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#AtoZ Letter W

WALK THE LINEBYJOHNNY CASH

The song was released in 1956

The Movie: WALK THE LINE was released in 2005




The rise of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) begins with his days as a boy growing up on the family farm, where he struggles under the scorn of his father (Robert Patrick). As the years pass, Cash ends up in Memphis, Tenn., with his wife, Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin), and breaks into the music scene after finding his trademark sound. While on tour, Cash meets the love of his life, singer June Carter (Reese Witherspoon), but Cash's volatile lifestyle threatens to keep them apart.

#AtoZ Challenge Letter V

THIS IS A TOTAL CHEAT DAY. BUT I DID FIND A V INSTRUMENTAL THAT IS PART OF THE 
V FOR VENDETTA 
SOUNDTRACK.



V FOR VENDETTA



Following world war, London is a police state occupied by a fascist government, and a vigilante known only as V (Hugo Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressors of the world in which he now lives. When V saves a young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) from the secret police, he discovers an ally in his fight against England's oppressors.
This is an instrumental soundtrack for the Movie:





PERSONALLY, I LOVED THIS MOVIE!! DID YOU SEE IT?

#AtoZ #Celebrate #Goals

I just checked my blog and slapped myself in the head. How'd I forget the letter U?


 OMGOODNESS!!! I FORGET THE LETTER U!!THE WORDUNRELIABLECOMES TO MINDTHE LETTER USo instead let's celebrate: Hop over the Lexa Cain to join in this weekly post. Her wonderful co-hosts are 

L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Katie @ TheCyborgMom

I received an email yesterday. My short story was accepted into another Anthology by CHBB. That makes 3 Anthologies with my stories coming out this year.

Today is my daughter's Birthday. We'll be celebrating tonight.

The only goal I have for the upcoming month is to have my book completely edited and ready to go.

This Share your goals is the brain child of Misha Gericke. Hop over and join.

Sorry this in a late post. 
Everyone Have a Great Weekend!!

#AtoZ Letter T

Take This Job and Shove Itthe song was released in 1977: Sung by Johnny Paycheck



The Movie released in 1981  The "Alison Group" has bought four beer breweries in difficulties. The young but rising top manager Frank Macklin is sent to reorganize one of them - the one which happens to be the main company in his home town. At first his old buddies are reluctant to have him as new boss, but since he can't save all of them from the severe changes, the climate soon changes. Then he learns that he increased the profit so much, that the his bosses have decided to resell his brewery profitably to an incompetent Texas oil millionaire...


Does Anybody remember this one?

#AtoZ Letter S

STAYIN' ALIVE
BY THE
BEE GEE'S
THE SONG: RELEASED IN 1977





THE SONG INSPIRED 
THE MOVIE
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Tony Manero (John Travolta) doesn't have much going for him during the weekdays. He still lives at home and works as a paint store clerk in his Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood. But he lives for the weekends, when he and his friends go to the local disco and dance the night away. When a big dance competition is announced, he wrangles the beautiful and talented Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) to be his partner. As the two train for the big night, they start to fall for each other as well.

Here's Travolta's famous Dance Scene.

#AtoZ Letter R

Rudolph the Red Nosed ReindeerThe song released in 1949 and sung by 
Gene Autry


The Animated Movie released in 1964, which is a ritual in my house to watch every year!

I think we all know this story....

#AtoZ Letter Q & Elizabeth Montgomery's Cover Reveal

QUADROPHENIASong Released by The Who in 1973


The Soap Opera Movie is loosely based on the song released in 1979

Plot from Wiki:[edit]The film, set in 1964, follows the story of Jimmy Cooper (Phil Daniels), a London Mod. Disillusioned by his parents and a job as a post room boy in an advertising firm, Jimmy finds an outlet for his teenage angst with his Mod friends Dave (Mark Wingett), Chalky (Philip Davis) and Spider (Gary Shail). One of the Mods' rivals, the Rockers, is in fact Jimmy's childhood friend, Kevin (Ray Winstone). An assault by aggressive Rockers on Spider leads to a retaliation attack on Kevin. Jimmy participates in the assault, but when he realises the victim is Kevin, he doesn't help him, instead driving away on his scooter.A bank holiday weekend provides the excuse for the rivalry between Mods and Rockers to come to a head, as they both descend upon the seaside town of Brighton. A series of running battles ensues. As the police close in on the rioters, Jimmy escapes down an alleyway with Steph (Leslie Ash) – a girl on whom he has a crush – and they have sex. When the pair emerge, they find themselves in the middle of the melee just as police are detaining rioters. Jimmy is arrested, detained with a violent, charismatic Mod he calls 'Ace Face' (Sting), and later fined the then-large sum of £50. When fined £75, Ace Face mocks the magistrate by offering to pay on the spot, to the amusement of fellow Mods.Back in London, Jimmy becomes increasingly depressed. He is thrown out of his house by his mother, who finds his stash of amphetamine pills. He then quits his job, spends his severance package on more pills, and finds out that Steph has become the girlfriend of his friend Dave. After a brief fight with Dave, the following morning his rejection is confirmed by Steph and with his beloved Lambretta scooter accidentally destroyed, Jimmy takes a train back to Brighton. In an attempt to relive the recent excitement, he revisits the scenes of the riots and of his encounter with Steph. To his horror, Jimmy discovers that his idol, Ace Face, is in reality a lowly bellboy at a Brighton hotel. Jimmy steals Ace's scooter and heads out to Beachy Head, crashing the scooter over a cliff, which is where the film begins with Jimmy walking back from the cliff top in the sunset back drop.

