Song 151 - The Life of Riley by the Lightning Seeds

Keeping with Liverpool based bands, I have chosen this 1992 hit by the Lightening Seeds for today's songs. Written by Ian Broudie for his son with the same name, the song only reached number 28 in the charts, but since then has gained popularity through being used on  Match of the day and on a TV sitcom of the same name. The song came off the band's 1992 album Sense and then use as the title of their greatest hits.

Music by the Lightening Seeds always make me smile as it is generally upbeat and cheerful to listen to. They are another band that I have seen live (!) and I have watched a very proud (Stubborn) Scottish Girl refuse to dance to their football anthem. She is always very brave as we were surrounded by English Football Fans!! True story.

What I love about this song is that in the seriousness of life it captures the importance of  sometimes being  able to break free from all the practicalities of day-to-day and go out there and smile with good friends and family. I am saying this today because this year (to date) seems to have thrown a lot of sadness around and although I can't control or stem the sadness  I can stand stubbornly and smile vowing that I refuse not to smile and make every moment count because we don't have endless tomorrows but every today can be magical. There is no such things as dress rehearsals in life.

Enjoy the song and live!!

Life of Riley

Written by: Ian Broudie

Album: Sense

Release: 1992