Thursday Thought

Tuesday Tune: Sleeping At Last cover of I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)

I know this song. You know this song. We all know this song.

Our parents play it at parties. We play it at parties. We screamed it underage in bars with bad Scottish accents and I have seen many an inebriated rugby team version.

And then this version came on. And it's soft and subtle, and suddenly you're like "oh, this song is quite sweet" and I tried to sing it to Blue Eyes but it just didn't sound as genuine. Enjoy x

Emmy Nominations 2015

Outstanding Drama Series

- Better Call Saul

- Downton Abbey

- Game of Thrones

- Homeland

- House of Cards

- Mad Men

- Orange is the New Black

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

- Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon, Empire

- Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, Homeland

- Robin Wright as Claire Underwood, House of Cards

- Viola Davis as Annalise Keating, How To Get Away With Murder

- Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson, Mad Men

- Tatiana Maslany as basically everyone, Orphan Black

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

- Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill, Better Call Saul

- Kyle Chandler as John Rayburn, Bloodline

- Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood, House of Cards

- Jon Hamm as Don Draper, Mad Men

- Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan, Ray Donovan

- Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy, The Newsroom

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

- Joanne Froggat as Anna Bates, Downton Abbey

- Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones

- Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones

- Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris, Mad Men

- Uzo Aduba as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren, Orange is the New Black

- Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart, The Good Wife

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

- Jonathan Banks as Mike Erhmantraut, Better Call Saul

- Ben Mendelsohn as Danny Rayburn, Bloodline

- Jim Carter as Mr Carson, Downton Abbey

- Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones

- Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper, House of Cards

- Alan Cumming as Eli Gold, The Good Wife

Outstanding Comedy Series

- Louie

- Modern Family

- Parks and Recreation

- Silicon Valley

- Transparent

- The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

- Veep

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

- Lily Tomlin as Frankie, Grace and Frankie

- Amy Schumer as Amy, Inside Amy Schumer

- Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton, Nurse Jackie

- Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation

- Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish, The Comeback

- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as President Selina Meyer, Veep

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

- Anthony Anderson as Andre Johnson, black-ish

- Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

- Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan, House of Lies

- Louis C,K. as Louie, Louie

- William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher, Shameless

- Will Forte as Phil Miller. The Last Man on Earth

- Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman, Transparent

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

- Niecy Nash as Denise 'Didi' Ortley, Getting on

- Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy, Modern Family

- Allison Janney as Bonnie, Mom

- Kate McKinnon as various characters, Saturday Night Live

- Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler, Big Bang Theory

- Gaby Hoffman as Ali Pfefferman, Transparent

- Jane Krakowski as Jacqueline Voorhees, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

- Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer, Veep

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

- Andre Braugher as Captain Ray Holt, Brooklyn Nine Nine

- Adam Driver as Adam Sackler, Girls

- Keegan-Michael Key as various characters, Key & Peele

- Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy, Modern Family

- Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

- Tony Hale as Gary Walsh, Veep