Word Association Game

[grumpyhack]

Excuse me playing with myself but this is the original Julie Driscoll with the Brian Auger Trinity song Wheels on Fire that became the theme for Absolutely Fabulous.

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

I think they had to re-record it for copyright reasons.

And a bit of Ab Fab to go with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMG0C6m9i3E

Edited April 7, 2014 by grumpyhack

[whisty]

Tender

Just a tune because he's playing the festival.

Such a lovely tune this one, best live version I could find.

Edited April 8, 2014 by whisty

[brandycoke]

Warm and Tender Love

[grumpyhack]

I loved Percy Sledge so here's another 'Percy' in one of his many incarnations. Still a great front man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89V_-7UELko

I won't go into why Mr P got the nickname, though you can probably guess.

Edited April 8, 2014 by grumpyhack

[brandycoke]

No link gh ,so i've taken space.

Had the three studio albums this band released,then they seemed to fall off the radar completely.

Mansun, at i what looks like a muddy year, doing Wide Open Space.

[grumpyhack]

Sorry BC, must have been half asleep to not leave a link.

So to be clear the link word is Legless

This is Andy Fairweather-Low and the Low Riders (his current occasional band). AFL is still touring, though he's wound down a bit. Very highly recommended if you ever get the chance. A great musical history and CV. Eric Clapton's musical director and main guitarist for many years (some would say a better guitarist than Clapton) and also worked a lot with Roger Waters.

Wide Eyed and Legless dates from his Amen Corner days but is still a staple of his gigs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnVErjnC4bU

[whisty]

Drinking, always liked this tune, bit of a classic to my ears, prob a bit cheesy maybe.

Edited April 9, 2014 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

Has to be Cider

There are better-filmed performances but to keep in the Glastonbury spirit here are The Wurzels on the Avalon at Glastonbury 2010. It was rammed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XOVmxqeU6k

Little known fact: The Wurzels were originally Adge Cutler and The Wurzels, until Adge's untimely death. Adge wrote most of their songs but started life as Acker Bilk's Road Manager.

This is an early Adge song in Bristol dialect. It was inspired by the days when you could drive a three wheeled bubble car without a full licence, provided the reverse gear was blanked off (sounds daft but that was the law).

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

[oneeye]

The wurzels were indeed on fine form in 2010, I was sweating like a sweaty thing; marvellous times

Anyway, the obvious link is BUS

[grumpyhack]

What a lovely Cider Bus clip. Made me feel all gooey.

With every bus you need a Stop

One of the very first bands I ever took my daughters to see was The Hollies who, even by then, were doing reunion tours.

This is a clip from a 50 years on reunion between Graham Nash and Allan Clarke their original lead singer plus Dave Crosby.

The original harmonies from The Hollies laid the trail for a lot that followed with bands like CSN&Y.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB-h1lvlnGY

Edited April 9, 2014 by grumpyhack

[whisty]

Light,

Hearing this band & Zero 7 on a 10 channel red button Sky radio type channel thing lead me to a great voyage of discovery around the genre classed as "Electronic" music, whatever that is!

From the album 10,000 HZ Legend.

Love this tune from the same album.

Edited April 10, 2014 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

Whisty, you might get some interesting electronic stuff this year from The Radiophonic Workshop who go right back to the original Dr Who theme. I don't know what they produce live these days but it will be on my 'must have a look' list.

From Air I go to Curved (or curve if it's easier)

Curved Air were a remarkable group and I had the hots (as did many) for their lead singer Sonja Christina. I thought they were going to blow the roof off the Colston Hall in Bristol when I first saw them around 1971.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3adUkzFIspM

Add a violin and keyboards into most bands and you add a whole new dimension. Chuck in a couple of classically trained musicians and a drummer with the magnificent name of Florian Pilkington-Miksa and you've got this - their classic Vivaldi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpmjuVX2gvI

Curved Air also produced the first 'picture disc' and can claim Stuart Copeland as a one-time member (connections to The Police).

Edited April 10, 2014 by grumpyhack

[whisty]

^^ Good stuff, can't think why I don't have any albums & I see there was a 2010 slot in Croissant Neuf! I'll keep Radiophonic on my Radar.

Easy one to follow. Wouldn't expect anybody to last 18 mins but you never know, I've listened a few times and find it quite nice. I see they were inspired by Terry Riley. So for the purists, supposedly the start of or thereabouts for Electronic Music. A Rainbow in Curved Air recorded in 1967, wow.

