Haven't heard that song in years,a classic if ever there was one.
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Not quite Northern Soul, Mag7, but naw, I'm not gonna slate you. I grew up in a fairly musical family, so those " one singer, one song" nights were a huge part of my upbringing. It's probably one of the reasons I have a very wide taste in music.Slate me if you want but this song was sung by my Auld Man many a time in the days when we all had a" sing its your turn "in the house.....this was his signature. Brings back many great memories today on the news of the Legend Tony Bennett leaving us.
It could almost be a Celtic song ....Because of You
It’s mad talking about the singing rituals at carry oots and New Year. I was telling the wife last week aboot a time I was in my mates house at New Year. There was a guy there who had been in the Merchant Navy during the war. My mates maw says, geez one o yer navy songs Geordie!!! Geordies opening line was “Bums, Bellies and Tits” Ok, ok that’s enough fae you Geordie she says. Still makes me laugh nearly 40 years later.
As much as I love luke Kelly singing foggy dew ,sinaeds version was even better something that before she had made the recording with the chieftains I'd av said nobody could do it any better but she did and I'm glad she did. Rest in peace you wonderful lady.Sad news, great singer, beautiful voice, terribly troubled in her personal life, 56, same age as me…..
May eternal light shine upon her….may she rest in peace
Being sexually abused by her own mother when she was a young child no doubt contributed a lot to her mental health issues as she got older.
I know, and fame contributed to that.
