A bit of a lump in 'her' throat as well.To get the thread back on track about certain songs or lyrics invoking memories ....I feel a strange lump in my throat whenever I hear Lola
Off Topic Life changing music
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To get the thread back on track about certain songs or lyrics invoking memories ....I feel a strange lump in my throat whenever I hear Lola
I'm a man, I'm a man, and so was Lola.
Great song. LGBTQ+ way before it's time.
Maybe not the lyrics but certainly Sally Carr’s hot pants wereThey were life changing?
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Glad you had a good time.
A Father's Day present I guess.
Cheers Clingo.
Christmas 2019 present. Postponed twice due to covid.
Adam Lambert was superb. What strength of voice and range.
I want you to play with my ding a ling that any good?
MASKY OF LLANDAFF
Hmm, just typical of Masky's musical tastes. His bar is set very low.
Enjoy yourself Bluey - I'll put a good word in for you with Geoff Dower for that publicity.
Don't want to put a damper on proceedings, but one strange thing about music (for me anyway) is it tends to remind you of sad times more often than the good. I've just pulled back a couple of memories from the past on that score.
When I was a sprog, my mother used to have a record (one of those black shellac/bakelite things you stuck a needle on to play) of the Treorchy Male Voice Choir singing Myfanwy. Every time she played it she would cry with emotion. Didn't understand that at all back then - I do now every time I hear it sung.
Also my elder brother died 20 years ago - prostate cancer. Diagnosed when he was just 58, he made it through until he was 63. At his funeral, his daughter had a song played in the service that he used to sing to her when she was just a few years old sitting on his knee. When I hear it now it takes me back to that day. Unfortunately, it's regularly sung at City games albeit with different words - You are my sunshine.
After reading your post I just had to search for Myfanwy on You Tube - I see what you mean Sparkey
Music, for me, is more important than oxygen. That said, however, I was seldom affected by an artist or an individual song during my youth.
My music journey began in 1981 when Shaky's version of This Ole House was released to much acclaim. It moved my 14 year old soul enough to seek out the nearest record shop and pay for a copy of it with me hard earned money (paper round). Just like a lot of music released in the 80s, I was ignorant to the fact that it was a cover version.
Looking back, considering that newly released music opened my eyes to the tracks that came before them, Dire Straits' Private Investigations caught my attention in a massive way. It changed the course of the type of music that I consciously looked out for.
Like all other kids in the 80s. I recorded most of my music onto cassette from the Sunday Chart Show on BBC1. This continued until 1986 when I started work on Penarth - directly across the road from Woolworth. At that time I also provided the music and DJ services did my local youth club. Anything that got the charts, got my 7" record collection with some getting special attention with the 12" version. This is where the second of my songs joined my life. New Order's Blue Monday still demands my attention every time that I hear it - some 35 years later. I'm even playing it now as I'm typing this reply. 1987 and U2 played at the National Stadium. The intro to Where The Streets Have No Name blew me away. The way it gently introduced itself into the night and built and built until the band exploded into the stage. It can still see it in my mind today.
As far as lyrics go, there are two contributions that stick in my memory and have affected the way that I live and deal with life.
John Lennon writes "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans" (Beautiful Boy) and John Miles' "Music is my first love and it will be my last. Music of the future and music of the past. To live without my music would be impossible to do. In this world of troubles, my music pulls me through". (Music)
I take a lot from music. One day I'll find a way to give something back. Thanks for giving me the chance to reminisce OS
My music journey began in 1981 when Shaky's version of This Ole House was released to much acclaim. It moved my 14 year old soul enough to seek out the nearest record shop and pay for a copy of it with me hard earned money (paper round). Just like a lot of music released in the 80s, I was ignorant to the fact that it was a cover version.
Looking back, considering that newly released music opened my eyes to the tracks that came before them, Dire Straits' Private Investigations caught my attention in a massive way. It changed the course of the type of music that I consciously looked out for.
Like all other kids in the 80s. I recorded most of my music onto cassette from the Sunday Chart Show on BBC1. This continued until 1986 when I started work on Penarth - directly across the road from Woolworth. At that time I also provided the music and DJ services did my local youth club. Anything that got the charts, got my 7" record collection with some getting special attention with the 12" version. This is where the second of my songs joined my life. New Order's Blue Monday still demands my attention every time that I hear it - some 35 years later. I'm even playing it now as I'm typing this reply. 1987 and U2 played at the National Stadium. The intro to Where The Streets Have No Name blew me away. The way it gently introduced itself into the night and built and built until the band exploded into the stage. It can still see it in my mind today.
