Quote: Teddy Paddalack @ 9th November 2013, 2:12 PM GMTThe man is no doubt a millionaire and probably has millions of fans, but I'm not one of them and as I think his tunes are girly, it's a colloquialism nothing more.
Sexist connotations aside, it is still a bloody stupid adjective to apply to Bert Jansch - Needle of Death, we are not talking f**king Puppy Love here.
If you do need to get your drug angst by proxy then try listening to 'Waiting For the Man' not some quilt that sounds like Donovan on helium.
What do you mean by Tit?
You couldn't possibly be lambasting me for some perceived form of sexism by issuing a sexist remark, no one could be that thick, not even a Dolphin!
'Tit' isn't really sexist - it falls into that category of anatomical insults like 'dickhead' 'arsehole' 'prick' 'c**t' etc.
Right.
Well now I'm listening to Boundary Lane by Chavo, who are quite an enigmatic new band that have some kind of connection with Bellowhead, but who have an almost non-existent web presence.
https://soundcloud.com/chavotheband/the-ballad-of-boundary-lane
Quote: Teddy Paddalack @ 9th November 2013, 4:02 PM GMTWhat do you mean by Tit?
You couldn't possibly be lambasting me for some perceived form of sexism by issuing a sexist remark, no one could be that thick, not even a Dolphin!
Cetaceanist.
Happy 43rd birthday to Susan Tedeschi.
Gives me an excuse to post this clip of Susan, Derek Trucks etc for a second time.
If we were in the mid 1970s, this would by rights be No 1 for 9 weeks in a row.
I love it, I love it, I love it. 
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Midnight In Harlem
Love Susan Tedeschi solo, but that the first time I have heard her in the Tedeschi Trucks Band. That is exceptionally good.
Quote: Tursiops @ 9th November 2013, 4:46 PM GMTLove Susan Tedeschi solo, but that the first time I have heard her in the Tedeschi Trucks Band. That is exceptionally good.
I am really pleased to hear that Tursiops.
That's what it is all about - and it makes it worthwhile.
Phil May, singer and lyricist, is 69 today.
May was the primary lyricist for the 1968 album, "S.F. Sorrow", which is considered today to be the first rock opera and an influence on The Who's "Tommy". In a 1973 interview in NME, Van Morrison said of David Bowie "He's just doing what Phil May of the Pretty Things used to do. He's just wearing different clothes."
The Pretty Things - Private Sorrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_exZdriCQqc
Tom Fogerty was born on this day in 1941. He was the rhythm guitarist in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the older brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and lead guitarist in that band. Sadly, there was animosity between the brothers. Tom had originally been the lead singer and a prolific songwriter but at the time of their success he only sang backing vocals and just one of his songs - "Walk on the Water" - was recorded.
Creedence Clearwater Revival were a very fine band. Still, it is astonishing that they sold more records worldwide than the Beatles in 1969 and 1970. Tom left the band in 1971 and died in late 1990 aged 48.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Walk On The Water
I like CCR a lot, but had never bothered with the first album; that track is rather good though, and sounds a lot more like CCR in their heyday than a lot of the chooglin' stuff on the second album.
That Pretty Things vid is a trifle odd; do you think that the Napoleon Bonaparte-Marcel Marceau mash-up is just taking the rise out of the French audience?
Quote: Tursiops @ 9th November 2013, 6:13 PM GMTI like CCR a lot, but had never bothered with the first album; that track is rather good though, and sounds a lot more like CCR in their heyday than a lot of the chooglin' stuff on the second album.
That Pretty Things vid is a trifle odd; do you think that the Napoleon Bonaparte-Marcel Marceau mash-up is just taking the rise out of the French audience?
I agree with your comments. I always want to play Kings of Leon after CCR. A slightly similar swampy thing going on there. On the second, the Pretty Things were an odd band in that they started off bluesy and then changed dramatically. SF Sorrow was a big departure for them. Only now is it appreciated as a landmark album. What struck me about the video clip was not so much that they ushered in Bowie as they were like Genesis in the Peter Gabriel era. I particularly like their 1970 album "Parachute" which is often overlooked.
Mary Travers (Peter Paul and Mary) - 9 November 1936 - 16 September 2009
And so to the main birthday. Childhood favourites are frequently rejected in early adolescence for being embarrassingly twee. Several decades on, it is possible to have considerable affection for them again. Part of it is nostalgia. Part a greater understanding of their place in history. Mary Travers was a special person.
Blowing In The Wind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI
Puff The Magic Dragon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC2tlNmz4ao
Leaving On A Jet Plane - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVQAhhlq798
Ben Harper's cover of Van Morrison's "Crazy Love" for Sweet Relief III: Pennies From Heaven
https://soundcloud.com/vanguard-records/ben-harper-crazy-love-sweet
The Poppy Family - There's No Blood In Bone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okjWOq9ALCU
Deacon Blue - Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
