Chilly Down Inspired ATC ~ Musical Monday

The latest ATC swap on Creative Souls required that we use the below image. 

Well, I was having trouble coming up with something that was different.  I could have made her gorgeous but I wanted to do something a bit more off the wall and on the dark side.  My partner appreciates those aspects in art. 

 

Somehow I ended up marrying the image with a scene from Labyrinth, my favorite childhood movie. 

Chilly Down by David Bowie, The Fire Guys Scene 



When the sun goes down (when the sun goes down)
And the bads are back again (and the bads are back)
The brothers comeround (the brothers comeround)
I get out of my dirty bed (my dirty bed)
I shake my pretty little head (I shake my pretty little head)
I tap my pretty little feet (I tap my pretty little feet)
Were brighter than sunlight
Laouder than thunder
Dancing like a yo-yo, wooh

Don't got no problems (no problems)
Aint got no suitcase (no suitcase)
Aint got no clothes to worry about (no clothes to worry about)
Aint got no real estate or jewelry or gold mines binding me, yeah

Ill just through in my hand (through in his hand)
In the chilliest bunch in the land (in the land)
They don't look much (oh)
They sure chilly chilly
They party till they glow glow, huh (oh)

Chilly down with the fun gang
Think small with the fun gang
Bang hips with the fun gang
When you think it's wild
Chilly down
Chilly down with the fun gang (hey, I don't want a job)
Act tall with the fun gang (woah, walk tall)
Good times, bad food (yeah)
When you think it's wild
Chilly down, chilly down

Wild and crazy, really lazy, high rollin, funky strolling, ball playing
Hips swaying, trouble making, boody shaking, dripping, passing, jumping
Bouncing, brawling, stylin, creeping, pouncing, shouting, screaming
Double-dealing, rock-n-rolling, and oh reeling
With the max in sex appeal
Can you think I grew with feeling?

So when things get too tough (get too tough)
And your chin is dragging on the ground (dragging on the ground)
And even down looks up (down looks up)
Bad luck
We can show you a good time (show you a good time)
And we don't judge nothing (nothing at all)

Just strut your nasty stuff
Wiggle in the middle, yeah
Get you down talking, fun gang

Chilly down with the fun gang (think small)
Think small with the fun gang (bang)
Bang hips with the fun gang (hey, listen up)
When you think it's wild
Chilly down
Chilly down with the fun gang (ah, shake your pretty little head)
Lets go with the fun gang (tap your pretty little feet)
Good times, bad food (come on, come on)
When you think it's wild
Chilly down
Chilly down with the fun gang (wooh)
Think small with the fun gang (ha ha ha ha ha)
Bang hips with the fun gang
***

I titled the ATC

Chilly Down, Her Head Does Come Off!

And I took her head off, filling the space with bright colored charms.  Trying to make it look like an explosion. 

And placed the heads all around the base of the ATC in a circular pattern as if they were being juggled. 

I'm not sure anyone will get the connection but I promise the song did inspire the ATC and I even used words in the background. 

 

Hope you enjoy!

I'm linking up with  

Pressure ~ Musical Mondays

Recently life seems to have become chaotic, things I used to love have started to feel like a chore, worry about my girls has increased, trying to find time to clean the house hasn't happened in weeks, I drive here I drive there and the back again and then all of a sudden the day is over and I am spent. 
  Just overall overwhelmed.

In other words....

Pressure

and no one said it better than Billy Joel

 

"Pressure"

You have to learn to pace yourself

Pressure

You're just like everybody else

Pressure

You've only had to run so far

So good

But you will come to a place

Where the only thing you feel

Are loaded guns in your face

And you'll have to deal with

Pressure

 

You used to call me paranoid

Pressure

But even you cannot avoid

Pressure

You turned the tap dance into your crusade

Now here you are with your faith

And your Peter Pan advice

You have no scars on your face

And you cannot handle

Pressure

 

All grown up and no place to go

Psych 1, Psych 2

What do you know?

All your life is channel 13

Sesame Street

What does it mean?

 

(I'll tell you what it means)

Pressure

Pressure

 

Don't ask for help

You're all alone

Pressure

You'll have to answer

To your own

Pressure

I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale

But here you are in the ninth

Two men out and three men on

Nowhere to look but inside

Where we all respond to

Pressure

Pressure

 

All your life is Time Magazine

I read it too

What does it mean?

