Category: Prompts

Welcome once again to Flashback Track Friday. Each week, either KK or Mister Bump will present a song to you, and out of that song, will prompt you with a question.

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The other week I mentioned my love of reggae, which originated in Jamaica. I wanted to stay on that side of the Atlantic this week and briefly mention my love of Soul music. Soul is a halfway house over here – it obviously is not as big as in the USA, there is no dedicated R&B chart, but it has quite a large following here, we invented our own brand of Northern Soul, plus we had ready access to much of the music coming out of America.

Welcome once again to Flashback Track Friday. Each week, either KK or Mister Bump will present a song to you, and out of that song, will prompt you with a question.

I had the idea today to feature an artist I like. I chose their track, though, because I thought of a good prompt question. I chose this performance purely because of fashion!

This is Breakaway by The Beach Boys. It was one of their last big hits way back in 1969.

Did you enjoy that? Conjuring up all those images of golden beaches, of tanned surfer dudes and their hot babes?

Well put all those surfin’ thoughts out of your heads, because in the UK, a BreakAway is the name of a chocolate biscuit:

So, our challenge this week is

Create something which links to the name of some confectionery.

By all means, write about your love of deep-fried

Welcome once again to Flashback Track Friday. Each week, either KK or Mister Bump will present a song to you, and out of that song, will prompt you with a question.

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This weekend, Americans will celebrate the Fourth of July with neighborhood bbqs, fireworks and flags all in celebration of Independence Day. Creedence Clearwater Revival’s song “Born on the Bayou” brings alive memories of many Fourth of July celebrations for me. My father loves CCR and on Independence Day, we would rock out to their tunes, eat home-made ice cream, swim in the pool, light sparklers and run around way past our bedtimes.

CCR, originally from California, became known as a southern rock sensations singing about catfish, bayous, and the Mississippi River. Lead singer John Fogerty wrote “Born on the Bayou” without ever having lived in the southern United States. Fogerty spent time in the U.S. Army, though…

Welcome once again to Flashback Track Friday. Each week, either KK or Mister Bump will present a song to you, and out of that song, will prompt you with a question.

The last time I hosted I focussed on reggae, which originated in Jamaica. I wanted to stay on that side of the Atlantic this week and present some Soul music.

Soul is a halfway house over here – not as big as in the USA, there is no dedicated R&B chart, but we still heard a lot of imports, and we invented our own flavour of Northern Soul back in the Seventies.

Welcome to Flashback Track Friday. Each week, either KK or Mister Bump will present a song to you, and out of that song, will prompt you with a question.

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Fewer bands have been more on fire than the The Doors, an American rock band which formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The band’s frontman and vocalist Jim Morrison was known equally for incredible voice and his fiery stage persona. Their success caught on fast, and by 1972the band had sold over 4 million albums domestically and nearly 8million singles worldwide. The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold LP– quite a wildfire!

Welcome once again to Flashback Track Friday. Each week, either KK or Mister Bump will present a song to you, and out of that song, will prompt you with a question.

I’m going to keep this one short. From childhood, I just latched on to this band, bought all their music, watched them live etc. I listened to other genres of music too, but reggae was where I felt most at home, and these guys were a favourite band.