Hi geono
My "V" song is "Vegetables" performed by Beach Boys
This song always reminds me of the giant pumpkins that get displayed annually at the Bream Creek Show
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint

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there are a few good song for the letter V but mine has to be

V is for

“Venus and Mars/Rock Show” is a medley of two songs written by Paul and Linda McCartney and originally performed by Wings that make up the first two songs of the album Venus and Mars. The single was released in the United States on 27 October 1975 and in the United Kingdom on 28 November 1975. The B-side was “Magneto and Titanium Man“, another track from the album. The single version is considerably shorter than the album version of the songs; in the single “Rock Show” is cut by more than 3 minutes and “Venus and Mars” is cut by a few seconds. “Venus and Mars/Rock Show” peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, but did not chart on the UK singles chart. In the book The Rough Guide to the Beatles, Chris Ingham praised both songs, describing “Venus and Mars” as “atmospheric” and “Rock Show” as “barnstorming”.

Music and lyrics
“Venus and Mars” is an acoustic, folk-like song representing the perspective of a concertgoer waiting for the show to start. Originally when the song was released fans believed the title referred to Paul and Linda. Paul has denied this, stating that the song “is about an imaginary friend who’s got a girlfriend who’s the kind of person who asks what your sign is before they say hello. That’s it: ‘A good friend of mine studies the stars.’ In fact, in the first verse it’s ‘a good friend of mine follows the stars,’ so it could be ambiguous: a groupie or an astrologer.” The song is in the key of D major.

“Rock Show” is a harder arena rock song. The chorus of “Rock Show” mentions concerts at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, New York’s Madison Square Garden, and Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl. The verses include musical references such as “Silly Willy with the Philly band” and Jimmy Page’s guitar. In addition to the normal Wings line-up, Allen Toussaint played piano on this song. “Rock Show” is in the key of A major. A major is the dominant key of D major, the key of “Venus and Mars”.


Lyrics
Sitting in the stand of the sports arena
Waiting for the show to begin
Red lights, green lights
Strawberry wine
A good friend of mine
Follows the stars –
Venus and Mars
are alright tonight




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Visions Of A Sunset, by Boyz II Men

Personal photo of a sunset on Christmas Day 2019 looking out over the Indian Ocean

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V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N, in the summer sun... List your V songs here.