on days like these

mark porter · Post by **mark porter** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:36 pm

hi guys hope you are all well,
im working on a ship in the south pacific at the moment (someone has to) i was playing my ipod over breakfast and was listening to on days like these, mike alexander is on board as MD for entertainer gary wilmott and we were discussing just how great matt was and that he was the best we had., mike was MD for shirley bassey for many years

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:41 pm

Good to hear from you Mark. I wish I was in the South Pacific.

Have a wonderful voyage and excellent concerts on the ship. I was listening to On Days Like These yesterday too; I never get tired of that record.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:03 am

Hi Mark, lovely to hear from you. Sounds like you are having a great time.
looking forward to another "Kings Of Swing" evening

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:14 am

Great hearing from you Mark and to know that you are thinking of us all, even from the South Pacific!
Hope you have a successful voyage, and like Lena and Harry we are also looking forwards to another Kings of Swing evening sometime later this year.
Marian and Peter

john · Post by **john** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:30 am

Nice to hear from you Mark.

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:28 am

Hi Mark

Great to hear from you!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:17 am

Terry Wogan has just played 'On Days Like These ' on his morning programme.
He can always be relied on to play a Matt song occasionally,thanks Terry.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:08 am

We rely on these few Radio 2 presenters to play our choice of music Sandra, and who knows for how long with the powers to be not wanting to take notice of the listeners.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:42 am

Very true, you could always rely on Ed Stewart on a Sunday to play Matt.
Have been disappointed in Michael Ball who replaced Parkinson.Not that he ever played Matt either.David Jacobs always a good bet though but must be a small audience that time of night.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:03 am

We agree Sandra, we have also been disappointed with Michael Ball's Sunday programme, not quite what we were hoping for.

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:52 am

Michael Ball did say when he was interviewing Tom Jones on his show, that Matt was one of his very favourite singers, so I wonder why he doesn't include his recordings.

Marian.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:08 pm

I am not sure about David Jacobs having a a small audience--I always make sure that I am there at 11.00 every Sunday night to listen to him--there are not too many programmes about like that, so I would think there are a good number of people like me around.

Incidentally, George could not stand David Jacobs---he disliked the music that David played, and most of all he hated the way David always starts by saying "Hello there" ???

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:20 pm

If anyone misses the show at 11pm, then there is always the listen again feature, which I'm sure thousands of people use

didn't George like our kind of music Marian ??

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:27 pm

mariana44 wrote:I am not sure about David Jacobs having a a small audience--I always make sure that I am there at 11.00 every Sunday night to listen to him--there are not too many programmes about like that, so I would think there are a good number of people like me around.

Incidentally, George could not stand David Jacobs---he disliked the music that David played, and most of all he hated the way David always starts by saying "Hello there" ???

I agree that his audience is huge. I've heard that Dame Judi Dench listens each week.

Mariana - I sometimes listen just to hear him open with "hello there"!

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:42 am

Jeff, Paul O'Grady also listens regularly (TV host)