Music Of The Moment

‘Desert Island Discs’ Richard Wilson (Victor Meldrew).

It mostly classical but he also chose this which I had never heard of



He also chose a song by Scotsman Ewan McColl but sung by Roberta Flack (first time ever I saw your face).

He was well in with other more famous luvvies - Alan Rickman and Ian MacKellen

Luxury item? A lifetime subscription to ‘The Guardian’
 
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes
To the blackmarket man

I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
From the ocean to the Silver City
And it's only other vets could understand
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
How there were no V-Day heroes in 1973

How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
And she was like so many more from that time on

Their lives were all so empty
Till they found their chosen one
And their legs were often open
But their minds were always closed
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

And the legal pads were yellow
Hours long, pay-packets lean
And the telex writers clattered
Where the gunships once had been
But the car parks made me jumpy
And I never stopped the dreams
Or the growing need for speed and Novocain

So I worked across the country end to end
Tried to find a place to settle down Where my mixed up life could mend
Held a job on an oil-rig Flying choppers when I could
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend

And I've travelled round the world from year to year
And each one found me aimless
One more year the worse for wear
And I've been back to South East Asia
But the answer sure ain't there

But I'm drifting north, to check things out again

You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

Only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
There ain't nothing like the kisses
From a jaded Chinese princess I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long

Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
And it's really got me worried I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
 
Pimpernel Smith said:
What the hell was that, some kind of Gary Numan clone all gone wrong?

I like a bit of Joni Mitchell, some great songs, and she was very popular back in the 70s.

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Blue is a great album. I have the CD in one my vehicles and it gets a spin so that the battery not only gets a charge , but so that I can relish Joni's poetry.

I played that album a lot in the 70s and a visiting 10 year old relative used to request it.

She ended up having plays broadcast on the BBC and staged in the West End.

Perhaps Joni had something to do with that. The writer thinks so.
 
Sammy Ambrose said:
Free Britney


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My kids were onto this for at least 2 years. She was sending coded messages out for ages.

My eldest told me in the car yesterday, ''You know what that paedo, Michael Jackson told Britney? That Hollywood and the music business was evil and she needed to get out straight away.''
Sammy Ambrose said:
Blue is a great album. I have the CD in one my vehicles and it gets a spin so that the battery not only gets a charge , but so that I can relish Joni's poetry.

I played that album a lot in the 70s and a visiting 10 year old relative used to request it.

She ended up having plays broadcast on the BBC and staged in the West End.

Perhaps Joni had something to do with that. The writer thinks so.
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Joni's paintings are good too, I like her style. Many of her songs are like complete portraits in widescreen. The characters, the situation and the story.

 
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