|
Post by lagatta on Mar 11, 2018 22:40:44 GMT
I never saw the Englishman in NY video, and recognized the great Quentin Crisp! I thought it was just about small but significant differences within the so-called Anglosphere, but it is also a powerful strike against homophobia and prejudice against anyone "different". The Twin Towers towards the end are also chilling.
|
|
|
Post by bixaorellana on Mar 23, 2018 3:19:13 GMT
Strange. "Your Song" was immensely popular and was played a lot on the radio, but I'd forgotten about it until now. Going back even further, I just love this. Even though I know that logically Van Morrison must have had Ireland in mind when writing his songs, I always see Louisiana. Also, even though I know logically that Van Morrison did not write this song for me, I always think he did.
|
|
|
Post by bjd on Mar 23, 2018 6:22:00 GMT
I liked Van Morrison a lot but my favourite was Moondance.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Sept 20, 2018 22:06:41 GMT
|
|
|
Post by lagatta on Oct 17, 2018 13:19:56 GMT
Song of the day at least in Canada: Legalise it, by Peter Tosh
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Nov 13, 2018 23:21:49 GMT
I have always loved this song and I love it just as much 50 years later.
|
|
|
Post by bixaorellana on Nov 14, 2018 0:48:07 GMT
No way am I clicking on that! I do like it, but can't say I love it & I know it will stick like a cocklebur inside my head. (already happening & I didn't even listen)
|
|
|
Post by amboseli on Nov 14, 2018 15:42:51 GMT
Anything French, such as below, but many more on my podcast!
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Dec 30, 2018 19:00:07 GMT
It's funny how we can completely forget music that pleased us so much 20 or 30 years ago. I had completely forgotten Supertramp until this music was used in a television commercial this evening.
|
|
|
Post by bixaorellana on Mar 8, 2019 3:35:20 GMT
Just came across this jewel for $1.99 and hope some of you might be able to get in on the deal. Your personal favorites might not be specifically covered, but there is a good chance that your favorite artists and eras are included: www.amazon.com/dp/B01HLNGBME?tag=ebb-site1-ebball-nl-20
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2019 6:51:58 GMT
Thanks to the magic of cookies and my Amazon account, this is displayed to me for $12.19 and that's not even counting postage and handling. (Luckily that kind of book is not really an interest of mine or I would be highly annoyed!)
|
|
|
Post by bixaorellana on Mar 8, 2019 7:24:17 GMT
The Kindle edition was the one available for $1.99. There's always a place on Amazon book pages to click in order to see all formats & editions. I just clicked the link & the Kindle book is still only $1.99. The paperback is indeed $12.19.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2019 14:39:36 GMT
Kindle edition $12.94 on my screen.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2019 14:42:34 GMT
|
|
|
Post by bixaorellana on Mar 8, 2019 17:32:33 GMT
Speaking of hopping ~ you have to hop on deals. The $1.99 was limited-time-only. Clicking on the link now shows that the book is $9.99 for the Kindle edition. Just think, if you had wanted the book and had done it right to begin with instead of mousing around trying to show me that I was wrong, you could have owned it as an ebook for two bucks.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2019 18:02:07 GMT
I wasn't trying to show anybody that they were wrong. Since I use both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.fr I know that prices are never the same from country to country, sometimes for local legal reasons and not just "competition."
|
|
|
Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 8, 2019 19:01:32 GMT
My earliest memories include listening to 2 way family favourites on the wireless here are a few that I liked when I was very young..4 - 8 ish....
|
|
|
Post by bixaorellana on Mar 8, 2019 19:13:53 GMT
I wasn't trying to show anybody that they were wrong. Since I use both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.fr I know that prices are never the same from country to country Do not deprive me of a rich opportunity to twit you. This is totally off-topic, but I'm putting it here in case anyone wants to save the information. A caveat: it is published by a concern that wishes you to use their service, but the information is good: transferwise.com/us/blog/buying-from-amazon-in-a-different-countryNow, back to the thread's true topic ~ here are a few that I liked when I was very young..4 - 8 ish Being marginally *cough* older than you, Cheery, I well remember all those songs except for the donkey one. They were all hits on AM radio in the US. I may never forgive you for that last one, though. Even though I didn't click on it, the bouncy lyrics and nasal singing are now an earworm in my head.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2019 19:14:39 GMT
I have no idea what the first 45 I ever bought was, but I am quite sure that the first LP was Paul Revere and the Raiders. My taste may have evolved a bit since then.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2019 19:17:42 GMT
May I point out 1. the haircuts 2. the backup dancers ?
