“TAKE ME BACK” – by Des Kelly My latest female Country-Craze, the Queen of Scandinavian Country Music Heidi Hauge, singing what could well be a sequel to the song that I dedicated to “My Lovely Island Home” & recorded a few years ago. Heidi could have possibly been in the very same position, as we Showbiz Characters are often not appreciated in our own Motherland, until perhaps, after we leave, what was hitherto, our home. ...
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“BETWEEN US OLDIES” – by Des Kelly SENT IN TO ONE “OLDIE”, MYSELF, FROM ANOTHER, CHARLES SCHOKMAN, STARTING OFF WITH THAT LITTLE GREEN THING, And going onto many other varied reminisces of “things” past. Please read and enjoy. Please also note, the following was sent to eLanka as an email and has been adopted based on the following source by Dennis Byren. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. My older generation didn’t have that “green thing” – By Dennis Byrne Source :chicagonow Checking out at the supermarket, the young cashier suggested to the much older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because Plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologised and explained, “We didn’t have this ‘green thing’ back in my earlier days.” The young cashier responded, “That’s our problem today – your Generation did not care enough to save our environment ...
Aug 16, 2022
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“NUWARA ELIYA” – by Des Kelly This post was sent out to me, by a good friend, Joe VanLangenberg featuring this young man Travis Fein, walking the Streets of Nuwara Eliya and extolling it’s magnificence in his eyes. I agree with him quite wholeheartedly and decided to publicise the picture/story on e’Lanka for everyone interested as well. Nuwara Eliya, or Nu-raliya. as it was sometimes referred to, by us Burgher buggers, was indeed a lovely place, as I remember it, ,quite close to Haputale in the highlands, a tiny Suburb of our tiny Island, yet supposedly the 2nd best area in the WORLD for the recovery of patients who had previously suffered various diseases. The top recovery area was supposed to be somewhere in Switzerland. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. ...
BIWWA NEDA WADAKAHA SUDIYA – by Des Kelly Sent in to me, and in turn, to e’Lanka, is this famous Sinhala ditty, sung by many famous Sinhala vocalists & one Burgher bugger, whose name I conveniently forget, as I am much older now. The English lyrics are self-composed, telling the story of Emily, the girl driven to drink. Cannot recall the name of the female dancer, but then, folks, who cares, as we concentrate on her “moves” & the little-fella is a great dancer, isn’t he ?. The very famous tune was composed by the late, great, Walter(Wally) Bastiansz my former baila-tutor in Moratuwa Please enjoy, & make a COMMENT OR THREE !!!., Thank you. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. ...
A Kelly Klassic – The Outlaws – The Best Part Of The Day Is The Night – by Des Kelly Had never heard of this Southern Country/Rock band before, watched and enjoyed a different style song they produced, stating that, “The Best part of the day is the night”. Enjoyed the song, vocalised by Hughie Thomas’s, and decided that this advice would be very good for our thousands of e’Lanka members, so here goes :- Desmond Kelly (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka ...
Aug 15, 2022
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“COUNTRY GOSPEL” – by Des Kelly As with every other type of really beautiful Music it provides, here is yet another. “Country Gospel” has been quite possibly the first Music chosen by many top “Stars” who actually reached them, in the very difficult art of “Showbiz”, as we call it, and this particular song is no exception to the rule. “In the garden”, sung by T. Graham Brown, was supposed to have made Buck White, of the Country trio named “The Whites”, cry !, but on watching it, I noticed that it made many others quite emotional as well, and let me ensure my own readers that tears were not shed because Graham Brown could not sing. Although he did not reach the heights of the more famous Country “Stars”, Graham used his vocal prowess to captivate the audience around him, and believe me folks, there were quite a few ...
Aug 15, 2022
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“LOVING LIFE TOGETHER” – BY Des Kelly – Introducing Hemraj Fernando – සසරේ නොනැසෙන පෙම | Eternal love Something a little different, in this song, written by Hemraj Fernando, dedicated to his wife, telling her how much he loves her. Because Sinhalese Buddhist people do believe in rebirth, he writes that they met, once before at a stupa, while worshipping Lord Buddha, then, at a Church Service worshipping Jesus Christ. The song is well written & performed and deserves to be seen by all our members. With due thanks to Hemraj, telling us his story on “LOVING LIFE TOGETHER” Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’ Lanka. Recently we released the following video online. What do you think? Hemraj wrote the lyrics for this song in 2007. This song is relevant to Sri Lanka today as it was divided between Races, Religions and Cultures and the new generation wants to reject it. The meaning of this song Each day ...
Aug 14, 2022
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“MUSICAL MEMORIES” – By Des Kelly Among the hundreds of latter-day recordings of our Sri Lankan Bands and groups of Entertainers, I have been fortunate to pick a few that stand out, and am privileged to publicise on e’Lanka. Let us start with this one. Amazing talent that helps us ex-patriots everywhere to remember and reminisce, with the help of very special “MUSICAL MEMEORIES”. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. ...
Aug 11, 2022
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“Life stories in song” – by Des Kelly “Judith Durham – A World Of Our Own” “Life stories in song”, so often quoted and sometimes even recorded by this writer, as the best method of show-casing the real, natural talents of certain individuals who are born into music only to be taken away (sadly), far too young, leaving millions of fans heartbroken at their demise. Alphabetically eulogising two of the latest Stars, in music, e’Lanka now features Judith Durham, STAR of the Seekers, & Dame Olivia Newton-John, better known as the Sweetheart of Australia, although she was born in England, came to Australia at the age of five, then went over to America to become famous on both stage & screen. Both Judith & Olivia were simply beautiful, natural, multi-talented & humanitarian in everything they did for showbusiness, and in my own opinion, attained the highest rungs of ...
Aug 9, 2022
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“AS TIME GOES BY” – Des Kelly “They say, a picture speaks a thousand words, & this amazing post was sent out by a good friend of mine, Dayal Cooray, which, in turn, I would like to share with all our e’Lanka readers. Hope everyone will also enjoy the song of the same title. ...
