Musical Memory Lane
Hi ChapsThe General idea is that this is the place to provide 'links' to sound files of all the songs var. that we have been telling each other about.To kick the ball off, so to speak this is the...
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Raging about John Prescott FLUB (see posting elsewhere on board) decided to still my spirit by playing some elderly but eggcellent Jefferson Airplane viz. Volunteers at a very loud vol. Looking on the...
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Being ahead of you Northerners I'm proud to announce that to-day is Lee Marvin's birthday, born 1924.Who can forget his starring role in "Paint your wagon' and his rendition of "Wandrin Star".His...
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Nick I regard the film Point Black as a hollywood classic, a very tight drama with his role being the pivotal performance in the film. I always watch it every time it appears on the box.Mickoff.
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Surely his best role was in Cat Ballou with Jane Fonda and a wonderful drunken horse Les
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The death has been announced of former Mud lead singer, Les Gray.I saw Mud, featuring the other recognized band members that featured on hits like 'Tiger Feet' and 'Dynamite' back in 1979 with a...
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I saw Les Gray & Mud as part of a revival tour in the late eighties and I have to say he looked a pretty sad figure even then. Life seemed to have taken its toll.A good fun band always guaranteed...
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I sadly agree with your observation, Ian, having seen him on one or two nostalga progs shown on BBC TV and Channel 4 here.
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What I didn't know about Les Gray was that he wrote and was responsible for that appalling Kylie song "I Can't Get It out of your Head". Swine.Ian
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Logan Just to jump back to your post re Grace Slick, I saw her on the idiot box a few months back (well sometime in the last 18 months anyway) and she still looked pretty good.Baron Von Toolbooth
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Hi there Baron Von Tolbooth,Yup one ballsy lady, Grace has put on a bit of weight recently and let the grey out into her hair. Passes the time doing some not that goodish painting and...
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Ian,Got an earful of that 'Scissors Sisters' track again and managed to put a Roger Walters renditon of 'Comfortably Numb' on to counteract any malevolent urges toward my audio equipment. It's...
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Logan I hate that version of Somebody to Love, its awful - like a stuck record. It always amused me that the BBC banned Lola by the Kinks because of advertising, yet let White Rabbit be played willy...
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But Ian, censorship can be one of the best forms of free marketing!
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Very true Galloping, back in the 50s the BBC banned Max Miller, it was the best thing that ever happened to him his fees doubled overnite, as he could fill any theatre in the country.Mickoff.
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Stew! you gave me a great link to the operas website last august, can you remember which topic it was included in?Mickoff.
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Hey Mickoff, Was it Max Miller who came out with the classic " I was walking across a narrow bridge and a beautiful girl was walking towards me, I didn't know whether to go through her or toss myself...
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Spot on Les, the strange thing was he never told a dirty joke, it was all double entendre. He maintained that he was as clean as the driven snow, it was his audience that had a dirty mind.Mickoff.
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Micky Off,You git! "Oh", I thought, "It'll only take a short while to find that".Well, I've searched everywhere & can't find it! Another precious hour lost!In the end I did another Google search,...
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Stew you are a star, sorry to waste your time, though it was not time wasted as far as I am concerned, thanks.Stew the bad news is that my May holiday to Cephalonia is cancelled, Kosmar have dropped...
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Some of you will remember Janis Joplin's rendition of 'Mercedes Benz' and one of my work colleagues was singing the refrain as she started work.As our employer has a reputation for getting our pay...
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