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[megryan] 25/4/2004 20:56

SamG99

here are the lyrics..it's co-authored by George Harrison BTW...must admit I think the sound is great but the lyrics are a bit naff.

"Thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car.
Thinkin' that I might have drove you too far.
And I'm thinkin' 'bout the love that you laid on my table.

I told you not to wander 'round in the dark.
I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park.
Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel.

Yes, I told you that the light goes up and down.
Don't you notice how the wheel goes 'round?
And you better pick yourself up from the ground
Before they bring the curtain down,
Yes, before they bring the curtain down.

Talkin' 'bout a girl that looks quite like you.
She didn't have the time to wait in the queue.
She cried away her life since she fell off the cradle"

[niggle] 25/4/2004 14:20

I'm seeing Eric Clapton on Thursday, a wife of a friend of a friend does the makeup, so it's free too! Not my normal choice (like Peaches) but live music is great.

[samg99] 25/4/2004 12:24

How about a subcategory.....Best Song Ever by Band I Don't Otherwise Like.

Those of us who have open minds about music (most of us I hope!) often find that a group we otherwise dislike or even detest comes out with a great track.

My nomination for this is BADGE by Cream. Most of Cream's stuff I can happily leave.....drony bluesey 60s self-indulgence IMHO (sorry, Cream fans!).

But BADGE is in a different class.....fabulous rhythm, great pop tune, and that classic bit of Clapton's guitarwork that sends a shiver down the spine. (ELO borrowed the riff a few years later in their excellent NIGHT IN THE CITY track on their superb OUT OF THE BLUE album.) And the lyrics ain't half bad either - MegRyan, would you care to do the honours?! If Cream had written a few more songs like this, I think they would be talked about a lot more today. Any pop-lover who hasn't heard BADGE should search it out and give it a spin.

[quidzinn] 22/4/2004 21:49

try this link for "From the Underworld" by The Herd when Pete Frampton was a member............

http--rajeev.freeuk.com-herdinmatlock-fromtheunderworld.mp3.url

[tim 3] 22/4/2004 19:34

Just purchased Divine Madness on dvd top band still sound good after all these years one of those bands I go back to time and time again great pop music favorite track night boat to cario.

[hooya] 22/4/2004 19:15

good research tip....type in the story subject in to google and theres an option to select news related story after the first search:-)

[samg99] 22/4/2004 18:54

Hooya - you're a star! Many thanks.

[samg99] 22/4/2004 18:49

Well I don't like WE BUILT THIS CITY, but boy!!! there are a few zillion worse hits than that one.....a "Worst Song Ever" thread would make the ADVFN site crash. Where would one begin?!

Has anyone got the full list for us to mull over? Thanks.

[smoketrader] 22/4/2004 15:43

Eighties hit is voted 'worst ever'

Eighties hit We Built This City by the band Starship has been voted the worst song in rock history, according to a US magazine poll.

The song, which was released in 1985, topped a list of the 50 worst songs in rock magazine Blender.

The list included songs by New Kids on the Block, Meat Loaf, The Doors, Lionel Richie, MC Hammer and The Beach Boys.

The magazine said Starship's song was "the truly horrible sound of a band taking the corporate dollar".


I never thought it was that bad but they do have a point. It was the sound of ultra cool West coast rockers Jefferson Airplane selling out.

[oldolie] 22/4/2004 12:49

The Eton Boat-song

summers days , the splash of water,blade on the feather- bliss, oh and the cry

" one two three in, one two three out, in out", ah yes the shagging in the rushes

lol

[hooya] 21/4/2004 09:27

Black

Hey...oooh...
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did
All five horizons revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything?
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
Of what was everything (note the lack of question mark)
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...
All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll ever be...yeah...

Uh huh...uh huh...ooh...
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine

[niggle] 17/4/2004 00:48

Just seen Peaches at the Manchester Academy, and she rocked!

[quidzinn] 16/4/2004 20:15

"How Long" was from an album called "Five a Side" my brother has it.

Q

[samg99] 16/4/2004 10:47

Just heard a classic on Radio 2:

HOW LONG by Ace. Really soulful number, vocals by the incomparable Paul Carrack (more recently solo artist and with Mike and the Mechanics). Seem to remember it was a big hit in the States (?1974ish) but flopped in UK.

[quidzinn] 12/4/2004 14:05

dave37,

got it a few years ago - love it

Q

[29palms] 12/4/2004 09:24

Folks,

Good thread, here are just some to check out.....

Steely Dan - Aja
Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light
Sutherland Bros & Quiver - The Pie
Little River Band - It's a Long Way There(long version)

....too many to mention.

[dave37] 11/4/2004 09:04

quidzinn, if you like gershwin, have you heard 'glory of gershwin' album?

some excellent tracks on it.



dave

[quidzinn] 10/4/2004 23:30

Doctor Dre - as "killed" by Eminem ....

Just found "From the Underworld" by The Herd on the internet - still sounds as good as ever - Pete Frampton's voice is so distinctive - but eerily similar to Peter Gabriel - (best PG track - Family Snapshot).

A few more to add to my best ever list .....

Piano Concerto in F by George Gershwin

No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley and the Wailers

Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple

and finally ....

Don't Eat That Yellow Snow by Frank Zappa - best advice you could get .......

Q