The West Country is a wonderful part of England, it has to be said the coastline and its towns- Portishead, Clevedon, Weston-Super-Mare, are only attractive when the tide is in, hiding the mud, and the sky is clear ( rare),, giving the sea a blue rather than the usual turgid brown colour, but the Mendip hills and the villages with their beautiful sandstone are gorgeous. Things get even better when you get into Dorset,Devon and Cornwall.

Bristol is a great town, full of hills with the Georgian Crescents on top and down to the communities of St Pauls and Easton, wonderful for cycling, you can get from the richest to the poorest district in 20 minutes. And then there are the docks.A vibrant scene of diversity.

Gotta give this band kudos for daring to call themselves Portishead. it's like a London band calling themselves 'Neasden' or a band from Berkshire titled 'Slough', places not associated with romance and mystique.

Yet what a sound! Great.

Minnie, are you from the West country ?

Thanks for that, OCH, takes me back to my days evenings

Great belly dancing. Got me in the mood for love. Cheers!

The West Country is a wonderful part of England, it has to be said the coastline and its towns- Portishead, Clevedon, Weston-Super-Mare, are only attractive when the tide is in, hiding the mud, and the sky is clear ( rare),, giving the sea a blue rather than the usual turgid brown colour, but the Mendip hills and the villages with their beautiful sandstone are gorgeous. Things get even better when you get into Dorset,Devon and Cornwall.

Bristol is a great town, full of hills with the Georgian Crescents on top and down to the communities of St Pauls and Easton, wonderful for cycling, you can get from the richest to the poorest district in 20 minutes. And then there are the docks.A vibrant scene of diversity.

Gotta give this band kudos for daring to call themselves Portishead. it's like a London band calling themselves 'Neasden' or a band from Berkshire titled 'Slough', places not associated with romance and mystique.

Yet what a sound! Great.

Minnie, are you from the West country ?

No, but I have visited those parts. Portishead daring to call themselves Portishead LOL great band, I'm a fan and of this lot below.

Fela Kuti & Ginger Baker - Ye Ye De Smell [1971]

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Breathless [2004]

Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep it to Yourself [1956]

A fiercely anti-war song from a man who escaped from the Nazis and the Russians as a boy.

Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee [1979]

Goat - Gathering Of Ancient Tribes [2014]

British Sea Power - Childhood Memories [2003]

Milos Karadaglic - Blackbird [beatles cover - 2015]

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Sai wa si bor them kan - Thai song very popular at the moment

Tukky, I've always liked this song by Mike Pirompon about Issan. his birthplace, a small village, 80 km from Udon. It's only 3 km from our house, I see him roaring down the village roads in his 4 wheel drive sometimes, driving way too fast!

As mentioned on another thread rock musicians are dropping dead at an alarming rate- Neil Young, Pete Townsend, Roger Waters, please, please hang around for another 10 years at least.

In the early 70 s if you wanted to chat up any self-respecting girl , you had to have this album from which this song comes from -

RIP Glenn Frey

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Shoes For Industry - Devil Dogs [1979]

Suns of Arqa - Acid Tabla Dub [1980]

A common sight in Issan, spousal abuse, husband battering/beating........ due to alcohol abuse by errant husband serves the prick right.

Rival Consoles - Howl [2016]

Otoboke Beaver -Akimahenka [2016]

The Sound - I Can't Escape Myself [1980]

Fabulous music........

Fine Young Cannibals - I'm not the man I used to be

The Specials - Gangsters

The Jam - Going Underground

Mc Tunes vs 808 State - The Only Rhyme That Bites