Tim, so glad to hear there's another LC fan out there that takes the Man for what he is, which is rather brilliant. Something to be said about spending half your life in a cave in LA and the other with Rebecca de Mornay. Tarcoma Trailer also springs to mind, a moody, "Twin Peaks" piece. I also had the opportunity to hear "Saltwater" by Julian Lennon today, which has always made "saltwater" well in my eyes. Take on board that some classical music surpasses any fads, however, as much as i appreciate my favourite classics (and I'm not talking Jive Bunny bastardising Swinging Hits of Mozart!), a good lyric with the right singer and melody will always apply itself to many situations. If you can listen to a song for 20 years and still love it, I guess it's a classic (sans Abba except for Dancing Queen). But I digress. Another song coming to mind in these times is Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door". When i was 16 I thought "what a dirge". However at the ripe old age of 43, I realise what a simple, beautiful funeral song that applies to any kid that can't use his gun anymore.

Anomie, am intrigued by your Hierusalem reference and if it makes your agnostic hairs stand up (which doesn't necessarily mean you're overly hisute! Can you give me more info? ie: album details etc.? Have been burning some cds for the radio station and am SO OVER girly singers and boy bands singing rather blandly and badly about luurve. I need some new music, haven't heard anything to make the hairs on the back of my neck for a while. (you know you're getting old when everything on mainstream radio shouldn't be played....)
Cheers

C'mon Di, next you'll be saying you ache in the places where you used to play. Sorry to be so slow with the details - I was sounding off all over the place yesterday. And Dudley hasn't got back to me on the death penalty. Was it something I said? Here are the Dyson details: Dyson Hierusalem - Valery Hill, soprano; St Michael's Singers; Thomas Trotter, organ; Royal Phil Orch/conductor Jonathan Rennert. Hyperion CDA 66150. You'll have to order it. To get a flavour of Dyson beforehand, you can download a piece from the Hyperion website. Not Hierusalem, unfortunately.

Thanks for the reference Anomie, will definitely check it out, the info you gave me sounds like I'll love it already. Re aching in the wrong places... only my ears at the moment. And my eyeballs on certain forum sites. But to give teenagers their due, in 20 years time they'll be getting nostalgic about Eminem? Who can tell? Why is "Hotel California" still played incessantly? Why is the sky?