What are you listening to, right now................
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Loving this song right now. Epic little riff after the intro
Probably my favourite Hollies song.
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@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@pakman said in What are you listening to, right now................:
For a year or two these chaps were everywhere in Auckland:
First ever kiwi song to enter the charts at number 1 (although that was heavily manipulated by some friendly record shops with a clever pre-sales campaign)
There was also a small circuit of underage gigs where bands would hire out local halls and play. The same faces would drive all around Auckland to see the Meemees, Blams, Newmatics and similar. Crowd favourite from the Meemees was 'My Girl's got Pointy Ears' which wasn't quite as clean as the version recorded as an album filler.
Always the little 'tribes' talking shit at each other and even though we thought there was trouble at times it was no more than the odd scuffle really (Bootboys vs punks vs Mods vs New Romantics).
Definitely remember that the nights in South Auckland used to occasionally attract the cops. There was a 'Mod/Ska' covers band called something like The Smith Brothers? that were pretty popular but would also attract a group of bootboys looking for a fight.
One night in Weymouth probably had about 400 kids and about 11pm (that was late in those days) the cops turned up with their shiny new long batons at shut things down rather forcefully...Ahh, good times.
Indeed!
Pretty sure I saw them play at University Cafe. Lead singer did a law degree there.
Disappeared pretty quickly!
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Early 90s mainstream rock
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Watched a documentary on Ella Fitzgerald a couple of nights ago and started to listen to some of her stuff.
Holy crap. What a voice and what a singer.
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@voodoo said in What are you listening to, right now................:
> Was shooting some hoops with the kids at a park and a bloke comes down with a speaker and puts this on, cool track:Did a couple of guys who were up to no good start making trouble in your neighbourhood ?
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Top drawer Ferning boys
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@Victor-Meldrew one of the purest voices ever and the best virtuoso of scat there is.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Watched a documentary on Ella Fitzgerald a couple of nights ago and started to listen to some of her stuff.
Holy crap. What a voice and what a singer.
I watched that too.
Ella had an incredible range and was naturally pitch perfect.
I grew up listening to her records as my parents were big fans, even went to a show Of hers in the 60s in Detroit and still have the tickets. -
@dogmeat said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Victor-Meldrew one of the purest voices ever and the best virtuoso of scat there is.
Not an era I've listened much to....yet.
Been recommended to listen to Sarah Vaughan and Peggy Lee by a friend who's seriously into jazz. From what I've heard/read both very different singers, but way up there in the stratosphere with Ella.
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@Victor-Meldrew add Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Nina Simone and you have all the bases covered. Although they all covered multiple genres.
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@dogmeat said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Victor-Meldrew add Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Nina Simone and you have all the bases covered. Although they all covered multiple genres.
Thanks for that.
Downloaded Peggy Lee's "Black Coffee" album today as a start. Simply sublime.
Next week I'll check out the Divine One...
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@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Victor-Meldrew said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Watched a documentary on Ella Fitzgerald a couple of nights ago and started to listen to some of her stuff.
Holy crap. What a voice and what a singer.
I watched that too.
Ella had an incredible range and was naturally pitch perfect.
I grew up listening to her records as my parents were big fans, even went to a show Of hers in the 60s in Detroit and still have the tickets.That was quite a trip in those days!
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@Victor-Meldrew said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@dogmeat said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Victor-Meldrew one of the purest voices ever and the best virtuoso of scat there is.
Not an era I've listened much to....yet.
Been recommended to listen to Sarah Vaughan and Peggy Lee by a friend who's seriously into jazz. From what I've heard/read both very different singers, but way up there in the stratosphere with Ella.
Don't forget this lady:
