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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Hair Dryer?

 My son Rodney pranked me with this Christmas gift.

I thought it was a cordless hair dryer!


Turned out , it was a gag gift  a big-ass airpod!

He had me there! 


I used it to boom up and play on repeat my playlist of whiny, mopey, achy-breaky songs that I listened to when my heart was shattered by my first major crush at the tender age of 17. 

Haha! The songs drove Rodney crazy!  "D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-N-G!" he groaned !

Guys 'n' Dolls - How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?
 
Guys 'n' Dolls lead singer Dominic Grant died  of abdominal aortic aneurysm at the age of 71 in November 2020.

Skeeter Davis - My Last Date With You
Skeeter Davis  died of breast cancer on September 19, 2004, aged 72.

Anne Murray - Broken Hearted Me
Retired from singing, Anne Murray, 75, now settles into Nova Scotia life.

Linda Ronstadt - Long, Long Time
Ronstadt, now 73, prematurely retired from her singing career. Parkinson's disease has silenced her emotive voice.

Oh, the hauntingly beautiful vocals and lyrics...

Lyrics that rhymed so perfectly...

 The nostalgia... 

What were your breakup songs for wallowing when you were a teen?

44 comments:

  1. Gröööhl, I also have two, but they would have been small hairdryers. I had to laugh soooo.
    Greetings Eva

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  2. I'm not like that with your music. I'm more likely to get up.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4NCI

    Greetings Eva

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  3. A very nice gift - and useful.
    I really like these songs!
    There is a song that has moved strongly me for years: Seasons In The Sun, Terry Jacks.
    I wish you a wonderful new week, Veronica!

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  4. What a cute gift Veronica!! Great break up songs you featured here; sad we have lost so many good musicians! For the life of me no break up song is coming to mind though I did of course have the break ups :) Hope you are doing great! We all are :)

    betty

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  5. A nice gift. I'm not familiar with that device yet. Which means I have something else to learn. haha.
    I would not have known what it was either.
    A song that comes into mind in the 70's was Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison.
    That was our song. Of course, I never married that guy. That's a good thing.
    Have a great week.

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  6. What a nice gift. I first thought of a hair dryer too and thought they changed their design. :)

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  7. I must say it does look like a hair dryer!

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  8. It's a particular and useful gift, Veronica, although it really looks a hair dryer.

    Thanks for reminding me the great voice of Linda Ronstadt.

    Have a nice week!

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  9. You're playing songs from my life. Love many of these ladies.

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  10. Haha, your son's reaction/ Maybe this is the last prank he played on you, expecting it may come to hunt him:) Qoq, you took the time and did some research for this post!In my teens I loved J.S. Bach, Grieg, Moussorgsky, Stravinsky and others, and I concocted my own break up songs:)Thanks for sharing wi All Seasons what you loved as a teen, Jesh

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  11. It certainly does look like a hair dryer, though!
    Thanks for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-peek-at-our-indoor-herb-garden.html

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  12. Ha! Got the kid back!! We have to do that as parents, you know. It drives them CRAZY!

    I didn't know that about Linda Ronstadt--so sad! She had a lovely voice, didn't she?

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  13. Nice gag! Glad you can get some use out of it. 'I Will Survive' by Gloria Gaynor is a good song to add to the list.

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  14. i don't want to remember any break up songs lol they just bring me down but the object you shared definitely looks like a cordless hairdryer to me too, good prank though.

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  15. Ha ha Rodney. That will teach you. Crank up the volume Veronica. You have a few of my favourites there. Linda Ronstadt and Skeeter Davis and Anne Murray I've not heard for years - all three out of fashion over here. But then what do kids know about music and songsters?

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  16. LMAO well done Rodney heheh!

    Some nice nostalgia there too hope hope you was playing them while you was trying to dry your hair LOL :-)

    Have a blowdrytastic safe week Veronica 😷😷😷

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  17. Dear Veronica,
    I must so laugh ;-) what a present ... a really nice Idea!
    Greetings from Germany
    Kirsi

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  18. A lovely gift to keep you moving!

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  19. Great and modern hair dryer. It look likes earphone hehe..

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  20. This is a great gift of your son, Veronica!
    I must confess, I never had breakup songs... hmmm...But if I had one it would be "Nothing compares 2U"
    Hugs and best wishes, Traude

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  21. Cute gag gift. I always loved Linda Ronstadt.

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  22. This is a very designer gift!
    Greetings

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  23. Ha! I thought it was a hairdryer too. We just watched a show about Linda Rondstadt. She has a beautiful voice and Long, Long time is one of my favorite songs. So sad and beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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  24. He would have gotten me. I had no clue. It does look like a blow dryer.

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  25. Thank you a lot for the audition!
    And the gift was very, very useful!
    My first thought in this moment is: 'Birds pf paradise'.
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNNTdye9r4k)

    Happy WW, Veronica! Enjoy the music!

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  26. I think it was a pleasant surprise! Congratulations to your son! ☺

    Have a fine day and hapy WW, dear Veronica!♥

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  27. I watched a documentary on Linda Rondstat not long ago which was very good.

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  28. How funny. My mom loves getting and giving prank gifts. Glad you found a use for it.

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  29. Cool gift! A very nece idea :))
    Happy Wednesday!

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  30. A fun way to get one over on mom. Kids are good at that.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  31. LOL! I thought it was a hairdryer too. Two of my favourite songs were End of the World by Skeeter Davis and Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks. I used to play them over and over and drive my mum to distraction.
    https://allatseawithme.blogspot.com/2021/01/wordless-wednesday_20.html

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  32. I LOVE your gift! Really made me Laugh! I love your achy breaky song list. For me it was 1972 and the song was Brandy by Looking Glass! Have a marvellously Happy Day

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  33. I love that little 'twinge' of nostalgia when I hear 'my' music!

    Thank you for linking up at 'My Corner of the World' this week!

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  34. What a cute hairdryer ;)
    Take care, Nicole

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  35. That’s so funny Veronica. Your son will think twice about ranking you next time! My teenage memory songs (sad and happy) are so old and so long ago you wouldn’t even recognize them.

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  36. The gift is funny! Your son has a good sense of humor. I didn't know Linda Ronstadt had Parkinson's. :( I'm sorry to hear it. My songs? The only one I remember is, "Always something there to remind me."

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  37. What a fun gift. That sure does look like a giant hair dryer at first glance!

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