loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 That reminded me. My old dad liked Bing Crosby songs. He used to sing, When the blue of the night meets the gold of the day someone waits for me. At least I think that was Bing Crosby. Me mam used to tell him to shurrup. Maybe the one waiting for him was the rent man! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 I don't think anybody has mentioned the Goons. I'm Walking backwards for Christmas and other such whacky songs. They may have been an acquired taste I know my parents didn't like them. I think in many ways they laid the groundwork for Monty Python and other such types. When it came to the sad stuff of my generation I think Roy Orbison was probably foremost. Only the Lonely, Blue Angel. I think his own personal life was pretty sad but I don't remember all the details. I was always a bit melancholic so they tended to appeal to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Jill.............Ralph Vaughan Williams. "Quintessentially English. Arranged by one of my favourite composers" Yes. That was very pleasant. I was not familiar with it. Thanks for posting it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Songs I remember hearing in my very early childhood were Living Doll...Cliff Richard Standing on the Corner...my uncle was forever playing that on his Dansette! Pocket full of miracles, They can't Take that away from me, On the street where you live, Come Fly With me..............all sung by my father. Dancing in the Dark...which was, I think, a special song to my parents. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Here is one for Loppy I had forgotten about the quite "normal" beginning "There's a song that I recall My mother sang to me. She sang it as she tucked me in When I was ninety-three." 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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