i decided that if I was going to iron for the week ahead, that it pass quicker if I had music on while I did it. The ipod was set to random and off I went. Whilst it did make the task almost enjoyable, it did slow things down as I spent half of the time time skipping tracks as I discovered that certain songs just cannot be ironed to. No matter how much I love "Thirteen" by Big Star, it just doesn't encourge the smoothing rhythm necessary to leave a shirt crinkle-free.
Here are the songs that gave the best de-creasing results:
Dancing in the Street by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Vicar in a Tutu by The Smiths
Jump into the Fire by Harry Nilsson
Liar, Liar by The Castaways
Radio Free Europe by REM
Just Keep Walking by INXS
Paris is Burning by Ladyhawke
3 comments:
I usually find one of my three "Flanders and Swann" CDs works for me...as I chuckle along, the ironing goes really quickly...
"'ave some madeira m'dear, I have a small cask of it here...."
More music hall classics?
Never heard of them? Famous in the late 50's through into the 60's for humorous songs like the Hippopotamus (mud mud glorious mud etc), Transport of Delight (the London Bus), and The Gasman cometh ('Twas on the Monday morning, the gasman came to call...)...My favourite is "Have some Madeira m'dear"....
Donald Swann played the Piano while Michael Flanders sang from his fiercely propelled wheelchair...
Try googling...or better still there are some good clips of theirs on Youtube...plus some from Armstrong and Miller who sometimes do the odd tribute to them...
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