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Post by Skankmonkey on Apr 23, 2016 3:55:28 GMT
Think this band played at Wolstanton Grammar School when this was in the charts.
[/p][/quote] Argent. They did indeed mate. Great night! Was it just before your time maybe? I think that might have been my last year. Supertramp were supposed to be the support act but they didn't show so the excellent Mick Abrahams Band played instead. The following year the execrable Brewers Droop were booked and they showed up with an assortment of huge inflatable cocks. Of course it all ended up in the Sentinel and the bad publicity ensured there were no further live bands at the school dance. Remarkable school really. In my first year the sixth form society ran a coach trip to see Frank Zappa and the Mothers at the Gatehouse, Stafford. I was fascinated by the write up in the societies mag. Been a fan of Frank ever since!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 4:13:35 GMT
Be Bop Deluxe, great band. Love the Drastic Plastic LP.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 4:18:22 GMT
This was ace
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 4:42:50 GMT
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Post by felonious on Apr 23, 2016 6:21:14 GMT
Think this band played at Wolstanton Grammar School when this was in the charts.
[/quote] Argent. They did indeed mate. Great night! Was it just before your time maybe? I think that might have been my last year. Supertramp were supposed to be the support act but they didn't show so the excellent Mick Abrahams Band played instead. The following year the execrable Brewers Droop were booked and they showed up with an assortment of huge inflatable cocks. Of course it all ended up in the Sentinel and the bad publicity ensured there were no further live bands at the school dance. Remarkable school really. In my first year the sixth form society ran a coach trip to see Frank Zappa and the Mothers at the Gatehouse, Stafford. I was fascinated by the write up in the societies mag. Been a fan of Frank ever since![/quote][/p]
I suspect it was our time mate although I didn't attend the said concert
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Apr 23, 2016 14:36:36 GMT
After a timely reminder last night:Dr Feelgood.
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Post by felonious on Apr 24, 2016 7:49:58 GMT
For those on the board who need it.
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Post by turtlefox on Apr 24, 2016 8:38:00 GMT
So that's where Daft Punk got the idea from.
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Post by turtlefox on Apr 24, 2016 8:48:23 GMT
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Apr 24, 2016 16:07:05 GMT
Nick Drakes' mum was quite an interesting character, and beautiful singer. Molly Drake. Tunes on youtube. It's very Noel Coward/Joyce Grenfell quintessentially English tea dances. Officianados reckon you can detect similar phrasing in their work. Dunno it's interesting/atmosperic stuff. Some of her songs were actually recorded after Nick's death I believe. Thats right. I saw some on the TV programme about Nick. I think there is a CD of the whole family performing available as well. At the time next to nobody was buying his albums. That wasn't helped by his reluctance to tour and perform live. I used to buy the Island sampler LPs like Bumpers and El Pea so I enjoyed his stuff on those but there was so much other stuff going on I didn't get round to his albums until after his death. It's ubiquitous now of course. You find yourself humming the background music to a gardening prog on the TV and suddenly realise it's Nick. I wonder what he would make of that? Never seen an actual vinyl Nick Drake album, and I've done an inordinate amount of crate digging over the years. Agree about the soundtracks to nature progs etc... they have some interesting music researchers, even for ads and such {not that I see that many.} This would have been better suited to the 60's thread perhaps, summoning up the 'spirit of'.. A modern band who use interesting production techniques and have created a very sixties psychfolkpop kind of vibe, channelling the spirit of Nick Drake. A couple of tunes to lighten the mood of a gloomy sunday. Hope you enjoy the wistful romanticynicism of The Clientele. 'Can't seem to make you mine.' Johnny Kane Records 7" from '00. And a particular fave and one for The Potters. Love how it keeps threatening to explode. 'Porcelain' Slumberland 7"
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Post by felonious on Apr 24, 2016 16:23:27 GMT
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Post by felonious on Apr 24, 2016 16:27:21 GMT
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Post by felonious on Apr 24, 2016 16:29:20 GMT
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Post by felonious on Apr 24, 2016 16:31:29 GMT
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Post by turtlefox on Apr 24, 2016 21:45:20 GMT
The greatest and most honest love song ever written. The reverberations in his voice are the best ever recorded in my opinion.
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Post by turtlefox on Apr 24, 2016 22:16:25 GMT
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Post by turtlefox on Apr 24, 2016 22:34:44 GMT
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Post by Skankmonkey on Apr 26, 2016 10:30:48 GMT
Thats right. I saw some on the TV programme about Nick. I think there is a CD of the whole family performing available as well. At the time next to nobody was buying his albums. That wasn't helped by his reluctance to tour and perform live. I used to buy the Island sampler LPs like Bumpers and El Pea so I enjoyed his stuff on those but there was so much other stuff going on I didn't get round to his albums until after his death. It's ubiquitous now of course. You find yourself humming the background music to a gardening prog on the TV and suddenly realise it's Nick. I wonder what he would make of that? Never seen an actual vinyl Nick Drake album, and I've done an inordinate amount of crate digging over the years. Agree about the soundtracks to nature progs etc... they have some interesting music researchers, even for ads and such {not that I see that many.} This would have been better suited to the 60's thread perhaps, summoning up the 'spirit of'.. A modern band who use interesting production techniques and have created a very sixties psychfolkpop kind of vibe, channelling the spirit of Nick Drake. A couple of tunes to lighten the mood of a gloomy sunday. Hope you enjoy the wistful romanticynicism of The Clientele. 'Can't seem to make you mine.' Johnny Kane Records 7" from '00. And a particular fave and one for The Potters. Love how it keeps threatening to explode. 'Porcelain' Slumberland 7" Nice mate. Touch of the Al Stewarts as well. Particularly about the second one.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Apr 26, 2016 10:42:15 GMT
Meanwhile...
... a long time ago in a school hall not too far far away...
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Post by Skankmonkey on Apr 27, 2016 9:58:16 GMT
As requested...
and as a bonus prize this..
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Post by Skankmonkey on Apr 27, 2016 10:04:19 GMT
And to complete the school dance nostalgia...
Disappointingly light on inflatable cocks. Better than I recall though...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 10:11:33 GMT
Great album .....still listen to that one.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 10:16:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 10:19:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 10:22:13 GMT
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Post by pretzel on Apr 27, 2016 12:00:43 GMT
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Post by Skankmonkey on Apr 27, 2016 12:21:10 GMT
Frankie Miller supported someone at the Vic about 72. Not bad.
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Post by felonious on Apr 28, 2016 21:03:14 GMT
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Apr 28, 2016 23:06:14 GMT
Saw some footage of Stevie Wonder performing Higher Ground on German TV (I think) from '74,my perception of him was always tempered by his much later stuff and i'd never appreciated just how good the man could could be.
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Post by turtlefox on Apr 28, 2016 23:26:44 GMT
Saw some footage of Stevie Wonder performing Higher Ground on German TV (I think) from '74,my perception of him was always tempered by his much later stuff and i'd never appreciated just how good the man could could be. Same here. If one of your senses has gone, then the others will make up for it. Stevie Wonder made that true in the best possible way he could. This track, for me is a top five track. In what order, I don't know, if your into that kind of thing. Hit's the nail on the head, musically and lyrically.
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