We were treated to an awesome surprise Tuesday evening in Bruce Springsteen's Cardiff gig - The Animals' Eric Burdon joined the E Street Band on stage to perform his hit We've Gotta Get Out of This Place. When the rock legend came out on stage about halfway through the concert the crowd of over 20,000 people erupted with joy. When the chorus began the roof was shaking as people shouted "we gotta get out of this place if it's the last thing we ever do..." back to the performers on stage. Awesome! I was unsure whether to include the original 1960's version of the song in today's Super Song Sunday but as I'm still reeling from Tuesday's incredible gig I though I'd link that very performance. I hope you enjoy listening to it because I sure loved living it! Oh, and how awesome is Burdon's t-shirt & scarf combo!
And just for good measure I have included the song that followed this surprising collaboration - Boom Boom. "C'mon and shake it up babeyyyy"!!!
Showing posts with label joio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joio. Show all posts
24/12/2012
VIDEO POST: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE. LET'S SING!
As we travelled around the village delivering Christmas cards we turned the Christmas music up to 11 and danced. Just normal day-to-day activities! Enjoy our little sing-a-long!
Merry Christmas
Nadolig Llawen :)
Merry Christmas
Nadolig Llawen :)
PICTURE POST: CHRISTMAS TIME
For the last couple of days I've been going around the house taking snapshots of our Christmas.
Merry Christmas
Nadolig Llawen :)
Merry Christmas
Nadolig Llawen :)
IT'S (ALMOST) CHRISTMAAAAAAS!
Well, tomorrow is Christmas day! This year has gone by so fast it is unbelievable.
This week has been fairly busy but mostly it's been lying on the sofa watching films! That's how Christmas should be, no?
Last week I went over to see Alaw as I hadn't seen her for ageeeees. One thing led to another and before you know it we were driving around the village dropping Christmas cards off & listening to Christmas songs at volume 80! It was actually hilarious! We ended up just driving to random places for no specific reason. These are the best sort of days - random and fun ones!
(I think this picture of Alaw is one of my favourite pictures ever!)
Friday I woke up to a text from Carwen asking if I wanted to go down to Cardiff to watch the rugby. Scarlets were travelling down to face the Blues in the Christmas derby. Of course I said yes, so at around 3 o'clock we were off down the M4! She had won the tickets through the local radio station. The match wasn't overly exciting itself but we managed to make it fun! The Scarlets won so there was a positive from the game (they haven't won for a looooong time!) It was an extremely fun day and it was nice to actually see Carwen in the flesh after three months of occasional Skype sessions!
Saturday we went to visit the grandparents and almost as soon as we were home we had people over for supper. It was an hilarious night which saw a lot of laughs and empty bottles of wine! Most of us were wearing Christmas hats and we had the Christmas table set out. It got me in that Christmasy mood of having fun and enjoying yourself.
Last night we went to a candle light christmas chapel service that our family friend does every year. My brother and I both had to do readings - him a poem & me a hymn. This also gets everyone in a christmas mood as we sing hymns under candle light and then have mince pies and mulled wines (wwwww... and also get chocolate and tangerines from santa!).
Merry Christmas :)
Nadolig Llawen :)
This week has been fairly busy but mostly it's been lying on the sofa watching films! That's how Christmas should be, no?
Last week I went over to see Alaw as I hadn't seen her for ageeeees. One thing led to another and before you know it we were driving around the village dropping Christmas cards off & listening to Christmas songs at volume 80! It was actually hilarious! We ended up just driving to random places for no specific reason. These are the best sort of days - random and fun ones!
Friday I woke up to a text from Carwen asking if I wanted to go down to Cardiff to watch the rugby. Scarlets were travelling down to face the Blues in the Christmas derby. Of course I said yes, so at around 3 o'clock we were off down the M4! She had won the tickets through the local radio station. The match wasn't overly exciting itself but we managed to make it fun! The Scarlets won so there was a positive from the game (they haven't won for a looooong time!) It was an extremely fun day and it was nice to actually see Carwen in the flesh after three months of occasional Skype sessions!
Saturday we went to visit the grandparents and almost as soon as we were home we had people over for supper. It was an hilarious night which saw a lot of laughs and empty bottles of wine! Most of us were wearing Christmas hats and we had the Christmas table set out. It got me in that Christmasy mood of having fun and enjoying yourself.
Last night we went to a candle light christmas chapel service that our family friend does every year. My brother and I both had to do readings - him a poem & me a hymn. This also gets everyone in a christmas mood as we sing hymns under candle light and then have mince pies and mulled wines (wwwww... and also get chocolate and tangerines from santa!).
Merry Christmas :)
Nadolig Llawen :)
26/11/2012
NEW ZEALAND RUGBY!
Early Friday morning I caught the train to Cardiff to see Nicola (: The train was close to an hour late arriving in the city but once I finally arrived we headed straight to Starbucks to grab a bight to eat and a coffee to warm us up - it was absolutely pouring it down and incredibly cold (typical welsh winter weather!). Once I could feel my feet again we caught the bus to my mum's friend's house to drop my stuff off because that was where I was staying for the night. Once we arrived back in to town we met up with Nicola's dad who had driven a bus load of people down to watch the Wales V New Zealand match that was on in the Millennium stadium that evening. We literally had only spoken a few words with him before Nicola and myself were running up the street! He had just told us that the New Zealand team bus was outside the Hilton hotel and being us we headed straight in the direction of the hotel!
