Dear Sparrow and Barbara, I too have strong memories of Simon & Garfunkle's 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' when it first came out. I was having a holiday near here with my cousins after having a sort of break-down..I think it was belated grief from my Father leaving home and all the various traumas associated with him. I was 18.
The memories are of being totally cossetted, strawberries every day from the garden and time spent painting the fabulous view. The dear people who looked after me so lovingly are both gone now, and very much missed, as are the holidays spent with them.
It was on that holiday that I just had to buy the album which had that song on it.
 
Jude

Love is the only way

 
♥♥

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love~and be loved in return♥♥  


 

Jude, Dear,Now I really do feel like the ancient one if you were only 18 in 1970. Lord have mercy. No wonder my bones creak so much!!!
Bridge over Troubled Waters has long been a favorite of mine. There were so many times back then that God was the very last person I would have considered my bridge over troubled waters, but somehow there was always humankind who were so willing to become a "Bridge" for me. It sounds like you had a very special bridge also during some very difficult times. Have you ever gone back to your painting?
Sparrow, dear,I didn't realize ours were so close. Bridge came out about 2 years after Tim died and my neighbor who had a revolving front door, was not married, etc., had a healthy little boy. Blessings on you for posting the ink for Morning Has Broken. Long a favorite, especially with all the floral pictures. You just blessed me with a few moments of being at one with the wonders of creation and gave me pause to come to quiet. May "morning break for you in all its glorious splendor. Thank you for those blessed moments of being before getting back to what needs doing.

Yesterday is gone forever.Tomorrow may not come. Live Fully each moment today. Look for Good Things that Happen to you Every Day.

Dear Betty... trouble ye not!!!!!!!!!!! I'm dreaming No, I wasn't 18 in 1970 and I didn't buy that album when I said I did. My memory playing tricks again. I can't remember now what it was I bought. I've just looked at the album I thought I bought at that time and it's marked 1972. Oh..never mind.
I did paint for a while, on and off, but making cards on computer seems to have taken over that slot for the moment. I may go back to it one day.
 
Morning Has Broken has been a favourite of mine since infant school days, and I was delighted when Cat Stevens brought out a record of it as I could have 2 favourites in one.
 
Jude

Love is the only way

Not to worry, Jude.
I think they call those 'senior moments' . . .
I get them too .

everything counts... ♥

Dear Betty . . .
It seems that "Bridge over Troubled Waters"
has spoken to so many of us . . .
all living our lives unbeknownst to each other.
Back in 1970
we were all who we were then,
living our own lives,
suffering our own losses,
seeing our dreams die young,
not even giving a thought
that others might be in pain . . .
It is a gift beyond measure
that someone could write a song
that has reached into the hearts of so many
offering solace and comfort.
Can you imagine the feeling it would be
to offer such a gift?
 
Thank you for reviving "Morning Has Broken" . . .
It has indeed made my morning 'break in all its glorious splendour' . . .
warm and grey--perfect for a little raking in the garden
to see what lies underneath all those dead leaves.
I might be surprised
with love . . .
sparrow
♥

everything counts... ♥

Searching my vinyl collection I have found the purchase I really DID make at that time.
 
It was "I'm Alive" by a group called The Hollies, and seems appropriate considering I was recovering from a breakdown.
 
Jude

Love is the only way

Today the music that speaks to me also touches on the topic of giving and the Hollies I the child of the sixties fell madly in love with the lyrics of this song....I had begun all kinds of plans to be a missionary, join peace corp etc......I also love the statement giving and receiving are the same thing how true...when I give of myself I receive too...enjoy the music and lyrics still move me deeply Thanks Jude for bringing this wonderful memory to me.....
Oh PS I am a dog pwerson who also had cats but my Lady was so special no other dog was allowed in after her I dont have a pic to share she was so wonderful tho when I had my tumor and vertigo she walked beside me everywhere laid on my bed etc she reminded me of the NANA dog in Peter Pan really human in so many ways her expressions of her eyes etc
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svLqFtM6l8g
 
Namaste
Barbara

God I gratefully await and accept your miracles for me that I may be a witness to your wonder

Just for the fun of it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSqZC7G3_9I
 
 
 

Love is the only way

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

When I think back on these times
And the dreams we left behind
I'll be glad 'cause I was blessed to get to have you in my life

When I look back on these days
I look and see your face
You were right there for me

In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky
In my heart there'll always be a place for you for all my life
I'll keep a part of you with me
And everywhere I am, there you'll be
And everywhere I am, there you'll be

