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Albert Lee – “Sweet Little Lisa“ Published on 19 May 2008, exactly 12 years ago.
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Interesting topic Jung. It is amazing what an affect music can have on us. I’d go out further on that limb and suggest that music also has an effect on the emotions of animals and am also quite ready to believe that music can be beneficial to plants. I don’t think prince Charles is alone there!
Tommy Emmanuel is definitely a ‘One Man Band’ and I can understand why Mona and Lisa are fans. They even purchased Tommy’s preferred brand of guitar, Maton, while they were in Australia.
I’ll let Tommy Emmanuel have the last word: “And just remember folks, that life is not a rehearsal. So you better get on with it.“
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It’s really weird they still called themselves Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich after Dave Dee had left, but I guess they were trading on a successful name.
Interestingly, vocalist Dave Dee, an ex-policeman, was at the scene of the motoring accident that took the life of the American rock and roller Eddie Cochran and injured Gene Vincent in April 1960.
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And this, also from 1966.
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“Bend It” by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich was one of the first singles I can remember buying and it was second hand, back in late 1966. The first new album I bought was “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in 1967. I have mentioned this in other Topics and they probably got a mention in my Topic “MLT – Cover Requests.” In the early eighties I bought a CD of their hits.
This is an extract from Wikipedia.
“Ken Howard said that: “We changed their name to Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, because they were their actual nicknames and because we wanted to stress their very distinct personalities in a climate which regarded bands as collectives”. The distinctive name, coupled with well produced and catchy songs by Howard and Blaikley, quickly caught the UK public’s imagination and their records started to sell in abundance. Indeed, between 1965 and 1969, the group spent more weeks in the UK Singles Chart than the Beatles and made the odd tour ‘down under’ to Australia and New Zealand, where they had also experienced some marked chart success. They also scored a Number One hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 with “The Legend of Xanadu”. The combined sales figures were in excess of one million copies. Their other top 10 UK hits included “Hideaway”, “Hold Tight!”, “Bend It!”, “Save Me!”, “Touch Me, Touch Me”, “Okay!”, “Zabadak!” and “Last Night in Soho”. “Bend It!” was a big hit in Europe, including a Number One in Germany. To obtain a bouzouki sound on the recording, an electrified mandolin was used.”
I hope you can open this link in your country.
I’m not sure what’s going on with those dance moves by the audience and I’m sure our reluctant Twin dancers, Mona and Lisa could show them a thing or two.
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I’m also an odd one here too William. While I like all the videos the MLT have produced, I believe some are better left to our imaginations, and like you, I feel “Count On Me” is one of those. It happens to be one of my favourites, mainly for the lyrics, and is best left to the imagination. However, I feel “Club 27” lends itself well to a video interpretation.
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This is a google translation Jacki.
“I just discovered you on YouTube a few weeks ago and I can’t get rid of you now.
It still takes me to work through it all. You have been doing so much in recent years.
I particularly like your video “Two Of Us” with the childhood films, or “I’ll Follow The Sun” with Mona “playing chair”…
I’m a big Beatles fan, just like you. After John Lennon’s death, much of him and the Beatles came on the radio. That’s how I became a Beatles fan in early 1981 at the age of 13.
Mona and Lisa, you were 13 years old at your first concert with Papa and Michaela. Wow! Already on stage at 13.
John Lennon was 16 when he met the Quarrymen when he met Paul.
I am already looking forward to the package with lots of music from you that I have ordered in your shop.
Keep rockin ‘!
Bernd from Unterhaching” AND
“I wrote you in German a few minutes ago. Now I see my letter translated to “German”. That reads terrible.
I have formulated many things in a completely different way.
Should I write in English in the future?
Kind regards, Bernd” AND
“Learning by doing …
I previously switched the Google translator to German on my mobile phone. Then my German text reads terribly in “German”.
Now the Google translator is in English. And already my first long letter reads normally in German, as I originally wrote it.
And the line “John Lennon was …” no longer means “John Lennon War …”
Yes, the technology …
Stay groovy, Bernd“
And “Wunderbar, Danke schoen” probably translates close to “Excellent, thank you very much”.
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Duchess – From the Album Raven
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Dave Greenfield – Top 10 Keyboard Moments, John Robb
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Another brilliant video from the Stranglers: “Always the Sun”.
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Well said Jacki. Mothers’ Day here too. We are all fortunate that Michaela came into Mona and Lisa’s life when she did.
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LOL alright David. An old fart like me should feel offended by those lyrics. I trim my own nose hair but generally leave the ear hair and eyebrows to the barber.
In October 1960, Robeson embarked on a two-month concert tour of Australia and New Zealand with Essie (his wife), primarily to generate money, at the behest of Australian politician Bill Morrow. While in Sydney, he became the first major artist to perform at the construction site of the future Sydney Opera House.
Try this video from the great Paul Robeson Jacki, from 1936.
Ol’ man river
Dat ol’ man river
He mus’ know sumpin’
But don’t say nuthin’
He jes’ keeps rollin’
He keeps on rollin’ alongHe don’ plant taters
He don’t plant cotton
An’ dem dat plants ’em
Is soon forgotten
But ol’ man river
He jes keeps rollin’ alongYou an’ me, we sweat an’ strain
Body all achin’ an’ racked wid pain
Tote dat barge!
Lif’ dat bale!
Git a little drunk
An’ you lands in jailAh gits weary
An’ sick of tryin’
Ah’m tired of livin’
An’ scared of dyin’
But ol’ man river
He jes’ keeps rolling’ along -
Yes, it would be a standout Duo Session as it is well suited to the acoustic sound. Gee I’d miss those awesome shots of the beautiful Mona in that field though. Perhaps Rudolf could splice some cuts to the video scenes.
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Remember 1970? Well of course Mona and Lisa wouldn’t and I imagine their father would have difficulty too. For those of you who weren’t there, this is what it was like Downunder!
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Some of the most popular groups emerging from Adelaide in the sixties were the Twilights, the Masters Apprentices, the Vibrants and Zoot who all made a national impression—and all had to move to Melbourne to do it. And from 1973, Cold Chisel and from 1974, The Angels.
“Because I Love You” (Acoustic version) – Masters Apprentices