When we arrived there we were just in time - Richie McCaw (NZ Captain and all round AWESOME player) had just stepped on the bus! We then saw world class players such as Ma'a Nonu, Piri Weepu and Dan Carter (OMG!). I have all of this on video, so once I upload it on to some format I will post it on the blog asap!
Once that jaw dropping excitement had come to a close (and after Nicola and I waved the bus off!) we went back to Nicola's flat for some coffee and a chance to dry up before we headed over to the local Weatherspoons to watch the match! We lost - but it was a much better performance than the last two matches!
Early Sunday afternoon I met up with Nicola in town for some brunch in a little place down Castle Arcade called 'Madame Fromage'. I had a ham, brie and cranberry baguette - yuuum! We then headed over to the train station (absolutely stuffed!) and we saw when we arrived that the train was delayed. Whilst waisting time around the station I noticed that ex All Black captain Justin Marshall, was sitting down in the station's cafe! So after some planning, we headed over to him and had a picture and a quick conversation! The train eventually turned up an hour late and the journey just got worse from there! There had been an engine failure at some point so we were running on one engine, a tree had fallen across the tracks so the driver had to go out and move it, there wasn't enough power in the train to go up an incline so we had to wait for another train to come and pull us up, we eventually got up the hill but then they couldn't get air in to the train so we had to evacuate, when we arrived at Reading the last train to Egham had left over and hour and a half ago so we had to wait a further hour and a half to get a taxi back to the Uni. So a 2 and a half hour journey turned in to a 12 hour journey! At least I got home and have pictures of NZ players on my phone to keep me happy!
When we arrived there we were just in time - Richie McCaw (NZ Captain and all round AWESOME player) had just stepped on the bus! We then saw world class players such as Ma'a Nonu, Piri Weepu and Dan Carter (OMG!). I have all of this on video, so once I upload it on to some format I will post it on the blog asap!
Once that jaw dropping excitement had come to a close (and after Nicola and I waved the bus off!) we went back to Nicola's flat for some coffee and a chance to dry up before we headed over to the local Weatherspoons to watch the match! We lost - but it was a much better performance than the last two matches!
Early Sunday afternoon I met up with Nicola in town for some brunch in a little place down Castle Arcade called 'Madame Fromage'. I had a ham, brie and cranberry baguette - yuuum! We then headed over to the train station (absolutely stuffed!) and we saw when we arrived that the train was delayed. Whilst waisting time around the station I noticed that ex All Black captain Justin Marshall, was sitting down in the station's cafe! So after some planning, we headed over to him and had a picture and a quick conversation! The train eventually turned up an hour late and the journey just got worse from there! There had been an engine failure at some point so we were running on one engine, a tree had fallen across the tracks so the driver had to go out and move it, there wasn't enough power in the train to go up an incline so we had to wait for another train to come and pull us up, we eventually got up the hill but then they couldn't get air in to the train so we had to evacuate, when we arrived at Reading the last train to Egham had left over and hour and a half ago so we had to wait a further hour and a half to get a taxi back to the Uni. So a 2 and a half hour journey turned in to a 12 hour journey! At least I got home and have pictures of NZ players on my phone to keep me happy!
28/10/2012
RANDOM DAY TRIP
On Saturday morning I woke up bright and early to catch the train to London Waterloo in order to make my MRI Scan on time. However as I was just about to dry my hair the company phoned to say that their scanner had broken and that I had to rearrange the appointment for another day. How annoying! I had already planned that we were going to go to the scan and then just roam around the city for the afternoon. Hey, ho, I have now rearranged for Monday evening. I was wide awake and feeling fresh (for the first time in a while) but I had no where to go! Everybody else was sleeping, so I headed over to the library and printed a few readings off and found some books that I need to read for my essay. When I came back, people were awake and we headed out to get some brunch.
In a matter of 30mins after we finished brunch, myself and 2 friends were on the train to Windsor! The day just kept on getting more and more random . . . Upon arriving in Windsor one of my friends asked "I wonder if there's a theatre in Windsor". In a matter of 10mins we had bought tickets and were sitting in the theatre watching the West End's production of 'The Woman in Black'! If you know me, you'll know that I am the wort person when it comes to watching scary stuff. I'm even scared of the dark guys! However, the play was very good and how they staged the whole thing was very clever and according to people who have watched both the stage and film adaption - the stage version was much more scary! It's fair to say that I did spend most of the play with my eyes closed and my fingers in my ear! It was really good though!
After the play we did some shopping and then had some supper in Pizza hut looking straight out at the castle. Soon after, we took our left over pizza's and our shopping to the train and got home to have a chillaxed night! Perfect.
In a matter of 30mins after we finished brunch, myself and 2 friends were on the train to Windsor! The day just kept on getting more and more random . . . Upon arriving in Windsor one of my friends asked "I wonder if there's a theatre in Windsor". In a matter of 10mins we had bought tickets and were sitting in the theatre watching the West End's production of 'The Woman in Black'! If you know me, you'll know that I am the wort person when it comes to watching scary stuff. I'm even scared of the dark guys! However, the play was very good and how they staged the whole thing was very clever and according to people who have watched both the stage and film adaption - the stage version was much more scary! It's fair to say that I did spend most of the play with my eyes closed and my fingers in my ear! It was really good though!
After the play we did some shopping and then had some supper in Pizza hut looking straight out at the castle. Soon after, we took our left over pizza's and our shopping to the train and got home to have a chillaxed night! Perfect.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
