[Esmeralda]

These guys should really have a thread to themselves..mmmm

Daryl Hall & John Oates – I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)

Daryl Hall & John Oates – She’s Gone

[Esmeralda]

Two fabulous numbers by Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band..bringing back soooo many memories…

Bob Seger – Still The Same

Bob Seger – We’ve got tonight

[Esmeralda]

@Sgt Pepper wrote:

The passion and the majesty that is the music of RICHARD WAGNER

Die Walkure – Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire

Part I

Part II

Tristan Und Isolde

Prelude

Intoxicating 8)

Stunning, Sgt!

Wagner was my father’s favourite composer. As a little ‘un I remember many a Sunday morning with the windows rattling as dad and I conducted the vinyl orchestra with our invisible batons. I dunno why Sundays in particular..maybe..as a devout aethiest he was drowning out the pious psalms of the god-botherers.
I chose a Wagner piece for his funeral too.

[Esmeralda]

Och..before ye’s all fall ower wan anuther reciting bits frae the man’s workings.. wee jimmy joyce shares a birthday with the delicious Esmeralda. So..in MY..I mean HIS honour..here’s a wee thingummie..

At That Hour

At that hour when all things have repose,
O lonely watcher of the skies,
Do you hear the night wind and the sighs
Of harps playing unto Love to unclose
The pale gates of sunrise?

When all things repose, do you alone
Awake to hear the sweet harps play
To Love before him on his way,
And the night wind answering in antiphon
Till night is overgone?

Play on, invisible harps, unto Love,
Whose way in heaven is aglow
At that hour when soft lights come and go,
Soft sweet music in the air above
And in the earth below.

James Joyce

[Esmeralda]

@sir Actor wrote:

Danny Boy

This song always makes me think about what’s important in life.
Not the back stabbing or nastiness of the rat race world we live in but the essence of a loving family, change and not forgetting those who may no longer be with us but have made us what we are.

Awww.you’re just a ickle wee softie at heart. Have an Esme hug

[Esmeralda]

Edvard Grieg’s splendid WEDDING DAY AT TROLDHAUGEN is more usually a piano piece, but i have included here, a marvellous adaptation for woodwind. Incidentally, I could have gotten away with including this in Celtic Cabal, as Grieg’s great-grandfather was a Greig from Scotland.

Grieg’s Wedding Day At Troldhaugen(woodwind)

Grieg – Wedding Day at Troldhaugen(piano)

[Esmeralda]

From one beautiful dance to another..poignant, soaring, tender, I never weary of listening to or watching LEE ANN WOMACK’S..

I Hope You Dance
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you’ll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they’re worth taking
Lovin’ might be a mistake
But it’s worth making
Don’t let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small
When you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you’ll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)

(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

[Esmeralda]

Conway Twitty – It’s Only Make Believe

[Esmeralda]

I love this with a passion..

Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman

[Esmeralda]

yee haaa!!!
Hank Williams Hank Jr THERES A TEAR IN MY BEER

[Author]

Posts