Music

You might like this: m.youtube.com/watch

You are right Ella Henderson does a really good version of that song. I hadn't heard it before. 

Thank you - I am glad you are a fan of Desert Island Discs too! I was up early this morning and enjoyed listening to some of these tracks. Mary Poppins used to be my favourite film but it has been overtaken by Grey Gardens now! 

Theme From Robinson Crusoe is superb!

Desert Island Discs is my favourite radio show. I have podcasts of Ray Reardon, Jimmy Edwards, Derek Jacobi and Marti Caine on my phone waiting to be listened to. 

Your selections are all excellent btw.  

I hope to listen to classic FM later

An eclectic selection of 8 tracks I chose for my Desert Island Discs - I'm not actually going on the programme, just amusing myself!

Feed The Birds (from Mary Poppins)
Theme from Robinson Crusoe (1960s TV show)
Love Minus Zero No Limit - Bob Dylan
The Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
Universal Child - Annie Lennox
Via Con Me - Paolo Conte
I Wonder - Rodriguez (Sugarman)
Theme from the Shipping Forecast (Radio 4)

I think I might be showing my age with some of these tracks.....

2cd set of Link Wray.  

At the minute Im enjoying:

Manic Street Preacher - Generation Terroroist 20th Anniversary Boxset (3xCD, DVD + 10")

Porta Nigra - Fin De Seicle

Nothing at this precise moment, but when I do, it is usually...

• Fields of the Nephilim / The Nefilim (aka Carl McCoy),
• Pink Floyd
• The Eden House
• Last Rites (Paul and Nod Wright)
• Midnight Oil
• Enigma
• The Sisters of Mercy
• AC/DC

I saw an old comment of yours about the old music notation. Years back I discovered this Dutch system for playing piano called Kalverskribo...it isn't so different from ye olde musical notation but its graphic quality is much more like a piano and you read it from top to bottom. As the script looks like a piano you can get started straight away. When I first bought it, the ad said that half of all piano music sold in the Netherlands was KS. The wikipedia page is OK but a bit basic. I got to a high level of playing pretty quickly using it. It's really not a gimmick. It probably helps with learning the old notation as well.

Back then it was cheap too. I would highly recommend it.

Over and out.

listening to the power of love, expresses so many emotions into one song

...no probs Goatworshipper.... I still haven't soldered that 'kit' from Maplins yet .

Cheers for the link to the synth Jon. I'll give that a bash.

Thats the first time I've seen build your own theramin kits available. I enjoy playing with electronics (even If I don't really know what I'm doing).

(I've not been on for a while, sorry the late response)

Hi! my favourite song is Do you believe in life after love by cher.  I much prefer it being sung by Ella Henderson from the X factor though.

....listening to:

David Cain (Radiophonic Workshop)The Seasons (from the BBC Radio Schools Series 'Drama Workshop')

Ace and odd

Goatworshiper said:

I like a fair bit of stuff that is actually just noise, with some minimum synth pads over the top. Or in some cases, feild recordings with effects. I used to enjoy using a kaos pad, and a sequencer but what I was making wasnt really sounding to good. Fun tho.

@Goatworshipper:

• http://kx77free.free.fr/English-page-vst.html interesting free synth
• an just bought a Crazy Music Generator Kit from Maplins.....need to get a solder iron too.........Had a look on YouTube and its pretty basic.....but I do like that kind of thing......

 hi, iam 14 asbergers i love the band blondie!!

'atomic' is awsome as well as 'Maria' 

if you have ever watched the film scarface the one with al Pacino it reminds me of the sound track to it :) 

m.youtube.com/watch

-shes on fire

m.youtube.com/watch

- telephone- blondie 

I love the band so much years ago when I was 8 i called my ginniepig 'blondie' :D

I like the Pixies, but I havn't listened to em for a long time. I saw Frank Black live once and thought his solo stuff was good.

whitestripes98 said:

and pixies

....ACE!.....