"Thank God he played that thing so loud," gushed Penny Kelly (37), from Hounslow, "and for so many weeks!"
Jobbing plumber Kevin Harrison had no idea,when he embarked on extensive soil pipe work at Penny's house, that his favourite songs, played through speakers at full volume for up to eight hours a day, would be such a life-changing hit with the housewife.
"I work from home," Penny explained, "and it was just so wonderful for Kevin to share his all-time favourites while I was busy in the next room. I'm telling you, no more floundering in musical no-man's land for me - not now I can put on 'All Night Long' by Rainbow, then follow it up - heartbreakingly, with Anne Murray singing 'You Needed Me!'
"The gems just kept on coming, all nine or ten of them, each with its own particular resonance for Kevin, each a little journey into his mind. I'll never hear 'Fernando' again without thinking of Kevin's legacy. Or 'Layla.' Or even 'Another Brick in The Wall. And whenever I hear them I still hear his voice, singing along, as he always did with such incredible gusto!
"Musically, I used to be all over the place. Bit of classical, bit of hip-hop, some folk, jazz, some blues, but now all I want to do is dance, dance, dance to 'Achy Breaky Heart'. Sometimes the shuffle function meant I heard that one three or even four times in a row! I really have to thank that man for bringing Billy Ray Cyrus into my life!"
Kevin was contacted on many occasions for comment, but his mobile kept going straight to voicemail.
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allmyownstunts
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nealdoran
offlineMemberMy forefathers were too poor to have socks, but before it gets a bit Monty Python, I'll just say I guess this kind of thing is what you get with having the painters in.
I expect Pope Julius II was put right off his matins by Michaelangelo massacring his favourite madrigals while he was having the Sistine Chapel done up.[Yes, I did have to look up virtually every word in that last sentence on wikipedia.]
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Ostsee
offlineMemberIn the good old days they had transistor radios beautifully painted with obscure symbols, part of their secret guild messages, and what to the world looked like bent coathangers for aerials but were in fact sculptures denoting their ranking within their trade. Happy days.
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