Haven't done a mini-playlist for a while. Here are a few of the songs I've recommended today, together with a mystery track which I'd be interested in your opinion on.
Hey, a cover of a Mary Poppins song! I kind of like that. Who is doing it? I liked Wonderwall too. Ms. Jackson, though...I don't know...part of me wanted to dond it, but most of me just...can't.
I can remember hearing this version of "Wonderwall" and feeling like i'd been hit by a sledgehammer(of the Timmy Mallet sort) - it's awesome and totally puts Oh aye Sis to shame , showing them up....sheer quality. Wasn't James Last cool too...
@ steenbeck - since it's quite in here at the moment, let me just sidle up and whisper that the cover of Feed The Birds was by me and a friend. He did most of it (apart from the vocals by his girlfriend) and I did the rocking guitar solo. Glad you liked it and apologies for the poor quality recording.
@ gremlinfc - it's a truly magnificent version, isn't it. And I think it fits the 'unlikely' aspect of the theme well enough. Who knows, I may be on for my first A-List since the whole Land Of Grey And Pink 'incident' - and I won't even be around to enjoy it ...
Toffeeboy--I meant it sincerely. Um, a few weeks ago, after the social, people were talking about a track you'd played on, if I'm not mistaken, and I'd been away and then when I got back and tried to download the social CDs dropbox got weird on me and most of the CDs didn't download properly and I only got one or two to work. AHem--could you dropbox some of the other stuff you'd played on?
@ steenbeck - I'm flattered by your interest but I'm afraid it'll have to wait for a couple of weeks - I'm off to the South of France first thing tomorrow and not back until the end of the month. If I can, I'll send y'all a digital postcard.
I wish I could say "I'm off to the South of France first thing tomorrow"!! No worries. And I just realized I never put the go-betweens referencing B&S tune in dropbox, so...at the end of the month...
I was being ironic about James Last (he was omnipresent in our house early-mid 70s and created a dreadful wall of sound , pierced occasionally by Johnny Cash , George Hamilton IV , Carpenters and Glen Campbell) but GENUINE about Mike Flowers : i think the guy is / was genius with his covers.
Oooh, I thought the Feed The Birds cover was someone like Isobel Campbell, lovely job Toffee! I particularly like the song cos my nan's maiden name was Freda Bird and I used to sing to her "Freda Bird, tuppence a bag" to make her laugh. Bird as in Bird's custard, though the wrong branch of the family to actually have any money...
Tracy, I used to know a bloke who, when asked how he was, always replied 'Box of birds' (= fine). One day he said it to the grocer, who responded by putting a packet of Bird's custard down on the counter in front of him...
...you're not related to a Winifred Elsie Kathleen Bird b Barnet 1908 by any chance, are you?
Not that I know of, my nan was one of a huge family born in Brum, mostly in the 1920s. Why, could be be distantly related? That'd be fun! The folk gene is definitely from my mum's side.
when I was kid I had one of those weird kid fixations with Mary Poppins, I watched it countless times, and I swear, the night before this post appeared I had a dream that incorporated a lot of elements from the film, mostly the joke-telling/laughter scene! An inspired choice of tune to cover Toffeeboy!
Hey, a cover of a Mary Poppins song! I kind of like that. Who is doing it? I liked Wonderwall too. Ms. Jackson, though...I don't know...part of me wanted to dond it, but most of me just...can't.
ReplyDeleteI can remember hearing this version of "Wonderwall" and feeling like i'd been hit by a sledgehammer(of the Timmy Mallet sort) - it's awesome and totally puts Oh aye Sis to shame , showing them up....sheer quality. Wasn't James Last cool too...
ReplyDelete@ steenbeck - since it's quite in here at the moment, let me just sidle up and whisper that the cover of Feed The Birds was by me and a friend. He did most of it (apart from the vocals by his girlfriend) and I did the rocking guitar solo. Glad you liked it and apologies for the poor quality recording.
ReplyDelete@ gremlinfc - it's a truly magnificent version, isn't it. And I think it fits the 'unlikely' aspect of the theme well enough. Who knows, I may be on for my first A-List since the whole Land Of Grey And Pink 'incident' - and I won't even be around to enjoy it ...
Wow!!! wow wow wow! I love the guitar part! that was my favorite! it really was.... beautiful. I'm so impressed.
ReplyDelete@ steenbeck - aw, shucks, you're just saying that!
ReplyDelete@ gremlinfc - or were you being ironic?
ReplyDeleteToffeeboy--I meant it sincerely. Um, a few weeks ago, after the social, people were talking about a track you'd played on, if I'm not mistaken, and I'd been away and then when I got back and tried to download the social CDs dropbox got weird on me and most of the CDs didn't download properly and I only got one or two to work. AHem--could you dropbox some of the other stuff you'd played on?
ReplyDelete@ steenbeck - I'm flattered by your interest but I'm afraid it'll have to wait for a couple of weeks - I'm off to the South of France first thing tomorrow and not back until the end of the month. If I can, I'll send y'all a digital postcard.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could say "I'm off to the South of France first thing tomorrow"!! No worries. And I just realized I never put the go-betweens referencing B&S tune in dropbox, so...at the end of the month...
ReplyDeleteI was being ironic about James Last (he was omnipresent in our house early-mid 70s and created a dreadful wall of sound , pierced occasionally by Johnny Cash , George Hamilton IV , Carpenters and Glen Campbell) but GENUINE about Mike Flowers : i think the guy is / was genius with his covers.
ReplyDeleteOooh, I thought the Feed The Birds cover was someone like Isobel Campbell, lovely job Toffee! I particularly like the song cos my nan's maiden name was Freda Bird and I used to sing to her "Freda Bird, tuppence a bag" to make her laugh. Bird as in Bird's custard, though the wrong branch of the family to actually have any money...
ReplyDeleteTracy, I used to know a bloke who, when asked how he was, always replied 'Box of birds' (= fine). One day he said it to the grocer, who responded by putting a packet of Bird's custard down on the counter in front of him...
ReplyDelete...you're not related to a Winifred Elsie Kathleen Bird b Barnet 1908 by any chance, are you?
Not that I know of, my nan was one of a huge family born in Brum, mostly in the 1920s. Why, could be be distantly related? That'd be fun! The folk gene is definitely from my mum's side.
ReplyDeletewhen I was kid I had one of those weird kid fixations with Mary Poppins, I watched it countless times, and I swear, the night before this post appeared I had a dream that incorporated a lot of elements from the film, mostly the joke-telling/laughter scene! An inspired choice of tune to cover Toffeeboy!
ReplyDeleteMs. jackson was cool too
TracyK: since posting that I've found that the relation in question was not all she seemed, so I'll have to get back to you on that one.
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