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The Kinks released "Tired Of Waiting For You" in England 50 years ago next week and the song quickly climbed to #1. It did the same in the U.S. a month later.
I like how the rest of the band rises on a scissors jack with respect to band leader Ray Davies -- exactly opposite to what happened in real life. Notice that brother Dave Davies is playing his signature Gibson Flying V guitar which he acquired in L.A. for $200 on a previous US tour. The whole story is here.
The Gibson Flying V was a 1950's design which reflected other jet themes in that era.
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That was a close call for the Patriots today.
Looking forward to Ice Bowl 2
I really like that interview with Dave Davies. !0 years ago, he was almost dead and not on speaking terms with his brother. Now they are broaching a 2015 reunion tour.
Tipping my hat to you, chickelit, for this one.
oh, chickelit.
are you a guitar-player? i'd bet not. but i could be wrong about that. maybe you're a bassist. or a drummer. a pianist. a bell-ringer. a guitarist.
or maybe a mathematician. for sure, a chemist, and, no doubt, coupled with that, a sense of alchemy.
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We watched A Hard Day's Night two or three nights ago. I was surprised to find it so entertaining. Bonus points for it's quirky Britishness, low-grade Anglophile that I am.
I said to my wife something about how that stuff with the screaming girls chasing after The Beatles was basically true, and I told her that story about how Glenn Campbell got a taste of it when he was a substitute Beach Boy.
My wife didn't know about Frank Sinatra and the bobby soxers. That surprised me.
I wondered aloud whether feminism has put the kibosh on all that sort of gender-based, hero-worship silliness, but then I told her the story of how I saw The Jam at a club called Emerald City in Cherry Hill, NJ and how I saw with my own eyes a young woman scream "PAAAAAUUUULLLLLL!!!" and faint dead out on the dance floor.
Down she went. WUMP!
That was, what, 1980 or thereabouts?
I'm only a semi-homo, but I can see the appeal.
After all, Paul Weller was a pretty dreamy guy.
Well, the Beatles they weren't.
The Beatles had genuine charm. Charm's in short supply these days. Are there charming rock musicians out there? Maybe someone who follows the present music scene can name one.
Didn't people say that Obama had charm? Women feigned over him too. He can sing too.
@r,l: I played drums in a high school band with friends -- just long enough to have a couple paid gigs and to experience the unforgettable feeling of playing music together. That was enough for me then.
I caught the Kinks live at a small (approx 300) intimate crowd at Felixstowe Pavillion at Felixstowe-by-the-Sea while stationed in the UK in the USAF in 1970. That experience was quite different from a big arena US tour and far better--especially as one could by drinks in the back.
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