bradman
Better than Steve
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Post by bradman on Jun 20, 2019 0:14:57 GMT
I recently watched Rockshow and enjoyed it. Should I take cyanide now?
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Jun 20, 2019 2:09:31 GMT
If you include “Give My Regards To Broad Street”, the decision gets a lot easier...
Where's the forum love for Caveman?
Actually, the stop-motion dinosaurs in that were pretty funny. It’s a stupid movie, but no worse than the other B-grade kiddie fare from its time.
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Post by mintyjackhole on Jun 22, 2019 11:24:09 GMT
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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Jul 5, 2019 16:52:53 GMT
Bands employing additional musicians live - what was the first occurance of this?Probably not the first, but Billy Preston on the Apple rooftop on January 30, 1969 should be taken note of. Yes, it was a one-off and not a normal "concert," but still pretty remarkable due to what "The Beatles" had always been understood to be up to that point. Tony Sheridan used some guys once
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Post by Norman ‘Whiplash’ Mailer on Jul 7, 2019 11:11:31 GMT
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Jul 7, 2019 14:39:58 GMT
Me personally? I'd never put them in my rekkid collection. But if Macca liked them, then they have my respect.
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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Jul 7, 2019 18:04:38 GMT
Sir Macca only likes the Meters because he's white. I find their song-writing lacking. So little of it memorable -- I listen more just for the "sound". They seem like the NOLA band you are "required" to like, especially if you're white. Someone finally came out and said it. Yes. Perhaps I just don't like 'Nawlins funk. I don't care for The Neville Brothers either. I prefer Ohio funk. Detroit funk. So many great funk bands came from Ohio. Atlanta, GA, too. It's just a matter of what we like. But, I still think a lot of you are influenced by rock critics and rappers. Rappers pick music with drum patterns so they can rap over them. That doesn't necessarily mean they like and respect the artists they sample. You personal perspective isn't everyone's, and someone else earlier in the thread mentioned rappers. When the thread gets personal, it's probably time to close it.
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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Jul 11, 2019 16:33:03 GMT
Singles by well known artists that have become relatively forgotten over the years"The Ballad of John and Yoko" by the Beatles seems to be a relatively forgotten Beatles single, if ever there was one. It doesn't really do anything that interesting musically, it wasn't released on an album other than compilations, and it was one of the less successful Beatles singles in the US. McCartney - "Arrow Through Me" Whatever Gets You Through The Night-John Lennon’s only solo #1 while he was alive. Pretty much never talked about nowadays. Wings - Sally G. The b-side to Juniors Farm. It became a hit on its own and charted in the top 40 + charted high on country radio as well. For some reason it was overlooked on the early hit compilations like Wings Greatest. Hey, ho, whaddya know... Macca himself is trying to make Spies Like Us forgotten, I think: I have a soft spot for it though So many Paul McCartney singles are never played on the radio, despite being hits in their day Ebony And Ivory Hope Of Deliverance Figure Of Eight My Brave Face Waterfalls Goodnight Tonight to name but a few Give Ireland Back To The Irish (Paul McCartney & Wings)-might hear it on St. Patrick's Day, but that's it mccartney's wonderfully sprightly 'take it away' hit no. 10 on release in 82 and i haven't heard it or heard it mentioned anywhere outside my own home stereo in at least 30 years, nor do i think he ever plays it live. "Take It Away" -- Paul McCartney Several of George Harrison's mid 70's singles - "Dark Horse", "You", "This Song" and "Crackerbox Palace" charted well, but I don't think they are that well known anymore outside Beatle circles or younger listeners.
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Jul 11, 2019 18:44:09 GMT
First one(s) I thought of
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Post by bigmuff on Jul 11, 2019 20:01:28 GMT
Haristar said: "The Ballad of John and Yoko" andy749 said: McCartney - "Arrow Through Me"
Well, The Beatles are not a huge deal for me, so fuck everybody, I happen to like both of those very much. I even like "Blow Away". So there.
Actually, besides liking the song in general, there's another reason I kind of like "Arrow Through Me". Which I'm not going to say in public. But more of you probably know the answer than would care to admit it. Yes, I'm serious, and yes, I can really be that dorky.
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Post by FabGear Prophylactic on Jul 11, 2019 23:13:52 GMT
I can really be that dorky. I believe it. You quote the Monkees on another thread. On the anti-Shite forum. <ahem> (Oh, I'm just teasing you, you big lug.)
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Post by bigmuff on Jul 12, 2019 0:41:59 GMT
Hey, I'm always ready and willing to get out in front of myself when it comes to self-deprecation. And at least I was quoting from the movie (which I am not ashamed in the slightest to say I admire very much - and have a feeling most SHites, no matter what they may say amongst themselves in public, probably don't have that much time for.)
It's all good though. I probably spend a lot of my time on a different part of the grounds, so to speak, than most of the people here, but we're all on the same estate. I don't generally gatecrash places full of people I don't feel I can at least communicate with.
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Jul 12, 2019 15:15:42 GMT
I wonder if I've ever actually managed to get through an entire George Harrison album from start to finish. I knew someone once who really liked him, so I did hear a lot of it in bits and pieces. I seem to remember Thirty Three and a Third having what I thought were the best solo things Harrison ever did. Not the semi-hits people remember, but things like the Cole Porter song and a couple of others. He actually sounded engaged and alive on that record, which is more than I could say about any of the others I heard. Willie Weeks on bass, right? Harrison should've done more in that funk style. It actually suited him quite well. There was a thread on the SHitE board last year (started by an MIA member from here, coincidentally) extolling the virtues of that album. I'd say that it and the self titled follow up feature some of his best work. Willie Weeks plays bass on both (although I don't think there is anything particularly funky on the latter album!) After those two, it's a pretty steep drop off.
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Post by gobshite on Jul 25, 2019 20:43:35 GMT
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Post by bigmuff on Jul 25, 2019 21:00:50 GMT
Jesus. H. Mother. Fucking. Christ. On. A. Goddamn. Pogostick.
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