Verry touching poem Fred. Welcome to the list. My top ten in some kind of order...
Joni (of course) Tori Amos Laura Nyro Bob Dylan Carole King Thea Gilmore Janis Ian Gemma Hayes Turin Brakes Leonard Cohen I'm sure this will alter a bit over the years but I know who will always be # 1. I shamefuly confess that the first album I bought was by PJ & Duncan (now Ant & Dec). LOL. For people not in the UK it was truly awful cheesy teenage pop. Wow how things change. Stephen Toogood NP: Wednesday by Tori "The snow falls like bolts of lace" ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 9:52 PM Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2003 #83 " Thanks " > I didn't expect to be welcomed by people into this group, and I'm pleased to > find that so many are like me, "As daft as a brush," I mean that in the > nicest possible way of course. Music is a personal thing, and all of us have > liked someone who no-one else seems to like, and maybe Joni and her music is > just too deep, for people with a "Wam bam thank you mam" approach to lyrics, > and so they just don't try, for me her music reaches inside, and it is hard > to understand why some people can't relate to it, yet I don't like the music > of Van Morrison, yet so many people do. > SO!!!! all of you, it's admit it time, lets see how diverse our tastes are, > list 10 artists/groups you like, but at the end of the list you must include > that secret that you meant to take to the grave, you know, you love The Bay > City Rollers!!! > My list > Joni Mitchell - especially her earlier work Cat Stevens - James Taylor - > Labi Siffri - Beatles - Cheryl Crow - Erasure - Squeese > Doris Day - Nat King Cole, I don't care what anyone says, nobody can sing > that well. and Doris is a dream, Oh yes she is ! > I didn't give this much thought, I could have included Kathleen Farrier, she > died in the 50's, and a favourite song on the radio when I was a kid was > "Blow the wind Southerly" and if that womans voice doesn't move you, you're > not human. > > The Shuttle disaster means somebody will be missing someone, this is > something I wrote on the evening of September 11th, had I lost my life so > unexpectedly, I thought about all those thing that are left unsaid, and > wondered if it were possible, what I would want to say to my family. Bye > for now Fred > > "REMEMBER ME" > > > CLOSE YOUR EYES, CAN YOU HERE ME? IbVE SOMETHING TO SAY > PLEASE BE STRONG, HELP EACH OTHER SURVIVE, > THINK OF ME, EVEN TALK TO ME, IbM WITH YOU EACH DAY, > NOW YOUR MEMORIES WILL KEEP ME ALIVE. > > IbM SORRY IbM NOT THERE, TO PROVE THAT I CARE, > AND IbM SORRY FOR ANY TEARS I MADE YOU CRY, > IF I EVER TOOK YOU FOR GRANTED, THEN THAT WAS UNFAIR, > PLEASE FORGIVE ME, OR AT LEAST, WILL YOU TRY. > > REMEMBER EACH DAY, AS YOUR SUN GOES AWAY, > YOUR NIGHTS ARE NOT AS DARK AS THEY SEEM, > IbM THE SHADOWS THAT TOUCH YOU AND KISS YOU GOOD NIGHT, > IbLL KEEP YOU WARM AND SAFE IN YOUR DREAMS. > > I WISH I COULD HUG YOU, HOLD YOU SO TIGHT, > AND CHASE AWAY ALL YOUR FEARS, > I JUST WISH I COULD SOOTHE AWAY ALL YOUR PAIN, > AND KISS AWAY ALL YOUR TEARS. > > NOW PLEASE REMEMBER MY GRIN, AND THE WAY I WALKED IN, > MY HELLO, MY EXCUSES, MY GOODBYE, > AND REMEMBER MY DARES, OR JUST THE SCENT OF MY HAIR, > AND ALL OUR DREAMS, THAT WERE "PIE IN THE SKY." > > AND REMEMBER MY LIFE, AND ALL THOSE SONGS THAT I LIKED, > OR THE MAD WAY I RAN UP THE STAIRS. > WHEN YOU LEFT ME ALONE, I ALWAYS WISHED YOU WOULD PHONE, I ALWAYS MISSED YOU > WHEN YOU WERENbT THERE. > > DRAW STRENGTH FROM ME NOW, MAKE ME PROUD, HOW YOUbLL GROW, > RISE ABOVE, SPREAD YOUR WINGS, BE SO FREE, > AND MAY PEACE RULE YOUR LIFE, FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND LOVE, > AND FROM TIME TO TIME, THINK OF ME > AND WHEN YOU DO, REMEMBER HOW I LOVED YOU. > I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVED ME. > > FRED BEACH SEPT 11TH 2001