As far as lyrics go, there are two contributions that stick in my memory and have affected the way that I live and deal with life.
John Lennon writes "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans" (Beautiful Boy) and John Miles' "Music is my first love and it will be my last. Music of the future and music of the past. To live without my music would be impossible to do. In this world of troubles, my music pulls me through". (Music)
I take a lot from music. One day I'll find a way to give something back. Thanks for giving me the chance to reminisce OS
Music, for me, is more important than oxygen. That said, however, I was seldom affected by an artist or an individual song during my youth.
My music journey began in 1981 when Shaky's version of This Ole House was released to much acclaim. It moved my 14 year old soul enough to seek out the nearest record shop and pay for a copy of it with me hard earned money (paper round). Just like a lot of music released in the 80s, I was ignorant to the fact that it was a cover version.
Looking back, considering that newly released music opened my eyes to the tracks that came before them, Dire Straits' Private Investigations caught my attention in a massive way. It changed the course of the type of music that I consciously looked out for.
Like all other kids in the 80s. I recorded most of my music onto cassette from the Sunday Chart Show on BBC1. This continued until 1986 when I started work on Penarth - directly across the road from Woolworth. At that time I also provided the music and DJ services did my local youth club. Anything that got the charts, got my 7" record collection with some getting special attention with the 12" version. This is where the second of my songs joined my life. New Order's Blue Monday still demands my attention every time that I hear it - some 35 years later. I'm even playing it now as I'm typing this reply. 1987 and U2 played at the National Stadium. The intro to Where The Streets Have No Name blew me away. The way it gently introduced itself into the night and built and built until the band exploded into the stage. It can still see it in my mind today.
As far as lyrics go, there are two contributions that stick in my memory and have affected the way that I live and deal with life.
John Lennon writes "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans" (Beautiful Boy) and John Miles' "Music is my first love and it will be my last. Music of the future and music of the past. To live without my music would be impossible to do. In this world of troubles, my music pulls me through". (Music)
I take a lot from music. One day I'll find a way to give something back. Thanks for giving me the chance to reminisce OS
Missed out on
MY DING A LING then pal...ask BFB? 
Good story though, as a sixties teenager I was blessed with great music, a magnificent decade and Derek Tapscott!Masky Of Llandaff
Great comments LLFMusic, for me, is more important than oxygen. That said, however, I was seldom affected by an artist or an individual song during my youth.
My music journey began in 1981 when Shaky's version of This Ole House was released to much acclaim. It moved my 14 year old soul enough to seek out the nearest record shop and pay for a copy of it with me hard earned money (paper round). Just like a lot of music released in the 80s, I was ignorant to the fact that it was a cover version.
Looking back, considering that newly released music opened my eyes to the tracks that came before them, Dire Straits' Private Investigations caught my attention in a massive way. It changed the course of the type of music that I consciously looked out for.
Like all other kids in the 80s. I recorded most of my music onto cassette from the Sunday Chart Show on BBC1. This continued until 1986 when I started work on Penarth - directly across the road from Woolworth. At that time I also provided the music and DJ services did my local youth club. Anything that got the charts, got my 7" record collection with some getting special attention with the 12" version. This is where the second of my songs joined my life. New Order's Blue Monday still demands my attention every time that I hear it - some 35 years later. I'm even playing it now as I'm typing this reply. 1987 and U2 played at the National Stadium. The intro to Where The Streets Have No Name blew me away. The way it gently introduced itself into the night and built and built until the band exploded into the stage. It can still see it in my mind today.
As far as lyrics go, there are two contributions that stick in my memory and have affected the way that I live and deal with life.
John Lennon writes "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans" (Beautiful Boy) and John Miles' "Music is my first love and it will be my last. Music of the future and music of the past. To live without my music would be impossible to do. In this world of troubles, my music pulls me through". (Music)
I take a lot from music. One day I'll find a way to give something back. Thanks for giving me the chance to reminisce OS
I shouldn't worry about giving anything back as your appreciation fulfils much of the purpose of music. It's an expression of a variety of sentiments for both musician and listener. That said, it's never too late to find the musician or poet within you.