Banarama therapy
Friday, 29 May 2009
The longer I work as a therapist, the greater the need I see for everyone to have a soundtrack. Take Bubble Gum, for example. She knows herself at a deep and meaningful level and now she has found the music to match, Venus by Bananarama (yes, Lane, the music you unconsciously LOVE lol).
The lyrics speak of the ultimate goals of therapy, to feel like a
"Goddess on the mountain top
Burning like a silver flame
The summit of beauty and love"
As we walked home from seeing clients yesterday evening (no, she's not in the room with me while I see clients, that would be ridiculous) we worked on a dance routine for this theme. It goes like this:
squat, squat, wiggle, shakey hair, shakey hips and jump. You want to do it too, I can tell. Well, don't fight it. What's the worst that can happen?
I like it that Bubble Gum is niether narcissistic nor grandiose,
"Her weapons were her crystal eyes
Making every man a man
Black as the dark night she was
Got what no-one else had
Wa!"
This is fact, not just fantasy or conjecture.
If you were to have a theme song like Bubble Gum, what would it be? Go on, tell, tell, tell. Even better if you have a dance routine to match.
Friday, May 29, 2009 12:11:00 PM
I have no idea what my theme tune would be...I'll need to have a think about that!!!
When I lived in London I shared a flat with five other people (twas a big flat!!). My flatmate, Jay, was listening to the Bananarama song 'Robert DeNiro's waiting' and dancing about (can you tell he was gay?) when my other flatmate got really grumpy and said 'Why the hell is he talking to Tania...who the hell is Tania?' at which point Jay and I burst out laughing and informed her that he wasn't talking to Tania he was talking Italian!! I have never forgotten it :-D
C x
Friday, May 29, 2009 12:29:00 PM
Carol and Chris: Brilliant!! I am CONVINCED Bonnie Tyler sings ,"I can feel his approach like a fire in my *fud," in the song Holding out for a Hero.
(*fud is a well rudey Scotterish term for lady bits)
Friday, May 29, 2009 1:47:00 PM
ROFPML....I can't believe it!!! I thought exactly the same thing!!!
C x
Ps. Just in case you didn't know (the first time someone wrote it to me I had to look it up!!) but ROFPML stands for 'Rolling On Floor Pissing Myself Laughing'
Friday, May 29, 2009 1:53:00 PM
Carol: NO WAY! Now that's just too spoooooky. We must be secret twins.
Friday, May 29, 2009 2:31:00 PM
You got it! Yer baby you got it, I'm your Venus.....etc
I think this is going to be my theme song now!:-)))
Friday, May 29, 2009 2:48:00 PM
Lane: And to think that, last year, you slagged me for my inappropriate disco choices lol. I think Bubble Gum would term that intrapsychic change. Yay for Banarama therapy, see how it works? Change is always possible, always.
Friday, May 29, 2009 2:55:00 PM
I am mortified by my previous stucky uppy opinions. i am going to stick Venus onto Spotify and dance!!:-)))
Friday, May 29, 2009 2:58:00 PM
Not feeling much like dancing at the moment Hulla, could do with some of your therapy though !
Friday, May 29, 2009 3:15:00 PM
Lane: It's taken me months of therapy to recover, MONTHS!
Suburbia: {{{{{{Suburbia}}}}}}
Give me an hour and I can put a smile on your face. Warning: it may involve being mailed a metallic leopard skin leotard and a Banarama therapy disco dance mat.
Friday, May 29, 2009 3:37:00 PM
I'll have to think ... no, wait, Tramps like us, baby, we were born to run!
Lots of jumping up and down and waving arms. Choreography it may not be but it's living!
Friday, May 29, 2009 5:38:00 PM
Liz: Excellent choice Liz, you rock!
Friday, May 29, 2009 6:23:00 PM
Just read this on a website describing the new Doctor Who assistant, and thought of you!
"Funny, and clever, and gorgeous, and sexy. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it."
Friday, May 29, 2009 8:20:00 PM
BANANArama.
You're missing a Na (Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Heeeeeey, Goodbye).
Friday, May 29, 2009 11:29:00 PM
Liz: Aw, you are so lovely, {{{Liz}}}.
GVH: The extra NA is superflous lol. Anyway, I founded it, so I can call it what I like, innit.
Saturday, May 30, 2009 11:34:00 AM
Of course, apologies. I was an extremely avid Bananarama fan you see. Siobhan was my favourite.