#MusicMonday – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen performed by Annie Lennox

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. As it's Christmas Eve I had to share a Christmas video. I've chosen something more traditional as we've probably all heard enough of all the modern Christmas songs by now. Here's Annie Lennox performing God Rest...

Music Monday – Smells Like Nirvana by “Weird Al” Yankovic

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. I just had to share this video this week after Drew shared the original Nirvana video for Music Monday last week. Apparently Kurt Cobain loved Weird Al's version and truly felt he'd finally made it in...

Music Monday – A Kind of Magic by Queen

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. I saw the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody at the cinema recently and thought it was brilliant. The film only showcases the group's music up to their Live Aid performance in 1985, missing out on this...

Music Monday – Blame It On the Boogie by The Jackson 5

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. This week I’m sharing a video from 1978 by the Jackson 5, now known as The Jacksons. I think it's a great song to banish the Monday morning blues, and you get you dancing in the...

Music Monday – You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. This week I’m sharing a video from 1986, You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon guest starring Chevy Chase. Or should that be by Chevy Chase guest starring Paul Simon? Confused? Just watch the video...

Music Monday –Literally (The Viking Song) by Horrible Histories

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. This week I’m sharing a video from the hilarious Horrible Histories, a multi-BAFTA award winning TV show. If you haven't seen the TV show it's based on Terry Deary's very funny children's books "telling the disgusting...

Music Monday – Shiny Happy People by R.E.M

  Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. This week I'm sharing a video from 1991, Shiny Happy People by R.E.M, with guest vocalist Kate Pierson, from the B52s. Not a bad way to start a Monday. 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYOKMUTTDdA Shiny happy people laughing...

Music Monday – Bohemian Rhapsody performed by The Muppets

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. Well hello again Music Monday it's been a long time since I joined in, but here I am again! What a fun video I've got to share this week, the Muppets performing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. I...

Music Monday – We Are Family by Sister Sledge

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. As I've got a family wedding coming up at the weekend and will be spending time with my lovely siblings and their families, I’ve chosen We are Family by Sister Sledge from 1979. "We Are Family"...

Music Monday – Cheese and Onions by The Rutles

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. This week I’ve chosen another video by The Rutles the brilliant Beatles parody group headed up by Neil Innes and Eric Idle of Monty Python. "The Rutles are a rock band known for their visual and...

Music Monday – Mahna Mahna by The Muppets

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. This week I’ve chosen another Muppet Show video from 1976, the very famous Mahna Mahna song. According to The Muppet Wiki it was "originally titled "Mah-Na Mah-Na," was written by composer Piero Umiliani for an Italian...

Music Monday – Summer Nights by John Travolta & Olivia Newton John

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. It's a beautiful Bank Holiday here in the UK and I can only think of summery tunes. With that in mind my choice this week is Summer Nights from the musical Grease performed starring John Travolta...

Music Monday – Crocodile Rock by Elton John (and The Muppets)

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. This week I’ve chosen a video from 1977/8, when Elton John starred on The Muppet Show performing his hit song Crocodile Rock. It's a fun video and I hope it cheers you up on this grumpy...

Music Monday – Living With A Hernia by Weird Al Yankovic

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. This week I’ve chosen Living With a Hernia by Weird Al Yankovic, a fantastic parody of Living in America by James Brown. I was actually looking for a different video to share, but when I saw...

Music Monday – Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Music Monday is a meme created and hosted by Drew@TheTattooedBookGeek as an opportunity to share a favourite music video. This week I’ve chosen Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions from 1984. "Lloyd Cole And The Commotions were a British pop band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1982. Between 1984 and 1989, the band scored...