I was all set to write a post about the 200th Anniversary of Pride and Prejudice – but it will have to wait. Because last night (that will be a joke in a minute, wait and see) a young friend showed me this video:
And I LOVED it. This adorable 20-year-old is so clever and talented and FUNNY! There are few things I like better than funny. As Lizzie Bennett would say, (note P&P reference!) I dearly love to laugh. Make me laugh and you’re half-way there. Half-way where, you ask? Pretty much anywhere, frankly. I am absolutely going to learn this song (have I mentioned that I sing?) because I think it will knock ’em dead as a party piece. My friends are mostly past this stage, but not so far that we don’t remember. Get a few wines into ’em and I reckon they’ll be joining in in no time.
Anyway, so impressed was I by this young lady that I watched a few more of her videos. Which is how I came across this one:
And this one made me cry. I was sitting at my desk, surrounded by mess I need to clean up, almost hyperventilating about all the things I need to do this month (writing! tax! deadlines! eek!) and this song made me stop, forget all of that and cry. Can a creator ask more than that? If what I write can do that – take people out of their lives for a bit, have a laugh, have a cry, make them forget their troubles for a bit – I will be very, very happy.
I also like this one, a bit of musical philosophising:
Lucy is on Twitter and Facebook, if you want to follow what she gets up to. I’m a little late to the Lucy party, it seems, but I have always adhered to ‘better late than never’ – especially when it comes to talent! And in case you hadn’t found her yet either, I just wanted to share my unexpected Wednesday joy!
Have you found anything that surprised and delighted you lately?
Wow. She is genius. Good call, Im.
Isn’t she great? I just love that song about the drinking too much and socially smokin’. Encapsulates my uni days so well!
Wow, she’s good. Love the first song, and the second one made me all emotional.
Same here! Lovely to see someone singing their own material.
Thanks Imelda! I’d never heard of her before. She’s very talented and very funny!
She’s great, isn’t she? She reminds me a bit of a young, British, Kristina Olsen – guitar-playing great songwriter.
I did not know her… I really enjoyed watching these videos.
I’m glad, Rita!
Brilliant! The first one made me laugh and the second one made me cry. You’re so right. Thanks for making my day! She’s brilliant. I’m late to the party, too. But I’m glad I finally made it.
Me too, Kinley! That’s something to love about the internet – the ability to share so readily the things we love!
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