Word Association Game

[whisty]

Loved that movie, bought the soundtrack on vinyl many years ago. Gonna have to dig the movie out of somehwere now and watch again.

It reminds me of this predominately J L Hooker soundtrack. So I'll use Crossroads as a place to meet and use the word spot so I can link to this great blues soundtrack & a movie that has many attractions, not least Jennifer Connelly who is oh so sultry. Lead male is the otherwise usually corny Don Johnson (Quote "If you are like me, and thought.... "Damn, a Don Johnson movie". I gave this film a chance and found a real winner. Don's performance is not just good, but I think it is his best ever. Jennifer Connelly is just perfect in the role of the frail and beautiful girl next door. But Virginia Madsen steals the show. She is that woman you just love to hate, but just can't keep your hands off of. Just watch the flick to see what I mean").

Directed by Dennis Hopper & some superb musicians in the mix. Movie, The Hot Spot.

Playing on this track:
Miles Davis, Tim Drummond, John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, , Roy Rodgers

Edited January 17, 2014 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

So many connections there I'm tempted by. Mention of John Lee reminds me of the cameo he did in one of my all time favourite films - The Blues Brothers. And Dennis Hopper takes me to another favourite Easy Rider.

But as you like the more gentle I've gone for the connection word of Ink.

This is the Ink Spots in 1940 - even before my time - with Whispering Grass. It was resurrected many years later by Don Estelle from 'It ain't Half Hot Mum'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY03CkWHS5U

[whisty]

^^ Made me smile.

Indian

Nice feelgood movie based on Burt Munro

[grumpyhack]

Bear

Hard to think this was a No 1 in the US and UK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PfrpcqLyzY

[whisty]

Hugs

On the album Texas Bound by Nuno Mindelis

From the same album the track that made me start listening to JH.

Edited January 20, 2014 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

Free

That's the connecting word and now some music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg2Nc178JIo

I loved Free and Paul Rodgers still works on as a great vocalist with some of the remains of Queen.

Alright Now would probably be one of my Desert Island Discs. I remember listening to it as the dawn broke when I was driving across Salisbury Plain on the way back from a festival.

Edited January 20, 2014 by grumpyhack

[whisty]

Easy

So many good tunes with easy in the title, had to go with this one to showcase the incomparable Etta.

[grumpyhack]

Sally

(Incorporates Free and Easy).

This song was written by the late Cyril Tawney who was credited with the West Country Folk Revival.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICWFwuEi1QQ

My favourite Tawny song is the Oggie Man. A sad ballad about a sailor who goes to sea and comes home to find his woman has dumped him. Before he sets sail they look over to see the Oggie Man selling Cornish Pasties on the dockside. He's been a fixture there for years and the wife promises that her love will be as enduring as the Oggie Man. When the sailor returns he discovers that the Oggie Man is no more - and neither is his wife.

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

[whisty]

Not generally a fan of Folk, in saying that a Glastonbury festival moment that endures was listening to a musician whilst taking a break laying inside a tented venue playing and explaining 16/17th century music, some of which he made sound very familiar to some of what we hear today. Anyway I digress, enjoyed the Tawny education

Forth

loosely transferring to Bridge and a tune that would most likely be in my desert Island collection. Or maybe i'd swap it for the track Daydream .

Maybe somebody else reads these posts and hasn't heard Daydream, so just for you

Edited January 21, 2014 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

The excellent Mr Trower. Good to see him again.

from Forth I'm led to

Fifth and the 5th Dimension. Lovely harmonies, Quite Mamas and Papas like. Though their attire looks amazingly dated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUQghiaG4cU

On folk, one of the best concerts I saw two years ago was Richard Thompson's "1,000 Years of Popular Music". Thompson, a founder member of Fairport Convention, covered a range from 9th Century Madrigals right through to ending up doing some classic Who numbers.

But there's folk and folk. The one band on the circuit I'd really recommend is Show of Hands. Superb musicians and a great catalogue of roots music. But Steve Knightly (their main singer) has also written some great songs. This is Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed (so named after the AIG group who were leading lights in the banking crash and recession that we're still struggling with. Phil Beer, who plays fiddle and lots of other things, is one of the country's finest multi instrumentalists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-n8ITk6UWM

They also don't talk folk too seriously. This is Show of Hands doing their version of Dakota by the Stereophonics, which they first played at a gig in Cardiff I went to as a nod to one of Wales' finest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPdDeU4TWbA

Edited January 21, 2014 by grumpyhack

[whisty]

Having eight to choose from I'll pick the Fifth Henry & up the tempo a bit

[grumpyhack]

I'll pick up on Henry and go for Eight

This is Joe Brown, a great entertainer from the sixties and still going strong, doing one of his oldies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckahhfdJgYI

What's less appreciated is that he's a fine ukelele player and was one of George Harrison's best friends. He was asked to close the Concert For George with this song by Harrison's widow Olivia. Brought the house down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGivnGv-HXs

Joe's daughter Sam is also a very good singer, regularly working with Jools Holland.

Edited January 22, 2014 by grumpyhack

[whisty]

Gotta love Joe Brown.

Figure

Clayhill

"Clayhill was a British 3-piece folk band comprising Ali Friend, Ted Barnes and vocalist Gavin Clark. Unfortunately they stopped playing as a band in 2009. Ali Friend is a principle member of Red Snapper & a real good double Bass player. Red Snapper as I've probably mentioned a dozen time elsewhere are one of my fav bands. Signed to Warp, the electronic music label, they were the only artists on that label to actually play as a band not DJ/ mixers. I never knew that until I went to see them at Glastonbury thinking I was going to see a DJ/Mixer and a band walked out including a big fat double bass, blew me away and I mention them any time I get a chance. They have a new album planned for this year. Think some of them live in Wales. To hear RED SNAPPER new album live Friday May 9th get to Pontardawe Arts Centre

In celebration I include a link to a Red Snapper video which makes my ticker beat faster no matter how many times I watch it.

