Episode two hundred and sixty-nine is up now! Today's song is Where Dreams Go To Die by John Grant.

I discuss the song's use of beautiful melodic piano and strings, and the grim imagery utilised in the lamenting lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dn5xiTXlNU

#podcast #dailypodcast #pigeon #pigeonsongspod #music #songs #johngrant #wheredreamsgotodie #queenofdenmark #theczars

The soon-to-be former #QueenOfDenmark #MargretheII (using capital letters in #Hashtags is preferred though it does look like I am shoehorning in the word hell) has an Icelandic name, Þórhildur. We call her Margrét Þórhildur.

She was born just after the occupation of #Denmark when her grandad was King of Iceland in name only. Then #Iceland declared independence in 1944.

So she has been saddled with a name (and spelling) honoring a country that dumped her family when she was four.

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark abdicates in her New Year speech, leaving the position to her son on January 14, 2024, soon to be King Frederik X

#DronningMargrethe #DronningMargretheAbdicerer #QueenMargrethe #QueenMargretheAbdicates #abdication #abdicating #KingFrederik #QueenOfDenmark #KingOfDenmark #Denmark #Danmark

Sinead O'Connor kicking off with "Queen of Denmark"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJrX-ZcsbEo

#sineadoconnor #queenofdenmark

I'll make this first song my pick for #JukeboxFridayNight #SongsThatGetStuckInYourHead #EarWorms cos it's stuck in my head. Stick around for the whole gig tho, if you feel like that instead of a jukebox.