 

Pressure

 

I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale

But here you are with your faith

And your Peter Pan advice

You have no scars on your face

And you cannot handle

Pressure

Pressure

Pressure

One, two, three, four

Pressure

***

So what am I going to do about it? 

Well I'm going to deal with the Pressure, I can handle it. 

• I'm going to determine my new limits, with the girls getting older I can't do as much for myself (art wise) as I used to, after all they come first.
• I'm going to lean on my husband, who has always been there for me, I just forget to ask.
• I'm going to start taking better care of myself, go to they gym, find time to just sit and relax.
• I'm going to carve out time to spend with my family.
• I'm going to find time to see my friends.
• I'm going to redo my entire life, eliminate the pressure and get happy again.  My life is not going to be Channel 13!

I'm linking up with Musical Mondays
 

Heroes ~ Musical Monday's

What and who exactly are Heroes? 

When I looked it up this is what I found:

noun

(plural) -roes

1. a man distinguished by exceptional courage, nobility, fortitude, etc
2. a man who is idealized for possessing superior qualities in any field
3. (classical mythology) a being of extraordinary strength and courage, often the offspring of a mortal and a god, who is celebrated for his exploits
4. the principal male character in a novel, play, etc

 

  I've had this on my mind for a while, my little girl has a poster in her room of Neil Armstrong taking the first steps on the moon.  She is fascinated with Space and with going one day.  So what will happen when she is older and discovers how the Media fixated on the negatives of this man after his death?  And why did they have to destroy a National Hero???

 

When I googled "Modern Day Heroes" the list was very short and I hate to admit I didn't know many of them. 

 

With all this weighing on my mind I recalled Bonnie Tyler's song "I Need a Hero" made popular by the movie Top Gun (Tom Cruise, another man who I can't stand to watch now because of all the negative/crazy media publicity)

Where have all good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where’s the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?

Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need

I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night
He’s gotta be strong
And he’s gotta be fast
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light
He’s gotta be sure
And it’s gotta be soon
And he’s gotta be larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There’s someone reaching back for me

Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It’s gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night
He’s gotta be strong
And he’s gotta be fast
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light
He’s gotta be sure
And it’s gotta be soon
And he’s gotta be larger than life

Up Where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there’s someone somewhere
Watching me
Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like a fire in my blood

I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night
He’s gotta be strong
And he’s gotta be fast
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light
He’s gotta be sure
And it’s gotta be soon
And he’s gotta be larger than life
*****
Now for a more modern song.  AWOLNATION's Kill Your Heroes
I can't decide if it is a positive song or negative (mainly because I just enjoy the beat). 

But what I do know is that the media is killing our Hero's and I want them back!
 

Well, I met an old man
Dying on a train.
No more destination,
No more pain.
Well, he said
"One thing before I graduate
Never let your fear decide your fate."

I say ya kill your heroes and
Fly, fly, baby don't cry.
No need to worry cause
Everybody will die.
Every day we just
Go, go, baby don't go.
Don't you worry we
Love you more than you know.

Well, the sun one day will
Leave us all behind.
Unexplainable sightings
In the sky.
Well, I hate to be
The one to ruin the night.
Right before your, right before your eyes.

I say ya kill your heroes and
Fly, fly, baby don't cry.
No need to worry cause
Everybody will die.
Every day we just
Go, go, baby don't go.
Don't you worry we
Love you more than you know.

Well, I met an old man
Dying on a train.
No more destination,
No more pain.
Well he said
"One thing, before I graduate
Never let your fear decide your fate."

I say ya kill your heroes and
Fly, fly, baby don't cry.
No need to worry cause
Everybody will die.
Every day we just
Go, go, baby don't go.
Don't you worry we
Love you more than you know.

I say ya kill your heroes and
Fly, fly, baby don't cry.
Don't you worry cause
Everybody will die.
Every day we just
Go, go, baby don't go.
Don't you worry we
Love you more than you know.

***** 

I'd love to hear your thoughts.  Who am I supposed to tell my daughter to look up to when she gets older?  Why does the media insist on reporting every negative thing anyone has ever done, where has the good gone?  And what about all the soldiers risking their lives daily for our freedom? 

 

Please bring back the heroes!

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