Who saw thon Old Grey Whistle Test thing on Friday?

[Sir C]

Gary Numan was fúcking brilliant. There, I've said it. I toddles straight off and bought his new LP. Marvellous stuff.

[Ash]

Gary Numan was fúcking brilliant. There, I've said it. I toddles straight off and bought his new LP. Marvellous stuff.

I watched some of it and gave up tbh. "And here's some auld fella with a rather dull acoustic number." repeat till fade. I missed Gary Numan though.

[SWv2]

Gary Numan was fúcking brilliant. There, I've said it. I toddles straight off and bought his new LP. Marvellous stuff.

I have it recorded, 2-3 different programmes. Wd Sky+.

Was this old GN footage or new music?

[Ash]

I have it recorded, 2-3 different programmes. Wd Sky+.


I have a couple of progs on The Who recorded from the weekend.

Savin' 'em up, for Friday night.

[Sir C]

I have it recorded, 2-3 different programmes. Wd Sky+.

Was this old GN footage or new music?

There was some old footage but not enough - it was mainly studio stuff. Numan did an old one plus a new song called 'My Name Is Ruin' which I thought was fantastic. There was other good stuuf - Richard Thompson, Albert Lee and Peter Frampton, for example. Grand stuff. I was pretty pissed, mind.

[SWv2]

There was some old footage but not enough - it was mainly studio stuff. Numan did an old one plus a new song called 'My Name Is Ruin' which I thought was fantastic. There was other good stuuf - Richard Thompson, Albert Lee and Peter Frampton, for example. Grand stuff. I was pretty pissed, mind.


You must have still been pretty pissed yesterday if you thought that was a foul.

Sorry.

:hide:

I expect others to defend the indefensible, not you. PRSB will be along soon to argue the Sane offside one.

In respect of GN his better known efforts from “the day” were quite superb, the obvious solo and Tubeway Army singles. Simply brilliant.

[Sir C]

You must have still been pretty pissed yesterday if you thought that was a foul.

Sorry.

:hide:

I expect others to defend the indefensible, not you. PRSB will be along soon to argue the Sane offside one.

In respect of GN his better known efforts from “the day” were quite superb, the obvious solo and Tubeway Army singles. Simply brilliant.

A true pioneer, was Gary.

I used to see him regularly on the circuit when he displayed his Harvard. He was always shy but charming. I have a soft spot for Gary.

[redgunamo]

A true pioneer, was Gary.

I used to see him regularly on the circuit when he displayed his Harvard. He was always shy but charming. I have a soft spot for Gary.

A pilot too, isn't he? Or is that what you mean?

I love his song about electric friends.

[Ash]

A pilot too, isn't he? Or is that what you mean?

I love his song about electric friends.

Coming true now. Sex robots.

[Sir C]

A pilot too, isn't he? Or is that what you mean?

I love his song about electric friends.

Yes, he was a very decent display pilot, actually. Tricky aeroplanbe to show well, the Harvard. wd gn.

Always used to make me chuckle seeing him turned out in flying suit and RAF boots complete with eteliner. :hehe:

[redgunamo]

Coming true now. Sex robots.

Oh, is that what he was on about. I didn't realise :homer:

Fair enough, but is it sex robots or actually robotic sex he means? Hmm..

[redgunamo]

Yes, he was a very decent display pilot, actually. Tricky aeroplanbe to show well, the Harvard. wd gn.

Always used to make me chuckle seeing him turned out in flying suit and RAF boots complete with eteliner. :hehe:

Ladies and gentlemen, the Eighties :hehe:

[Sir C]

Ladies and gentlemen, the Eighties :hehe:

Well, late 90s / early 00s, really.

Always accompanied by a glamourous lady, as well. Flying suit and 6" heels.

[redgunamo]

Well, late 90s / early 00s, really.

Always accompanied by a glamourous lady, as well. Flying suit and 6" heels.

Phwoar!

The song is from '79; definitively slap-bang in the middle of the 80's.

[Ash]

The song is from '79; definitively slap-bang in the middle of the 80's.

Amazing when that song turned up on TOTP. Went out and bought it the next day.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Yes, he was a very decent display pilot, actually. Tricky aeroplanbe to show well, the Harvard. wd gn.

Always used to make me chuckle seeing him turned out in flying suit and RAF boots complete with eteliner. :hehe:

There was a B-side, 'Complex', that was on my local's juke box. I heard it when I was stoned on some old fashioned Red Leb and it went straight into the neural pathways and I listened to nothing else for about a week. I listened to it again recently and immediately felt that strange eeriness the song would trigger 40 years ago.

[redgunamo]

Amazing when that song turned up on TOTP. Went out and bought it the next day.

Absolutely! And in other vintage pop news, Soft Cell are reforming for a one-off concert. Terrific.

[Peter]

Gary Numan was fúcking brilliant. There, I've said it. I toddles straight off and bought his new LP. Marvellous stuff.

I saw it. There was nowhere near enough Little Feat for my liking.

[redgunamo]

I saw it. There was nowhere near enough Little Feat for my liking.

Oh, they're good. They did "Bonita Applebum."

[Burney]

Oh, they're good. They did "Bonita Applebum."

