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DavidB wrote a new post, Gentle Giant fan video – with the band members 3 months, 1 week ago
Not sure if this was posted previously, but I stumbled across it today when going down a Gentle Giant rabbit hole on Youtube.
Seeing the former band members performing gave me a lot of pleasure, as did the other […] -
DavidB commented on the post, Sports you don't 'get' as a spectator. What is the point of Speedway as an example? 5 months, 3 weeks ago
I was a basketball naysayer until I went to see the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
It was only by seeing a live game that I could appreciate the poetry in motion of a well-executed play.
And it was […]
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DavidB commented on the post, Songs bands wont leave out of their sets 6 months, 2 weeks ago
For a long time, Jethro Tull would end their concerts with Aqualung and Locomotive Breath. Both classics, to be sure, but their predictable positioning and never varying arrangement made it all too tempting to […]
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DavidB commented on the post, God I hate football. Thank God this crap is over 10 months, 2 weeks ago
I watched the final and was appalled by the tedious, incessant booing every time Italy had the ball.
Is that a new thing (I haven’t watched any of the other matches)?
It was just so….mindless. Pointless. […]
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DavidB commented on the post, Bringing back the forgotten, or more appropriately, the overlooked. 12 months ago
I could watch this all day long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOaCm91oy5M
Chrissie still looking as cool as fuck.
James Walbourne and Carwyn Ellis looking equally terrific.
And the mellowed out, […]
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DavidB commented on the post, That Echo & The Bunnymen interview in Mojo 1 year, 1 month ago
Has the article ever been posted online? Would love to read it, but can’t find it.
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DavidB wrote a new post, Things which we think we'd miss … but probably wouldn't 1 year, 2 months ago
I’ve read the thread about British retail with interest, including the sense that we’ll miss WH Smiths and/or the High Street experience if they disappear.
This is a position which is often quoted about something […] -
DavidB commented on the post, Men and Women 1 year, 2 months ago
Posts like this are part of the problem: https://theafterword.co.uk/are-you-cooking-or-baking-in-the-pandemic-heres-some-tasty-tips/#comments
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DavidB commented on the post, Babadoobah lyrics 1 year, 5 months ago
This is very good.
BTW, what ever happened to the actor who played the main character in this? Did he go on to do much after Secret Service?
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DavidB commented on the post, Babadoobah lyrics 1 year, 5 months ago
I like a bit of Ray, but is it cheating to just substitute lyrics with ‘baba-doos’?
Surely the real maestros in the field compose tunes with ‘doo-de-doos’ as the starting point?
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DavidB commented on the post, Babadoobah lyrics 1 year, 5 months ago
The Follyfoot theme opens with some classic ‘baba-dahs’ and whatnot, to get this excellent tune underway.
But the PINNACLE of the genre is surely this fantastic Burt Bacharach tune:
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DavidB wrote a new post, Babadoobah lyrics 1 year, 5 months ago
I have been exploring the nether regions of The Association’s back catalogue after their smash hit ‘Along Comes Mary’ was used in the soundtrack of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’.
While their back catalogue offers very slim […] -
DavidB commented on the post, They Get Paid How Much??? 1 year, 8 months ago
Why did the BBC think Zoe Ball deserved a pay rise? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/may/14/zoe-balls-bbc-radio-2-show-loses-a-million-listeners
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DavidB commented on the post, Happy birthday Tullmeister 1 year, 9 months ago
As a big Tull fan, it was a gigantic thrill to interview IA a few years ago. The interview went well, and I got a good story out of it.
But while his answers were generous and wide-ranging, I was actually more […]
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DavidB commented on the post, Mirror, mirror on the wall… 1 year, 9 months ago
That’s a weak joke using a pejorative term used against gay men.
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DavidB commented on the post, What would you do if Cat Stevens interrupted your dinner with a wigged out performance? 1 year, 11 months ago
And here’s another weird one where he suddenly jumps out of the audience, with everyone around him singularly failing to get into the groove and generally looking bored/bemused.
Extra points for the couple at […]
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DavidB wrote a new post, What would you do if Cat Stevens interrupted your dinner with a wigged out performance? 1 year, 11 months ago
I’ve been enjoying a bit of a Cat Stevens jag of late and can confirm that his best song is Matthew & Son.
But some of the Youtube clips of him performing it are…odd.
Here we have Cat giving it his all in a […] -
DavidB commented on the post, Banging tunes on kids TV 1 year, 11 months ago
Of course, Jackie Lee sang 2 classic kids TV themes.
In addition to the gentle loveliness of White Horses, she wigged out on Rupert.
The theme song was the only reason to catch the incredibly dull adventures […]
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DavidB commented on the post, Banging tunes on kids TV 1 year, 11 months ago
By no means a banging tune…in fact quite the opposite…but the moaning, groaning ‘theme’ to Children of the Stones scared the crap out of me as a kid.
Listening to it again made me a little uneasy. What were […]
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DavidB commented on the post, Daft, or not, invention ideas. 1 year, 11 months ago
I’ve lived in Singapore for 20 years. Most people have top load washing machines which take in cold water and have no in-built water heater.
When I first moved here, the idea of washing my laundry in cold water […]
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