You know you showed me how it feels
To feel the sky within my reach
And I always will remember all the strength you gave to me

Your love made me make it through
Oh, I owe so much to you
You were right there for me

In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky
In my heart there'll always be a place for you for all my life
I'll keep a part of you with me
And everywhere I am there you'll be

'Cause I always saw in you my light my strength
And I want to thank you now for all the ways
You were right there for me, you were right there for me always

In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky
In my heart there'll always be a place for you for all my life
I'll keep a part of you with me
And everywhere I am, there you'll be
And everywhere I am, there you'll be

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Sandra, what a beautiful song! Perfect words. ♥

Love is the only way

Thank you to everybody who has posted so far. There are many songs which I recognise here, and others which I have yet to hear. (Of course, there are more still which are of the sort which make me well up- I have to be very selective about female vocalists, because so many of them can reduce me to tears.) However, when it comes to inspiration, which is what I interpreted the title of this thread to mean, there is one individual's music which stands head and shoulders above the rest. For me, George Harrison is one of the most inspiring musicians I've ever heard.

A 1997 acoustic version of "All Things Must Pass".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-l1y0gnSnI&feature=related

Dear Shady . . .
Thank you for sharing this.
How true . . .
nothing stays the same--
not the 'good'
not the 'bad' . . .
above and below the pain
there is comfort in this
with love . . .
sparrow
♥

everything counts... ♥

Only Time . . .
Just listen,
or watch the flower array . . .
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0NoHN1TU5I
 
Only Time lyrics
Who can say
where the road goes
where the day flows
only time
And who can say
if your love grows
as your heart chose
only time
Who can say
why your heart sighs
as your love flies
only time
And who can say
why your heart cries
when your love lies
only time

Who can say
when the roads meet
that love might be
in your heart
And who can say
when the day sleeps
if the night keeps
all your heart
Night keeps all your heart

Who can say
if your love grows
as your heart chose
only time
And who can say
where the road goes
where the day flows
only time

Who knows - only time
Who knows - only time
 
a peaceful day in spirit
♥

everything counts... ♥

 
Do you know well you don't but I would like to share this with you.
 
Today I was singing these lyrics not because I heard them on the radio ,because they came to me for a very special reason
 
♥
 
When I die and they lay me to rest
Gonna go to the place that's the best
When I lay me down to die
Goin' up to the spirit in the sky
Goin' up to the spirit in the sky
That's where I'm gonna go when I die
When I die and they lay me to rest
Gonna go to the place that's the best

Prepare yourself you know it's a must
Gotta have a friend in Jesus
So you know that when you die
He's gonna recommend you
To the spirit in the sky
Gonna recommend you
To the spirit in the sky
That's where you're gonna go when you die
When you die and they lay you to rest
You're gonna go to the place that's the best

Never been a sinner I never sinned
I got a friend in Jesus
So you know that when I die
He's gonna set me up with
The spirit in the sky
Oh set me up with the spirit in the sky
That's where I'm gonna go when I die
When I die and they lay me to rest
I'm gonna go to the place that's the best
Go to the place that's the best
 
I have heard this song many times,and each time I heard it playing I just brushed past the words not knowing what they meant.In fact if I am honest  they really meant nothing at all to me until today.
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bplEcbzjME

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love~and be loved in return♥♥  


 

Who can say
where the road goes
where the day flows
only time
And who can say
if your love grows
as your heart chose
only time

 
Who can say only time ,yes only time .
 
Thank you Sparrow
♥

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love~and be loved in return♥♥  


 

Ah dear Sandra . . .
I haven't listened to this song in years . . .
funny how you can hear a piece of music
and then later hear it again,
and get something completely new out of it?
This happens to me with art and literature as well.
Thank you for this musical treat
with love . . .
sparrow
♥

everything counts... ♥

I recently bought a cd of Billy McLaughlin's 'Guitar Mediations', not knowing that he has a serious health problem that should have destroyed his career. I had never heard of him until I bought the cd. I love the guitar in all its forms and the cd remains a great favourite.
 
This video shows his fight back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPzdkwZySos&feature=related
 
 

Love is the only way

Here is another nice one of him playing left-handed
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp5l2D1USLc

Love is the only way

Your so welcome
 
♥
 
Dear Jude it goes to show you can rise above many things .I don't mean you I mean in general.Oh and his Irish too so maybe he is as stubborn as me.
 
Thank you
 
♥

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love~and be loved in return♥♥