An Acker Bilk Morning....

[Bbbananas]

I'm having one and it's bloody lovely. This is all because of the thread "If you were stranded...." where one of my records would be Aria by Acker. This then led me on to Stranger on the Shore. I'm welling up now and I'm supposed to be getting some work done.

If anyone can do a link to Aria by Acker Bilk that would be nice then you can all have an Acker Moment with me ;-)

[RATTER15]

This one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEp9mZqLLcw

[Bbbananas]

Thank you my dear x

[pips1]

Hi Salla, have you got your Pashley bike yet?

[Bbbananas]

Not yet - the BG has said he would buy me one for my birthday (26th October). But it's the wrong time of year for a bike, so I'm going to work on trying to get it in advance. At least I've decided on the colour (cream & tan).

[Sqad]

salla....if your not gay, a lesbian,a Catholic or Aker Bilk lover....there is bu99er all for you on AB today ;-)

[Bbbananas]

I've noticed sqadlet - it is a tad boring.
Should the two of us start talking dirty (you know how that goes down well.......)

Hi doc x

[Sqad]

Doc....what i can remember about Acker Bilk, is that it was usually played as the last waltz a at a dance and if you hadn't pulled by then, then one would have to go home "empty handed"

[Bbbananas]

What I remember is my mum and nanna listening to it..... ;-)

[Sqad]

salla...why not?....bloody boring morning...so..."I am a satin blouse man myself.... brings out the best (breast) in a woman's figure..........certainly in a woman like wot you is.

[Bbbananas]

Satin can be cheap and nasty - reminds me of my mother's nighties (or was that nylon?) - I prefer high quality silk. It flows over a well-rounded breast like milk over the gentle cusp of a jar lip...

[tamborine]

nowt like a strappy full length white silk gown shimmering across flesh to awaken the senses.

Wasted, down 'ere :(

[Bbbananas]

For christmas I tracked down an old 45 of Stranger on the Shore - had it framed with the following inscription:
"I was the stranger on the shore.
You were the sailor on the sea.
Somehow we met in the middle"

(He has been sailing since the age of 17, I never ever sailed until I met him - a real landlubber.) He was quite taken aback when he opened it.
The ungrateful lazy sod still hasn't got round to putting it up on his study wall though.

[starone]

RATTER - that sent chills up and down my spine. Lovely. Thanks.

[Bbbananas]

It's gorgeous isn't it star? Makes me well up every time...

[starone]

Sorry salla, I should have said thanks to you too, for initiating it. It was really lovely. I think I will play it again, if I can stand the feeling. Acker Bilk was certainly a master.

[Bbbananas]

Starbuck - Another lump-in-the-throat piece of music is 'Benedictus' by Karl Jenkins, The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace. In fact, a lot of the music from that particular album is very stirring and emotive.

If you can you-tube this and listen to it, it's beautiful and very moving. I first heard it played for a Rememberance service a couple of years ago and played by Steve Wright for Rememberance Sunday.