This week at Song Lyric Sunday, Jim has given us the prompt of “Days of the Week.” I chose “Never on Sunday.” The best English version I could find is by The Chordettes but it was originally done by Melina Mercouri.
Lyrics
Oh, you can kiss me on a Monday A Monday, a Monday is very, very good Or you can kiss me on a Tuesday A Tuesday, a Tuesday in fact I wish you would Or you can kiss me on a Wednesday a Thursday A Friday and Saturday is best But never ever on a Sunday, a Sunday, a Sunday ‘Cause that’s my day of rest
[Chorus] Most any day you can be my guest Any day you say but my day of rest Just name the day that you like the best Only stay away on my day of rest
[Verse 2] Oh, you can kiss me on a cool day, a hot day, a wet day Which ever one you choose Or try to kiss me on a gray day, a May day, a pay day And see if I refuse And if you make it on a bleak day, a freak day, or a weekday Well, you can be my guest
But never ever on a Sunday, a Sunday the one day I need a little rest
[Outro] Oh, you can kiss me on a week day, a week day, a week day The day to be my guest
The Story
“Never on Sunday” was written by Manos Hadjidakis as “Ta Pedia tou Pirea” (The Children of Piraeus). His original Greek lyrics, along with the foreign translations in German, French, Italian and Spanish do not mention “Never on Sunday” (as found in the English lyrics), but rather tell the story of the main female character of the film, Illya (Mercouri). Illya is a jolly woman who sings of her joyful life in her port town of Piraeus (“If I search the world over/I’ll find no other port/Which has the magic/Of my Port Piraeus”). Although she earns her money as a prostitute, she longs to meet a man someday who is just as full of joie de vivre as she is herself.
In 1960, the song was nominated and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, a first for a foreign-language picture since the Academy began to recognize achievements in this category in 1934.[4]
Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sense leads to automatic, involuntary experiences of a second one. There are over 80 types of synesthesia described by science. Nearly every combination of sensory experiences or cognitive concepts is possible.
Seeing music as colors is one form of synesthesia. Perceiving letters as personalities is another one, or seeing numbers in color. Even hearing colors or touching smells.
That said, tonight our task at dVerse Poets Pub is to write about color from the perspective of a synesthete. Pick one color or several colors. Create your own Dictionary of Color. All sounds have color. The alphabet has color. Days of the week have color. Each day has a color and a certain shape.
Hmmm. I misread (failed to read) the directions and probably did this wrong.
Ergo, the Ogre 