What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning

[GUBRATS]

9 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

I'm 59, but I have friends and siblings much older than me so whilst I embraced the punk era when it came, I also have roots in hippydom, 60s west coast American sound ... byrds love etc, a little progressive (tho not much) and the british 70s metal scene..... you know the drill.... air guitar, advertising space on the back of a (Levi straus) denim jacket, hair and amps that went to 11.

I was never a new romantic... the lipstick and eyeliner wasnt for me and barring one or two notable exceptions, the 80s were of little consequence until the likes of john Squire picked up a guitar..   then it started rocking again.

The 80s were dwarfed by the decades either side of it for music in my most subjective and generalised opinion.

Guitar music... rock god or indie jangles.... I'm mad for it....

Same age as me Robin , loved the glam rock of the early 70s , it was just so much fun , then as I put earlier 3 years down under gave me a taste for American rock , the Eagles , the raspberries , Steve Miller , similarily never got the new romantic stuff , songs were alright but the fashion ? Na , we saw the odd one in Leigh who went the whole hog , but not many 

[GUBRATS]

5 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

I was going to be a rock star when I was in the 6th form y'know!!

Where did it all go wrong ?

[Robin Evans]

Just now, GUBRATS said:

Where did it all go wrong ?

I was crapola on guitar...  that's kind of where my plan fell apart!!

[GUBRATS]

1 minute ago, Robin Evans said:

I was crapola on guitar...  that's kind of where my plan fell apart!!

I managed ' the Campbell's are coming '

[Robin Evans]

I still play.... now I'm semi-retired I'm considering getting a nice new electro-accoustic job.... it's less annoying to the memsahib....

[GUBRATS]

3 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

I was crapola on guitar...  that's kind of where my plan fell apart!!

And there we have it people , the one and only , Rotherham's answer to Bruce Springsteen , Robinnnnn Evansssss

[Robin Evans]

Just now, GUBRATS said:

And there we have it people , the one and only , Rotherham's answer to Bruce Springsteen , Robinnnnn Evansssss

Errr..... my middle name is actually bruce y'know..... seriously!! I

[graveyard johnny]

15 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

Same age as me Robin , loved the glam rock of the early 70s , it was just so much fun , then as I put earlier 3 years down under gave me a taste for American rock , the Eagles , the raspberries , Steve Miller , similarily never got the new romantic stuff , songs were alright but the fashion ? Na , we saw the odd one in Leigh who went the whole hog , but not many 

have any members ever heard of JOBRIATH? its folklore that bowie and bolan stole his act and the rest is history, dying alone in his new York flat in his 30s its quite an interesting one 

[Robin Evans]

8 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

have any members ever heard of JOBRIATH? its folklore that bowie and bolan stole his act and the rest is history, dying alone in his new York flat in his 30s its quite an interesting one 

A strange one. Died of AIDS before it was really known about. Not heard much of his stuff. I recalled the name but admit to checking wiki for details and if I'm honest, to say he got one of the biggest deals of his era for a newbie, I can't recall a single track....

[graveyard johnny]

15 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

A strange one. Died of AIDS before it was really known about. Not heard much of his stuff. I recalled the name but admit to checking wiki for details and if I'm honest, to say he got one of the biggest deals of his era for a newbie, I can't recall a single track....

morning starship?

[Oxford]

16 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

I can't recall a single track....

What a heart warming story and cosy ending to what started as light and breezy.

[graveyard johnny]

 

[Robin Evans]

1 minute ago, graveyard johnny said:

morning starship?

Nope.... just played it. I recall lots from that era and I've had loads of curious and obscure groups and artists in my collection over the decades, but this one has gone under the radar.  

He would have been doing that at the same time lou reed was doing his stuff in nu yoik... and that's kind of where my music tastes were around that time

[Robin Evans]

2 minutes ago, Oxford said:

What a heart warming story and cosy ending to what started as light and breezy.

All cool oxygen fella.

I'm on with little Steven now.... one of those 80s gems.... there werent many...

[graveyard johnny]

wouldn't be surprised if bolan did rip him off though, he claimed I love to boogie as his own work but...…..

 

[Robin Evans]

1 minute ago, graveyard johnny said:

wouldn't be surprised if bolan did rip him off though, he claimed I love to boogie as his own work but...…..

 

Wow.... more of a rip off than george Harrison's famed loss....

Even the guitar riff is more or less the same

[graveyard johnny]

4 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

Wow.... more of a rip off than george Harrison's famed loss....

Even the guitar riff is more or less the same

bolan wasn't going to give an inch though and claimed to have wrote it in his dressing room before a gig 

[graveyard johnny]

rock around the clock is regarded as the 1st ever rock n roll song …….. but 10 years before that - RIP OFF

 

[Robin Evans]

3 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

rock around the clock is regarded as the 1st ever rock n roll song …….. but 10 years before that - RIP OFF

 

Classic Hank.....

And he ripped this over from black American blues music... and so it goes....

[graveyard johnny]

Just now, Robin Evans said:

Classic Hank.....

And he ripped this over from black American blues music... and so it goes....

think more influenced than a straight rip would be a better way of putting it 

[Robin Evans]

Just now, graveyard johnny said:

think more influenced than a straight rip would be a better way of putting it 

Yeah.... you're right....

[graveyard johnny]

4 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

Yeah.... you're right....

that's the 1st time anyone has ever said that to me on this forum, im quite emotional now

[graveyard johnny]

if they were around today they could have said they "sampled" another song as that seems the way round it nowadays

[Robin Evans]

2 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

if they were around today they could have said they "sampled" another song as that seems the way round it nowadays

Stick a drum n bass tack over it and hey.... it's a "new" hit!

[Derwent]

Probably the most under-rated and under-appreciated band ever...