An Irish personal evangelistic site. I'm not representing a particular church, but it's broadly evangelical in tone. My aim is to cover topics I've encountered in discussions I've had over the years, mainly here in Ireland..
This isn’t Christian material as such. It’s just me remembering music from my earlier life and waffling about my life at the time.
Just for fun, I decided to create a list of songs that entered the UK charts on every August that I have lived through. I did the same for June and July on other posts. I limited it to one per year. It wasn’t until about 1971 that I was familiar with them at the … Continue reading All My August’s
Just for fun, I decided to create a list of songs that entered the UK charts on every July that I have lived through. I limited it to one per year. It wasn’t until about 1971 that I was familiar with them at the time, but I did get to know the 1960s songs in … Continue reading All My July’s
Just for fun, I decided to create a list of songs that entered the UK charts on every June that I have lived through. I limited it to one per year. It wasn’t until about 1971 that I was familiar with them at the time, but I did get to know the 1960s songs in … Continue reading All My June’s
I must confess that I’ve never been all that excited about specifically Irish Christmas songs, but I am a little bit curious about them. Bing Crosby’s was the first one that I heard. It was on a Christmas record that we had when I was a child. Then I remember being intrigued by The Pogues’ … Continue reading Irish Christmas Songs
In 1979 I was 16 going on 17, innocent as a rose 😄. I kept a little diary in 1979 and in 1980. It was just for listing what happened each day. I’m very glad that I did, and I’m sorry that I didn’t do that every year. My typical experience is starting one in … Continue reading 1979: Music Memories
1978 was my punk/new wave year. I was 16. I did buy Rolled Gold by the Rolling Stones, a double greatest hits album, and a 12″ single by the Motors – Airport, which was quite poppy, but apart from that, nearly everything else that I bought was punk/new wave. I probably did buy some secondhand … Continue reading 1978: Music Memories
In each decade, there’s generally one year that I’d happily return to. For the 1970s, it would be 1977. I was 15, with lots of delightful crushes on girls that were way out of my league 😀. I continued to discover old Beatles and Pink Floyd albums. I also started working as an apprentice fitter, … Continue reading 1977: Music Memories
I think it was late 1976 when I discovered Pink Floyd’s old albums. I first heard them in 1975, but only Wish You Were Here. Throughout 1976, I remember discovering many of the Beatles albums and then I moved on to Pink Floyd’s back catalogue. That’s the sort of thing that I miss nowadays. But, … Continue reading 1976: Music Memories
Band on the Run by Wings was released in 1973. I borrowed the album in Spring 1975, and I bought it secondhand later that year. It was one of several albums that I bought in 1975, and I still enjoy listening to it. I bought two Beatles albums in 1975, Revolver and Sgt Pepper. At … Continue reading 1975: Music Memories
In 1974, I became more familiar with Paul McCartney’s music. I particularly liked the singles from Band on the Run; Jet, and Band on the Run itself. And in the autumn, I purchased my first Beatles album, the Red Album – 1962-1966. Up to that time, the only Beatles song that I knew was Yellow … Continue reading 1974: Music Memories
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