I hope Adge didn't fall beneath the tracks of the combine, a fate too dreadful to recall.

SC, when's the next flight to Zummerzet ?, With the drop in the price of diesel, it could be worth popping over for a session.

AOA ( please excuse abbreviation- saving ink, protecting the environment, etc), you have to realize that for those of us hoping for so much in the hippie era, the early and mid 70s

musicin many cases failed to produce the required goods

Dismay is a word far too mild to describe the disappointment at the time.

Enclosed is a clip introduced by the well known social worker, Sir Jimmy Saville, fortunately here he is surrounded by' hello sailors'

They're off-season "paraffin and excise-exempt agricultural motor fuel" never reached the charts, fortuitously

The Sweet rawk,

Great stuff, no crap about Tales From Topographic Oceans or Silver Machines.

Thankfully, before punk arrived, the masses had gathered and invented pub rawk.

Holy shyt, this even features a bit o slide.

OMG. Crap like the Osmonds, Bay Shitty Rollers and the like. Sad times for much pop music. Yet still plenty of good Rock bands about.

Midi and maxi skirts - death of the ultra sexy mini skirt showing those long, sexy legs!!!

'Cute' little Jimmy would have gone down a treat in Thailand. Bit of a blow for the Mormons recently though for in spite of their vows of sexual purity, the founder, Joseph Smith, turned out to be a randy old goat knocking off whoever he could.

Oh well,a case of do as I say, not as I do.

http://youtu.be/h-d-JX3NtRY

I have probably said this already, just not in the same way.

Yes yes yes and sometimes even including "YES" the late 60's & the 70s were awash with crap - make you want cringe - music.. But to decry the era as most posters on this thread are doing shows true ignorance of that era itself. Much of the ideology that inspired the musicians and songwriters of the day was rebellion, inspiring political awareness, particularly in the better educated youth, the exciting relatively new drugs that were around in abundance and last, but by no means least, trying to escape the poverty trap that WWII had left as an inheritance to the youth of those times.. And of course, just being free of parental/teacher imposed adjustment.

I note from a number of posts above that the Sweet don't come out too well in your opinions and I have to say that the teeny-bop music and songs that they mainly produced, does mostly deserve the criticisms. I met by chance however, the band in Aviemore in Scotland sometime in those cloudy early 70s. I had my guitar strapped over my back, as I walked, mostly barefoot, around that part of the Highlands one summer. Long story short! They were a great bunch of guys. Admitted that they hated (well thoroughly disliked) the music they commercially produced as well as their stage clothes, but said teeny-bop music was easy to write, easy to play, particularly if you were stoned out your box on stage and, most importantly it made them all very comfortably rich..

A simply great time to be young. PS apologies to any Americans of that era reading this thread. I knew many who had been to Vietnam - not quite simply a great time to be young

I love being able to feel superior because I favour minority tastes, and not the mass market.

Luckily for me, I watch rugby league; Paul Gadd's minority tastes turned out less elitest.

If it sells millions, it's pop music. If you're not interested in pop music, don't criticise it.

SC

I love being able to feel superior because I favour minority tastes, and not the mass market.

Luckily for me, I watch rugby league; Paul Gadd's minority tastes turned out less elitest.

If it sells millions, it's pop music. If you're not interested in pop music, don't criticise it.

SC

As usual, you are that man SC. But again as usual I can only partly agree with you. League over Union - sorry don't see it.

But Hey! The Glitter Band in the 70s? I loved them - purely for the absolute crap they were allowed to produce and get away with. Gadd always had that gay-boy look and that's fair enough (no longer PC to say fairy nuff). But an <deleted> pedo? Now that does make me cringe. And there, for the want of asking, are the OP's Demons for sure.

I love being able to feel superior because I favour minority tastes, and not the mass market.

Luckily for me, I watch rugby league; Paul Gadd's minority tastes turned out less elitest.

If it sells millions, it's pop music. If you're not interested in pop music, don't criticise it.

SC

As usual, you are that man SC. But again as usual I can only partly agree with you. League over Union - sorry don't see it.

But Hey! The Glitter Band in the 70s? I loved them - purely for the absolute crap they were allowed to produce and get away with. Gadd always had that gay-boy look and that's fair enough (no longer PC to say fairy nuff). But an <deleted> pedo? Now that does make me cringe. And there, for the want of asking, are the OP's Demons for sure.

