Poignant choice of 'Alison' on Desert Island Discs

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Poignant choice of 'Alison' on Desert Island Discs

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Really poignant story about Anne-Marie Duff's choice of 'Alison' on Desert Island Discs at 31 min 16 seconds. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09wr9q7
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Many years ago, the presenter Kirsty Young worked for Scottish Television and hosted an evening magazine show. They had Elvis in the studio one night and, when he sang "Alison" with his acoustic guitar, I can recall Kirsty closing her eyes in rapture.
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I frequently imagine Kirsty Young closing her eyes in rapture - but only in my dreams :oops: :roll:
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GCM wrote:Many years ago, the presenter Kirsty Young worked for Scottish Television and hosted an evening magazine show. They had Elvis in the studio one night and, when he sang "Alison" with his acoustic guitar, I can recall Kirsty closing her eyes in rapture.
EC had the same effect on Jonathan Ross a few years ago,when he was playing Alison on Elvis Presley's guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C71zO9oOfuA ( section starts from about 6mins in) JR is fighting back the tears!

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sulky lad wrote:I frequently imagine Kirsty Young closing her eyes in rapture - but only in my dreams :oops: :roll:
Aw, Sulky. Here's the excellent Kirsty clip from way back when - I think the rapture is during Shipbuilding: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vUCUnHLaduE
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