Matt Monro Forum

I have been playing some of my Marti Pellow cd's today and one song stopped me in tracks and I had to play it again, it was co-written by Martii and it's called Hard To Cry - Marti performs it with just a guitar - wow, what a perfomance!

I do not remember hearing that song---but my friend Sandy--sadly no longer with us--adored Marti Pellow, and saw him as often as she could--and I remember once that she told me she was off to see Marti in Chicago--it was not till later that I realised she meant "Chicago"--the musical !!

LOL Marian Similar to Mum's Gone To Iceland

This happened to me just the other day, Karl.
But it was a classical piece by Robert Schumann, it just floored me.

It's wonderful when that happens.

Gray it's a great thing for any singer or musician to move their listener that way.

Every time I play The Pearl Fishers Duet by Jussi Bjorling & Robert Merrill it moves me as it is just so beautiful.

I remember Dusty said years ago the first time she heard Burt Bacharach's Don't Make Me Over she burst into tears with sheer joy, I can understand that as it's a great song - infact the orchestral version by Burt is fantastic and encouraged me to buy his Hit Maker album many, many years ago - I heard that track playing in the record shop and had to buy it.

Don't Make Me over is a great song, thanks for sharing Dusty's feelings on it!
What a gift music is, to make us all emote in such a way.

Wow isn't that great how music can do that to one. I can remember hearing "Stop" by the Spice Girls on the radio and loving it, while driving then I drove directly to a record store to buy the cd single!!

Gray it surely is a gift and for someone like Matt, Dusty, Alfie Boe, Jackie Trent, Madeline Bell, Jack Jones etc (to name a few) to be born with the ability to give thousands of people joy and to bring us alll together in music is a wonderful thing.

I cannot live without music.

Hey Eamon it can also work the other way,

A few years ago in a record store I heard this dreadul din and it was one of Dusty's songs by a new band. I asked the assistant who it was and he told me and offered to get the cd for me - No thanks said I, I just wanted to know who it was so's I can avoid them in future!!!

Karl, who was the band? I'm just interested is all.

I was so not interested it went in one ear and out the other but it's possible it was Whitestripes?

The White Stripes? They are awesome..a little dark and gothic, but they've got some good songs!!

Aw! You would like them

Ha ha yes I would. Haven't heard the Dusty song though what did they cover

The White Stripes recorded I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself. It was released as a single in September 2013 and the followup to Seven Nation Army.