Never mind that. ‘Willin’ and ‘Dixie Chicken’

[redgunamo]

Never mind that. ‘Willin’ and ‘Dixie Chicken’

Oh, I know. I was just pulling his chain.

[Burney]

Oh, I know. I was just pulling his chain.

To be honest, anything’s better than everyone picking over the bones of yesterday’s shíthousery.

[Peter]

Oh, I know. I was just pulling his chain.

Fat Man in the Bathtub.

[Burney]

Fat Man in the Bathtub.

Poor old Jim Morrison

[Peter]

Poor old Jim Morrison

I used to hate The Doors but I am quite fond of them now.

[Burney]

I used to hate The Doors but I am quite fond of them now.

Oddly enough, I’m the other way around. I don’t hate them, they’re just a bit ordinary.

[Peter]

Oddly enough, I’m the other way around. I don’t hate them, they’re just a bit ordinary.

I think ordinary is the wrong word, although I take your point.

I think we have arrived at the same destination from opposite ends.

I am still a little taken aback by your Roxy Music confession.

[Peter]

Oh, I know. I was just pulling his chain.

The point is that was my Whistle Test moment, seeing them for the first time. Admittedly it was a repeat in the early 90s but the effect is the same.

[Burney]

I think ordinary is the wrong word, although I take your point.

I think we have arrived at the same destination from opposite ends.

I am still a little taken aback by your Roxy Music confession.

Roxy Music appeal to my inner contrarian, p.

[Ash]

Oddly enough, I’m the other way around. I don’t hate them, they’re just a bit ordinary.

I will bite. They are not ordinary. You spoke of Roxy Music as having a unique sound - only one band ever sounded like The Doors and they came from a decade later.

(Apart from the Kinks doing All Day And All Of The Night which The Doors borrowed for Hello I Love You)

Ray Manzarek. :bow:

[Sir C]

I will bite. They are not ordinary. You spoke of Roxy Music as having a unique sound - only one band ever sounded like The Doors and they came from a decade later.

(Apart from the Kinks doing All Day And All Of The Night which The Doors borrowed for Hello I Love You)

Ray Manzarek. :bow:

They go on a bit though, don't they? Jim never knew when to quit.

[Ash]

They go on a bit though, don't they? Jim never knew when to quit.

Six albums? The last of which was arguably the best?

Or do you mean the songs? Some are long-ish but not excessively so, given some of the keyboardy goodness going on.

[Sir C]

Six albums? The last of which was arguably the best?

Or do you mean the songs? Some are long-ish but not excessively so, given some of the keyboardy goodness going on.

Yes, but those songs seem to go on forever, because, well, so many of them are a little bit dull, aren't they?

[Ash]

Yes, but those songs seem to go on forever, because, well, so many of them are a little bit dull, aren't they?

Not to my ears.




Pal.

[Sir C]

Not to my ears.




Pal.

I bow to your expertise in these matters, a.

[Peter]

Yes, but those songs seem to go on forever, because, well, so many of them are a little bit dull, aren't they?

True. When listening to The End I can hardly think of anything else.

[Ash]

True. When listening to The End I can hardly think of anything else.

I'll give you The End. The poetcùnt.

[Peter]

Roxy Music appeal to my inner contrarian, p.

I am still struggling with the notion that their lawyer was called Robert E Lee.....

[Peter]

I'll give you The End. The poetcùnt.

I like Five to One...

[Viva Prat Vegas]

:music: And in The End the love you take is equal to the love you make Arrr-harrrrr :music:

[Peter]

:music: And in The End the love you take is equal to the love you make Arrr-harrrrr :music:

Abbey road is a hugely underrated album.

[Ash]

Abbey road is a hugely underrated album.

:music: Well you should see Polythene Pam .... " :music:

[redgunamo]

I like Five to One...

Crystal Ship is my favourite. Nice and short too.

[Peter]

:music: Well you should see Polythene Pam .... " :music:

Golden slumbers has just been appropriated for some god awful advert. Nothing is sacred.....

[Peter]

Crystal Ship is my favourite. Nice and short too.


Spanish caravan isnt bad. You cant argue with Alabama Song, Riders on the Storm. Love Me Two Times is a fair old stomp, When the Music's Over....

"Have you got anything by The Doors?"
" Yeah, there's a fire blanket and a bucket of sand".

:)

[Ash]

When the Music's Over....


Ah, you've picked a song of above-average duration!

See?

[SWv2]

Crystal Ship is my favourite. Nice and short too.

Touch me.

The song. Not a request.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

Never had you down as a Sam Fox fan Steve
It's the denim jacket isn't it

[redgunamo]

Never had you down as a Sam Fox fan Steve
It's the denim jacket isn't it

He's a smooth one alright. Perhaps it's her delivery and stagecraft.

[SWv2]

Never had you down as a Sam Fox fan Steve
It's the denim jacket isn't it

I was always more a Kathy Lloyd man.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

You have good taste sir
A Norn Irish woman who is now 50 !!!

[Burney]

Yes, but those songs seem to go on forever, because, well, so many of them are a little bit dull, aren't they?

:nod: The Soft Parade is hideously bloated.

‘The monk bought lunch’ indeed!

[Ash]

:nod: The Soft Parade is hideously bloated.

‘The monk bought lunch’ indeed!

The weakest album. Can be ignored.