Oxford Architecture

Explored! Thank you very much :-) My ipernity activity has been pretty non-existent for the last week because I had a tooth extraction and I've been living on pain killers ever since!! Been back to the dentist again today and following more treatment I'm hoping the pain may be beginning to fade a little. Also, have pills to take that means alcohol is banned! That's a blow :-) Most every time I go to Oxford I take photos of the Biochemistry Building so here is one taken a couple of weeks ago :-) Reminds me of "Colours of My Life" by The Seekers :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Colous Of My Life ~ The Seekers

Explored! Thank you very much :-) This is the new Physics building for the University of Oxford that is nearing completion. As I said previously, it will likely be a building I will photograph pretty often :-) This, therefore, is photo number 2 :-) According to Wikipedia "the main goal of physics is to understand how the universe behaves". So, for 'Sight and Sound' I have chosen "Light The Universe" by Helloween. All I know about Helloween is that they are a German band. However, I do know Candice Night :-) I'm sure everyone knows that Candice is married to Ritchie Blackmore and together they are Blackmore's Night :-) But, did Candice join Helloween for just this track ??? Maybe Norbert can help me out here ??? :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Light The Universe ~ Helloween

I'd been looking for some songs about 'looking up' and Karen very kindly suggested "Looking Up" by Elton John and "Looking Up" by Donna Summer. So, with this photo looking up at the Biochemistry Building in Oxford I am using "Looking Up" by Elton John :-) Thank you very much, Karen for helping me out :-)) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Looking Up ~ Elton John p.s. I will be using the one by Donna Summer in the near future :-)

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HFF, everyone :-) Now to go off at a bit of a tenuous tangent in choosing a 'Sight and Sound' link :-) I found a list of the 100 Greatest (Classic) R&B/Soul Songs. My photo is of All Souls College in Oxford. "Heatwave" by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas is listed at number 16 so this is my choice :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Heatwave ~ Martha Reeves & the Vandellas And, we mustn't forget the version by Linda Ronstadt :-) ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Heatwave ~ Linda Ronstadt

Explored! Thank you very much :-) I've walked past the Weston Library many times. I've stood near the entrance many times. I've walked through this entrance area and into the Library many times. But, until just recently, I had not seen this viewpoint as a photo possibility :-) Then I saw the cover of a book entitled "New Bodleian - Making the Weston Library" and the photo on the cover immediately made me think "yes, there are some photo possibilities for me here :-)) I hope the following link works. It shows the photo :-) www.bodleianshop.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?form_key=Z6Ieu7PlgTEhFiml&q=making+of+weston+library I would love to find out the name of the photographer :-) Anyway, this could very well be the first in a series of photos I will take here :-) And, my musical link is "Library Magic" by The Head & The Heart. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Library Magic ~ The Head & The Heart

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HFF everyone :-) This is a fence outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. It is a place of 'Natural Harmony' so I think I can link this to "Natural Harmony" by The Byrds :-)) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Natural Harmony ~ The Byrds

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Saturday 9 Sep 2017 was 'Open Doors' in Oxford when you could visit places not normally open to the public. This photo was taken in the 'Examination Schools'. An impressive and beautiful building. These are not 'my' windows but I would like them to be mine :-) This would then link to "At My Window" by The Beach Boys :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ At My Window ~ The Beach Boys ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Or here ~ At My Window ~ The Beach Boys

For some obscure reason my photo taken last year in Oxford reminds me of "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and The Waves :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Walking on Sunshine ~ Katrina and The Waves

This Oxford window, that has been given a bit of a Photoshop makeover, could be in 'University College' :-) It is not 'My Window" but a link to "At My Window" by Townes Van Zandt and Kathy Mattea is goin' to be my tenuous 'Sight and Sound' choice for today :-) I don't know how I have managed to miss out on this musical gem but thanks to 'Sight and Sound' I will now be adding the album to my collection :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ At My Window ~ Townes Van Zandt & Kathy Mattea

"Boulder to Birmingham" was written by Emmylou Harris and Bill Danoff and features on Emmy's 1975 album "Pieces of the Sky". Bill Danoff was married to Taffy Nivert and together with John Denver they wrote "Take Me Home Country Roads". Bill Danoff & Taffy NIvert were also members of the Starland Vocal Band and they recorded "Boulder to Birmingham" as well. I hope you are following me thus far :-) My photo was taken in the grounds of Nuffield College in Oxford. "Boulder to Birmingham" is one of my all-time favourite tracks by Emmylou and as there is a 'Boulder' in my photo I think this should be my 'Sight and Sound' link :-) I also found, on YouTube, a 1977 live performance of "Boulder to Birmingham" by the Starland Vocal Band so a link to this is included :-) I'll stop now :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Boulder to Birmingham ~ Emmylou Harris ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Boulder to Birmingham ~ Starland Vocal Band

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) I guess if the lady went into the phone box she would likely be "Hanging on the Telephone" :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Hanging on the Telephone ~ Blondie

I'm not a religious person so I don't know if I could have come up with a link between 'Psalm 93' and Keble College. But, on YouTube, I found 'Psalm 93' performed by the Keble College Chapel Choir. So, that seems like a logical link for 'Sight and Sound' to moi :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Psalm 93 ~ Keble College Chapel Choir

This is All Souls College in Oxford and although it wasn't photographed at night it reminds me of "All Soul's Night" by Loreena McKennit :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ All Soul's Night ~ Loreena McKennit

Part of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The song that comes to mind is "Library Song" by Tom Chapin :-) Okay, all together now ~ "Saturday morning and the rain is pouring Dad worked late last night, he's in there snoring Same old stuff on tv.....boring! So what if I can't go out and play I know what I'll do today I'm going down the library Picking out a book, check it in check it out Gonna to say hi to the dictionary Picking out a book, check it in check it out......................." Added to ~ Sight and Sound: Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Library Song ~ Tom Chapin

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) A window in Brasenose College, Oxford that I'm sure is a "Window on the World" :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound: Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Window on the World ~ John Hiatt & The Goners

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) My previous post had a link to "Clouds" and I was a little confused as to whether it was a Bread track or a David Gates track. Karen and Mick sorted out my confusion.....thanks peeps :-) Karen also gave me a link to the David Gates "First" album from 1973. On this album there is a track called "Sight and Sound". This was big surprise :-) But, of, course, I always knew that our 'Sight and Sound' Group was even more famous than I realised :-))) So, I figure I can link any of my photos to David's song :-) This is another shot from within the Blavatnik Building. Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Sight and Sound ~ David Gates p.s. there are two peeps in my photo (probably easier to see when viewed on black) I'm sure the guy on the left is waving at me :-))

10 & 11 September 2016 was "Open Doors" weekend in Oxford when you could visit places not normally open to the public. Whenever I visited Oxford, Brasenose College was always closed to visitors and the only photos I managed to take were looking thru' the entrance. However, on 11 September the College was open as part of "Open Doors". I knew no-one would stop me 'breaking on through to the other side' of the entrance to take this photo of the Quadrangle with the Radcliffe Camera in the background :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Break On Through (To The Other Side) ~ The Doors

I wasn't immediately sure why.....but, the song that came into my head is "Red Shoes" by Elvis Costello :-)) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Red Shoes ~ Elvis Costello