radfordred 6,284 Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 Had a riot at Sham 69 gig @ Rescue Rooms last night, owd Jimmy Pursey not doing bad for 67 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 891 Posted May 13, 2022 Report Share Posted May 13, 2022 Some memorable gems from my youth. Powerful....classy... Mary Travers, fantastic!..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted May 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2022 12 hours ago, Willow wilson said: Mary Travers, fantastic!..... Some of my favourites from PPM Of course this one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted May 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 On 5/27/2021 at 10:15 AM, DJ360 said: Don't get me started on Eurovision. Did anyone actually watch it? Anyone could have guessed that Ukraine would win with a massive sympathy vote regardless of the quality of the song. Don't know how good it was because I have not heard it. Australia in the Eurovision song contest???? A bloke in a costume that weighed 40 kg and a chain mail veil. Only seen bits on the news, it looked more like an old fairground freak show than a song contest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 We came second. Highest position since the days of Cliff Richard...or something like that. I didn't watch the programme. I knew the UK song was by Sam Ryder but I'd never heard it...so I watched it now on Youtube. It wasn't something I'd buy or listen to again, but I put that down to me being too old. Mr Ryder looked like he was in a metal/rock group, but sings like a castrato. Not my thing. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 'Eurovision' or 'Britain's got Tallent'. What a choice of rubbish for a Saturday night! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 We watched Eurovision to the very end. I like the Sam Ryder song and also the Ukrainian one. There were generally too many strobe effects in the programme though - sometimes I had to turn away and just listen. We recorded Britain’s got talent because we like it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 Todays so called Music.....just not for me.....they all sound as if they crying in pain..........come back Cliff and Cilla........and they knew how to dress....... Better still Pearl and Teddy....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 'Britain's got Talent'. Half the entrants aren't British and very few have any talent. Some get a sympathy vote if they're a child or have a disability but we'll never see them again. Would Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson win a talent show today? They'd certainly get the sympathy vote! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted May 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 38 minutes ago, benjamin1945 said: and they knew how to dress.... and sing instead of shouting and screaming and dressing up like pratts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 What about "Nelson Eddy and Janette Macdonald" ? Saw the tiniest clip of Eurovision. Is it a shouting competition? Couldn't switch off quick enough ! Where did we come by the way? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Cliff Ton said: We came second Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 Pity it's gone so Political... Bring back the good old days when Ireland voted for Italy and vice-versa, nobody in Europe except the UK and Ireland had the first clue what popular music was, and the UK and Ireland only knew because of American influence. I suppose if we can have Israel, which is in Africa or Western Asia depending on your prejudices and Azerbaijan, which is in Asia, we can have Australia, which is dominated by European Immigrants. Pity about the Aussie entry though..I thought it was Elton John on Acid. My oldest daughter loves anything 'Kitsch' and announced on Facebook last night that she was watching it as it's an 'Annual Ritual'. I commented that I still think Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson were robbed.. she had no idea what I was talking about. Even Mrs Col doesn't remember them, or the Allisons, who came second with 'Are You Sure?' in 1961. Although I can't recall exactly who won what, we seemed to often be there or thereabouts with stuff from Lulu, Cliff, Sandy Shaw et.al, but occasionally some (proper) European country would win, usually with an instantly forgettable song. The first 'forrin' song to register with me was Gigliola Cinquetti's 'Non Ho L'Eta. It's a nice song and it was fun to see her reprise it last night. Even at 77, she can hold a tune better than many of last night's lot. That's my main criticism of the current crop of entrants. Music styles come and go, so not much point getting hot under the collar about whether it's an intimate ballad, a social comment, a bit of heavy rock of the sort most here left behind with mullets and double denim, or some incomprehensible dirge from a woman with a washing up bowl in her hand.. I'd have thought that the major requirement of a singer in a song contest, would be the ability to sing..in tune. Still, I had fun on a Facebook feed which I think was the 'official' one. I posted: 'If anyone in Russia is seeing this and is confused..what you are watching, is the Democratic half of Europe, plus a few others, coming together for a bit of fun and friendly rivalry. You should try it.' Well... at least one person gave me a like. Some stats here: https://www.statista.com/statistics/688308/top-10-countries-with-the-most-eurovision-song-contest-wins/ They don't write 'em like that anymore... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 Living dangerously, DJ. Watch out for novichok in your knickers! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 Surprised the Ukraine’s got time for a sing song, last I heard they where @ war? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 2 hours ago, philmayfield said: 'Britain's got Talent'. Half the entrants aren't British and very few have any talent. Some get a sympathy vote if they're a child or have a disability but we'll never see them again. Would Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson win a talent show today? They'd certainly get the sympathy vote! I saw them perform at an outdoor venue many years ago at Ratcliffe on Trent. During their perfomance, and much to their disgust, a removal lorry past by between the stage and the audience. Tends to sum up their waning popularity at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted May 15, 2022 Report Share Posted May 15, 2022 Performing at Radcliffe on Trent shows they were coming to the end of their career. Final curtain call was at Mansfield perhaps? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted May 17, 2022 Report Share Posted May 17, 2022 A 'troubled child', who seems to lurch from genius to.. let's say 'strangeness'.. but sublime at her best.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Little Quiz.......can you name the local landmark seen on here ? Once sat in its shade about 1966 and had a smoke and a Coke with a lovely girl from Long Eaton... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 The Hemlock Stone. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Not quite sure it was Hemlockstone Phil., it doesn't seem to be the right shape. But I could be wrong. B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Sorry, it's nothing like the Hemlock stone... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Brinham Rocks, Yorkshire then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Brimham, I believe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Brew said: Sorry, it's nothing like the Hemlock stone... Sorry i humbly apologise for thinking it was the Hemlock stone... It does so look like it.......you must run me thru next time we meet for my 'Crass'' mistake... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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