Welcome to my #TTT #ThreeTuneTuesday entry!
Hello, music lovers!
As Tuesday draws to a close, I’m still just in time to share three more tracks with you from a band whose member is celebrating his birthday today!
How was your second week of the penultimate month of the year? Is everyone already counting down to unwrapping their Christmas presents?
I’ll be honest with you, it doesn’t even feel like we’re close to Christmas… And that’s because, right up until last weekend, we hadn’t experienced any particularly chilly weather for this time of year in Portugal. We could even say it’s not down to climate change, but I’m a bit sceptical. Just last week I was still out and about in a T-shirt and shorts during the day. It was rare to have a day when the temperature didn’t reach 20 or 21 degrees in the afternoon… And this in the middle of autumn, with just over a month and a half to go until Christmas. Crazy, isn’t it?
But apart from the weather, how has your week been? Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? Are you planning to make the most of Black Friday? And do you have any treats in store for yourselves this Black Friday? To be honest, I’m only thinking of possibly buying a few presents for my goddaughters, but I’m not quite sure what to get them yet… I’ll see if I can ask their parents if they can give me some inspiration.
Today I received a notification on my mobile about a storm passing through the Lisbon region tomorrow. Wind gusts of up to 140 km/h are expected, but the forecast models can only provide greater accuracy from 6 am tomorrow. Many public establishments, educational institutions, and sports and leisure facilities will be closed to avoid unnecessary travel and to make it easier for the relevant authorities to provide any emergency assistance or restore normality.
As Lisbon is a city with a distinctive topography, the risk of urban flooding is very significant. Fortunately, should ‘Charlie’ actually intensify as it approaches Lisbon, we will be at low tide, which will not coincide with the highest peaks in sea and river levels.
Tomorrow I’ll have to go to work, and I hope I’ll manage to get there early, as I usually do when I’m on the morning shift.
But let’s leave the less interesting chat – at least for this community – and move on to our birthday boy.
Christopher John Joannou, better known as the bassist of the band Silverchair, turns 47 today! Silverchair are part of my teenage memories, as I remember perfectly the first time I heard them. They had a phenomenal music video to go with the song ‘Freak’.
An Australian band, formed in 1992, had their big breakthrough two years later, when, in 1994, they won the national talent show organised by SBS television. The band have sold over ten million albums worldwide.
With singles that defined a generation, Silverchair never let anyone else dictate their commitment to their songs or their live performances.
For today, I’ll leave you with three of the songs I consider to be the band’s most iconic, and I invite you to listen to the rest should you look them up, as you’ll certainly be surprised by the quality and originality the band brought to the rock scene of the late 90s.
I hope to see you all here again in a week’s time!
And always remember to make the most of life. Life’s too short to listen to bad music!
Bem Hajam🍀
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Original text written by @xrayman in Portuguese and translated with DeepL.com (free version)
