unapologetic pedant Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 05/01/2021 at 18:18, Bleep1673 said: More Salford, this time the singer has the same name, name, name as me Why do I recognise this so clearly? Maybe Radcliffe and Maconie played it on their radio 2 show. That was the only music radio I was listening to at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 "The Tube" was alluded to earlier. The mid 80s was the time when major labels started spending gazillions on videos. Some of the videos The Tube showed, along their own promo films, demonstrated that far more beguiling visuals could be made for peanuts. Off the top of my head some of the better ones were - We`ve got a fuzzbox and we`re gonna use it - Rules and regulations The Brilliant Corners - Brian Rix The Very Things - The Bushes scream while my daddy prunes Stump - Buffalo To align this with the thread topic, Fuzzbox were from Birmingham. The Brilliant corners were from Bristol. The Very Things were from Redditch. Never knew where the members of Stump were from more precisely than England and Ireland. Sadly, when trying to find out, I learned that Mick Lynch, their vocalist, died in 2015. Which got me thinking that there could be a number of people I was a fan of back then who are no longer with us. Artists who were never famous enough for their death to merit a mention in the mainstream media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 In the North we`re apt to overlook that people in small towns in the South can feel as marginalised by the London media in areas like sport and music. One of the better Goth (like most recipients of the label they spurned it) groups was Play Dead, who were from Banbury in Oxfordshire. Despite their obscurity, they made an appearance on The Tube. Someone must have recorded the event for posterity because there`s a clip of it on YouTube. In the days before Wiki I bought a huge doorstop reference book "The Great Indie Discography" which is similarly not short on factual errors and defective judgements. It gives 4 out of 10 to the Play Dead album "Company of Justice". Complete travesty, 8 at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 23/12/2020 at 07:03, Northern Eel said: Black Lace were from Batley/Dewsbury area, I think. Not much of a claim to fame! I knew there was someone famous listed as being born in Batley, and finally it`s come to me - Robert Palmer. He was in Vinegar Joe with Elkie Brooks before his sharp-dressed MOR solo career. Wonder if he ever played Batley Variety Club. According to the Bee Gees and Neil Sedaka, the clientele were largely indifferent to whomever was on the stage. Might have all been happier with Fred Trueman on Indoor League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 16/01/2021 at 15:06, Oxford said: Thank you, both made me cry. In a nice way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 16/01/2021 at 15:06, Oxford said: Salford Sunday suggests trains go from Salford to London. They don't. They go via Manchester & always have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 30/01/2021 at 19:44, Bleep1673 said: Salford Sunday suggests trains go from Salford to London. They don't. They go via Manchester & always have done. I think that was just his route & poetic license Bleep 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSoutherner Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Mike Oldfield is from Reading, his dad was a local GP Also although not from Reading (they are from Oxford) Radiohead played lots of their early gigs here, for a while every lampost on the canal tow path had a 2" round flourescent green sticker with an r made of smalled dots on it from their ###### mates walking down there after a gig with a bunch of the stickers from the merchandise table - timing wise i know that was around the time the pentium floating point error was announced as i have meories of stopping a discussion on that when i saw all the stickers Hawkwind also live somewhere local (think a memeber has a farm that they stored gear and rehearsed on) I know this as they did the pre tour rehersal for the Electric teepee tour at Reading Uni when i was working stage crew - wqe had to literally clear straw and muck off some of the gear - their lighting company were anarclighting and when i went to buy my current house in 2000 on the 2nd viewing the owner of anarcligthing was there as it was his sisters house - we both had a "what are you doing here" moment as i had worked with him a few times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Lesley Garrett Carlsberg don't do Soldiers, but if they did, they would probably be Brits. http://www.pitchero....hornemarauders/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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