Amazon exiles discussion

Time to brush up on your grammar! Where's that Fowler's Modern English Usage when you need it? Jemma has given us this website for inspiration:

https://literarydevices.net/10-great-...

And she also gave this definition:

‘A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable’

My research found:

"A simile is a comparison between two things that uses the word like or as: Her smile is as bright as sunshine.

A metaphor is a direct comparison between two things that does not use like or as: Her smile is sunshine."

Good hunting!

The next FIVE themes are:

Theme 358 - 1-2-3-4 - Studio tracks that start with a count in - KJS
Theme 359 - You're So Vain - Songs that name check the artist singing. TheFoe
Theme 360 - Wildcard
Theme 361 - Yes and No - song titles containing the words "yes" or "no", or both - Helen
Theme 362 - You are my Sunshine ... & Sun or Shine - Jemma

and any bright ideas you have can be added to the list here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Showing my age and my grandma status but I like these songs even if they garner no votes.

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMj...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZBZ...

after Val

#1

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGLVM...

After Val:

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGGow...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg52D...

After Jim

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel

https://youtu.be/XoawgbsTHa8


https://youtu.be/hTKcqOWprRc

after Jemma

#2

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YuaZ...

efterTim,

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
Love Shines Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club

https://youtu.be/jdwZ5eJl6pk

https://youtu.be/FOkG_lW3pUg

Tidy. 🤪

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
The Silky Veils Of Ardor - Joni Mitchell
Love Shines Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club

oopsy! thanks, Jemma

Tech XXIII wrote: "oopsy! thanks, Jemma"

No worries Craig. 😂

No idea if these are suitable...

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
The Silky Veils Of Ardor - Joni Mitchell
Love Shines Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club
The Snake - Al Wilson
The Rat - The Walkman

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ULx9k2Q...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aWR1h-5...

Helen The Melon wrote: "No idea if these are suitable...

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of Th..."


They’re ok Helen. 😃

changing my second, but still in its place. the 'case' is a case of wine if anybody's wondering how it fits!

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Love Shines Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club
The Snake - Al Wilson
The Rat - The Walkman

After Tim

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Love Shines Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club
The Snake - Al Wilson
The Rat - The Walkman
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13i24...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjmpQ...

after Collette

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Love Shines Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club
The Snake - Al Wilson
The Rat - The Walkman
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Silhh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibeYn...

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Love Shines Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club
The Snake - Al Wilson
The Rat - The Walkman
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSwa2...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTIsn...

Technically, anything which is said to be 'like' something else is a similie, not a metaphor, so there's a couple of noms that aren't strictly correct. I'll leave it to Jemma to decide if they're OK.

Fishy_Jim wrote: "Technically, anything which is said to be 'like' something else is a similie, not a metaphor, so there's a couple of noms that aren't strictly correct. I'll leave it to Jemma to decide if they're OK."

Sillie similes! Amended my offender, like, er, y'know, like ........

Fishy_Jim wrote: "Technically, anything which is said to be 'like' something else is a similie, not a metaphor, so there's a couple of noms that aren't strictly correct. I'll leave it to Jemma to decide if they're OK."

Hi Jim thanks for pointing that out and you’re right but I think we’ll just leave them in and go with it. 😀

After Brass

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Love Shines Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club
The Snake - Al Wilson
The Rat - The Walkman
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eye Of A Needle - The Art Of Noise
Crash And Curry - Orbital

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIMzX...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEkrQ...

Here's the playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

20 nominations means SIX votes each and all in by Sunday please.

I've tidied up some spelling along the way. Crash And Curry sounds good but not what was intended I think.