Edited January 23, 2014 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

Figure immediately makes me think of Skating

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zbbN4OL98

This is the classic Torvill and Dean Olympic performance - perfect sixes.

It's also great musical interpretation and some clever musical editing to shorten the piece to the length required for their ice dance performance.

And I'll look into Red Snapper. Thanks Whisty.

[whisty]

Seriously considering a trip up country but maybe I'll wait for a London gig. Anyway, as they're dancing on Ice.

Dancer

How shocked was I to find out the truth about George Benson having only previously known him for the cheesy 70/80's TOTP stuff! Sometimes I feel so cheated by either my ignorance or the way the music industry worked. Then again, how lucky we are today to have access to so many avenues of exploration.

Edited January 24, 2014 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

Private

This song brings together two of my favourite performers Tina Turner and Mark Knopfler, who wrote the song that resurrected her career (though I think Jeff Beck actually played guitar on the recording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4QnalIHlVc

For me Knopfler has to be one of the greatest guitarists of all time. I love his gentle, sensitive touch on songs like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZRbBskloE

[whisty]

^^ Nice understated version, never sure whether I like or dislike his vocal chords, depends on mood I guess.

One for the NFR NFC Crew - Sunshine from Ashley Slater, quote - Ashley Slater once described his singing as sounding like Andy Williams on acid. don't listen to lyrics usually, only in the musical sense but like the images these ones bring to mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZaFCYEg8R0

Edited January 24, 2014 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

Another one for the NFR NFC Crew. A bright and bouncy bit of Walking to go with the sunshine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U

Sadly Mr Slater's vocals didn't do it for me.

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you Whisty? I ask just to put your musical selections into context. At 64 I'm a proud member of the Old Gits and Hags Brigade - having first gone to Glastonbury -1 & -2 in 69 and 70 (the Bath Blues Fest and the Shepton Mallet Fest which inspired Michael Eavis and led to Glastonbury proper).

[whisty]

Sadly Mr Slater's vocals didn't do it for me.

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you Whisty? I ask just to put your musical selections into context. At 64 I'm a proud member of the Old Gits and Hags Brigade - having first gone to Glastonbury -1 & -2 in 69 and 70 (the Bath Blues Fest and the Shepton Mallet Fest which inspired Michael Eavis and led to Glastonbury proper).

Mr Slaters mug killed it for me!

In answer to a closely guarded secret, I could have heard this a few days after the light first hit my eyes http://www.number-ones.co.uk/Bobby-Darin-number-ones/Dream-Lover.html. Can't remember why I didn't go when younger, then missed the boat giving up any thoughts of going. By chance early 2007 came across somebody who threw a line out & been every year since with the intention of going till I drop. Maybe it'll pan out that way, who knows............Personally I don't like to be labelled by age, I like the way the internet gives you the chance to communicate without the interference of looks etc, but seeing as you asked

So my maybe vain intention is to use my music collection by word search to find some things here and there that maybe you'll like and possibly not heard before. If I win a few I'm happy and enjoying the search and review of some of the stuff I hardly ever listen to.

Backwards from Fläskkvartetten (Flesh Quartet) featuring the Eavis clone Freddie Wadling. This video is too short and doesn't do the track or group justice, they cross Jazz, Folk, Rock, Hip Hop, Classical blah blah blah

From the same show. Both from the same album (Flow) and sound much better on the album than these poor quality vids. Going to cut the text down after these ones!

Edited January 25, 2014 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

Christmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e61uC-5s9VU

You were probably just out of nappies when this came out. But The Goons were hugely influential in British Comedy. Monty Python claim it as their heritage.

[whisty]

Cracker

Bringing a flavour of the Orient - Yellow Magic Orchestra 1978, often considered influential innovators in the field of popular electronic music.

[grumpyhack]

Nut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y30jjHw0ecw

ELP, one of the great prog rock bands. Fabulous live. Carl Palmer one of the best rock drummers of all time.

I also remember seeing Keith Emerson in their first incarnation as The Nice, riding his Hammond organ across the stage and hurling daggers into the Leslie speaker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg9jHTYZ-6U

Edited January 26, 2014 by grumpyhack

[whisty]

Like that Nice one.

Only one possible response - Flake

[grumpyhack]

Tin

Now you're getting into one of my favourite and, I would suggest, under-appreciated, bands of all time. Ogden's Nut Gone Flake is a magnificent album. Love the Stanley Unwin bits.

This is Tin Soldier with the great P.P. Arnold doing backing vocals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rLF-QAS67I

And a bit more to enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oaw7evBdrE

I'm actually off to a Small Faces tribute night next month with three SF tribute bands doing various stages of their career.

Edited January 26, 2014 by grumpyhack

[whisty]

Tin

I'm actually off to a Small Faces tribute night next month with three SF tribute bands doing various stages of their career.

Only old people go to tribute bands! I have a serious problem admitting I saw my 1st last night (Boot LZ) who are supposedly the no1 tribute act in the UK. I think maybe I'm in a musical deathroll! Anyway at least I won't have to bother with the LZ rumours anymore.

Roof - Sol Hoopii (1927) Master Of The Hawaiian Guitar, Volume I. Sol Hoopi, arguably developed or took a part in developing the steel guitar

Edited January 26, 2014 by whisty