Fay Fife is my favourite female singer, gorgeous voice and accent. Your Baby's Gone, particularly the live version, is my favourite song, in their Revillos incarnation.
saw them play at the Sandpiper club in Nottingham Lace Market the night they played on BBC’s Top of the Pops with their song ‘(Everybody’s on) Top of the Pops’…simply a great pop band.
A proper star who happened to have one of the best backing bands of all time. In a world of received pronunciation and elitism, Ian Dury lead the way in being the cleverest of bastards without ever having to deviate from his own vernacular - a hero.
One of the greatest songs of all time, it reminds me of being very young and hearing stuff like this as the radio was always on at home. I was lucky enough to be at the Later... recording on the link above with a band I was working with at the time. They were young and from Kentucky, exploring all sorts of mind bending stuff whilst in the UK and they had a lovely chat with Glen after the show. The early signs of his dementia were just starting to show but it was wonderful to watch his chops on the guitar in the flesh that night. Worth checking out the doc on the Wrecking Crew too for more on Glen Campbell the guitarist.
A big regret from my past is that in the early 1980s by some freakish booking event (see also Louis Armstrong at the Batley Working Men's club) or a sign of his career dip or drinking problem at the time, Glen Campbell was booked at a local cabaret club (the name of which now escapes me) near Bobbers Mill in Nottingham (As far away from Wichita as you could get and God knows what he thought when he got off the coach!) and though my mate (a guitarist was made up and was going) I was put off by the 'exorbitant' price of £10 (When I got £12 for my Saturday job when £12 was a lot of 45s!). Needless to say looking back I wish I had shelled out. He played guitar for Elvis, the Beach Boys and the Monkees for goodness sake!
Never 100% sure if ex RGS HW grammar school boy Ian Drury singing accent is 100% genuine or whether there is at least an element of reverse "received pronunciation"
Who knows where the time goes is superb. I’ve seen various iterations of Fairport (and other folkies) perform it but never with Sandy Denny . Her life and death aged 31 is one of music’s great tragedies.
Talking of accents, one of my favourite singers is the little-known Irish singer, Mary Coughlan. The song I’ve picked out was slightly left field, lyrically, compared with the generally bluesy and understandably rather maudlin songs in her repertoire.
Understandable because her life has been a rollercoaster of alcohol-fuelled abusive relationships interspersed with happier times .
Sadly, we only got to see her live on one occasion - at Wycombe Town Hall about 20 years ago.
Interestingly, on my phone at least, the Mary Coughlan track is followed by another more typical song - Where They Sing the Blues - from the same (Tired and Emotional) album followed by The Curragh of Kildare by The Johnstons (feat. Paul Brady), great favourites of ours in the ‘seventies) and (back to the ethereal Sandy Denny) with Fairport Convention.
But I don’t know if that sequence would happen on other people’s devices.
My Wimbledon mate is obsessed with a New Orleans style band, Tuba Skinny and sends me videos almost daily. They’re ok and Shay Cohn on trumpet is terrific (she’s a very good pianist, too.)
I’ve only listened to about a quarter of the first track and it’s ok. Have heard that kind of stuff until it comes out of my ears.
I just wondered if anyone apart perhaps from @Erroll_Sims finds it interesting or even enjoyable. I’m in fairly low spirits after that dastardly equaliser!
@micra thank you, a little too New Orleans trad jazz style for my personal taste but recognise that they are all incredibly talented musicians & it is an easy listen.
First band I saw live. It was the Monster tour in 95 at the Mcalpine Stadium. I love saying to the Huddersfield Town fans that Super Simon Garner scored the 1st league goal at the Mcalpine.
2nd pick this us difficult, too many good songs to chose from for this Artist. I will go with Let love speak up itself by Beutiful South/ Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott.
They supported REM buy I did see them last July at the Eco-Power Stadium. Paul Heaton has an amazing voice doesn't rip hid fans off for ticket price
my 3rd choice is Champagne Supernova by Oasis. Such a great band so many drunken nights singing to Oasis back in the nighties and Friday afternoon in Hoagies (if you lived in Leeds it was a great pub with Pool tables upstairs) there was always Oasis playing on the juke box
Paul Heaton/Beautiful South is a magnificent choice :@Wetherby_blue . Had the pleasure of seeing them - sadly only once - in a arena with notoriously poor acoustics - singing was brilliant - if anything Paul Heaton weakest of the three which just tells you how good the other two were. In terms of musical clarity, they and Leonard Cohen best I have seen .
