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Friday, June 21, 2024

Bits and Pieces Dave Clark 5 1964

One of my earliest memories is me sitting in the back seat of our Ford Consul banging the seat singing "All my pieces bits and pieces". Watch the colour film of them doing it. Wiki on the song

Fellini's Casanova (1976) trailer

In memory of Donald Sutherland. It's up in full on Youtube but it has no English subbys. It's a very visual movie so that might not be a problem for you. Wiki

Little Richard Long Tall Sally 1955

It doesn't get much better than this.

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Mungo's Hi Fi - Bike Rider feat. Pupajim [Official Video 2014]

Here. Just heard on 6music.

New playlist on Spotify. Summer wine

Here

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

From Steve Moriarty on the group King of the Rumbling Spires

Taken from a French article published in March 1972 in a French-Canadian pop newspaper called Photo-Vedettes.

Paul McCartney: "T.Rex and Marc Bolan are my favourite artists. They are the only British group I like because they really prove above all to be original. I must admit that I preferred Marc Bolan during his acoustic period, nevertheless, his electric albums are wonderful. Bolan is the only British singer who can follow the Beatles' success in America."

John Lennon: "In today's pop music, there are only two things that interest me: rock 'n' roll and avant-garde poetry. Only one group today is of interest to me, Marc Bolan and T.Rex. He is the only one who has excited me and I look forward to meet him again. His music is good rock 'n' roll; it has good beat and it really swings. But it is mainly his lyrics that amaze me. His way of writing is new and I have never read lyrics as funny and as real as his. Apart from few American exceptions, Marc Bolan is the only one that has caught my attention and I believe his mythology is real as well. He will release a book of poetry in the near future and I look forward to read it again and again. Marc Bolan is the only one who can succeed to The Beatles."