Edited April 10, 2014 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

A chilling performance from Eva Cassidy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce-5OWBNGNw

Sadly she died in 1996 from cancer at the age of 33, virtually unknown outside of her home state of Washington in the US. Some four years later her music was picked up and played on Radio 2 by Mike Harding and Terry Wogan. After that a video clip was shown on ToTP and her compilation album 'Songbird' went to Number 1. There were also three No 1 singles.

Her posthumous UK success finally drew international attention and belated recognition for a sadly lost talent.

Edited April 10, 2014 by grumpyhack

[oneeye]

And so on to JUDY; marvellous movie

[grumpyhack]

Nothing to beat a garland of Flowers in Your Hair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjvI-2TiMg

A song written by John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas but Scott here had the hit when he was a lot younger than this.

[grumpyhack]

Excuse me playing with myself on this one. But from Flowers to Rain. The first song played on Radio 1 in 1967.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHY-oNPkVD8

RIP Pirate Radio. Sunk by that great liberal Tony Benn as Postmaster General when he produced the 1967 Marine Offences Act.

Happy memories and so much new music introduced thanks to the pirates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuEZCnebecQ&list=RDYuEZCnebecQ

[oneeye]

From one Caroline to another; what a great afternoon this was

[grumpyhack]

Sure was a good afternoon Oneeye. The oldies can still pull it off.

Not sure what the link word was but sticking to Caroline, another great sing along from the year before - and it looks as though Neil drew a slightly larger crowd.

So let's go with a link word of Diamond. A bit cheesy for some but Neil Diamond still remains one of the best live performers I've seen for getting a crowd on their feet for a good singalong.

The buzz a performer must get from standing watching a crowd of 40,000 all singing along and swaying to your performance and songs must be second to none.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW4NHLstI6M

Edited April 12, 2014 by grumpyhack

[oneeye]

Sure was a good afternoon Oneeye. The oldies can still pull it off.

Not sure what the link word was but sticking to Caroline, another great sing along from the year before - and it looks as though Neil drew a slightly larger crowd.

So let's go with a link word of Diamond. A bit cheesy for some but Neil Diamond still remains one of the best live performers I've seen for getting a crowd on their feet for a good singalong.

The buzz a performer must get from standing watching a crowd of 40,000 all singing

along and swaying to your performance and songs must be second to none.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW4NHLstI6M

Sorry grumps, the link was Caroline lol. I do agree with you that some of the best Glastonbury moments come from the 'legends' slots, no doubt Dolly will continue the trend

My link from Diamond is White, singing Dolly

http://youtu.be/zX8piT5lOsM

[grumpyhack]

Didn't they produce a lot of sound for a duo!

White immediately took me to Shade of Pale.

But then the question was what version? The Procul Harum original or some great performances by Annie Lennox and also Joe Cocker.

Finally settled on a much more sedate festival in Denmark, where no one complained about chairs. (I like the two seater red ones). Procul Harum and the Danish National Concert Orchestra.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6jyEFe5WM

And on the Denmark theme, Mr Booker must have made a mint from all the versions in the Hamlet ads.

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

Edited April 12, 2014 by grumpyhack

[carlosj]

Pale Rider (great film with Clint Eastwood) but instead of a Gorillaz track I'll switch to Shaun Ryder and Step On. Been in Wales with too weak a signal to post clips until today.

[grumpyhack]

I'm lucky to be of an age where I've seen most bands that matter (to me). My one regret is never having had a chance to see The Doors as they rarely played outside the States. I did get the chance to see their stablemates Love.

So from Rider I go to Storm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9o78-f2mIM

I actually prefer LA Woman. Again no true live footage, just clips padded out with Jim driving a car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw1IwfCaKOE

Edited April 12, 2014 by grumpyhack

[brandycoke]

This guy had a fascinating career.

RAF pilot, Beatles sound engineer, Pink Floyd producer, and had his own solo career too, with a few chart singles to boot.

From storm, to hurricane , and Hurricane Smith, with ,Don't Let It Die.

Supposedly originally written for Lennon to record, though that plan never came to fruition.

[grumpyhack]

From Die to Born

This is Steppenwolf perfoming their song from the soundtrack of Easy Rider.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gN6LQ8zgoQ

I preferred their song The Monster and the self destruction of America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvf9kENZ_ao

Great Cover

Edited April 13, 2014 by grumpyhack