Barb or I loved the following for the tune, words, context and presentation:
What a Wonderful World. – Louis Armstrong 1967
Unforgettable – Nat and Natalie King Cole 1991 (New technology & at Barb’s funeral
service at All Saints, North Epping. Alex got an early release as Barb and I loved
Nat’s songs. )
I will always love you – Whitney Houston 1992 (Big affect on me. Confirmed my
promise of always , and one main reason for not remarrying. Alex and Rog took
me to the picture “Bodyguard “ at Cremorne when I was RS.)
Have I told you lately that I love you.- Rod Stewart. 1991.
I will stand by you -The Pretenders. 1994. (I always did but was not successful 21/7/1991)
I miss you like crazy. -Natalie King Cole 1989. (Greatly affected me after 1991)
When a man loves a woman – Percy Sledge 1966. (My whole feeling to Barb).
Because you loved me. -Celine Dion 1993
And I love you so. – Don McLean 1970
Little things mean a lot – Kitty Kallen 1954
Love is a many splendoured thing – Andy Williams 1967
When I fall in love – Nat King Cole 1962. (I did not know of his fight for the blacks)
I just called to say I love you – Stevie Wonder 2000
I honestly love you – Olivia Newton-John 1974
The closer I get to you. -Roberta Flack. 1977
I will be right here waiting for you – Richard Marx 1989
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother. – The Hollies. 1969. (Reminded of mates, especially in wartime)
I’ll be Home for Christmas – Bing Crosby 1943 (We all hoped this in the RAAF )
Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter 1940. (WW II hit)
STAN. MUSIC I like them all – especially human and nature eg
Night on a Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky 1867
On the Steppes of Central Asia. by Alexander Borodin 1880
In the Hall of the Mountain King by Evard Grieg 1876 in Peer Gynt Suite No 1
Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy – 1905. (Appears so simple but hard to achieve)
Orpheus in the Underworld (has the Can Can) by Jacques Offenbach 1854
The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach 1861
STAN BOOKS
“Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo 1862
“Camille” by Alexandre Dumas 1848. (Opera: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi 1853. First time I read this was 2020)
“The Loaded Dog” by Henry Lawson 1901
STAN POEMS
“If” by Rudyard Kipling circa 1895 (Big impact on me)
“Andrea del Sarto” by Robert Browning 1855 – “Ah, but a man’s reach should
exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for.”
“Sonnets from the Portuguese” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850. (Sonnet 43 –
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight….”
“I wandered lonely as a cloud”. (Daffodils) by William Wordsworth. 1807
“Endymion”. by John Keats 1818”. “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever….”
“To a skylark” by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1820
“The Man from snowy River and other verses” by. Andrew Barton Paterson 1895
“Stan” One by Toni Narni of Debottlenecking, Mobil Refinery, SA, and a second by Chris
Whitworth, Chief Engineer of International Combustion Australia Limited. (ICAL). 2006
(I feel “funny” about these but greatly appreciate these two poems about me for my 80th birthday by great mates – so unexpected and unsought.)