|
|
|
Post by bixaorellana on Mar 8, 2019 19:21:14 GMT
What? What about them? Referring back to your comment about taste in your previous post ~ I think somewhere, buried deep beneath our young eagerness for the new music, we must have still known that the dorky outfits and haircuts were crass commercialism. It's amazing to think that we saw that stuff on tv and thought, yes -- that's how people should dance!
|
|
|
Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 8, 2019 19:24:23 GMT
Early teens...the wilderness years....the start of my Parents demanding that I turn the radio down.
one of the first albums I had when I was about 14
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2019 19:27:47 GMT
Actually, the outfits of Paul Revere and the Raiders seem to me to be among the less ridiculous of the epoch, but it is of course in the same vein as the well dressed Beatles of the time, compared to those messy Rolling Stones.
|
|
|
Post by whatagain on Mar 8, 2019 19:33:06 GMT
I think my first 45 was from Annie Cordy. Sorry I can't post links.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2019 19:33:58 GMT
Oh, now you're getting to the good stuff, Cheery. Since those were part of your own culture, you probably do not realise how this opened a whole new world to a lot of us across the ocean. I still remember the complete shock when the father of my university roommate brought back things like King Crimson and Tea for the Tillerman from a business trip to London. He knew absolutely nothing about "modern" music and had just asked at a record store what a 19 year old might like. I therefore got a head start on certain sounds that became obligatory in the US a year later.
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2019 19:40:38 GMT
I think my first 45 was from Annie Cordy. I'm just happy that Annie Cordy is still alive (age 90) and still performing. She is a Belgian national treasure.
|
|
|
Post by onlyMark on Mar 8, 2019 20:45:20 GMT
I'm getting quite nostalgic for my youth and looking back through this thread is what might have set it off. I never had a record player apart from an ancient wind up 78 thing that had been handed down over the years. So I listened to the radio a lot and went out every weekend and often mid-week to discos. There were a few years though that my parents ran a pub and we had a juke box which regularly had the records changed, so I kept fairly up to date with releases. In the depths of the forum is mention of Northern Soul, a type of soul music formulated in the north of the UK with specific beats that could be danced to in a certain style. It is still going strong. The music was usually from the USA but only certain records were fitting and often are quite obscure. One me and my mates danced to regularly was better known. Listening to it now I still can't help jumping up and down in my seat -
Also well known - Moving on, we have something that couldn't be sung now - But this could -
|
|
|
Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2019 20:49:24 GMT
OMG, you old people are becoming quite agitated.
|
|
|
Post by bjd on Mar 9, 2019 5:51:14 GMT
I'm afraid to play any of these so that I don't get earworms, but I commend Cheery on her good taste with Procol Harum, the Moody Blues and the Kinks. I do think a lot of these oldies are no longer goodies, but the Motown stuff has lasted really well and still gets me moving. And at least those black back-up singers could dance, unlike many of the young studio audiences on TV shows that had rock bands playing. There was a long period when music wasn't danceable, even though I liked a lot of it: the Byrds, Donovan, Jefferson Airplane, the Doors, etc etc. But I still do think the Stones have lasted much better than the Beatles. I just cracked and looked at the videos. What's with the Moody Bues one? Not even lip-synching! And I couldn't get past 20 seconds of Paul Revere.
|
|
|
Post by lagatta on Mar 9, 2019 15:08:53 GMT
A much, much older golden oldie. Vera Lynn is will turn 102 on the 20th of March. She visited troops and other service personnel as far away as Egypt, India and Burma... and has certainly had a long run, though she no longer sings. Still on the charts though, due to re-releases of some of her most famous songe.
|
|