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Good catch David. Thanks for sharing it. That’s a wonderful analysis from the Pegasus guy, especially honing in on the guitarist’s mistake and recovery. I’ve always liked Herman’s Hermits and remember them well as a teenager in the sixties. Interesting that he mentions the single had a different ‘B’/ ‘A’ side in America, with “There’s a Kind of a Hush”, another favourite of mine and another song I’d love to see the MLT cover. Although it isn’t a Gouldman composition and not totally within the theme of this Topic, I’ve included a version here.
The original version was by ‘The New Vaudeville Band’ and ‘The Carpenters’ had a major cover in 1976.
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For Your Love – The Yardbirds
“Gouldman wrote this song at the age of 18 while working by day in a gentlemen’s outfitters near Salford Docks and playing by night with the semi-professional Manchester band the Mockingbirds. He explained: “I was sleeping most of the time because I’d been gigging with the Mockingbirds the night before, and then during the day when I’d got any spare time I’d write in the shop. I used to shut up the shop at lunch time and sit in the back writing.” He had been influenced by the song writing style of the Beatles.
This was the last Yardbirds recording featuring Eric Clapton on guitar. He wasn’t happy with their change from Blues to a more commercial Beatlesque sound. The recording also featured a harpsichord, which was very unusual for pop music in 1965. The Beatles’ influence can be clearly seen with the double-time middle break section.
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Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks” would be a beaut album for a “Whats on the Table” session, as would the Stones “Flowers” album. If I lived in Liverpool, I’d be putting a copy on your table to make it easy for you.
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“A Forgotten Artist”
That’s a big call to make in this club David.
She maybe forgotten by young fellows like you, but us oldies here can’t forget songs like this one:
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I just used the centre alignment button for the YouTube link in my last post (No Milk Today), in the ’Bus Stop – Wet Day!’ topic and it worked fine. Thank you for all your time and effort sorting this out Rudolf.
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Pardon me, but I just can’t help thinking this would be another perfect Graham Gouldman song for the MLT. Just think how much fun Mona and Lisa could have with milk in a video in their ”Bus Stop” fashion. I tend to think Mona would come off second best.
No Milk Today – Herman’s Hermits
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“Look Through Any Window” – The Hollies
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In a 1976 interview Gouldman said the idea for “Bus Stop” had come while he was riding home from work on a bus. The opening lines were written by his father, playwright Hyme Gouldman. Graham Gouldman continued with the rest of the song in his bedroom, apart from the middle-eight, which he finished while riding to work – a men’s outfitters – on the bus the next day.
Thirty years later he elaborated on the song’s beginnings: “‘Bus Stop’, I had the title and I came home one day and he (Hyme) said ‘I’ve started something on that Bus Stop idea you had, and I’m going to play it for you. He’d written Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say please share my umbrella and it’s like when you get a really great part of a lyric or, I also had this nice riff as well, and when you have such a great start to a song it’s kind of like the rest is easy. It’s like finding your way onto a road and when you get onto the right route, you just follow it.
“My late father was a writer. He was great to have around. I would write something and always show him the lyric and he would fix it for me. You know, he’d say ‘There’s a better word than this’ – he was kind of like a walking thesaurus as well and quite often, sometimes, he came up with titles for songs as well. ‘No Milk Today’ is one of his titles, and also the 10cc song ‘Art for Art’s Sake’.”
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I just centred your quote using the alignment button and this is how it posted:
<p style=”text-align: center;”>“The number of images and links in topics is not restricted but only one image per reply is possible.”</p>
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Hi Rudolf. I only experience this issue when I am posting in a newly created topic for the first time and using multiple photos/videos as in this particular case. The text was created in an email draft and copied to the post and the photos then uploaded using the upload icon and then centred using the alignment icon. I hope this helps.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>“The number of images and links in topics is not restricted but only one image per reply is possible.”</p>
I always understood we were able to post multiple images and links in an original topic, but in the first post only. Is this not correct? This situation has been an issue for me for some time now, although I have seen others post multiple images/links. -
Hi Rudolf. This issue has arisen again. In the Forum under General Discussion, a post of mine in reply to the Topic “CSN suggestion”, has added some extraneous text for some unknown reason.
Buffalo Springfield – “For What It’s Worth” & “ Mr. Soul” Medley, Hollywood Palace 1967. <p style=”text-align: center;”>
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Hi Michael. “For What it’s Worth” isn’t a CSN song. It was a Buffalo Springfield song, first recorded when Stephen Stills and Neil Young were members.
Buffalo Springfield – “For What It’s Worth” & “ Mr. Soul” Medley, Hollywood Palace 1967.
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No. I didn’t enter any html code in the post directly. I simply uploaded the photos via the BBC upload code.
Thank you for fixing this. It has happened every time in the past when I include more than one photo/video in an original post and will probably happen again.
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Hi Joël. Welcome to the club, you’ll enjoy being a member. It’s nice to have another Frenchman join, especially one whose English is so good. I too found the Twins by accident while searching YouTube videos. What an amazing experience it was to discover them.
Nice to meet you.
