John Miles song

[shaggy]

All I can say is that Music Was My First Love is one the earliest songs I can recall as a young pup growing up liking rock. It was a big sound and had such a haunting aura about it. One of my dying wishes will be to have this song played at my funeral cos it says much about what my life is about. Music will always be one of my first loves. I dont care what some folks think, I loved hearing it SP, so play on maestro.

If music be the food of love why dont rabbits play the banjo?

[Janette]

I always hated that song LOL But just hearing it again after all these years, it's actually not as bad as I used to think it was. Maybe I've mellowed with age.

I'm having I Remember You by Skid Row at my funeral, and after seeing Liz choose DV's Think Of Me In The Fall, I want that as well, one on the way in and one on the way out! Not sure which song will be the entrance and which will be my finale, but I won't actually know so I guess I won't mind too much ;D

[Woody]

not my cup of tea, wouldn't say its crap though! was checking i hadn't accidentlly tuned into another station. I'm unsure what i want playing at my funeral, although a current favourite would be "the birdie song" try been sad with that blaring out!

[Richard & Amanda In Cornwall]

Its a cool track,Pride Of Lions Gift Of A Song from The Destiny Stone album is Jim Peterik's tribute to John Miles,it also sounds very similar Mr P. played it on the 20th May show as Amanda requested it for my birthday.
Fair play to Steve for playing it tonight

[Alison]

Music Was My First Love.....will always remind me of my guitarist ex-hubby and where I came in his list of priorities

Time heals though....I can now listen to it without getting a lump in my throat -and yes, it's a good song I think ;D

(Talking of funerals, a friend of a friend had "Don't Worry Be Happy" and "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" at his funeral!)

[hazychris]

The album this track comes from is the 1976 'REBEL', which is actually a pretty good rock cd, with many stunning tracks, worth investigating.

For my funeral, got to be something by IN FLAMES, !!!! (actually the tune Come Clarity by In Flames)

[Lindsay]

hazychris said:

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For my funeral, got to be something by IN FLAMES, !!!! (actually the tune Come Clarity by In Flames)

I take it you're gettin' cremated then mate ;D

I missed the John Miles track, too busy gettin pissed
excellent artist tho, for those who like a decent bit of AOR.
My fave John Miles album tho has to be Transition from 1985 which contains the excellent track "Once In Your Life". I remember buying this album on vinyl back then for about £4.99 if my memory serves me correctly, god i loved vinyl, and what about all the record shops closing, sorry got side tracked there, i'll have a rant about that l8r .
Anyway back to John Miles, excellent artist, and if you like a bit of AOR is worthwhile checkin out, SP should play a bit more from him me thinks

[littlelenny65]

I remember listening to John Miles as a teenager, he was excellent. I think what some people miss when they listen to Rock Music/Rock Shows/Rock nights is that Rock is like everything else it has evolved, so the music from earlier days sounds nothing like what we have now sometimes. The point is though (in my opinion) that people like John MIles should not be cast by thew wayside, It was great to hear Music was my first Love on the show last night, and I hope we hear more from JM now he has had such a positive response :-)

And for my funeral I want exultate jubilate, Mozart :-)

[Lindsay]

On the subject of songs for funerals there's so many i like, but at the mo i would like "Ready To Go Home" by Mitch Malloy from his 2nd album Ceilings and Walls. A more ballad orientated album than his debut but highly underrated and highly recommended imho. This is such a beautiful track and the lyrics say it all. If you haven't checked out this album i would recommend you do so, excellent slice of AOR

[Lee]

lindsay said:

If you haven't checked out this album i would recommend you do so, excellent slice of AOR

I'll second that. Nowhere near as rock orientated as his debut, but, in my opinion, just as good.

[hazychris]

Yes Lindsay!!, getting cremated, less space!!!!, always could have AC/DC - Shot down in flames!!! aswell.

Anyway, nice to hear about Transition, I'm sure I have got that somewhere, possibly on tape... off to have a look, but going to dust my vinyl copies of 'STANGER IN THE CITY' and 'ZARAGON', even with John wearing a dodgy Judo ribe... I understand John Miles in still performing, a friend saw him last year!!

lindsay said:

hazychris said:

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For my funeral, got to be something by IN FLAMES, !!!! (actually the tune Come Clarity by In Flames)

I take it you're gettin' cremated then mate ;D

I missed the John Miles track, too busy gettin pissed ::)
excellent artist tho, for those who like a decent bit of AOR.
My fave John Miles album tho has to be Transition from 1985 which contains the excellent track "Once In Your Life". I remember buying this album on vinyl back then for about £4.99 if my memory serves me correctly, god i loved vinyl, and what about all the record shops closing, sorry got side tracked there, i'll have a rant about that l8r ::).
Anyway back to John Miles, excellent artist, and if you like a bit of AOR is worthwhile checkin out, SP should play a bit more from him me thinks ;)

[arenean]

I thought I was the only one to have "Transition" on vinyl, but I emailed Andrew at melodicrock.com to see if he wanted a copy for MR-X and he said he'd already featured it, and now with the thread here and Steve playing "Once In Your Life" tonight, I guess there's more copies of this great AOR album around than I thought!
About time for a company to re-release this gem I think, as it's never been out on CD before (good production from Beau Hill and Trevor Rabin too).

Also, check out some of the John Miles tracks from the Alan Parsons Project albums in the 80's, like "In The Real World" (from "Stereotomy"), and "La Sagrada Familia" (from the "Gaudi" album)