Slightly off-topic, but when it comes the eighties, I reckon Pete Waterman set new standards in branding and production. I wasn't particularly fond of his music or his proteges at the time but looking back, it was great pop music. I'm dancing now, just thinking about it.

Any way all I can say is something incoherent, I can't make out a F'in word he's saying

Can you believe this was half-way down the first page on a search on "TV Stars" on Youtube?

Culture is dead

SC

Before Noddy, there was nothing

Is this the mutton chops thread? Maybe time for a bit of Brotherhood of Man....

Ye just dinnae ken when tae give up, Cowboy

Whilst we're on the mutton chops, perhaps we could raise a glass and down a tiger to the late Fred Dibnah

I have probably said this already, just not in the same way.

Yes yes yes and sometimes even including "YES" the late 60's & the 70s were awash with crap - make you want cringe - music.. But to decry the era as most posters on this thread are doing shows true ignorance of that era itself. Much of the ideology that inspired the musicians and songwriters of the day was rebellion, inspiring political awareness, particularly in the better educated youth, the exciting relatively new drugs that were around in abundance and last, but by no means least, trying to escape the poverty trap that WWII had left as an inheritance to the youth of those times.. And of course, just being free of parental/teacher imposed adjustment.

I note from a number of posts above that the Sweet don't come out too well in your opinions and I have to say that the teeny-bop music and songs that they mainly produced, does mostly deserve the criticisms. I met by chance however, the band in Aviemore in Scotland sometime in those cloudy early 70s. I had my guitar strapped over my back, as I walked, mostly barefoot, around that part of the Highlands one summer. Long story short! They were a great bunch of guys. Admitted that they hated (well thoroughly disliked) the music they commercially produced as well as their stage clothes, but said teeny-bop music was easy to write, easy to play, particularly if you were stoned out your box on stage and, most importantly it made them all very comfortably rich..

A simply great time to be young. PS apologies to any Americans of that era reading this thread. I knew many who had been to Vietnam - not quite simply a great time to be young

I note from a number of posts above that the Sweet don't come out too well in your opinions

As one who has what could be best described as an unhealthy music collection, in the following order is what I was always asked to copy.

1. The Sweet

2. The Skids/Big Country

3. Dr Feelgood

Everyone loves them, no one will admit it, the nationalites ranged from, Brits, Ozzys, Sth Africans.

It got so bad, at one stage someone would say, thats great stuff burn me a copy will you, I answered, go into the drawer on you RH side and pull one out.

The works Laser Jet colour printer took a hammering as I knocked out reams of covers etc.

I have probably said this already, just not in the same way.

Yes yes yes and sometimes even including "YES" the late 60's & the 70s were awash with crap - make you want cringe - music.. But to decry the era as most posters on this thread are doing shows true ignorance of that era itself. Much of the ideology that inspired the musicians and songwriters of the day was rebellion, inspiring political awareness, particularly in the better educated youth, the exciting relatively new drugs that were around in abundance and last, but by no means least, trying to escape the poverty trap that WWII had left as an inheritance to the youth of those times.. And of course, just being free of parental/teacher imposed adjustment.

I note from a number of posts above that the Sweet don't come out too well in your opinions and I have to say that the teeny-bop music and songs that they mainly produced, does mostly deserve the criticisms. I met by chance however, the band in Aviemore in Scotland sometime in those cloudy early 70s. I had my guitar strapped over my back, as I walked, mostly barefoot, around that part of the Highlands one summer. Long story short! They were a great bunch of guys. Admitted that they hated (well thoroughly disliked) the music they commercially produced as well as their stage clothes, but said teeny-bop music was easy to write, easy to play, particularly if you were stoned out your box on stage and, most importantly it made them all very comfortably rich..

A simply great time to be young. PS apologies to any Americans of that era reading this thread. I knew many who had been to Vietnam - not quite simply a great time to be young

I note from a number of posts above that the Sweet don't come out too well in your opinions

As one who has what could be best described as an unhealthy music collection, in the following order is what I was always asked to copy.

1. The Sweet

2. The Skids/Big Country

3. Dr Feelgood

Everyone loves them, no one will admit it, the nationalites ranged from, Brits, Ozzys, Sth Africans.

It got so bad, at one stage someone would say, thats great stuff burn me a copy will you, I answered, go into the drawer on you RH side and pull one out.

The works Laser Jet colour printer took a hammering as I knocked out reams of covers etc.

No offence, but you must know a lot of people with rather questionable taste.