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Timbar commented on the post, What is this s**t 2 hours, 50 minutes ago
The verse is Shampoo’s Trouble.
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Timbar commented on the post, getting off the bus 4 days, 23 hours ago
What really did for Stevie in the UK was the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert. He got on stage, only to discover that someone had nicked the hard drive of his Synclavier & his 25 minute programmed set went out […]
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Timbar commented on the post, Tattoos 1 week, 1 day ago
Some of us have crap skin. A tattoo on me would look as though it’s accompanied by a description in Braille.
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Timbar commented on the post, Shows you'd really like to see repeated on terrestrial or satellite TV 1 week, 6 days ago
The first episode has a wonderful scene, showing through his eyes all the changes in London while he’s been inside.
Watching it a few years ago, it was a nostalgic look back, seeing everything through the o […] -
Timbar commented on the post, Dumb question from a non musician……. 1 month, 2 weeks ago
There was a radio doco about 25 years ago that covered the same ground, saying that the Beatles were like car mechanics. With their early Hamburg days, they’d played so many covers that they’d “stripped the engin […]
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Timbar commented on the post, Dumb question from a non musician……. 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Part of it is convention. Occasionally there’ll be a solo recital where the pianist is going to perform “from memory” or without a score, but it’s not the norm.
Similarly, actors learn their lines, but authors […] -
Timbar commented on the post, 12 Bowie albums in 12 months: Hunky Dory 1 month, 3 weeks ago
If you want some more information on Hunky Dory, there’s this 45 minute interview with Ken Scott.
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Timbar commented on the post, Who whacked me in the arm with a hammer overnight? A Covid first jab survey. 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I had the Pfizer jab 3 weeks ago. I received a text on the Friday afternoon, with a link to 3 local sites, and had the injection (at what was my nursery school) 9am Sunday morning.
The set up was very well run, […] -
Timbar commented on the post, 12 Bowie albums in 12 months: Hunky Dory 1 month, 3 weeks ago
You’re welcome!
Hunky Dory was the first Bowie album I bought, when I was ten, and remains a favourite. The “big boys” from the choir trip I’d been on were praising Aladdin Sane, but the shop assistant said th […] -
Timbar commented on the post, 12 Bowie albums in 12 months: Hunky Dory 1 month, 3 weeks ago
More than the cross pollination, was the fact that they both were both recorded at Trident Studios, using the same, very distinctive piano.
Ken Scott replied to a query on a Steve Hoffman thread:“It was a B […]
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Timbar commented on the post, Curious 2 months ago
You must have had the Pfizer jab then.
The AstraZeneca vaccine, being British, has an Amstrad chip in it – like that’s going to work! -
Timbar commented on the post, Greatest commentaries 2 months ago
One of the saddest deaths of last year was the tennis commentator David Mercer. He was intelligent, articulate & enthusiastic. He was not afraid of criticising the players, as is shown here.
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Timbar commented on the post, Talking Pictures incurs the wrath of Ofcom over blackface scene in show from early 70s 2 months ago
It’s the smaller British features I find particularly interesting & have me looking on reelstreets for the locations. Last weekend there were two great curios.
In the “Saturday Morning Pictures” slot, the Child […]
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Timbar commented on the post, Words. Don’t come easy. 2 months, 1 week ago
Glee did a mashup of “Don’t stand so close to me” & “Young Girl” but they rejigged the lyrics slightly to make it that the school girl is infatuated.
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Timbar commented on the post, ATMTV 2 months, 2 weeks ago
One very sensible suggestion I read the other week, was to take a picture of the remote control, so that when you’re guiding them over the phone, you can clearly explain which button you mean.
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Timbar commented on the post, Let's talk about death discs 2 months, 3 weeks ago
I immediately thought of this by Darts. Annual County Fair. I only ever heard it acapella, when they performed a session for Charlie Gillett on Radio London, before they hit the charts.
I’m not sure if it was e […] -
Timbar commented on the post, Blogger Takeover LXXI 3 months ago
Being out of contract, I changed my Virgin package today & found it surprisingly easy.
Ringing 150 & choosing thinking of leaving (option 4) I first had a recorded message saying they’d reduce it by £4 for the ne […] -
Timbar commented on the post, Get Back preview 3 months, 3 weeks ago
On a miserable day in a rubbish year, this has put a smile on my face & given me something to look forward to in 2021. Thanks for posting
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Timbar commented on the post, Your Kindle bargains for December – lateish 4 months ago
The Steve Lukather autobiog “the gospel according to Luke” is a 99p last minute deal
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Timbar commented on the post, The font for old rockers old grey whistle test clips 4 months, 3 weeks ago
GCU-Grey-Area is the “Knowledge of All Fonts” then?
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