|
Post by fordcapri on Jan 18, 2018 12:33:12 GMT
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Jan 14, 2018 23:02:02 GMT
At 7 minutes... the best Ray Thomas story (and one of the best music biz stories) I have heard!!!!
When you hear things like this you realise that 'Spinal Tap' wasn't far-fetched at all.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Jan 12, 2018 15:55:22 GMT
Here he is with Saxon in Nottingham, just 14 months ago...
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Jan 11, 2018 13:52:16 GMT
The trio are back together again... rockin' in heaven.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Jan 8, 2018 22:33:50 GMT
One of the legendary producers associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and much more.
I saw him recently in the film 'ANVIL' - I MUST have got several of his records in my collection, but without looking, I'll guess, Lizzy, Maiden, Sabbath, Priest, Girlschool, UFO, John Sykes, Rock Goddess and many more.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Jan 8, 2018 13:14:29 GMT
I remember this when it was on TV. This was the last time I thought the Moodies were any good.
This is good too though...
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Jan 7, 2018 22:21:04 GMT
Saw The Moody Blues in Nottingham, at the Royal Concert Hall, in 1984. Great band. The flute solo in 'Nights in White Satin' is probably the most famous/played flute solo of all time. I doubt that there is anyone who hasn't heard it.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Dec 27, 2017 9:32:39 GMT
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Nov 24, 2017 18:02:00 GMT
...I can't wear them anymore... not since the operation.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Nov 24, 2017 12:42:58 GMT
...and instant disqualification for dancing around handbags. This is simply NOT ACCEPTABLE under ANY circumstances. EVER.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Nov 24, 2017 8:01:33 GMT
It sounds really sleazy doesn't it. I wish I'd have been there. My kind of event. I wonder why they don't have events / programmes like that any more? I wonder what the girls would have to do to win? Show the most flesh - preferably orange and tattooed. Glass someone. 'Get to know' the most men in the toilets. Get completely 100% incoherently paralytic the quickest. Fall over the least number of times outside in the street. Throw up the least number of times outside in the street. Restrain yourself from verbally abusing a copper. Eat an XXL kebab without dropping more than 10% on the ground. and the decider... Remember your name and where you are at the end of it. Right, I'm going to submit that to the makers of Britain's Got Talent. With a proviso that Patrick Mower presents it. (Chezza Tweedy-Cole is a surefire winner of the celebrity version every time...)
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Nov 22, 2017 16:35:11 GMT
Rodney did a lot of voice overs for TV commercials in the 1970s and I imagine that brought in a fair amount of money for him. Perhaps he preferred that line of work? It would certainly be a lot easier.
And he was pretty good in Doctor Who in 1984.
And here's a great story from him...
“I was friendly with Sir Alec Guinness, and sitting on a sofa at a party with him when Sir Laurence Olivier came between us.
"He said, ‘Do have an Olivier cigarette’ because he’d just been paid a lot of money to have his name on a cigarette.
“So I looked at Sir Alec and said:, ‘I’d rather have a Guinness.’
“Sir Alex loved it, but Sir Laurence hated it. He looked at me with loathing. And that’s why I say I never worked at the National Theatre.”
You've got to have a sharp wit to say something like that off the cuff. I have no doubt that he had both a great life and career.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Nov 20, 2017 16:21:27 GMT
The problem I found with Marvel and DC was that the newsagents didn't get them in regularly. That or I didn't get em when they came in (someone else probably bought the one copy) or I couldn't afford them. Meaning that I would just have random bits of stories. The odd issue here and there. My brother has hundreds and hundreds of comics, albeit he doesn't collect them now. So I read quite a lot of marvel. Much more than DC. Something like Commando or 2000AD or The Beano or Dandy or Whizzer & Chips had stand alone stories and were much more accessible. Although I hear what you're saying, I don't necessarily agree with your opinion that they were childish though FC. I think DC in particular moved in the direction of making comics for an adult market.
The thing that annoyed me more so was the comic book crossovers.. So you'd be sat there happily reading an issue of The Amazing Spider-Man but then you had to get say issue 249 of X-Men to find out what was goin on because the stories crossed over and intertwined. For some reason, that seems like a contradiction in terms! Yes, I'm sure that the comics did mature with age, and I know that people speak very highly of things like 'Watchmen' and demi-gods like Alan Moore, but taken on face value, I just can't take these characters seriously. They just seem ridiculous and in no way related to anything approaching reality. I mean, I don't know for sure what would happen to me of I was to be bitten by a radioactive spider, but I'm guessing that I wouldn't start climbing walls, swinging from roof tops and spinning webs. But then I suppose that a character called ' Dying Slowly and Painfully from Radiation Sickness Man' might not catch on or be seen as much of a help to the forces of law enforcement.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Nov 19, 2017 15:18:08 GMT
I'll admit that even as a kid, a long time ago now, I thought that Superhero comics were pretty childish. There was just something about these idiots wearing their underpants outside their trousers and flying, etc, that was just too infantile and without credibility for me. Of course I saw various comics over the years and I always liked Batman - but I think that was more to do with the TV series (as absurd as it was). Doctor Strange, Doctor Doom, The Fantastic Four, The Mighty Avengers, The Incredible this, the Amazing that... oh just f*ck off and grow up!