Funny how these choices evolve, jst listening now to Joe Cocker - maybe he should be on the list. Joni Mitchell too. Starting to think I need a list of about 30
A star indeed. Has he given up the football hooliganism? I think he used to like a bit of a bundle as a Blades fan as relief from the pressures of superstardom in Hull.
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Fay Fife is my favourite female singer, gorgeous voice and accent. Your Baby's Gone, particularly the live version, is my favourite song, in their Revillos incarnation.
Not sure if this is the version you were referring to @Steve_Peart but, although recorded in 1982, has distinctly ‘60s echoes.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8AFZTO7Ncx0&feature=share
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cIJOSSVqqVc&feature=share
Very poignant.
Thanks for posting @micra, that's the studio version, will see if I can find the live version, which is more atmospheric. Very twangy 60s guitar.
Really enjoying Arooj Aftab’s new album released this week
…Yeh!
saw them play at the Sandpiper club in Nottingham Lace Market the night they played on BBC’s Top of the Pops with their song ‘(Everybody’s on) Top of the Pops’…simply a great pop band.
I've discovered that Joy Division's HW Town Hall gig mentioned earlier in the thread is on this reissue of Still https://open.spotify.com/album/7GcUbgCzpB3mLzeJzZHXD5?si=vxeT-nHhR16jDHMgqUUuOA
Has @bluntphil done this yet btw?
This thread has been a joy. Sticking my oar in now...
Ian Dury and The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIMNXogXnvE
A proper star who happened to have one of the best backing bands of all time. In a world of received pronunciation and elitism, Ian Dury lead the way in being the cleverest of bastards without ever having to deviate from his own vernacular - a hero.
Labi Siffre - I Got The... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKISdd2mKzU
A brilliant song and a great artist. I discovered Labi from the Madness version of 'It Must Be Love'.
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GWF0RwVVjo
One of the greatest songs of all time, it reminds me of being very young and hearing stuff like this as the radio was always on at home. I was lucky enough to be at the Later... recording on the link above with a band I was working with at the time. They were young and from Kentucky, exploring all sorts of mind bending stuff whilst in the UK and they had a lovely chat with Glen after the show. The early signs of his dementia were just starting to show but it was wonderful to watch his chops on the guitar in the flesh that night. Worth checking out the doc on the Wrecking Crew too for more on Glen Campbell the guitarist.
Yep, Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman is a proper, stop you in your tracks song. Stunning! Great choices @bluntphil
Great choices @bluntphil
A big regret from my past is that in the early 1980s by some freakish booking event (see also Louis Armstrong at the Batley Working Men's club) or a sign of his career dip or drinking problem at the time, Glen Campbell was booked at a local cabaret club (the name of which now escapes me) near Bobbers Mill in Nottingham (As far away from Wichita as you could get and God knows what he thought when he got off the coach!) and though my mate (a guitarist was made up and was going) I was put off by the 'exorbitant' price of £10 (When I got £12 for my Saturday job when £12 was a lot of 45s!). Needless to say looking back I wish I had shelled out. He played guitar for Elvis, the Beach Boys and the Monkees for goodness sake!
Never 100% sure if ex RGS HW grammar school boy Ian Drury singing accent is 100% genuine or whether there is at least an element of reverse "received pronunciation"
Like his music though. Good choice.
Apologies to @peterparrotface (nice selection, Sir) for taking so long. Three songs for today:
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? - Fairport Convention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkOB57UcYk8
Elvis Lookalike Shadows - Hamish Hawk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q9Y9toJ6aA
Discolite - Teenage Fanclub - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt5HSmsZYGs
For tomorrow? Who knows? Such an impossible question.
You know what you're going to get with @LeedsBlue.
Don't you?
I wouldn't want to listen to that every week
(although actually...)
Thinking cap donned... I could go any one of a dozen or so ways on this.
Who knows where the time goes is superb. I’ve seen various iterations of Fairport (and other folkies) perform it but never with Sandy Denny . Her life and death aged 31 is one of music’s great tragedies.
