For at least the last ten years or so Sunday breakfast at The Chateau has been soundracked by Ella & Louis – it fits just perfectly with boiled egg & soldiers and plans of what to do with the rest of the day (today has been cancelled because of the rain – more rain in the past month than we did all of last year, who knew we have moved to Manchester?)
Any of you lot have similar traditions re playing the same music at the same time?
https://youtu.be/CIYS9EQWkXg
Lodestone of Wrongness says
Oh go on then
davebigpicture says
Since he died, when cooking a proper meal rather than just opening a tin or shoving something in the oven, I always play Tom Petty’s Greatest Hits and open a beer. I expect to break the habit at some point and choose something else.
retropath2 says
Jings, you guys must be hell to live with. OK, no denigration of your choices, both fine and worthy the occasional outing, but it’s repetition that kills for me. Mrs Path has a habit of hitting on something she likes, and that is no mean feat, and then playing it on constant for days and weeks. If I am lucky and I like it too, for the first few immersions I am fine: recently we have had weeks of Bear’s Den, followed by weeks of Nite Works, followed by weeks of Asaf Avidan and by weeks of Bastille. Other times it has been Sia, Sia, Sia ad nauseam. Literally. But even the good stuff becomes palling after a while and I feel like a shelf-stacker at Christmas.
Play this 100 times and you’ll get my drift….
davebigpicture says
I only start with Tom Petty then move onto something else, plus it’s not every day, more like once or twice a week and I’m the only person in the kitchen but I take your point.
Lodestone of Wrongness says
It’s why I can’t play The Beatles anymore – well past saturation point for me. But on a Sunday morning there is something very comforting about Ella & Louis – and there’s about 154 tracks to choose from…
Junior Wells says
When taking kids on driving lessons and having married twice, there’s a few of them for whom I’ve had this chore, I put on Santana Caravanserai.
It started with my son and I’ve kept the tradition. I hasten to add that I only play something when they are quite confident and we are only racking up the hours in areas of easy driving.
Carl says
I play Eric Clapton’s No Reason to Cry album on Good Friday. Not his best by a long way, but I have my reason.
Back I the mid-70s I had only recently bought it, was listening to it, when I was dragged away and had to leave for the Good Friday service.
So if I’m at home I will play it on Good Friday, preferably at 3:00 to coincide with the service commencing. I’ve been doing this for 30 years or more.
Junior Wells says
now that is quirky
paulwright says
For the simple reason that it is filed under A I have the habit of listening to
Rilo Kiley’s The Absence of God on the bus transferring me from planes to the airport terminal. Become quite a habit.
fentonsteve says
On the drive home from work every Christmas Eve, I always play The Waitresses’ Christmas Wrapping as loud as the car speakers will take. It gets me in the festive spirit.
Twang says
I’m in France at the moment and it occurred to me yesterday that Twang Jr and I always play “Let there be rock” when driving to the supermarket. The timing is such that we always get “Whole lotta Rosie” on the same bit of road and it was driving along it yesterday which triggered it. “Why aren’t we hearing”Whole lotta Rosie”, I wondered to myself. “Because you haven’t been to the supermarket” I replied.
Lodestone of Wrongness says
Thanks to my banned friend for this link..
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/ella-and-louis-cheek-cheek/