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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3Snowdrops and daffodils, butterflies and bees
Sail boats and fishermen, things of the sea
Wishing wells, wedding bells, early morning dew
All kinds of everything reminds me of you
Seagulls and areoplanes, things of the sky
Winds that go howling, breezes that sigh
City sights, neon lights, grey skies or blue
All kinds of everything reminds me of you
Summer time, winter time, spring and autumn too
Monday, tuesday, everyday I think of you
Dances, romances, things of the night
Sunshine and holidays, postcards to write
Budding trees, autumn leaves, a snowflake or two
All kinds of everything reminds me of you
Summer time winter time spring and autumn too
Seasons will never change the way that I love you
Dances, romances, things of the night
Sunshine and holidays, postcards to write
Budding trees, autumn leaves, a snowflake or two
All kinds of everything reminds me of you
All kinds of everything reminds me of you
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All Kinds Of Everything - 18/04/1970 & 2 weeks at number 1 - 16 weeks on the chart in total,
& I'm sure everyone agrees they don't write songs like that anymore. Back in the days when "dances, romances, things of the night" were innocent words free of any hidden messages.
it was a great year for snowdrops.
Pop stars that die from drug overdoses are hero-worshipped. Their graves become shrines for streams of visiting pop fans. Dana was politically naive but she never lived it up in heavily guarded mansions or made hip comments on world injustice while shuffling income to offshore accounts for tax avoidance purposes. Now I see she is making her song available to a suicide bereaving voluntary agency. The cynics are already scoffing at her 1970 innocence, lack of eroticism (today's inadequate substitute for love) and lack of exotic dress sense. It reminds me of lines by two twentieth century poets: 1. from T.S.Eliot: " Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
2. from W.B.Yeats: "...and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned."
Snowdrops are healthier than overdoses of cocaine tablets.
I think the decision taken by Dana to help Console in their Snowdrop Campaign is something to be lauded.
Suicide in Ireland may no longer be a crime but it is still one of the main causes of death in this country and one of the least talked about, never mind a subject matter that many people would wish not to be associated with. Should Console and Dana manage to bring some publicity to this topic resulting in greater awareness on a national scale then then that's already an excellent result (who cares about how she dressed in the 1970s!).
This campaign could have an end-product of more openness in talking about suicide and then we would have information as to why people feel this way - Dana cannot possibly know the reasons why every person who chooses to take their life does so, no one knows this, which is why a campaign of this nature is so important.
Although having a song with snowdrops in the title is a nice touch.