Hard News: It Began ... in Chicago
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andin, in reply to
It must be time for a little funk/soul seeing as we're all dancing
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Christopher Dempsey, in reply to
And I'm reminded that was the year of the BIG coat...
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
Funkalicious, Andin!
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And this, perhaps the greatest Trax release of them all (without the unnecessary vocal bits added in later years)
Recorded on a cassette....
edit: PAS doesn't recognise YouTube shortners it seems
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
But there was another band who were sort of African,
It began in Africa ca ca ca (which I think was Russell’s initial reference)
Sooo, it could be any Band really. ;-)
Gimmee another clue.
Unless you were thinking of Toto,
Come to think of it, doesn't that guy look like a younger Russell Brown. ;-) -
Simon Grigg, in reply to
Heh. I stand corrected.
Only slightly - Jack Your Body made number one and the two were intertwined in many minds (and on many dancefloors) at the time.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
I love Toto - but no, it was this really uplifting song that they had. And I cannot remember the name of it. Something to do with spreading love or somesuch.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
It must be time for a little funk/soul seeing as we're all dancing
It's a tune that has perhaps been played to death over the years but for about fifteen years Peter Urlich and I formed a New Years Eve DJ tag team and that was our midnighter. The acapella intro on the 12" is exactly 1 minute long and I'd drop it at one minute to twelve. The crowd would go nuts at the first drum beat which signalled the new year.
So, yes, choon!!
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Jackie's turned into a Hippy. ;-)
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I'm very concerned that Toto have edged their way into this thread. It needs to be dragged back from the abyss
The non-trainspotters may wish to pass, but two quite wonderful vids of the Robert Owens performing a pair of 80s Chicago classics almost acapella in Melbourne in 2007.
Goosebumps for me
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andin, in reply to
Not about saving our "funky ass"
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
I'm very concerned that Toto have edged their way into this thread.
Aha! Musical snobbery.
I, for one, thought when I saw the title of this thread "Now, is this going to be about Sociology or Economics" Alas no, more like "Last night a DJ stole my life"
Handbags at Dawn Simon...
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Sorry, Simon, but nostalgia might yet win. Here's a tiny bit (starts about 50 secs in) of something that got me bopping around in the day.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
something that got me bopping around
Dieter Meier and Boris Blank were, with Kraftwerk, the godfathers of all things Chicago and Detroit so it's a perfect fit, Jacqui
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andin, in reply to
There's a swag of version's on youtube so I just went for the single.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
Just briefly, Simon. God forbid. I know you are an arbiter of taste of great note, but I'm afraid I have always marched to the beat of my drum. And funnily enough, the things that got me bopping back in the day accompany me now on my power walks around the neighbourhood. I was a Cause Celebre/Grapevine/Alfies/Stanley's/Peppermint Park doyenne, me.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
How did you know I liked jazz, andin? And I'm not averse to a bit of acid jazz either.
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lynne walker, in reply to
Real-time results for http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/mar/25/andrew-lansley-rap-mc-nxtgen/
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
Just briefly, Simon.
Whoops sorry, I wasn't trying to stomp on Toto or your taste. As musicians those guys were / are peerless. It was more that the thread, musically, had veered off and I was being protective.
Such of, course, is the nature of PAS.
I like some of Paul McCartney's direst moments so I'm not one to hold a beacon to taste. I'm no arbiter of anything beyond 'I like'.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
All of us have such very different tastes. And thank goodness. Although it would be fantastic if at least one of my acquaintances shared my love of early Elton.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
my love of early Elton.
Madman Across The Water was a wonderful record, although I think it sounds a bit overblown now.
I went to the Yellow Brick Road show at Western Springs around on 28th Feb, '74
Now that was a spectacle....
See, I'm pulling this thread off course now.
The fix:
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Russell Brown, in reply to
All of us have such very different tastes. And thank goodness. Although it would be fantastic if at least one of my acquaintances shared my love of early Elton.
Early Elton is the only Elton. I was surprised how many of my friends hadn't heard 'Tiny Dancer' until Almost Famous came out.
I have a really good little recent BBC doco covering the early years, named after Madman Across the Water that I can share with you Jackie.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Dieter Meier and Boris Blank were, with Kraftwerk, the godfathers of all things Chicago and Detroit so it's a perfect fit, Jacqui
Yes. Check how Kaftwerky the Virgo 4 track that leads off Trax Re-Edited sounds.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
OMG. I would love that. Thankyou Russell. And to be fair, I don't think Early Elton is the only Elton. My love for his music does kind of stop after the Reg Strikes Back album was released in 88, though. I don't have any of his albums for after that period.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
OMG. I would love that. Thankyou Russell.
I'll be in touch.
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