My comics, as a kid, were in the first instance, Playhour and Pippin, and then Countdown and TV Action, Look-in and, of course, the 'classics' such as Shiver & Shake, Whizzer & Chips, etc... I used to get Marvel's Planet of the Apes, in the mid '70s and my brother used to get Marvel's Dracula Lives! But apart from those, I don't think any of us were really into comics. By the mid 80s I had a new bunch of friends, several of whom were really into Marvel and DC big time - one or two of them actually wrote and drew comics (the only name I'll mention here is the late lamented Art Wetherell, who was a bl**dy brilliant artist and died far too young).
These days, it seems that these Marvel and DC comics are the raw material behind numerous goddam awful blockbuster movies - the only ones I have ever really enjoyed were Superman and Superman II (late '70s) and Batman (late '80s). All the others that I have seen have just been absurd. Oh yeah and I got Marvel's Doctor Who Weekly from issue 3 - but this had bugger all to do with it being a comic and I always thought the comic strips were (and still are) the least interesting part of it.
So, sorry, as a fan of Doctor Who, Gerry Anderson, etc, I have to say that, in my opinion, both Marvel and DC are a load of pants.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Nov 18, 2017 14:02:43 GMT
Certainly one of the great rhythm guitarists.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Nov 15, 2017 20:51:09 GMT
And one of the most distinctive and effective voices ever...
(It's hard to imagine TV commercials of the 1970s without either Keith Barron or Michael Jayston.)
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Nov 15, 2017 20:39:27 GMT
Worth remembering that he was the first person we saw in The Professionals - 'Private Madness, Public Danger', as broadcast on December 30th 1977. I shall be watching it this year, exactly 40 years since I first saw it.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Nov 8, 2017 12:06:37 GMT
I'll have to say Bob Carolgees - but purely because of watching him and Spit the Dog on TISWAS in the 70s.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Oct 22, 2017 14:35:37 GMT
I've had 'em all. Bubonic plague was the worst. 'Old Blackie' we called it. Mind you, that was a long time ago now and needed a couple of visits to the apothecary before I was feeling myself again. I sold the flea circus after that and stopped breeding rats. But looking on the bright side, the next door neighbours never came back from their 'holiday of a lifetime' in Kyrgyzstan - and for that I was thankful.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Oct 11, 2017 8:10:16 GMT
I think the problem is that thanks to the omnipresence of 'talent' shows, more and more people's dreams are coming true - when perhaps it would be better if they didn't! Girls Aloud seem to fit into this category quite nicely. It seems to be those least worthy of success who achieve it through these routes and it inevitably ends up with them making drunken fools of themselves in all the tabloids, sticking the middle finger up to the lesser mortals and basically flogging rubbish. But I suppose the same could be said of footballers. When I was a kid, you could probably count on one hand those who wanted to be rich and famous. Now I'd be willing to bet it's at least half the school. Oh well, times change.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Oct 10, 2017 14:19:51 GMT
I'll admit that my preference would be for someone who looked like that well known Brit who everyone thinks is Australian Olivia Newton-John - as she looked between, say, 1971 and 1981. Or Diane Keen as she looked at about that same time period. Why girls these days favour the 'tarty' slapper look is beyond me - and always pouting into their mobile phone cameras. Hilarious! Funny thing is, you don't have to look like a slag to look sexy. Quite often the reverse. Little Mix are another case in point. Bad role models. All things considered, I think it's an almost unanimous for Girls Aloud.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Oct 10, 2017 13:05:54 GMT
Unfortunately, yes I preferred the innocent look of The Spice Girls when they first started. Actually, the Spice Girls were pretty good. (Have to find a new name for them now though!) They were manufactured, yes, but they all looked totally different and had their own personalities - something that cannot be said for Girls Aloud or the Saturdays, etc... I'll admit, with some trepidation, to having their first two albums AND a Spice Girls poster (from Pepsi) on my kitchen door (circa 1996). Some of their songs, regardless of who wrote them, were OK. The 90s was the last time there was any pop music of any real calibre. Funny to think that Blur, oasis, Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass etc... was so long ago. What have we got now? Stormzy! But yeah, the Spice Girls were OK.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Oct 9, 2017 19:55:00 GMT
I wouldn't kick any of them out of bed, all fine looking lasses. Kimberly is my favourite by far, just has that look of filth about her which is right up my street. Nearly went to see them when they played Aberdeen a few ago, but it was pointed out to me it may not be a good idea. Cheryl is probably the most natural beauty of them all and give the lass some credit as she came from nothing and hasn't done too badly for herself. To be fair, MOST famous singers and musicians came from nothing. Elvis springs to mind. Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch of the Shadows, likewise. Same could be said of every member of Guns N Roses, Motley Crue and The Beatles. But if the point you are making is that she came from nothing, had zero amount of talent and made good, then I'd agree that she deserves some credit for that!
