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Post by gav on Oct 4, 2019 21:03:09 GMT
I'm cynical.
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Post by gav on Oct 4, 2019 16:34:07 GMT
We could all chip in for one.
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Post by gav on Oct 4, 2019 16:32:29 GMT
Back to Back was released on 25th November and Marguerita Time (3rd single) was released a week later. If it is a different mix of MT, is it not more likely that it is a 'single' mix rather than an early mix? Or does the mix used on Cannon and Ball sound different to the single that was released? mix is different to the single, and I think the single was released prior to them appearing on the show, so it's odd that they had a new mix. Maybe there was a mix up somewhere. Got my coat.
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Post by gav on Oct 4, 2019 10:05:59 GMT
Running Out of Time is the next 'single' apparently.
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Post by gav on Oct 2, 2019 16:15:14 GMT
Struggling to think where this video clip originated. Help?
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Post by gav on Oct 2, 2019 16:13:21 GMT
great song like the irish feel to it [I'm kinda sorry mm1972] but I'm honour and duty bound to do this...]
You're just going to have to explain what [to you] an 'irish feel' is - because if you think this is it, then you're so wrong it's no wonder you think it's a 'great song...' [Imho, it ain't - its merely 'Country-by-numbers', a la FR]
I despair. I really do. Do other countries have a 'feel' as well? I mean I'd struggle to think of something with an english feel.
'The defence rests, y'honour' All Around My Hat?
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Post by gav on Oct 1, 2019 23:02:29 GMT
PLC has got to be done with one of Quo on vocals. Got to be. Yes, it is that sacred. IMVHO!
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Post by gav on Oct 1, 2019 22:58:16 GMT
Interesting video but you know WYP is one of the hits from the FF period that I cannot abide. Though successful in the charts (no 3?) it just always sounded so very poppy and kitsch (i just hate the rhyming 'runny nosin' line), especially after the great tracks WYW and LOAI from the previous year. Maybe an unpopular opinion but I felt from 1980 on the singles became progressively less rock and more pop. Number 2 in the UK.
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Post by gav on Oct 1, 2019 22:47:34 GMT
Probably in a minority of 1 here, but my favourite from the album is 'Any Way You Like It'. Something irresistable and laid back about it, and the little guitar riff sounds fresh and kinda neat to my ears.
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Post by gav on Oct 1, 2019 19:38:11 GMT
Unfortunately, the more ill and less mobile Alan becomes, the more bitter he will get, whether he realises it or not. That's quite a burden to carry around.
He seemed to be musically active, or relatively prolific up until the mid to late 90's. Then i think the next time we saw him play live was at the Bon Scott memorial gig nearly 10 years ago now - correct me if i'm wrong.
So there is a lengthy gap from just before the turn of the century. Maybe he was doing other stuff more behind the scenes, maybe that was the beginning of the decline in his health, as he appeared to have lost a lot of weight by the time of the Bon Scott gig.
It's sad to see the decline in him since last year's Minehead gig. Maybe he can still play bass a bit but didn't consider it worth the money having it flown over.
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Post by gav on Oct 1, 2019 16:42:49 GMT
Definitely a different bassline - I'd always assumed that the bassline had been re-recorded to remove Alan due to the legal shenanigans going on at the time, so who is playing bass - Andy, perhaps?
Drums are different too - less reverb on the snare, toms have been emphasized more, some additional ride cymbal - the mystery deepens! What legal shenanigans were going on in '83?
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Post by gav on Sept 29, 2019 10:37:21 GMT
Alan was bitter in the 60's if Rossi's book is to be believed.
Finding it hard to remain neutral reading this stuff about Alan at Minehead.
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Post by gav on Sept 29, 2019 9:54:55 GMT
Thinking back, i think it was a mate of Brian's that chimed in on the thread about the song on FB, words to the effect of 'my mate wrote this'. Will he be paid for his work? Due to the song not having the correct writing credits, no. I dont think he'll be receiving any royalties. What i suspected.
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Post by gav on Sept 29, 2019 9:52:47 GMT
That's sick.
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Post by gav on Sept 29, 2019 9:48:19 GMT
I read as much on social media a few months back then promptly lost the post so couldn't verify it on here. Interesting. Was this one not bizarrely credited to Rossi/Frost on the recent deluxe? Then it was assumed to be Parfitt/Williams. Maybe not so bizarre in light of this. On the original release of the track back in 2008 for the Japanese fanclub, the song was credited to Parfitt / Williams, and then on the recent deluxe it was credited to Rossi / Frost... how they came to that conclusion I don't know, but it seemed to be a whole mess over the actual owner of the song, which now we have a definitive answer for. Thinking back, i think it was a mate of Brian's that chimed in on the thread about the song on FB, words to the effect of 'my mate wrote this'. Will he be paid for his work?
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