Monday's Music Moves Me

All Things Christmas Bringing in the New Year #scribblepicnic

December 30, 2018 /
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It’s not only the end of another month but the eve of a brand new year, Kittens and Dawgs.  How did that happen?  I seriously doubt there are many 4M partygoers around in Blogosphere but if you are one of the few then I have another playlist in my ‘All Things Christmas‘ mewsic lineup.   I’m actually excited to share my selections with you because I don’t believe I’ve used this mix of old and new (to me) songs on my site.  Give a listen to these 9 titles featuring New Year(s).

  1. Christmas Ain’t Christmas, New Years Ain’t New Years Without The One You Love ~ O’Jays
  2. Maybe Baby (New Year’s Day) ~ Sugarland
  3. Celtic New Year ~ Van Morrison
  4. New Year’s Prayer ~ Jeff Buckley
  5. New Year’s Day ~ U2
  6. This is the New Year ~ A Great Big World
  7. What Will the New Year Bring? ~Donna Fargo
  8. Funky New Year ~ The Eagles
  9. Bringing In a Brand New Year ~ Charles Brown
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Please join my fellow co-hosts: XmasDolly (Party Coordinator), Stacy,  Alana, & Colette (taking semi-blog hiatus due to eye issues) on  the dance floor.

🎄This is a linkup for mewsic posts only🎄

[tweetthis]I’m boogieing to “All Things Christmas” with the #MondaysMusicMovesMe gang.  Come hit the dance floor with me! @xmasdolly [/tweetthis]

Let me just keep those tunes playing, your body swaying, and I’ll swing by to boogie with soon!  Have a sparkletastic day! 😉  


This is my Scribble Picnic 12.28.2018. art challenge ‘bang’ a few days late but felt it purrfect to display in this time slot! An iPad Pro Procreation design original by yours truly! 😉


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25 Comments

  • Lisa notes...

    January 1, 2019 at 6:49 pm

    We realized this morning that we never even turned our TV to any New Year’s Eve celebrations last night. ha. But we still find ourselves in 2019 anyway. 🙂 Have a great new year!

    • Cathy Kennedy

      December 31, 2018 at 3:46 pm

      Patrick,

      Thanks for the New Year wishes, my friend. I hope the very best for you and your family as well in 2019. Here’s to a good year boogieing on the 4M dance floor and many mid-week visits on #WW fun. Have a pAwesome evening. Be safe!

  • Stacy Uncorked

    December 31, 2018 at 11:11 am

    Awesome choices, as usual, Cathy! 🙂 We’re twinsies with A Big Bad World…heh! And I almost posted the Sugarland one, as well as Van Morrison and U2 – I’m so glad you did, so I could listen to them again! 🙂 Thanks for being such an awesome friend and dancing partner – here’s to an inspirational 2019! Have a Happy New Year! 🙂

    • Cathy Kennedy

      December 31, 2018 at 2:01 pm

      Stacy,

      Yes, we are twinsies! This morning when I stopped by I must not have been fully awake because that blew right over my head that we both went with The Big Bad World. 😀 I hope we have awe-inspiring, boogietastic 2019! Have a furtastic evening rockin’ in the new year!

  • XmasDolly

    December 31, 2018 at 1:10 am

    Girlfriend you sooooooooo outdid yourself and first and foremost a Very Healthy & very Happy New Year to you and yours. I thank you for everything you have done for me this year and most of all thank you for being such a dear friend! Plus thanks for dances all year long! HUGS

    • Cathy Kennedy

      December 31, 2018 at 4:16 am

      Marie,

      You’re such a doll and I appreciate your friendship sooo much. I’m just happy that I can help and pray that your back/leg issues improve in the coming new year, as well I hope Dave finds a new job. Thanks for stopping by to boogie. XOXO

  • 15andmeowing

    December 30, 2018 at 6:49 pm

    I didn’t even know there were so many New Year’s songs. Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy 2019! XO

    • Cathy Kennedy

      December 31, 2018 at 4:39 am

      Ellen,

      There are a lot of songs about New Years and many I didn’t know either, so don’t feel bad. May God’s blessings follow you into the new year, my dear!

    • Cathy Kennedy

      December 31, 2018 at 4:35 am

      Christine,

      Thanks for coming back to check out my Scribble Picnic contribution, dearie! I am excited to give the Sharpies a try. Many happy returns to you in the new year, as well!

  • Sandee

    December 30, 2018 at 2:32 pm

    Love the video. I’ve not heard that in a very long time.

    I linked you to Awww Mondays. Thanks for joining in.

    Have a fabulous day and week and a very happy New Year. Love you. ♥

  • Thomas Anderson

    December 30, 2018 at 6:16 am

    Hi, Cathy!

    I like how you got the jump on New Year’s Eve same as I did on SPMM.

    All of the Christmas and New Year themed recordings on your playlist are new to my ears. When The O’Jays released that seasonal single they were in the midst of the most successful phase of their career as one of the major recording acts responsible for developing The Sound of Philadelphia in the 70s. I really enjoyed the second song, “Maybe Baby,” by the country duo Sugarland, because I appreciate the arrangement and the blending of male and female vocals. Jeff Buckley’s “New Year’s Prayer” is certainly not a sound one would expect to hear during the holidays. The song, from the posthumous 1998 album Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, is as haunting as the true story of how the talented singer and songwriter drowned in a river at the age of 30. I find myself loving country mewsic more ever year, perhaps because country keeps it simple. I can understand the words and relate to the songs. That’s why I was happy to listen to this one by Donna Fargo, a mewsical question everyone asks at this time of year, “What Will The New Year Bring?”

    FYI – The Eagles song is blocked and unavailable for playback. I found “Funky New Year” on YouTube and loved the sound. It reminded me of a funky version of Bowie’s “Fame” performed by Ohio Players or one of those other Ohio funk bands of the 70s.

    Your set ended with Texas blues singer Charles Brown who seemed to specialize in holiday songs. In addition to the one you posted, “Bringing In A Brand New Year” (The B side of “Christmas Comes (But Once A Year)” released during the holidays in 1964, Brown released the following single sides: “Christmas Blues,” “My Most Miserable Christmas,” “Merry Christmas Baby,” “Christmas Finds Me Oh So Sad,” “Wrap Yourself In A Christmas Package,” “Christmas Questions,” “Christmas Finds Me Lonely Wanting You,” “It’s Christmas Time,” “It’s Christmas All Year Round,” “Christmas In Heaven, “Please Come Home For Christmas,” “Let’s Make Every Day A Christmas Day” and others.

    I admire your Scribble picnic sketch of fireworks above the city skyline. We used to live on the 4th floor and have a wonderful view of 7 or 8 different fireworks displays at a time. Now we live on ground level and trees block the view for the most part.

    Happy new year to you and your family, dear friend Cathy. Let’s work together and play together and make 2019 the greatest year of all!

    • Cathy Kennedy

      December 31, 2018 at 4:30 am

      Tom,

      You got an earlier jump than me. 🙂 Thanks for telling me about The Eagles song not working on the playlist. I’ll fix that in a few. I’m glad you enjoyed the New Year song set and I liked the mewsic history lesson. Whenever I think of fireworks, I always think of them being shot off over a city skyline. I don’t think Knoxville hosts a fireworks display for the New Year. We scan the various broadcast parties going on around the country throughout the evening, never watching of them entirely but we do make sure to tune to see the ball drop in Time Square. 🙂 The old year will come to a close soon, my dear friend and I hope you and Mrs. Shady have the best new year yet! Thank you for being such a compassionate and loyal friend. May the Lord bless you always!

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