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Post by smokie on Apr 12, 2018 12:22:41 GMT
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Post by mortified on Apr 12, 2018 13:51:39 GMT
Hugely underrated singer. Remember chiefly (and unfortunately) for her duet with Elton John that was no.1 for about a year and a half. Nice choice
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Post by coldwarkid on Apr 12, 2018 14:42:51 GMT
Hmm, apparently Gilbert O'Sullivan is Irish! I never knew that. I got it all wrong. He's in his 70's now and is evidently stuck in the Brian May hair time warp
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Post by snakelady on Apr 13, 2018 7:35:26 GMT
Hmm, apparently Gilbert O'Sullivan is Irish! I never knew that. I got it all wrong. He's in his 70's now and is evidently stuck in the Brian May hair time warp ..you know, when I read your mb name Billy Joel's Leningrad always starts playing in my head '..cold war kids were hard to kill under their desks in an air raid drill ..' That would be one for the 80s thread though.
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Post by mortified on Apr 13, 2018 15:30:23 GMT
I'd forgotten about this then saw it on an ancient Old Grey Whistle Test clip the other night. I then tracked down the extended version (I had the 12") and stuck it on my iPod. Been playing it ever since. I'd forgotten how brilliant it was! Their first single - not a hit alas - but easily their best. As a Quo fan I found it right up my strasse. Check out Bram Tchaikovsky's Battleaxe as well if you get the chance. Saw him supporting Rory Gallagher once. Terrific an' all. I've come over all pub rock/new wave again
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Post by coldwarkid on Apr 13, 2018 16:13:03 GMT
..you know, when I read your mb name Billy Joel's Leningrad always starts playing in my head '..cold war kids were hard to kill under their desks in an air raid drill ..' That would be one for the 80s thread though. I was a cold war kid back in America, in the 50s and 60s and we had regular bomb practises, those school desks were mighty good at protecting us from thermo nuclear bombs
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Post by snakelady on Apr 14, 2018 5:48:21 GMT
..you know, when I read your mb name Billy Joel's Leningrad always starts playing in my head '..cold war kids were hard to kill under their desks in an air raid drill ..' That would be one for the 80s thread though. I was a cold war kid back in America, in the 50s and 60s and we had regular bomb practises, those school desks were mighty good at protecting us from thermo nuclear bombs Fascinating .. Did anybody actually believe in this or was it just a welcome exercise to disrupt lessons ?
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Post by coldwarkid on Apr 14, 2018 17:26:04 GMT
snakelady I think it was a more innocent time back then, no social media, just what we saw in the papers and on tv for those who had one and we believed what our presidents (Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson) said and back then the threat of a nuclear war seemed very real. At school we certainly took "nuclear drill" very seriously, though what protection a wooden desk was supposed to give goodness knows. Kennedy had a policy for families to build their own fallout shelter out of plywood and plastic sheeting and we were supposed to have a store of canned food and bottled water in it. There was a grant scheme available from government funds to cover the cost of building it and families could apply and got the money. My parents didn't believe a shelter was any use but applied for the money and redecorated our house instead.
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Post by snakelady on Apr 15, 2018 6:53:13 GMT
snakelady I think it was a more innocent time back then, no social media, just what we saw in the papers and on tv for those who had one and we believed what our presidents (Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson) said and back then the threat of a nuclear war seemed very real. At school we certainly took "nuclear drill" very seriously, though what protection a wooden desk was supposed to give goodness knows. Kennedy had a policy for families to build their own fallout shelter out of plywood and plastic sheeting and we were supposed to have a store of canned food and bottled water in it. There was a grant scheme available from government funds to cover the cost of building it and families could apply and got the money. My parents didn't believe a shelter was any use but applied for the money and redecorated our house instead. At least your parents made good use of the money - and I guess they weren't the only ones Guess the thought behind it was mere psychological reasoning, so people wouldn't panic or cause social unrest. After all the Cuba crises was very real ..
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Post by mortified on Apr 15, 2018 9:27:47 GMT
We did similar drills in Scotland when I was at primary school back in the 60's. Hiding under desks when the siren went off. All so innocent and naïve. Anyone think we might be heading down that cold war route again? Only this time, they can't blame everything communist related.
