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

[john]

Listening to "Young Vic" by Vic Damone now.

[john]

Listening to Matt Live In Manila at the moment. I downloaded this album the other day from Amazon. Also downloaded 4 early songs of Matt's I hadn't realised had been re released, "Twixt Twelve and Twenty", "I Know", "Heart Of A Man" (slightly different than the other versions released and "Strange Lady In Town".

[ROBERT M.]

Listening to SuBo tonight (2009's biggest selling album) ..............I have tried to listen again to String of Pearls, but they still have the week before's programme up

[Lena & Harry Smith]

Have just been on the "Listen Again" with Desmond Carrington's programme .
Mainly Harry James music tonight. Fantastic. !!!

[Sandra]

Indeed Lena and Harry we are big Harry James fans too

Listening to Sarah Kennedys show tune this morning a very rare radio playing of Frank Sinatra singing 'I Only Miss Her When I Think Of Her'.

We usually love Frank but in our opinion he managed to make it sound like a dirge.Not a patch on the beautiful version by Matt

[Don Cooper]

My favourite Matt rendition of any lyric-bar none,Sandra.

Don

[john]

I've only listened to Susan Boyles's album a couple of times Robert, although I do like her I still say that most of the songs are far too slow.

[Lena & Harry Smith]

I agree John. She has probably had some voice coaching. Beneficial in most cases, but not necessarily in hers.

Listening to CLASSIC SINATRA 11. with the bonus track previously unreleased "THIS CAN'T BE LOVE."

[paul jh]

My feeling is that Susan doesn't understand rhythm and perhaps that's why the tempos are so slow. When she sang I Dreamed a Dream on a morning TV program here, she was completely off with the orchestra and they had to add and drop beats. And the arrangement was painfully slow.

I love I Only Miss Her when I Think of Her when sung by Matt. We haven't talked much about it in the forum, but it's one of his best. I'll try to "listen again" to Sarah to hear the Sinatra version.


I have been listening to all my favourite recordings of the 2000s, as I am working on my top songs and albums of the decade.

[ROBERT M.]

I think Susans album should be given a bit more time to grow with everyone yes, most of the tracks are on the slow side, as I stated earlier on, but I have really become quite attached to the album now..........Wild Horses, I Dreamed a Dream, You'll See, How Great Though Art and Born To Be Me are outstanding, and Susan does sing them beautifully ..........just give it a bit more listening time.

[john]

Yes, she does sing well Robert, and "Born To Be Me" is my favourite track from the album. I can't say I am keen on "How Great Thou Art", but I don't like the song anyway, or "Amazing Grace". "Daydream Believer" is far too slow, but that is only my opinion.

[ROBERT M.]

Yes john, Daydream Believer and The End of the World are slow, but growers ..............and yes, Amazing Grace and NOW (January) Silent Night are not my favourites

[ROBERT M.]

Susans album has just spent it's 6th week at #1 in the American album charts...........quite an unbelievable achievement really, that the US has taken to Susan so much

[Lena & Harry Smith]

They have Robert, not as controversial as The Beatles .

[ROBERT M.]

Listening at the moment on the internet to an interview on Chris Valenti's radio show - YesterYear Radio.........on the subject of...........Frances Langford