This Day in History May 8, 1885

Earth-shattering news today!  On this date in 1886, the first Coca Cola was sold!  yes!  Let me hear you cheer!  Coke!  Coke!  Okay, I am a Diet Coke fan, but this drink has been around a long time.  Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton was searching for a cure for headache and exhaustion.  Sadly, this inventor died but two years later.  But his famous drink is still going strong all these years later!

So, enjoy a coke today.  Or if you are in the south, figure out what flavor of coke you would like.  Okay, that  is not just a Southern thing--I know.  This comes from the woman who is often told she has a Texan accent though I sound just like I always have (and I grew up in Washington state).

For more information, check out:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_cocacola_1.html
http://inhistorytoday.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/coca-cola-celebrates-125-years/
http://www.solarnavigator.net/sponsorship/coca_cola.htm

Music Monday--A-Ha Headlines and Deadlines CD Review

This is a CD I have loved for years, so this was like going back and reviewing an old friend.  My best friend, Martin, sent me this album shortly after we began our friendship, and I liked it from the beginning.  It was completely out of my normal music genre, but I loved the upbeat songs, and Morton Hacket's falsetto is fantastic!

I think Take on Me was one of their first big hits.  This was  my introduction to the group, and I just loved it! Cry Wolf and  Touchy are also upbeat songs.  My only complaint is that sometimes I cannot understand the words to their songs, so I have not really figured out the entire story of these songs.  Okay, so I should look up the lyrics, but I haven't yet!  But I still enjoy these songs.  You Are the One is really catchy and fun.  I can't say I was ever too fond of Early Morning and Hunting High and Low.  Okay, maybe the latter is all right, but I can't see either song as their best.

Move to Memphis, I've Been Losing You, and The Living Daylights are solid songs, but Crying in the Rain is awesome.  I love the change in tempos and styles within the song.  I Call Your Name is fine, but Stay on These Roads is a solid ballad from a group that normally sings what I would call light to medium rock.  Train of Thought and The Sun Always Shines on TV. are solid songs from the group as well.

To  learn more about the group, visit their official website!

http://youtu.be/djV11Xbc914

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