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The Top Five Songs of ..... John Martyn RIP

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
edited January 2009 in Not Sports Related
Following on from Nigel W's thread on the sad news of John's death.

5. Big Muff

4.5 Dancing

4. Solid Air

3. John the Baptist

2. Bless the Weather

1. May You Never

May you never lose your temper if you get hit in a bar room fight
May you never lose your woman over night
May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold
May you never make your bed out in the cold

Comments

  • nigel
    nigel Posts: 2,454
    May You Never

    Solid Air

    Dancing

    Spencer The Rover

    Just Now

    ...and a dozen others.

    As I 've said in The Times obit in tomorrow's paper:

    "... at his height, every note he played or sung seemed to be imbued with a spacious elegance and sublime airiness...''
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,720
    edited January 2009
    It's probably heresy not to have May You Never in your top 5 from JM but mine are:
    1 Johnny Too Bad
    2 Big Muff
    3 He’s got all the Whiskey
    4 Don’t Want to Know
    5 Piece By Piece