ST GEORGE'S DAY.

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:26 pm

Then there is "ROSE OF ENGLAND," and of course "GOODBYE ENGLAND'S
ROSE" by Elton John, performed at the funeral of Princess Diana.

Marian.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:54 pm

Some nice contributions, Here's a typically English Noel Coward number.
" Mad Dogs and Englishmen Go Out In The Mid-day Sun"

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:57 pm

And Noel Coward again with
THE STATELY HOMES OF ENGLAND. How beautiful they stand

Steve Tarry · Post by **Steve Tarry** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:55 pm

Hope you all had a good day, pity the weather didnt hold out though!
Just in from work and about to hit the sack again but thats life.
Hope your all well and I will read through the site if I get home early enough tommorow.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:51 pm

Well Steve--at least it stayed dry--here in Kent anyway!

I have another suggestion--a really sweet song from Noel Coward---"London Pride"

michduncg · Post by **michduncg** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:53 pm

Well, another St Georges day over with hardly anone realising it! We used to get played 'Pomp & c i r c u m s t a n c e by Elgar at junior school on St Georges day. The headmaster had been an RAF bomber pilot in WWII and so instilled patriotism in us all!

michduncg · Post by **michduncg** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:55 pm

If we're talking about London then 'Waterloo Sunset' is still one of the most evocative songs ever! on a sunny evening in summer with people milling around, it still gives me goose bumps!

I also heard a song called 'I'll be lit up when the lights go on in London' - I'm sure Lena & Harry will know it!

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:35 am

You can bet we know this song Mike...this recording by Joe Loss with vocalist Elizabeth Batey at the time when the writing was on the wall that peace after war-time was to become a reality and so time to plan celebrations..... I'm Going To Get Lit Up When The Lights Go Up In London. These words expressed in the lines that followed..... I'm Going To Get Pickled When They Light Up Piccadilly...
I'm going To Get Unsedately So serenely Stinking,... and I'm Going To Get Positively, pemanently, pie-eyed, when in plain cockney slang every one was just going to get totally.....

drunk.

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:20 pm

Jeff, why don't you have a computer at home

so you join us on the MM forum during your working hours do you Jeff

and listen to music at the same time. Does your boss know about it

Marian from Kent, it never rains down south, does it

(well it hardly ever seems to). Plus it is always a lot warmer down there, you lucky "southerners"

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:29 pm

Sunny and warm in Reading too Robert!!

Jeff must have a very understanding boss, or maybe he is the boss!!!

Marian

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:37 pm

I work lots of extra hours and also work at home sometimes --- to make up for any time that I spend on the forum.

Listening to BBC Radio 1 and 2 makes me much more productive at work. Soon I have to prepare a task list so I will listen to Alan Titchmarsh's Melodies For You. It's required listening each week and no worries about advancing 5 minutes as is necessary during Ken Bruce and Jo Whiley.

I'm not home much, so I would never use a computer at home. Now I have a work Blackberry that keeps me connected to email and to my other favourite website Chart Refugees on the weekends. But I can't access the Matt Monro forum using the Blackberry.

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:40 pm

What is "Blackberry" Jeff, and how does it work

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:53 pm

I've even heard of a Blackberry Robert, and I'm an elderly grandma!!!! but I'll leave it to Jeff to explain.

Marian

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:59 pm

I have never heard of a "Blackberry"--apart from the fruit.

Plus Marian, I think that Robert would consider Reading to be "Down South" too.

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:05 pm

Don't you have Blackberrys in the UK? It's a little handheld wireless computer with a tiny keyboard where you can check email, search the internet--- along with a calendar, calculator, games, etc. Many people use them in the US. I think they retail for around $350.

Now if they just had RealPlayer so I could listen to the BBC and Java script so I could access the forum!

(Too many of you are calling me Jeff now.

I was starting to get used to Paul.

Either is fine!

)

It's time for Alan Titchmarsh, so no more postings from me for awhile!

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