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Not a thing here as far as I know David.
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The Move – I Can Hear The Grass Grow
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Australians use the English pronunciation of zed for Z There’s a British TV show that ran during the sixties and seventies that would sound very weird to us if it was pronounced the American way.
”Z-Cars or Z Cars /ˈzɛd ˌkɑːrz/ is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Lancashire. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
The series differed sharply from earlier police procedurals. With its less-usual Northern setting, it injected a new element of harsh realism into the image of the police, which some found unwelcome.
Z-Cars ran for 801 episodes, of which fewer than half have survived. Regular stars included: Stratford Johns (Detective Inspector Barlow), Frank Windsor (Det. Sgt Watt), James Ellis (Bert Lynch) and Brian Blessed (“Fancy” Smith). Barlow and Watt were later spun into a separate series Softly, Softly.”
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Remember MonaLisa & Band Live in Concert (2007)? Well if not, then it’s time to have a listen to either the Jukebox copy or watch the YouTube videos. Or better still, purchase a copy of the double album on CD from their online store.
https://test2.monalisa-twins.com/product-category/cd-dvd-monalisa-twins/The following cover of ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ by The Starbugs reminded me of The MonaLisa Twins cover and had me thinking just how great a version from them, over twelve years on would sound. They also covered Dylan’s ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ and ‘It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue’ (featuring the awesome Papa Rudi on lead vocals), in the concert.
The Starbugs – Mr Tambourine Man from “Kids Sing Bob Dylan”
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Nice work Jacki! And also thanks for sharing the video Jung. He has an amazing pen collection and looks after them so well.
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Interesting assessment from Rolling Stone magazine Ivan. They included a very large panel of well known musicians and guitarists to come up with their top 100. Their top five are: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Jeff Beck.
I like this response from Luke Harrison.
“Rolling Stone put him (George Harrison), in the 11th spot in Greatest Guitarists of All Time. I’m not sure what place he received on Gibson’s list, but I do imagine he’s not over 20.
George Harrison was a great guitarist. And people who can’t see that aren’t real guitarists themselves. Some people think “shredding” makes you a great guitarist, but there’s MORE to that.
Let’s take a look at what George did with the guitar…
Listen to George’s guitar solo in “Till There Was You”. George took a 1950 classical guitar, and turned the whole song upside down with it. Not literally. The solo in that song was constructed so well, all thanks to George. There are many ways of playing this solo. From an F chord on the 2nd fret, all the way down to the 7th chord.
You know George’s famous lead guitar part to “You Can’t Do That”? Take a Listen to it… He literally just came up with it almost instantly. George said it himself, that he just said “I came up with that.” When asked how, he replied “I was just standing there and I thought, I had to do something.”
Listen to George’s chord voicing in the song “And I Love Her”. It’s beautiful.
George was the first guitarist to make a backwards solo. In the song, “I’m Only Sleeping”, George implemented the first backwards guitar solo and it was amazing.
I’ve played guitar for over 10 years, and I’ll never be as good as George. George had a special talent with the guitar. And as a guitarist, I will always pay him great respect for his amazing guitar work.
And sure, some guitarists might think he wasn’t that great compared to Jimmy Page. And I agree, Jimmy Page might’ve been better. But it doesn’t change the fact that George was still a great guitarist, better than most. All in all, you’re not a real guitarist if you don’t see gifted George was with the guitar.
Also, in Rolling Stone’s Greatest Guitarists of All Time, John Lennon holds the 55th spot. Just a fun fact for you.”
It must be noted that Rolling Stone magazine is looking at Rock/Blues guitarists mainly and as my original post indicates, there are many genres to consider.
I respect your passion for everything Beatles and George Harrison, Tomás, but I think you would have to agree that you are in a very small minority of fans if you truly believe George to be the best ever, or even better than Eric Clapton.
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How about the line: “When I look into your big brown eyes”
“The Birds and the Bees” – Jewel Akens (1964)
Let me tell ya ’bout the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called ‘Love’Let me tell ya ’bout the stars in the sky
And a girl and a guy
And the way they could kiss
On a night like thisWhen I look into your big brown eyes
It’s so very plain to see
That it’s time you learned about the facts of life
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Welcome to the club Ivan and Sasha and thank you for sharing your original MLT experience with us. I had a similar experience my first time and couldn’t go to bed until I had found out as much about them as possible. According to Mona and Lisa, children tend to like “I Wanna Kiss You”. Probably because of the cartoonish format and all the colour and movement.
Sasha seems like a real fan and I can well imagine her enjoying the “Dreams” video with Lampibampi and “TheTwo Of Us” video showing the Twins as they grow up.
You’ll enjoying being in the club. There is a lot happening, especially at this time of the year.
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Yes, he’s very interesting. I get his videos pushed through by YouTube to me daily. I did post one in the Club recently of his Righteous Brothers review and earlier, one of his Everly Brothers reviews.
Under the Topic: MLT – Cover Requests, The Righteous Brothers – “Unchained Melody”
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Nice one Tomás, but that’s a big call thinking George is a better guitarist than Eric. I don’t think you’re going to get anyone to agree with you on that one except Beatle and George fanatics. I don’t think even George would agree and Paul certainly wouldn’t. George got Eric to play on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps” so that McCartney and Lennon would take notice so he could get it on the album.
Paul was the best musician in the band and the only reason Paul took on the bass when Stuart Sutcliffe left is because he knew John wouldn’t play bass. So the Beatles ended up with their second best guitarist on lead.
Consider these points also:
Paul played lead on George’s ‘Taxman’ because George wasn’t up to it. He also played lead on many others.
When George temporarily left because he was fed up with Paul telling him how to play the lead, John suggested they get Eric in permanently.
I don’t think George is underrated at all. From what I’ve read, most musicians seem to have him assessed appropriately.
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I second Jung’s comments. Thank you for making the effort Jacki and sharing your Christmas cheer with us. Great song by the way. Now where have I heard it before!
Love the outfit. I see that even during the Christmas festive season, the purple managed to shine through! I wish you all the best for the festive season and new year.
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That was a quick restoration!
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We don’t have to be maestros to enjoy the pleasure of seeing a piece of music come together by our own hands, David. I still remember the joy I felt as an infant in primary school in my first year learning the piano and finally, after practising scales constantly every day, being able to play tunes on the piano from reading the music chart.
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The one and only Bo Didley live with Ronnie Wood in 1987. Bo Didley was a huge influence on groups like the Rolling Stones.
