What you listening to RIGHT now?

Not to intrude into this thread, but right now I am listening to rain falling on a tin roof. Fantastic soundtrack when living in a desert :love:
 
some very ecclectic tastes here, brought back some good and bad memories scanning through the thread.

Can't remember who it was who posted garbage though but wow, was there ever a band who's name described exactly what they were like!!!!
 
Agree with you about the eclectic tastes and the memories they evoke, but that's music and the feeling ls it engenders,
 
This one is on my bed time mix at the moment. It's long, chilled (hard to pigeon hole) but well worth listening to in full.

Some cool photography too.

‘Dedicated to Don Allum 1937-1992, and the Ocean Rowers‘

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Donald Allum was the first (and so far only) man to row the Atlantic Ocean in both directions. A lack of water on his penultimate trip damaged his organs and ultimately killed him, but not before he managed a third historic voyage.

Adapted from his biography, written by his cousin Geoff Allum (who assisted with memories and providing the news reports that are sampled in the song):

"Don Allum was born in 1937 in London. He joined the Merchant Navy at 16, then served 9 years in the army, leaving as a private. In 1971 with his cousin Geoff, he rowed from Las Palmas, Grand Canaria to Barbados. In 1986, , aged 49, Allum repeated the voyage solo. It took him 114 days to reach Nevis. The last two weeks of the voyage were without fresh water and his health was severely compromised by the time he reached land.

"Just a year later, apparently recovered, he left St Johns Newfoundland on the 21st June. 77 days later, having endured many hardships on the journey, he was hauled from a stormy sea by villagers from Dooagh, Ireland, completely co-incidentally the place where Mark Kelly's mother now lives. Don stayed in the town for a while, and there is a permanent memorial to his feat in a plaque on a stone monolith.

"His long rows had done considerable damage to his health, and in his last years, he suffered considerable trouble with his kidneys and his heart. It was a heart attack that finally killed him, 2nd November 1992."
 
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Chris Cornell - When I'm Down....without a doubt the best version of this song i've ever heard

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if you like chris cornell then make sure you look at his unplugged in sweden album, a killer version of Led Zepellin Thank You on there, had it as our wedding first dance song
 
joescrivens said:
if you like chris cornell then make sure you look at his unplugged in sweden album, a killer version of Led Zepellin Thank You on there, had it as our wedding first dance song
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cheers for the heads-up Joe, just off for a listen...:edit:cracking track :thumbs:

just for prosperity, our first dance was this (including all my ushers kneeling in front of us and singing/shouting the chorus, soon joined by the rest of the guests.....maybe slightly tacky, but immensely humorous none-the-less)...

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antihero said:
Chris Cornell - When I'm Down....without a doubt the best version of this song i've ever heard
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Chris Cornell has been responsible for the 'best version' of many songs in my opinion.
 
Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways

Awesome version :thumbs:

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Live version of Year of the Cat, by Al Stewart...7 minutes of bliss.
 
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