bickster Posted August 2, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, villa4europe said: what have the cribs done to get 3 albums in the top 10? Reduced the digital price of their albums to £4.99 on iTunes all part of a fan lead campaign from what I can see 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 5, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5, 2022 BBC4 this evening, for those of you who like this sort of thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 6, 2022 12 hours ago, mjmooney said: BBC4 this evening, for those of you who like this sort of thing. Thanks Mike, Studio 17 is a great watch Edit: or it was until just about the time Ali Campbell appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2022 We opted for S2 of Fargo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Went to Wolves Art Gallery today, they are doing an exhibition on black country music. Pwei, Mighty lemon drops etc. In addition there is a really big Slade exhibition which was excellent, really good. Don and Jim from the band are doing a talk there today but this fool only found this out last week and the tickets are long gone. All that said if you are interested in the music of the black country, it's a good exhibition of a few select names. Runs till late August. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Milfner Posted August 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 06/08/2022 at 14:24, Seat68 said: Went to Wolves Art Gallery today, they are doing an exhibition on black country music. Pwei, Mighty lemon drops etc. In addition there is a really big Slade exhibition which was excellent, really good. Don and Jim from the band are doing a talk there today but this fool only found this out last week and the tickets are long gone. All that said if you are interested in the music of the black country, it's a good exhibition of a few select names. Runs till late August. My partner curated this exhibition! And a little h/t to myself for making sure this bit of merch made the cut! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Didn't want to put this in the death pool thread cos I'm going to go off on a tangent Where do I start with philly sound? Something eye opening happened to me a few years back, I was in weston super mare with my dad for the weekend, I said I wanted to go check out a record shop and he tagged along, I'm perusing and my dad starts chatting to the owner and I slowly hear the conversation turn to motown vs philly sound... I never saw it coming but it turns out my dad is a massive massive philly fan, big enough to like confidently have that conversation with a record store owner, my mom said he's got the biggest 7" singles collection she's ever seen (careful KW) he was hunting for the one hues corporation single that he's missing So where do I start with it properly? I've glossed over the hues corporation and the spinners greatest hits so far and there are a couple of good songs but I've not found the opening to get deeper in to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2022 44 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Didn't want to put this in the death pool thread cos I'm going to go off on a tangent Where do I start with philly sound? Something eye opening happened to me a few years back, I was in weston super mare with my dad for the weekend, I said I wanted to go check out a record shop and he tagged along, I'm perusing and my dad starts chatting to the owner and I slowly hear the conversation turn to motown vs philly sound... I never saw it coming but it turns out my dad is a massive massive philly fan, big enough to like confidently have that conversation with a record store owner, my mom said he's got the biggest 7" singles collection she's ever seen (careful KW) he was hunting for the one hues corporation single that he's missing So where do I start with it properly? I've glossed over the hues corporation and the spinners greatest hits so far and there are a couple of good songs but I've not found the opening to get deeper in to it Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, should be lots of Best of's out there 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 The O'Jays - 'Ship Ahoy' This is fabulous... Billy Paul - 'East' The Philly sound produced some of the best Disco. MFSB - 'K-Jee' Tom Moulton's dancefloor orientated mixes are crowd pleasing classics. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2022 Philly was OK, some decent records. But ultimately, it contributed to the horrors of disco, and the start of the awful decline in black American music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 27 minutes ago, mjmooney said: ... the horrors of disco... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) 42 minutes ago, mjmooney said: and the start of the awful decline in black American music. No, that was rap ! Appreciate you might not like Disco but a a working musician (drummer) some of that disco stuff was a guaranteed floor filler. Also used some ace musos , eg Steve Gadd played drums on "The Hustle". - Van McCoy. "Ship Ahoy" by the O'Jays was rather controversial at the time IIRC and possibly damaged their career but one of Gamble and Huff insisted it be released Edited August 10, 2022 by veloman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, veloman said: No, that was rap ! Appreciate you might not like Disco but a a working musician (drummer) some of that disco stuff was a guaranteed floor filler. Also used some ace musos , eg Steve Gadd played drums on "The Hustle". - Van McCoy. "Ship Ahoy" by the O'Jays was rather controversial at the time IIRC and possibly damaged their career but one of Gamble and Huff insisted it be released Quite. I only said it was the start of the rot. Disco still had tunes, like Motown, but that samey bum-clap, bum-clap drum beat got very boring very quickly. And as I was never into clubs and dancing that aspect had little appeal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: , but that samey bum-clap, bum-clap drum beat got very boring very quickly. Oh agreed and the like of the fine upstanding Jonathon King put that beat to all sorts of junk. But it also gave rise to some great licks; as a drummer you just HAD to be able to play those semi quavers on the hi hat and I believe those octave bass runs started with disco, like wise those neat little one bar guitar riffs ,as per 'Chic'. Early rap (to my knowledge) was a very different beast; made popular (IMO) by the likes of Millie Jackson and even EWF used it in their live act. There was none of the vile misogynistic and sometimes homophobic stuff put out today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 5 hours ago, bickster said: Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, should be lots of Best of's out there One of those bands where I know a fair few of their songs but didn't know it was them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 4 hours ago, mjmooney said: Philly was OK, some decent records. But ultimately, it contributed to the horrors of disco, and the start of the awful decline in black American music. 3 hours ago, veloman said: No, that was rap ! 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2022 No point putting this in the funny pics thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Approximately 50,000 extra people have descended on Newquay, Cornwall for the Boardmasters Festival. Still on holiday here until the weekend. It’s carnage, mullets and the smell of Paco Rabanne everywhere! Kids had a pic with Tom Fletcher from McFly on the beach this morning. Nice guy to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 55 minutes ago, villa4europe said: One of those bands where I know a fair few of their songs but didn't know it was them You probably knew that the vocals were NOT sung by Harold Melvin ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, veloman said: You probably knew that the vocals were NOT sung by Harold Melvin ! Melvin also successfully sued Neil young over the use of the name The Blue Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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