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Are they?.....oh gosh' date=' i'd better go and throw out my large collection of zep recordings then. Thanks for that, I always thought they were one of the most inovative and exciting bands of the 70's, so glad you put me right on that one.... PHWEEEEEE!![/quote']
Innovative? Cranking up the volume and playing old blues and folk songs? Surely the Stones did that in the early 60s...
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Spindrift.
Saw them on Friday and they were stunning, great songs and performance.
Other to look out for are The Method and The Gen
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I was up there with Blue Gum Ears but only heard on Saturday when we arrived at the Inverness gig. Seemingly he was sleepwalking in the hostel and opened the window of his room. Fell 30ft.
The last I heard was that he's supposed to be stable but sedated.
I and all BGE wish him a speedy recovery.
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From Wednesday 16th of February, Make Tracks hits the road.
These gigs will showcase some of the best live acts to hail from the Highlands - all of which are Make Tracks artists. These are hopefully the first of many gigs organised by Make Tracks - and they're free!
- Manchester -
Wednesday 16th February
The Star & Garter
8pm - midnight
Carson
The Cinematics
Spindrift
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- Glasgow -
Thursday 17th February
G2, Sauchiehall Street
doors 7pm
Carson
The Cinematics
Blue Gum Ears
Calamateur
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- Fort William -
Friday 18th February
Fired Earth, Capercaille, Ben Nevis Bar (as part of the goFW Festival)
from 8pm onwards
Poor old Ben
Calamateur
Le Reno Amps
Spindrift
Carson
Blue Gum Ears
Damaged Goodz
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- Inverness -
Saturday 19th February
Bar Q, Church Street
Doors 9pm
Calamateur
Le Reno Amps
Small Enclosed Area
Blue Gum Ears
The Cinematics
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Project Van-Halen could cover Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love. I know Hines loves Van Halen and wearing tight clothing..
That's 1978!
The 80s sucked especially those hairspray Heavy Metal & New Romatic eejits
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From Wednesday 16th of February, Make Tracks hits the road.
These gigs will showcase some of the best live acts to hail from the Highlands - all of which are Make Tracks artists. These are hopefully the first of many gigs organised by Make Tracks - and they're free!
- Manchester -
Wednesday 16th February
The Star & Garter
8pm - midnight
Carson
The Cinematics
Spindrift
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- Glasgow -
Thursday 17th February
G2, Sauchiehall Street
doors 7pm
Carson
The Cinematics
Blue Gum Ears
Calamateur
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- Fort William -
Friday 18th February
Fired Earth, Capercaille, Ben Nevis Bar (as part of the goFW Festival)
from 8pm onwards
Poor old Ben
Calamateur
Le Reno Amps
Spindrift
Carson
Blue Gum Ears
Damaged Goodz
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- Inverness -
Saturday 19th February
Bar Q, Church Street
Doors 9pm
Calamateur
Le Reno Amps
Small Enclosed Area
Blue Gum Ears
The Cinematics
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Half true' date=' me and Blair have lived in Aberdeen long enough to gain Aberdeen citizenship, bit like Nigel Quashie playing for Scotland despite being English, hence why we're in the best rock category at Fudge awards, and not best international act. But we were indeed Elgin born and raised[/quote']
Low aspirations then
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Better than Chris Henderson!...
Eh, what Chris Henderson got to do with it?
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Off the top of my head
The Method
BGE
Chris Henderson
The Gen
Spindrift
Oh and SEA are fae Elgin
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plus their full of crap
A bit like your spelling
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James - Sit Down yup another one but worse still the one he wails in the chorus...is that Laid
Indeed anything with Tim Booth singing
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Yeah that katie melua song is the WORST. It's in an advert at the cinema so I hear it about fifty times a day.
It makes my skin crawl
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The Walk of LIfe - Dire Straits
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
We Built This City - Starship
Closest Thing To Crazy - Kate Melua
Anything by The Darkness
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Exactly' date='Lennon took far more drugs than Elvis ever did and despite having the opportunity to write all his own music, only ever managed to write 2 good songs without McCartney.
As for Elvis being a bad guy, it's complete shit.
Watch video's of Elvis jamming with his band, he had the upmost respect for all of them. He also did more for race relations and unity than Lennon could ever dream of. Lennon kicked back in a bed with Yoko Ono thinking that would save the world, while Elvis spent years of his career being slated as a "disgusting and lude performer" just because he sang and danced like he was black and he shook his hips a bit. Elvis had to work for his place in history, Lennon and the Beatles banged out mum-friendly pop music and record execs were sucking their cocks almost instantly.
Elvis also once bought brand new cadillacs for everyone in the surrounding area of the car showroom who wanted one and when a radio reporter quipped whilst reporting the story "If you're listening Elivs, mines a black Sedan", Elvis had one outside his door before the broadcast was over. Elvis felt so humbled and so guilty about the money he made, it's what drove him over the edge eventually.
