Martyn Joseph......when I first heard him sing "One of Us"....you know the one that goes..."What if God was one of us, just a stranger on a bus...." it just made the whole theatre sit up and listen, we were all right on the edges of our chair. I've never heard a song sung with such passion and understanding before! He just made you melt!Martyn is a deeply spiritual man and he said that this is one song he truly wished he'd written. He brought it to life so vibrantly!

But then he sang one of his own songs "The Good in Me is Dead" which is about a young lad in Kosovo who has lost his father and his brother, his house, everything he has ever owned, blown away, gone...and how he eventually seeks refuge in his mother, but not without first feeling an intense desire for revenge. Nowadays Martyn updates it to take in 9/11 and the same sense of terrible suffering that was felt there.

An intensely compassionate man, with a voice of such power. His songs will put you through every emotion you've got and you'll just come out hooked!! (And he's big in Canada, Jerry!)

This is SUCH a good thread, trouble is you put down your favourite song and then you go away and think....Oh No!...I forgot to put 'that one' down as well......

This thread may just last for years and years!! :0)

Lizzie