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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2016 16:41:44 GMT
Are you both implying that Mick is not worthy of a plaque as well? At least a memorial cactus? "Both"? Moi? Leave me out of this!!!!
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 9, 2016 17:02:16 GMT
Are you both implying that Mick is not worthy of a plaque as well? At least a memorial cactus? Ha ~ but you had to be in a different time zone to achieve that early bird status. Edited because I just saw your remark about having been born in the same place as George Martin. Both of you deserve plaques on the walls of the natal place.Martin's entire life was interesting! Are your reading interpretations skills starting to erode with age?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2016 1:48:49 GMT
I heard an interview that Teri Gros from NPR did with George Martin in 1980. Gosh, he was so witty and there was quite a bit of interesting trivia as you can well imagine.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 21:00:11 GMT
Goodbye, Emerson (age 71). Lake & Palmer are sure to miss you. The Moody Blues can't be far behind.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 21:37:14 GMT
What an odd thing to say.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 22:09:27 GMT
Or King Crimson.
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Post by htmb on Mar 11, 2016 22:15:24 GMT
Falling into the "almost totally unrelated comments" category:
I've never heard of King Crimson
and
The Moody Blues are performing in St. Augustine tonight. Just about an hour from me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 22:30:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 23:55:49 GMT
Oh you jest Kerouac!!!
I was never into Emerson et al. I had a roommate that was really into them and I tired of them and Yes very quickly. I did like King Crimson.
Wow, the Moody Blues still crooning.Good for them.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 12, 2016 1:57:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2016 5:53:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2016 13:57:36 GMT
I did see this and vividly remember his music in Last Tango in Paris. I can't say I ever heard much of his other music but would be worth checking out. I love that his nickname Gato which translates into cat.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2016 12:36:19 GMT
Country singer and legend Merle Haggard died yesterday at the age of 79 (I would have guessed he was older somehow.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2016 17:07:14 GMT
I thought he was older, too. But when you read the Wikipedia article about him, you learn that his hard life started really early.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 17:27:39 GMT
Goodbye Prince, age 57.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 21, 2016 17:34:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 17:51:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 18:05:52 GMT
This has hit me as hard as Bowie's passing. He was brilliant. And I don't even really like the guitar.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 18:30:45 GMT
I just saw this too. He was a true genius.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 5:43:06 GMT
Goodbye, Billy Paul.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 25, 2016 7:43:49 GMT
Blimey. One a day at present......
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 7, 2016 0:29:18 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 29, 2016 0:06:48 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 30, 2016 21:29:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 3:52:45 GMT
Yes, I saw that he was really considered a major figure by the world press even though I must confess that I had never heard of him.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 31, 2016 4:37:43 GMT
He is huge here, but probably never would be a cross-over artist. I had a chance to see him perform once, but didn't have the money at the time. Having seen his live performances on tv, it's a miracle that a heart attack didn't get him sooner. The expression "he gave his all" barely begins to cover the energy level and length of his performances.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2016 1:47:51 GMT
Joan Marie Johnson, (far left), NOLA native age 72, one of the original founders of THE DIXIE CUPS
(sorry for the ear worm folks...)
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 12, 2016 4:51:16 GMT
The story I always heard about the Dixie Cups is that they were Southern University students who were singing to make tuition money. They're so sweet and young in that video.
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Post by lagatta on Oct 12, 2016 23:10:55 GMT
I had to go to You Tube to watch it - they are adorable, as is their great hope that the bride and groom will "never be lonely any more" ... if only! On You Tube, this was followed by a lovely version of Iko Iko fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iko_Iko (click languages for English) which was obviously very West African Diaspora - to me it sounded like a song from the Islands, but evidently it is from New Orleans, originally in Creole.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 12, 2016 23:46:22 GMT
That prompted me to google The Dixie Cups. Now I know what makes that great tapping noise on Iko Iko: "Iko Iko", a New Orleans traditional song, was recorded in 1964 but later was released as a single early in 1965. Barbara Hawkins had heard her grandmother sing the song, first recorded in 1953 as "Jock-a-Mo" by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford. Barbara Hawkins: "We were just clowning around with it during a session using drumsticks on ashtrays. We didn't realize that Jerry and Mike had the tapes running". Leiber and Stoller overdubbed a bassline and percussion, and released it. It was The Dixie Cups' fifth and last hit. source
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