Elizabeth Montgomery's Cover Reveal 

Damnation by Elizabeth Montgomery 
(Dyphillum, #2) Published by: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly PublishingPublication date: May 8th 2015Genres: Adult, Paranormal Romance
blurb:
Cecily, Isaac, and Julian have worked together to defeat one evil. Can they survive another?
In order to save herself from the twisted fate Sadina, the creator of the Dyphillum, has in store for her, Cecily will be forced to find the most powerful magic she possesses – or become nothing more than the mother of an army of immortal bent to take over the world.
Sadina has to die, but would that erase all of the spells she has cast? Would history be rewritten without the Dyphillum race?
With help from an unlikely ally and opposition from the elders, the trio is forced to reach deeper than ever before to defeat this great evil.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25253122-damnation
Facebook release party event: https://www.facebook.com/events/901543583243700/

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#AtoZ Letter P

PURPLE RAINreleased in 1984by Prince

I have to apologize. This version from You Tube is not very good.
A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father's self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.


The movie preview;




I never had the pleasure of watching this movie. Has any seen it? What did you think of it?

#AtoZ Letter O

I can't believe the A to Z Challenge is more than halfway through. I've been horribly busy, but I've been attempting to visit new bloggers. My theme is songs that were eventually made into movies. However, after my theme decision, it was harder to find said songs and movies, so there's been plenty of cheating on my part. But today is not one of those cheat days.....

Ode to Billy Joe
Released in 1968: Sung by Bobbie Gentry



The Movie: Released In 1976
Plot from Wiki:[edit]Set in 1953, the film explores the budding relationship between Billy Joe McAllister (Benson) and Bobbie Lee Hartley (O'Connor) (who corresponds with the unnamed narrator of the original song), despite resistance from Hartley's family, who contend she is too young to date. One night at a jamboree, McAllister gets drunk and seems nauseated and confused when entering a makeshift whorehouse behind the gathering.It turns out that in his inebriated state, he had sex with another man, later revealed to be his sawmill boss, Dewey Barksdale (James Best). After disappearing for days, he returns to bid an enigmatic goodbye to Bobbie Lee. Overcome with guilt, Billy Joe subsequently kills himself by jumping off the bridge spanning the Tallahatchie River. In the film's final scene, Bobbie Lee meets Dewey on the bridge as she is leaving town, and he guiltily confesses to her that he was the man. She tells Barksdale, who is on his way to her house to confess to her father, that the town already suspects that she is carrying Billy Joe's baby and that it would do no good for Barksdale to confess now. Agreeing with the girl's logic, Barksdale offers Bobbie Lee a ride to the bus station, which she courteously accepts.


Did anyone see this movie?


These weeks are whipping by. Hop over to 
Lexa Cain's to join in the sweet hop. Her co-
hosts are L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Katie @ TheCyborgMom
My biggest celebration: My grandson walked 
to me. It's the cutest thing to see a baby's first
shaky and uncertain steps. Then Sam's little 
arms circled my neck and hugged me tight. I 
Love It!!!

#AtoZ Letter N

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
The song released in 1972, sung by 
Vicki Lawrence 



The Movie: Released in 1981:

Plot summary from Wiki:[edit]A young singer and his sister/manager travel to Nashville in search of stardom. As they journey from one grimy hotel to another, it becomes increasingly obvious that only one of them has what it takes to become a star.Travis Child (Quaid) is a country singer who had one hit song and then faded from the scene. His ambitious younger sister, Amanda (McNichol), is determined to get them to Nashville where Travis can once again become a star. Her plans are derailed by Travis's lack of ambition and easy distraction by women and booze.The two are separated in one town and by the time they find each other in the next one, Travis has been arrested for public drunkenness. To pay the fine he takes a job bartending at a roadside tavern called Andy's, where he meets and falls for a young lady with a very jealous ex-boyfriend—who happens to be the deputy sheriff.