Thursday, April 13, 2023

8 Pieces of Secular Music To Take To My Desert Island.

1) Pink Floyd -  Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

2) Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing.

3) Beethoven - 5th Piano Concerto. The Emperor.

4) Leonard Cohen - Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye.(Later version.)

5) Wishbone Ash - Blowin' Free.

6) Maria Callas - Un Bel Di Vedremo.

7) Georges Moustaki - Le Temps de Vivre. (Live at Bobino.)

8) Steeleye Span - Thomas The Rhymer. (Live - concert opener.)

I do this every year or so and - I admit - it changes. 

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