Talking of accents, one of my favourite singers is the little-known Irish singer, Mary Coughlan. The song I’ve picked out was slightly left field, lyrically, compared with the generally bluesy and understandably rather maudlin songs in her repertoire.
Understandable because her life has been a rollercoaster of alcohol-fuelled abusive relationships interspersed with happier times .
Sadly, we only got to see her live on one occasion - at Wycombe Town Hall about 20 years ago.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=0nsYDUodcTQ&feature=share
Interestingly, on my phone at least, the Mary Coughlan track is followed by another more typical song - Where They Sing the Blues - from the same (Tired and Emotional) album followed by The Curragh of Kildare by The Johnstons (feat. Paul Brady), great favourites of ours in the ‘seventies) and (back to the ethereal Sandy Denny) with Fairport Convention.
But I don’t know if that sequence would happen on other people’s devices.
Sounds like The Commodore @Wendoverman ?
Of course @arnos_grove that's the place!
My Wimbledon mate is obsessed with a New Orleans style band, Tuba Skinny and sends me videos almost daily. They’re ok and Shay Cohn on trumpet is terrific (she’s a very good pianist, too.)
I’ve only listened to about a quarter of the first track and it’s ok. Have heard that kind of stuff until it comes out of my ears.
I just wondered if anyone apart perhaps from @Erroll_Sims finds it interesting or even enjoyable. I’m in fairly low spirits after that dastardly equaliser!
https://www.youtube.com/live/wY8cL1jnQK8?feature=share
@micra thank you, a little too New Orleans trad jazz style for my personal taste but recognise that they are all incredibly talented musicians & it is an easy listen.
Sad news for those into electronic music, one of the greats of my youth Ryuichi Sakamoto has sadly passed away - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65155073
Ok, the thinking is now over...
Ride - Cary Brothers https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=byvvFnzUez0
Brighter - Railway Children https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ax2pjApra6g
Cars and Girls - Prefab Sprout https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jEJdfDD4dVg
I nominate @Wetherby_blue simply because he has even further to travel than me to get to The Theatre of Silly Little Dreams...
Enjoyed your picks, @LeedsBlue. There seemed to be a similar thread running through them.
Do you know @Wetherby_blue ? I only ask because I’m not sure that he/she visits the Gasroom that often so they might need to be alerted separately.
They also have appear to have an even greater claim than I have to the marmite crown ! An interesting choice. Can’t wait.
Just had a promt on another thread. My 3 nominations
REM What's the Frequency, Kenneth.
https://youtu.be/jWkMhCLkVO
First band I saw live. It was the Monster tour in 95 at the Mcalpine Stadium. I love saying to the Huddersfield Town fans that Super Simon Garner scored the 1st league goal at the Mcalpine.
2nd pick this us difficult, too many good songs to chose from for this Artist. I will go with Let love speak up itself by Beutiful South/ Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott.
They supported REM buy I did see them last July at the Eco-Power Stadium. Paul Heaton has an amazing voice doesn't rip hid fans off for ticket price
https://youtu.be/ILs8rr5JxBI
my 3rd choice is Champagne Supernova by Oasis. Such a great band so many drunken nights singing to Oasis back in the nighties and Friday afternoon in Hoagies (if you lived in Leeds it was a great pub with Pool tables upstairs) there was always Oasis playing on the juke box
https://youtu.be/tI-5uv4wryI
hard to pick 3 songs . Unfortunately I do not know who to nominate
"Does heaven wait all heavenly
Over the next horizon?"
What a choice that is
Paul Heaton/Beautiful South is a magnificent choice :@Wetherby_blue . Had the pleasure of seeing them - sadly only once - in a arena with notoriously poor acoustics - singing was brilliant - if anything Paul Heaton weakest of the three which just tells you how good the other two were. In terms of musical clarity, they and Leonard Cohen best I have seen .
Funny how these choices evolve, jst listening now to Joe Cocker - maybe he should be on the list. Joni Mitchell too. Starting to think I need a list of about 30
Paul Heaton is one of life's good guys. Met him in a pub in Leeds a few times and he's just a thoroughly decent fella. Plus a wonderful musician.
A star indeed. Has he given up the football hooliganism? I think he used to like a bit of a bundle as a Blades fan as relief from the pressures of superstardom in Hull.