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Post by Charlie O. on May 3, 2021 21:14:08 GMT
I know! Probably why I'm procrastinating about digging in.
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Post by "BING E BONG" on May 6, 2021 21:06:29 GMT
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rayge
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Post by rayge on May 6, 2021 21:24:26 GMT
A hero. I'm sure I remember listening to him singing self-accompanied songs and rambling on in 15-minute late-night programmes in the early 1960s. Broadcast very late on a school night, so it was often a matter of propping a transistor radio on the pillow while trying not to sleep. The hypnagogic state only added to the hallucinatory weirdness. He's up there with Viv Stanshall – or at least not very far behind – as far as I'm concerned. Did you see that doco on Sky Arts about him, the one with K T Tunstall fronting it? |
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Post by "BING E BONG" on May 6, 2021 21:41:35 GMT
I haven't seen it, no - I think I was put off by the fact that it's KT Tunstall. Which I know isn't fair...
BBC Four did a decent doc a few years ago (actually it might be 20 years ago now) - I thought even more highly of him after seeing it. I should listen to some of the earlier recorded stuff (I always assumed he put out most of his records in the 70s, probably 'cos the Virgin stuff has always been easier to get hold of). I guess the Beatles must have been fans otherwise he wouldn't have appeared in MMT.
Gideon Coe just played the Peel Session version of 'Rubber Toy', by the way, and that's what prompted me to post that. I hadn't heard it before but I was convulsed with laughter in my kitchen. He's such a treasure.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on May 6, 2021 22:44:23 GMT
I only really know him from his little spiel at the end of Wyatt's "Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road", which I think is fantastic. I don't know if I could take a whole album's worth in one sitting, but I definitely need to check out more.
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Post by Charlie O. on May 17, 2021 2:40:36 GMT
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Sneelock
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it's so easy to look down from above
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Post by Sneelock on May 17, 2021 19:05:21 GMT
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on May 21, 2021 13:08:36 GMT
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Post by bungo the mungo on May 21, 2021 19:05:25 GMT
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Post by "BING E BONG" on May 21, 2021 21:32:42 GMT
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on May 22, 2021 11:34:10 GMT
Was there a thread on here featuring songs about records, or was that a FB thing? I can’t remember, but here’s one to add to the list...
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Post by sloopjohnc on May 22, 2021 15:57:59 GMT
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Post by sloopjohnc on May 25, 2021 21:01:27 GMT
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Post by "BING E BONG" on May 25, 2021 21:06:23 GMT
oh FUCK yeah!
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Post by sloopjohnc on May 25, 2021 21:08:49 GMT
I've discovered some cool stuff following the Facebook group, Pebbles, Nuggets and Boulders. |
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