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OldRio · 22-03-2014 01:35AM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I can't be alone in not diggin these Mumford fellas. It's a bit like bluegrass, but just much less fun.

tis weird everything in my musical history says I should dislike them
YET
I find them fine..............................................BURN HIM BURN.

I do. They are grand. Not fantastic but better than most.

Ol' Donie · 22-03-2014 01:36AM

Party on Skid.

Time for headphones and The Darkness

Ol' Donie · 22-03-2014 01:39AM

OldRio wrote: »

tis weird everything in my musical history says I should dislike them
YET
I find them fine..............................................BURN HIM BURN.

I do. They are grand. Not fantastic but better than most.

Well, that's the thing. They're fine. No more thsn that. In my opinion anyway.

Anyway, good fight good night.

Till tomorrow, dudes. Not havin Oldfield. :-)

Skid X · 22-03-2014 10:49PM

I still have this David Bowie compilation on my recorder, it was shown last on December 16th.

Maybe I should get out more

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 10:51PM

Skid X wrote: »

I still have this David Bowie compilation on my recorder, it was shown last on December 16th.

Maybe I should get out more

Is this the one that has Peter Noone performing 'Oh You Pretty Things'

Aargh...The Walshes!!

Skid X · 22-03-2014 10:53PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Is this the one that has Peter Noone performing 'Oh You Pretty Things'

I think so.

They could have just shown Bowie performances to be honest.

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 10:54PM

Needs more Chris Hadfield

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 10:57PM

Needs more stylophone too.

Hunky Dory...essential album.

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 10:59PM

Oh god.

We can safely assume Noone has no idea what the lyrics are about.

Skid X · 22-03-2014 11:00PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Is this the one that has Peter Noone performing 'Oh You Pretty Things'

Well spotted.

That Peter Noone effort doesn't compare well to the definitive version.

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:03PM

Skid X wrote: »

Well spotted.

That Peter Noone effort doesn't compare well to the definitive version.

Especially when he looks like Robin Askwith...Confessions of a Numpty

Mick Ronson...guitar legend

Skid X · 22-03-2014 11:05PM

Now that Kate Bush is back on the road, I am hoping that Bowie might give it one more whirl. I know he has health issues but you never know.

I missed him when he pulled out of Oxegen one year, I'd love to see him live.

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:07PM

Wow, never seen this clip before :rolleyes:

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:08PM

:eek:

He put his arm around him!

It's a disgrace, Joe! :eek:

Skid X · 22-03-2014 11:08PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Mick Ronson...guitar legend

+1

Powerhouse musician, Bowie made a great move getting him onboard

here's a random story from his wiki page. A little story, 'bout Jack and Diane

"I owe Mick Ronson the hit song, Jack & Diane. Mick was very instrumental in helping me arrange that song, as I'd thrown it on the junk heap. Ronson came down and played on three or four tracks and worked on the American Fool record for four or five weeks. All of a sudden, for 'Jack & Diane', Mick said 'Johnny, you should put baby rattles on there.' I thought, 'What the **** does put baby rattles on the record mean? So he put the percussion on there and then he sang the part 'let it rock, let it roll' as a choir-ish-type thing, which had never occurred to me. And that is the part everybody remembers on the song. It was Ronson's idea." (John Mellencamp, Classic Rock magazine, January 2008, p.61)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Ronson

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:09PM

Skid X wrote: »

Now that Kate Bush is back on the road, I am hoping that Bowie might give it one more whirl. I know he has health issues but you never know.

I missed him when he pulled out of Oxegen one year, I'd love to see him live.

I have a feeling he's not finished, tour wise.

Saw him at Glastonbury 2000 - the boy done good.

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:09PM

NOW WE'RE TALKING!!

Skid X · 22-03-2014 11:10PM

Some great performances here, it's a cut above your usual BBC 4 clip show.

I hope they repeat the Ziggy Stardust farewell concert soon. It's brilliant.

Skid X · 22-03-2014 11:13PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Needs more Chris Hadfield

I met the Commander at a book signing when he was here.

I was a blubbering mess and just said "eh, thanks, big fan"

Ah well, I now have a hand that shook the hand of the great man.

Skid X · 22-03-2014 11:16PM

One brilliant tune after another.

Class.

The Jean Genie is the one which was 'missing presumed wiped' until a TOTP engineer found a copy in his shed.

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:19PM

Skid X wrote: »

One brilliant tune after another.

Class.

The Jean Genie is the one which was 'missing presumed wiped' until a TOTP engineer found a copy in his shed.

Which goon is in charge of the BBC Archive Department?

Imagine all the Beatles footage they have from the 60's that's no doubt been put in a skip :rolleyes:

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:19PM

Beeb getting a lot of use from that circular lens circa 1973.

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:21PM

Lou Reed - legend R.I.P.

Skid X · 22-03-2014 11:22PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Which goon is in charge of the BBC Archive Department?

Imagine all the Beatles footage they have from the 60's that's no doubt been put in a skip :rolleyes:

It's unreal. Not much better than the burning of the books.

I know it was expensive to store video, but still. Apparently they managed to keep every video of London's 'Lord Mayor's Show' which nobody ever watches.

If they can do that, they could find a place for quality TV. I salute people like Bob Monkhouse who kept loads of recordings safe for years, when the BBC couldn't be bothered. They had vision.

Skid X · 22-03-2014 11:27PM

Crackerjack!

Shouldn't have bothered!

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:30PM

Fantastic record

The Oasis version? Morto

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:33PM

Skid X wrote: »

It's unreal. Not much better than the burning of the books.

I know it was expensive to store video, but still. Apparently they managed to keep every video of London's 'Lord Mayor's Show' which nobody ever watches.

If they can do that, they could find a place for quality TV. I salute people like Bob Monkhouse who kept loads of recordings safe for years, when the BBC couldn't be bothered. They had vision.

Do RTE have an annual Twink clearout?

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:33PM

Would love to see Iggy Pop live.

Welsh Megaman · 22-03-2014 11:35PM

Did Bowie sue Blur over 'Boys Keep Swinging'?

Skid X · 22-03-2014 11:38PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Did Bowie sue Blur over 'Boys Keep Swinging'?

yeah, I think they came to an agreement. Blur left MOR off their Greatest Hits CD.

It's one of the more blatant cases I've heard.

here's the wiki for what its worth

The song's chord progression was borrowed from David Bowie's "Boys Keep Swinging" and "Fantastic Voyage". On the album Lodger Bowie and collaborator Brian Eno carried out a musical experiment in which multiple songs were written with the same chord progression, of which "Boys Keep Swinging" and "Fantastic Voyage" were the two that surfaced.

M.O.R is both a continuation of, and tribute to that experiment, as its chorus also lifts the melody and call-and-response vocals from Boys Keep Swinging (Bowie and Eno both received credit for "M.O.R." after legal intervention).

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