Incidentally, the Jimmy Webb tour has been announced. It’s with Paul Williams.

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!

I suspect most women want to be wanted more than needed. Mmmm.

Let me advise that “Galveston” is now number one on my most played.

Oh yes, the Princess Di memorial do. Missed that. Ricky resorted to doing his funny dance.

I anm delighted by the publicity given by you to JW’s own rendering of “Galveston”. Your posting was brought to my attention by Hyde of GC’s WWW.

I myself had been intrigued to learn a while back of Ricky Gervais’s choice and was dreadfully disappointed that, when he’d unexpectedely been required to improvise for a few moments at the Fairy Princess Diana’s Memorial Concert, he’d been all tongue-tied. He could so easily have just spent the time informing the world of the genius of JimmyWebb.

Mark you, I can’t quite fathom why “Galveston” makes your short-leet of eight when you have on your i-pod 24 numbers to which listen more frequently. I’m only glad it does.

I’ll easily ignore those contributors to this thread who can’t appreciate that JW is, in fact, the best singer of his own songs. If they don’t get it, I guess they simply don’t get it and that no amount of preaching from me will alter that state of affairs. Their loss … though I would recommend they give JW a few more hearings.

What I heartily recommend is that you get hold of JW’s version of “Galveston” on his “Letters” album. For the first minute you hear nothing but the guitar. It’s imho even better than the version on “Ten Easy Pieces”. I had enjoyed GC’s own up-beat version but it was only after I’d heard “Letters” that I realised how the song should be properly sung.

God bless JimmyWebb … and I don’t even believe in God.

Gus

Incidentally, “MacArthur Park” was itself one of the Desert Island Discs of the guest at the beginning of this month! http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20080203.shtml

I wholeheartedly agree that you’re not likely to remain sane in such isolation even with 100 records and, indeed, I should imagine trying to narrow a Top 100 to only 8 would make you go mad but, when I’m invited on the show (hosted by a fellow-Scot), I’ll bear in mind that your recommendation that one record at least should strengthen my belief in the imaginary friend who’ll accompany me on the island.

Regards
Gus McCaig

Oh, I hope you don’t mind the capital letters. I see that even k.d. lang’s website prints her name in block letters in places.

Gus

“You’d be better off dead, with a bullet in your head, then to come back to me.�

That’s a great lyric, Caroline. More honest than a lot of songs about broken relationships.

Seems a bit of a shameless rip off of “West End Girls” to me: Sometimes you’re better off dead, there’s a gun in your hand and it’s pointing at your head.

Then again, maybe country versions of Pet Shop Boys songs could work …

Yeah, that song really gets to me, too.

Oh wait, you said ‘GaLveston,’ didn’t you.

Never mind.

I was listening to a Bobby Gentry CD today which has half a dozen duets with GC, they represent her lesser work but not too bad.

I half-heart Glen Campbell.

That’s a great lyric, Caroline. More honest than a lot of songs about broken relationships.

Then check this out Clyde. A little lumpy it’s true but it’ll get under your skin..