A Dozen for the Desert Island

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:04 pm

Great selection Marian, and very cleverly put together.

I am almost there with my list--but it will not be as imaginitive as yours.

john · Post by **john** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:08 pm

Like Marian, I am almost there with my list, I will add it tomorrow.

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:42 am

Really well put together Marian.
I am delighted that 'If There Ever Is A Next Time' has made your list.
I am a HUGE fan of this song, it would probably make my list too.

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:22 am

Thanks for your comments guys. There is such a wealth of wonderful songs from Matt, it's really difficult to just choose one or two, but I just love this one especially.

Marian

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:11 pm

Can I just ask which album If Ever There Is a Next Time is from ?? I have been checking, but cannot find it

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:14 pm

Well, one it is definitely on Robert is Complete Heartbreakers, on CD2.
I've just checked the Definitive track list, and of course it is also on Matt Monro Sings Don Black.
Marian

john · Post by **john** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:40 pm

Well here is my list, it has been a struggle I can tell you, and they could change on a daily basis! Anyhow, in no particular order.
ALL THAT REMAINS MATT MONRO
NOW THE CARPENTERS
HERE IN MY HEART AL MARTINO
IN THE CHAPEL IN THE MOONLIGHT JERRY VALE
MY CUP RUNNETH OVER ED AMES
LET ME CHOOSE LIFE MATT MONRO
IF I COULD READ YOUR MIND ANDY WILLIAMS
YOU'RE THE ONE THE CARPENTERS
VAYA CON DIAS AL MARTINO
WHERE WALKS MY TRUE LOVE JULIE ROGERS
KISS ME GOODBYE PETULA CLARK
THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD RUBY MURRAY

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:54 am

Thanks for your list, John.
This is a really interesting thread, I am enjoying these lists starting to filter through.

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:59 am

Thank you for your listings John. A nice selection.
I nearly had Ruby Murray on my list. I was toying with "Evermore"

It has a nautical theme too - "as the waves beat on the shore, I will love you evermore"

Marian

jon · Post by **jon** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:30 pm

Good to see your list, John. However, you haven't mentioned which song on the list you would pick above all others if you could only take one of them to the desert island. I know it's a tough call but it's got to be done. I'll be posting my choices soon.

keithgood838 · Post by **keithgood838** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:18 pm

Hi Marian
I didn't know that Jack recorded From A Distance,
which is self-evidently a most meaningful lyric
with a message of peace. It is reminiscent of a piece
I wrote (about a soul on route to a different dimension)
before the song was published. I offer the following extract
in all modesty:

I slip my seat-moorings with the ease
with which I left my anchorage since birth;
my Captain lets me wander as I please,
I take a lingering, last look at Earth:

I am humbled by a hanging sphere
resplendent there in brown and green and white;
stretches of bright blue with each hue cohere -
a sharp-intake-of-breath exquisite sight.

In such a setting we should live in peace
through love as preached two thousand years ago;
that simple truth could make our anguish cease,
can we not see its incandescent glow?

Keith

john · Post by **john** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:15 am

Hi Jon, I will have to have another think about that.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:58 am

I was almost ready to post my list--and find I have 13 songs--so I have got to decide which one to chop. !!

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:49 am

What a dilemma Marian!

Jack's From A Distance and Imagine are on his album 'Live From the London Palladium' Keith. I was in the audience when it was recorded, but I also know part of it was recorded at The Fairfield Hall in Croydon that same tour.

It doesn't have quite the same ring does it, 'Live from Croydon'!!

Marian

john · Post by **john** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:44 pm

So far I have narrowed it down to two, with great difficulty.
Let Me Choose Life Matt Monro
Here In My Heart Al Martino