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Post by thesensationaljt on Apr 29, 2019 23:32:16 GMT 1
I'm useless on me owd phone, at least I've mastered this....
Today up the fields walking the doggie, I was listening to :-
The mojos - Everythings alright. 1964 I believe. Not sure it was a great hit, but back then it was harder to make the top five, as there was a lot of talent about. (Sorry to be b***hy, but it's true).
Toots and The Maytals - Monkey Man. I love a bit of reggae, and this was my favourite version by a country mile, even though others have sung it. I also liked the instrumental.
Finished with DJ Zany - Be On Your Way.
Yesterday, I could see in Lottie's eyes she wanted me to play a bit of Meatloaf, so we had, I Would Do Anything For Love.
You got any favourites on your phone?
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Post by Pilch on Apr 30, 2019 0:25:30 GMT 1
last song on my phone was John miles, music such a powerful song
as for meatloaf, I couldn't get them out of my head a few weeks back, listened to bat out of hell album about 3 times
and was playing dominoes against scooter last night and monkey man came on the juke, I had no idea who sang it but he did
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 8:17:56 GMT 1
Anything from: Bullet for my valentine, Breaking Benjamin, A7X, Linkin Park or Dead by April.
I use Spotify and their ‘Daily Mix’ selections and discover weekly are good for some new music.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 8:27:05 GMT 1
last song on my phone was John miles, music such a powerful song Tune 😎
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 8:31:03 GMT 1
Last song played...
Mike and the Mechanics, Silent Running.
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Post by scooter on Apr 30, 2019 9:43:39 GMT 1
last song on my phone was John miles, music such a powerful song as for meatloaf, I couldn't get them out of my head a few weeks back, listened to bat out of hell album about 3 times and was playing dominoes against scooter last night and monkey man came on the juke, I had no idea who sang it but he did Toots Hibbert wrote Monkey Man, so Toots and the Maytals is the original version
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Post by venceremos on Apr 30, 2019 10:29:59 GMT 1
Since he died a month ago it's been all about Scott Walker for me.
Initially it was enjoying hearing old Walker Brothers classics and a couple of his solo tracks that I knew well - Montague Terrace (In Blue) etc.
But I knew a lot of musicians and critics (Bowie, Jarvis Cocker, Julian Cope, Marc Almond, Johnny Marr, Stuart Maconie etc etc) regarded him as one of the greats, so it's been a learning exercise - and that's why I've been playing songs new to me like Boy Child, The Electrician and Farmer In The City on repeat ever since. Haunting, mesmerising. I wish I'd done this sooner.
I've yet to delve deeply into his most recent work. That's the really challenging stuff but I'll get to it!
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Apr 30, 2019 19:32:14 GMT 1
Today up the fields walking the doggie, I was listening to :-
The mojos - Everythings alright. 1964 I believe. Not sure it was a great hit, but back then it was harder to make the top five, as there was a lot of talent about. (Sorry to be b***hy, but it's true).
That got me searching (unsuccessfully) for my concert programmes, I know I saw The Mojos at the Granada in the early 1960s. From memory they were supporting The Kinks and The Dave Clark Five.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Apr 30, 2019 20:34:47 GMT 1
Today up the fields walking the doggie, I was listening to :-
The mojos - Everythings alright. 1964 I believe. Not sure it was a great hit, but back then it was harder to make the top five, as there was a lot of talent about. (Sorry to be b***hy, but it's true).
That got me searching (unsuccessfully) for my concert programmes, I know I saw The Mojos at the Granada in the early 1960s. From memory they were supporting The Kinks and The Dave Clark Five.
That programme would be worth a few quid. Was it 2/6d to get in?
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on May 1, 2019 11:25:24 GMT 1
That got me searching (unsuccessfully) for my concert programmes, I know I saw The Mojos at the Granada in the early 1960s. From memory they were supporting The Kinks and The Dave Clark Five.
That programme would be worth a few quid. Was it 2/6d to get in?
Can't remember admission cost, can't have been much as I could afford to go regularly on my paper round earnings. I've found a programme from around the same time, it cost 1 shilling. (Rolling Stones and Ronettes).
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Post by venceremos on May 1, 2019 18:16:03 GMT 1
That programme would be worth a few quid. Was it 2/6d to get in?
