FMM: It's in the Cards

During my elementary school days, we had to perform in our school's Christmas program. 

While the other sections performed the classic Christmas songs like "12 Days of Christmas," "The First Noel," and "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," our music teacher decided to go with a lesser known Christmas song.

It was so lesser known, that even we didn't know it.

We had to start from scratch, learning the melody then memorising the lyrics. But after we got a hang of the song, we realised that it was a fun and meaningful song to sing.

Here's the song:

"Christmas Cards" was a Petula Clark classic from 1954! That means, this song will turn 70 next year!

Listening to this again makes me recall my elementary school days, and recall the joys of Christmas as a child.

FMM: Sunday on a Friday

This Friday Magic Madness, let's go back.

Really, really, really, really, really, really back.

Like, Petula Clark levels of back.



I've been listening to this song the past week. And now it's stuck in my head.

I'm sure it'll still be playing in my head on a Monday, a Tuesday, a Wednesday, it's very, very good.

FMM: Lyrical

One of the reasons why I like old songs is the fact that lyrics were so well written back then. Unlike songs now where all you need is a catchy phrase that you'll repeat until your ears bleed, the songs of yesteryears had words that were very emotional and evocative.

I have a long list of songs with lyrics that I really like, to a point that I wish I wrote it myself. And in the spirit of Friday Magic Madness, I'll post 2 of my favorites.

1. "You're so vain" by Carly Simon



Best bit: "I've had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee."

2. "Windmills of my mind" by Petula Clark



Best bit: "Like a carousel that's turning, running rings around the moon." (And pretty much everything else.)

Now these are lyrics!