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Oct 9, 2017 12:35:54 GMT
I remember at the time, everyone was calling Nicola Roberts a 'minger' and even I will admit that I always thought she looked somewhat awkward and uncomfortable compared with the others. Someone then pointed out that if she hadn't been surrounded by the other four all the time, people would realise that she was in fact quite attractive in her own right. And I think, to some degree, this is true. However, I'm not gonna vote for any of them, because they all look like boozy old slappers who love themselves a bit too much. Apparently Nicola has a huge male fan base. So I read somewhere while I was researching the individuals. I dunno if this is true. Agreed, they do indeed look like 'boozy slappers who love themselves' but surely you must have an inkling as to which you find most aesthetically pleasing. It's not legally binding Fordcapri, it's not like you've got to marry them. Actually, I'd happily marry any one of them! Preferably the one that's got the biggest bank balance. Then, after a year or two, do a runner with half of it! I'll guess that Chezza has got the most in terms of capital and other assets, although she has been married like 37 times already, so probably not much left in the bank. Or did she take half of her ex-husbands wealth with her? I'd happily split my assets down the middle, as I'm sure I'd be getting the better deal ! I suppose the aforementioned Ms Roberts is the 'nicest' looking one, the others do all look totally up themselves and 100% untrustworthy. Sorry girls! Nothing to choose between them as they all look like Barbie dolls.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Oct 9, 2017 9:21:52 GMT
I remember at the time, everyone was calling Nicola Roberts a 'minger' and even I will admit that I always thought she looked somewhat awkward and uncomfortable compared with the others. Someone then pointed out that if she hadn't been surrounded by the other four all the time, people would realise that she was in fact quite attractive in her own right. And I think, to some degree, this is true. However, I'm not gonna vote for any of them, because they all look like boozy old slappers who love themselves a bit too much.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Oct 8, 2017 19:13:34 GMT
Exactly 30 years ago, 1987, I was playing in a little four-piece band. Strangely, we called ourselves 'Ghost' - not because the name was in any way appropriate or indicative of our music, simply because in our desperation to find a name for the group, we flicked through a dictionary and the name 'ghost' was the first one we came across that we all liked. We did quite a few gigs (including one where, finding that the rehearsal room had been double-booked and with a van full of 'gear', we drove round to a local pub and said 'do you want a band on... for free?'. We were so popular that night that the landlord booked us for two more!) and lasted about a year before breaking up - due to group tensions and 'musical differences'.
Not long after we broke up (and here's the point to all this), someone said to me 'I was sorry that the band broke up... you had a kind of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers vibe about you'. I nodded, sagely, but without admitting that I didn't know who Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were and wouldn't know one of their songs if I heard it. When he died last week, I immediately thought about this.
On Friday night I was flicking through the TV channels and came across their 1980 'Rock Goes to College' gig, which was being shown again on BBC four. bl**dy brilliant! Did we really sound like that ??!!!!
So, thanks for the inspiration, Tom. Even though I was completely unaware of it at the time!
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Oct 2, 2017 12:28:23 GMT
He probably did as much as anyone for Rock n' Roll in the UK. Possibly MORE than anyone. He was the one who insisted that Cliff sing 'Move It' on OH-BOY (the B-side of his single 'Schoolboy Crush'). And it's also worth noting that he made the moody, black and white video for 'Apache' that I have posted on my 'Shadows' thread.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Sept 29, 2017 13:07:53 GMT
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Sept 11, 2017 17:40:13 GMT
Come on, individually they were all pretty poor. Macca just turns out garbage and Lennon's reputation wasn't harmed at all when he took the bullet in 1980. I can't even bring myself to listen to anything from Ringo. So by default it has to be George.
P.S. The theme to The Zoo Gang was OK, as was Live and Let Die. Can't say I have a liking for anything else.
|
|
|
Post by fordcapri on Sept 11, 2017 17:32:00 GMT
Whilst I would rather get beaten up - reasonably badly - by Avril Lavigne (wearing steel toe caps and little else) than listen to Bryan Adams, I will admit to quite liking 'Run to You' and even the song he did with Mel C. So I'll vote for these two.
In one of the bands I was in once, we (inevitably) used to do 'Summer of 69'. After we all got bored with it, someone suggested that we replace it with 'Can't Stop This Thing We've Started'. It was a complete and utter mess - the song just fell apart at the seems, just like a cheap suit. And that was pretty much the end of our flirtation with Bry.
|
|