Can't remember admission cost, can't have been much as I could afford to go regularly on my paper round earnings. I've found a programme from around the same time, it cost 1 shilling. (Rolling Stones and Ronettes). Incredible line ups - what were those gigs like? I can't imagine how the Ronettes could begin to reproduce the Phil Spector wall of sound in a small provincial theatre with 1960s kit - I'm guessing they didn't! Did they play half an hour or so each on these bills?
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2019 18:47:19 GMT 1
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters (one of the finest blues guitarists around), The Cadillac Three (American country rock), Pokey Lafarge (traditional Americana blues/folk) and of course my hero Wilko Johnson
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on May 1, 2019 19:08:03 GMT 1
Can't remember admission cost, can't have been much as I could afford to go regularly on my paper round earnings. I've found a programme from around the same time, it cost 1 shilling. (Rolling Stones and Ronettes). Incredible line ups - what were those gigs like? I can't imagine how the Ronettes could begin to reproduce the Phil Spector wall of sound in a small provincial theatre with 1960s kit - I'm guessing they didn't! Did they play half an hour or so each on these bills? This was the infancy of rock in the UK and the theatre package tours were presented like the music hall acts that were going out of fashion at the time. You'd get 4 or 5 'turns' and a comedian/compere, the main acts got about 20 minutes each and just played their hits. The Rolling Stones tour included Marty Wilde who was an early Elvis clone, the Swinging Blue Jeans, one of the many Liverpool groups that had a few hits, Dave Berry and a band called the Cheynes about whom there's no information. The programme describes Mick Jagger as "a 19 year old student at the London School of Economics"! Memory is hazy, but I think the Ronettes mimed to their records. We didn't mind, they were beautiful and exotic, most of us had never seen black women before. To see bands do a full gig you'd go to a club or, in Shrewsbury, the Music Hall. The band I was in played as warm up to chart bands and I saw the Beatles there a couple of times. Sadly we didn't play when they were on, but I did have a word with John Lennon at one gig I was at as a punter.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2019 19:25:16 GMT 1
Incredible line ups - what were those gigs like? I can't imagine how the Ronettes could begin to reproduce the Phil Spector wall of sound in a small provincial theatre with 1960s kit - I'm guessing they didn't! Did they play half an hour or so each on these bills? Memory is hazy, All that sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.....
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on May 1, 2019 19:47:06 GMT 1
All that sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll..... Southam’s Old Strong Ale, known as ‘SOS’.
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Post by venceremos on May 2, 2019 0:38:58 GMT 1
Incredible line ups - what were those gigs like? I can't imagine how the Ronettes could begin to reproduce the Phil Spector wall of sound in a small provincial theatre with 1960s kit - I'm guessing they didn't! Did they play half an hour or so each on these bills? This was the infancy of rock in the UK and the theatre package tours were presented like the music hall acts that were going out of fashion at the time. You'd get 4 or 5 'turns' and a comedian/compere, the main acts got about 20 minutes each and just played their hits. The Rolling Stones tour included Marty Wilde who was an early Elvis clone, the Swinging Blue Jeans, one of the many Liverpool groups that had a few hits, Dave Berry and a band called the Cheynes about whom there's no information. The programme describes Mick Jagger as "a 19 year old student at the London School of Economics"! Memory is hazy, but I think the Ronettes mimed to their records. We didn't mind, they were beautiful and exotic, most of us had never seen black women before. To see bands do a full gig you'd go to a club or, in Shrewsbury, the Music Hall. The band I was in played as warm up to chart bands and I saw the Beatles there a couple of times. Sadly we didn't play when they were on, but I did have a word with John Lennon at one gig I was at as a punter. Thanks ST, I love this stuff. When we were house hunting in Shrewsbury we looked at a place where the Beatles apparently stayed. Didn’t buy it though. Norman, the Swinging Blue Jeans’ original drummer, used to do building work for us when we lived in Bath. He had some stories about playing at the Cavern, touring with the Stones, residencies in Hamburg ..... I worked with his wife and she had a great story of driving around in a Mini with John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Lovely couple.
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Post by thesensationaljt on May 5, 2019 10:25:12 GMT 1
This morning walking with doggie over the beautiful Shropshire hills, (I might have strayed into Wales), I was in reflective mood, so it was Elizabethan Serenade followed by Neil Young's Heart Of Gold.
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