Elvis was a good guy who made good music and it's great that people still acknowledge that, it's a credit to 21st century society that people can still appreciate what Elvis did. It's not "pretentious" or" sentimental", it's proof. Elvis made better music then than people are making today, and next to Sinatra, had more talent than any recorded musician in history, whether he wrote his songs or not. That's why Elvis is number one today.[/quote']
What a pile of pants. Elvis had a great influence on music and it's a pity you've made such a crass and uneducated rant on the back of this "wonderful 1000th No 1" achievement.
- "Lennon took more drugs than Elvis" - on what evidence? Elvis was popping vast amounts of pills on a daily basis from his "friendly" doctor. He was a zombie.
- "Lennon only wrote two decent songs"...utter rubbish you're maybe mixing him up with Elvis who couldn't write.
- "Elvis had to work for his place in history, Lennon and the Beatles banged out mum-friendly pop music and record execs were sucking their cocks almost instantl "
Firstly, The Bealtes worked their way to the top through hundreds of crap gigs and thanks to the sterile void created by the lack of cutting edge music 1959-1962 took the place by storm and ketp on going.
As for the mum friendly swipe. Again I think you got that mixed up with Elvis who is/was the housewifes favorite and had such a sycophantic bunch of hangers on, he didn't know what planet he was on let alone excersizing any quality control. I really can't think of any Elvis song apart from his initial recordings that could be in any way described as experimental, dangerous or fresh. His career was mismanaged and the majority of his output is bland and formulaic.
One little stat for you on Number ones:
The Beatles 1962-1970 - 17 number ones from 25 single releases
Elvis 1956-2005 - 19 number ones from 130 plus single releases including a "remix"
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wonder how long it will take people to realise that some of these so-called "Highlands & Islands" bands are actually based in Glasgow?
Which part of this is anything but negative?
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Or Moray even....thanks for the first of the cynical responses. Scotland eh what a land of happy campers.
Personally I think it's a great promotional opportunity for Scottish bands from the North but hey.....
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Sid Vicious, Jackson Browne, James Brown, Ike Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis, Phil Spector, Jim Morrison etc etc etc
oh yea and
Eric Clapton (racist ramblings in the 70s)
Lemmy (Nazi memomrabilia)
Queen, Rod Stewart and Status Quo played Sun City
etc etc etc
Rock stars are generally fucked up and do bad things but if pursue the goody good images like Cliff they are ridiculed too.
This thread has really went off on one. Oh how happy and innocent us music people are
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Imperial Drag - only did one album' date=' but WHAT an album!!!
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Yeah much like any of the post Jellyfish projects featuring Jason Faulkner and/or Roger Manning and on that subject I nominate Jellyfish who made two fantastic albums (Bellybutton and Spilt Milk)
Other than that here's a few:
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (ska, funk, rock)
Brad - Brad (solo Stone Gossard)
Damien Dempsey - Seize The Day (Irish singer songwriter who recently supported Morrissey)
Smokey Robinson
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I've got an Amon Duul II track on a compilation LP somewhere and it was one of the best tracks. I could have swore it was on the Age of Atlanic compilationwith Delanie & Bonnie, Led Zep, Allman Bros, Vanilla Fudge etc. but I just checked online and it isn't ...weird
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Elvis' royalties go to Lisa Marie Presley don't they' date='
Cheers
Stuart[/quote']
I thought she'd recently just sold the entire catalogue
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Does anyone find it interesting that British bands of the early 60's (Beatles' date=' Stones, Yardbirds, Animals etc) would record covers of black artists such as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters rather than Elvis or Jerry Lee Lewis tunes?
Elvis made rock n' roll acceptable to a white, mainstream audience. He didn't invent it, and he was the King only to those who refused to look deeper.
He was still fucking good at what he did, mind you...[/quote']
Good point and another on that angle, the likes of Chuck Berry wrote their own songs wheras Elvis recorded other people's. Little Richard and Chuck Berry were probably the kings of Rock and Roll but Elvis was white and therefore acceptable to the market. He was still a great singer but his early stuff is the best (Suspicious MInds and In The Ghetto and the odd other song excepted).. as Lennon said "Elvis died when he joined the army" .
The charts are now more manipuldated than ever and being number one is meaningless. As for someone mentioning Westlife. You cannot say there is any artistic merit in a boy band playing bland ballad covers, it's just marketing the product. They play it welll in advance and then release the song, delete it ready for the next one.
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2) Bert Jansch(he is scottish right?)
Yup he is but he's lost his accent after being down south so long..
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Well I don't like post Fish Marillion (apart from After Me which is superb) but I will no doubt get an earful of the Fish CD when I next visit the postie in Keith
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Hear hear. The P&J and EE suck for music coverage.
Cheers for typing it
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