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Post by col on Apr 15, 2018 19:08:43 GMT
We did similar drills in Scotland when I was at primary school back in the 60's. Hiding under desks when the siren went off. All so innocent and naïve. Anyone think we might be heading down that cold war route again? Only this time, they can't blame everything communist related. Never really went away IMHO. Thanks for The Motors, their first album is the one that loads automatically on my PC (True)!
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Post by snakelady on Apr 16, 2018 5:26:40 GMT
This song has been going round in my head for a while nearly endlessly. It grabbed me from first listen when I didn't even understand everything (guess they're Indian names ?) and I still find it moving
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Post by mortified on Apr 16, 2018 5:49:45 GMT
I was expecting just a 'bloke with guitar or piano' thing' again but that's not bad. I like that. It has a haunting folk-ish melody. The only Gordon Lightfoot track I ever knew was Sundown. And that's quite good as well. But he's no Randy Vanwarmer
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Post by snakelady on Apr 16, 2018 5:59:43 GMT
Haunting, yes, that's it. He wrote it merely a year after the actual ship sank and couldn't have known the details and where it actually lies (think it has been found by now), but he was able to create this atmosphere of the lake with the struggling ship on it and it grabs you every time.
You'll know If You Could Read My Mind too, even if you didn't know it was Gordon.
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Post by mortified on Apr 30, 2018 13:47:41 GMT
Saw this on a fascinating BBC compilation the other night and had to stick it up as a 70's favourite. The programme was called something like "British Rock at the BBC - 1970-1974" There was some very familiar stuff on it. A fresh faced Quo doing Caroline in 1973 on TOTP, for example, and Free performing Alright Now. But there was also film of Pretty Things banging out Singapore Silk Torpedo and what I thought might be a rare video of Thin Lizzy doing The Rocker with Eric Bell on guitar. But this I absolutely loved! True genius. And a very scary Zal Clemenson! Broadcast December 1973.
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Post by snakelady on May 7, 2018 6:42:06 GMT
Spurred on by the Hush Cover at RMC (so something good came of it after all ) I've recently revisited my Purple albums (and passed on the vinyl to son #1). Had forgotten how much I loved a lot of their stuff. This still sounds great:
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Post by mortified on May 7, 2018 7:37:44 GMT
Been a while since I heard that one, snakelady. Nice one. I was never a fan of the Rod Evans line up but loved this Mark II lot. There was a documentary on Ritchie Blackmore on TV the other week. He really is a miserable ba$tard
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Post by snakelady on Jul 21, 2018 7:25:30 GMT
I'll liven up this thread as well .. Remember these guys - they had a hit with Hard Road here (only found the whole album, it's on side 2):
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Post by mortified on Jul 21, 2018 7:54:47 GMT
I'll liven up this thread as well .. Remember these guys - they had a hit with Hard Road here (only found the whole album, it's on side 2): Never heard that in my life before! I've had a quick look and it doesn't appear to have been a hit in the UK. I've never even heard of the band if I'm honest.
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Post by noproblems on Jul 21, 2018 20:19:01 GMT
Rod and Faces - Pool Hall Richard
Legend has it that Rod was jealous of attempts by the Glimmer Twins to recruit Ronnie Wood. The "pink satin suit" refers to...
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Post by snakelady on Jul 22, 2018 10:52:07 GMT
I'll liven up this thread as well .. Remember these guys - they had a hit with Hard Road here (only found the whole album, it's on side 2): Never heard that in my life before! I've had a quick look and it doesn't appear to have been a hit in the UK. I've never even heard of the band if I'm honest. Interesting - but not that surprising. I've come across a few artists that obviously had been big in the UK, but not here - or not nearly as .. Store it under cultural differences I quite liked Lake's melodic rock style and Hard Road was a favourite of mine.
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Post by Rob on Aug 11, 2018 22:00:48 GMT
Just discovered this thread. Hey Inna, when you get yer arse back here I will tell you about the seventies Your missed here
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