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“DREAM-WORLD” (Revisited) By Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’      The song is well-known, as is the “Songwriter”,who got into the habit of writing songs for “special girlfriends”simply because “presents”(decent ones), were too expensive to buy, in Ceylon at the time, and, although it got him into trouble, sometimes, this did not cost him anything at all. “Dream-World” was written by this songwriter at the birth of the fabulous 1950’s at number 38 Lorensz Road, Bambalapitiya, in Colombo, after this enamoured young man who was 15 at the time, had met this beautiful 14 year old girl who lived at number 10, on the same road. He had a dream one night, about this same young lass & the rest was easy. It was just after midnight, & while he had never studied the “theory” of music, “tunes” would come into his head, and he would then compose the ...

Jan 21, 2018 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY, English Videos, Everlasting songs Comments 0
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ALERIC’S MILK-SHAKE-DUCK by Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ That is how silly the present Media is getting, folks. The Milk-Shake Duck going viral, and, serve them right, they ARE racist, because they forgot (on purpose)to mention Sri Lanka’s “Aleric”s”, without any doubt, whatsoever, the BEST Milk-Shake-Makers in the World, where, on exceptionally special occasions, this writer would share one, with one of the most beautiful girls of the 50’s era (from Ceylon, of course), after “cutting-College” (St.Peter’s of Bambalapitiya), making a bee-line for the ” Holy Family Convent”, also in Bambalapitiya, in the early PM, to help her carry her books, walk together on the beach, until we arrived at Kinross Avenue, which led up to the Galle Road, cross over, turn left, and there you are, Aleric’s. Nobody knew HER then, nobody knew ME either, but, had her father caught me there with her I would quite possibly ...

Jan 17, 2018 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY, Everlasting songs Tagged Comments 0
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“COUNTRY COUSINS” EXTRAORDINAIRE by Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’  It has certainly been an extraordinary week for me. To start off, after many a long year, I have been able to contact a long-lost cousin, also living in Melbourne, someone who I remember as an extremely talented pianist, Audrey will not mind the mention of her name because, even though we have been “out of touch” for so long, it is good that, in the twilight of our lives, we have managed to find each other again.       If the title of this article is mistaken for the fact that we are the ‘Country Cousins’ are the ones who originally migrated to Australia from Ceylon, a humble apology. Although I am not certain that Audrey loves “Country Music” like I do, music, in general, has been part & parcel of our families. Some of us also “sing” ...

Jan 14, 2018 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY, English Videos, Everlasting songs Tagged Comments 0
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“IN SPAIN THEY SAY “SI SI” – By Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ In Spain, they say “si si’, in France they say ‘”vi vi” Every little Dutch girl says “ya” “ya” Every little Danish “doll” says “da” But sweetheart, tell me why? No matter how I try Won’t you answer to my plea Just say it in any language to me When will you say “si si”. Spanish is a.beautiful language, isn’t it? , this is why I have decided to “introduce” one of the more “modern” Artistes of the day, to all our “on-line” readers of eLanka. His name is Bryan Adams, popular, extremely well known, even to the older folk such as ” yours truly” another “Icon” to the younger ones, of course.   No, people, Bryan does not sing in Spanish, as a matter of fact, the little “verse” above has absolutely nothing to do with this ...

Jan 12, 2018 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY, English Videos, Everlasting songs Tagged Comments 0
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