What's In Your CD Player/iPod/MP3/Computer/Hi Fi, Right Now?

[Eman]

listening to The Very Best of the Rubettes. Had "Sugar Baby Love" blasting from the office this morning while I was making my coffee.

[john]

Ronnie Hilton cd "Turn Back The Time" tonight.

[paul jh]

I'm listening to the Matt Monro CD in the WH Smith book-azine. Great collections of songs. And after yesterday's disturbing incident, I wanted to hear Born Free sung properly. I've been away from the greatest hits for a few months, and it's always nice to hear them again.

[ROBERT M.]

Listening to This Is the Life/Here's t My Lady CD tonight ................listened to Michele's "second" speaking disc earlier, from Words and Music

[paul jh]

I thought you'd be listening to the new Meatloaf album, Robert. I heard one track and it wasn't very good.

So you are listening to something much better in those Matt Monro CDs.

Have you outgrown Frances Langford? I haven't seen you mention her in months.

[ROBERT M.]

Paul, I haven't played Frances Langford for a while, but I did mention her in one of the fun and games last week

I do not buy any more Meat Loaf albums (notice the spelling ) .........he does not sound as good now as he was in his younger days......his music was especially good when Jim Steinman wrote songs for him early on in his career. I bought Meat Loafs first seven or eight albums though, then eventually all the albums on CD ...........Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell 2, Deadringer, Bad Attitude, Blind Before I Stop, Midnight at the Lost and Found and Welcome to the Neighbourhood.............his earlier material is immense

[ROBERT M.]

Paul or Eman, was Meat Loaf "big" in the states ? .............he was massive in the UK and Europe but I don't think he got as much recognition in the US.

Listening to Roy Orbison tonight

[paul jh]

He was pretty big, but not massive. His albums did well on the charts. Two out of Three Ain't Bad peaked at #11 and was a million seller. That later song, I Won't Do That (think that was the title, it hasn't aged well) was top 10 I believe.

[karl]

Played Olivia's Gaia cd tonight hadn't heard it for years, the songs are all self penned, some are pretty good.

[Eman]

Robert, yeah Meat Loaf was pretty big in the late 70's with the Bat Out Of Hell lp. I think the song you're thinking of Paul was "I Would Do Anything For You" from the early 90's. I think the public got all Jim Steinman'ed out. You had people like Air Supply, Bonnie Tyler and Screamline Dion recording his songs.

[paul jh]

Yes, that was the song Eman. But I think the final word was love, not you. I was definitely Jim Steinman'ed out. I don't think I was every that "in".

[ROBERT M.]

Bonnie Tyler only recorded the album of Jim Steinman songs because Jim and Meat had a falling out ............I would have liked to have heard Meats take on Faster Than the Speed of Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1yTMT4VvcI

[Eman]

Thanks Paul and Robert. It seems everytime I turned on the radio there was a Jim Steinman epic on every other station if not that a Bryan Adams ( who I just love also) song or Extreme's More Than Words! Thank goodness there was EMF or Jesus Jones to counter it out!!

[maureen & harry]

Just listening to Matt on our CD singing "I Left My Heart In San Fransisco" - absolutely great.

[Eman]

Listening to "Glen Campbell Live In Japan" from 1975. It was just released in the US for the first time in January. I had the album as an import, but it got lost during so many moves. It's good to hear it again. The packaging is ace as it's a mini-replica of the gatefold album sleeve.