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.... 25 minutes of absolute bonkers weirdness from April 1959 .......... eye patch fetish , anyone ?

It may be nearly half an hour long .... but like a slow motion train crash , it`s almost impossible to take your eyes off it .......

Mike Preston kicks Shane McGowans ass ........ UK`s first black rock and roll star Cuddly Dudley features ....... Little Brenda Lee is littler than you could ever imagine ........ and the majestic Harry Robinson on saxophone gives Dick Heckstall-Smith reason to be very depressed indeed ......


But the real star of the show has to be the incredible Dickie Pride .........

Small time thief ; mental health problems ; and a heroin addiction ........ meaning Dickie possessed all the ingredients to truly become one of rock and roll`s greats ........ but sadly he spoilt it all by snuffing it at the age of 27 , due to a sleeping pill overdose .......

Dickie was managed by Larry Parnes ......... who was gay ........ and had a habit of giving his stable of young stars names which he thought reflected their personalities .......

.... so we had Billy Fury .... Johnny Gentle .......Georgie Fame ..................

However , his attempt to re-name Joe Brown " Elmer Twitch " was unsuccessful , unfortunately ............
 
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..... staying with a sort of late`fifties / early `sixties r `n r / doo wop theme ..........

I was going to post Gary Glitter`s version of this , but then lost my nerve at the last moment ............

........ so here`s this version instead ....... far more wholesome , and far less likely to offend , as you can see .............. and just like the Gary clip , they`re miming anyway , so there`s not much to choose between them , really ..............

This is the original 1962 version by the Rivingtons ............. it morphed into " Surfin` Bird " , a hit in 1963 for The Trashmen .
 
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........ still with our feathered friends ...........

Saint Etienne fledglings Birdie try leaving the nest , only to go crashing down to the ground with a thud ........

....... oh well , it was a decent attempt at going solo ...........
 
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The Sock said:
And, on a different tack, and with bass guitar in mind, a friend just sent me this rather wonderful piece of Tull.
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As you say my erudite Sock, notables in this clip, Tippie of classical guitar shown his hand ( piddly poor pun intended ), never warmed to Gibson EBx basses, yet loved SG guitars ( Iommi though were custom copies like Angus did as fame provided the means ). Its that quirky self taught style of Ian with flutes, recently have been on the www, gathering real information from interviews with him about early and late flute machinations.

Ian had all the bad habits that self taught can impose, yet overcame to the point of his own style is engaging to my ear, over a long period. He used early flutes that were affordable, somewhat same here a time past, bought an ex school Yamaha that had been used to bash the kids into line...it was well damaged, $47 delivered. 12 months later, all repaired and another skill earned. Ended up repairing many woodwinds for others... Haynes "fix it yourself" sax book in hand, not joking.. side comment what i learned about Laverda suspension oil held great sway for selecting an oil for flute and sax key lube, something the author of the Haynes publication had no clue whatsoever. Ramble... i can do that... if not obvious, a smile. j.
 

...... mother of God ........ it`s Dea Matrona .................. mama mia Papa Roma etc etc etc

.... sounding better outside Argos than many manage in the studio ..........
 
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......... continuing a similar sort of theme ........

There was a small motor company in Gloucestershire which did quite well for a short time selling renovated Austin-Healey 3000`s to the USA off the back of this video .......... the car is the star ............. the wheely-ing atv is ok too ...........
 
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........ Now its Karl Wallinger`s World Party .......... see what I`m doing here ? .............

Robbie Williams recorded a cover version of this which did quite well ....... ( both for him , and Karl too ... presumably ... ) .............
 

....... stop the world , I wanna get off ......... says an earlier version of Karl ........... and this was back in bloody 1987 ......... dunno about you , but I was having quite a good time back then , myself , actually ............
 
Just fell across this one. The sheer joy and beauty of it: people playing together. It's something I don't ever foresee any level of AI ever creating.
Plus, I know which movie I'm watching, again, tonight.
 
Here’s another gal bass player for you John. Hamish Anderson band supporting Gary Clark Jnr last night in Melbourne.
Hamish is Melbourne born and has supported Clark many times over the years. I met Hamish’s sister before the show, she said they are good friends but Hamish had never shared the stage with Clark. Tonight he got his wish in his hometown.
 

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