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Love Shine Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club
The Snake - Al Wilson
The Rat - The Walkmen
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eye Of A Needle - The Art Of Noise
Crash And Carry - Orbital

'Crash And Curry sounds good but not what was intended I think.' In my defence it was late. :-)

Electric Boys - 6
Darrell - 5
Lynyrd - 4
Tom - 3
Al Wilson - 2
Gun Club - 1



Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane - 3
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd - 4
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus
The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Love Shine Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club - 1
The Snake - Al Wilson - 2
The Rat - The Walkmen
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys - 6
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks - 5
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eye Of A Needle - The Art Of Noise
Crash And Carry - Orbital

After Jemma

Orbital - 6
Incubus - 5
S & G - 4
S Evens - 3
Gun C - 2
C Bell - 1

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane - 3
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd - 4
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 3
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus - 5
The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers
I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel - 4
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Love Shine Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club - 3
The Snake - Al Wilson - 2
The Rat - The Walkmen
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys - 6
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell - 1
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks - 5
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eye Of A Needle - The Art Of Noise
Crash And Carry - Orbital - 6

after Helen

Orbital - 6
Al Wilson - 5
Jethro Tull - 4
The Walkmen - 3
The Seekers - 2
Gun Club - 1

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane - 3
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd - 4
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 3
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus - 5
The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers - 2
I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel - 4
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Love Shine Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club - 4
The Snake - Al Wilson - 7
The Rat - The Walkmen - 3
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys - 6
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell - 1
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks - 5
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull - 4
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eye Of A Needle - The Art Of Noise
Crash And Carry - Orbital - 12

After Tim

The Walkmen - 6
Al Wilson - 5
Stephen EvEns - 4
Incubus - 3
Chris Bell - 2
The Electric Boys - 1

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane - 3
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd - 4
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 7
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus - 8
The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers - 2
I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel - 4
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Love Shine Bright - Culture
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club - 4
The Snake - Al Wilson - 12
The Rat - The Walkmen - 9
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys - 7
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell - 3
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks - 5
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull - 4
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eye Of A Needle - The Art Of Noise
Crash And Carry - Orbital - 12

after Val

J Mitchell - 6
L Skynyrd - 5
S & G - 4
A Wilson - 3
Culture - 2
Seekers - 1

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane - 3
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd - 9
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 7
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus - 8
The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers - 3
I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel - 8
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell - 6
Love Shine Bright - Culture - 2
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club - 4
The Snake - Al Wilson - 15
The Rat - The Walkmen - 9
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys - 7
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell - 3
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks - 5
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull - 4
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eye Of A Needle - The Art Of Noise
Crash And Carry - Orbital - 12

If I had to vote based on whether there was a real metaphor in the title things would be distinctly light on points however on purely musical merit;

LS - 6
AW - 5
CB - 4
TGC - 3
I - 2
DB - 1

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane - 3
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd - 15
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 7
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus - 10
The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers - 3
I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel - 8
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell - 6
Love Shine Bright - Culture - 2
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club - 7
The Snake - Al Wilson - 20
The Rat - The Walkmen - 9
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys - 7
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell - 7
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks - 6
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull - 4
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eye Of A Needle - The Art Of Noise
Crash And Carry - Orbital - 12

After Brass

Al Wilson - 6
Culture - 5
Anne Murray - 4
Darrell Banks - 3
The Walkmen - 2
Juliette & The Licks - 1

Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane - 3
Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven - Anne Murray - 4
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd - 15
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 7
A Crow Left Of The Murder - Incubus - 10
The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers - 3
I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel - 8
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell - 6
Love Shine Bright - Culture - 7
She's Like Heroin To Me - The Gun Club - 7
The Snake - Al Wilson - 26
The Rat - The Walkmen - 11
Captain Of My Soul - The Electric Boys - 7
By The Heat Of Your Light. - Juliette & The Licks - 1
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell - 7
Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks - 9
Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull - 4
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eye Of A Needle - The Art Of Noise
Crash And Carry - Orbital - 12

That's it then. Thanks to all voters who turned out, I know life gets busy sometimes. And a nice clear result too. Helen wins gold with 26 votes for Al Wilson (votes from all participants). Tim is runner up with 15 votes for Lynryd Skynyrd and TheFoe takes out third place with 12 votes for Orbital. Nice work everyone!

Forgot to say - wooden spoons on their way to Brass (David Bowie!!) and TheFoe (The Art Of Noise).