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Post by Marshall on May 7, 2021 21:56:38 GMT
less of a dirgey right-wing whine than Taxman
Hardly a right-wing whine. They were getting taxed at over 90% at the time.
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Post by mids on May 7, 2021 22:06:27 GMT
Of course Wings were the band the Beatles could have been.
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Post by voice on May 7, 2021 22:08:00 GMT
(((((shudder)))))
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Post by flatandy on May 7, 2021 22:17:48 GMT
less of a dirgey right-wing whine than TaxmanHardly a right-wing whine. They were getting taxed at over 90% at the time. "Oh! Poor me! I'm earning more than 99% of the population and they want me to help the poor! Waaah!" |
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Post by Marshall on May 7, 2021 22:26:41 GMT
I'm all for rich people shouldering more taxes. But if the government needs to levy a 90%+ tax on them to "help the poor" then they are pretty incompetent.
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Post by Marshall on May 7, 2021 22:29:48 GMT
ELO is what many people thought the Beatles would sound like in the 70s.
I remember there was a band called Klatuu back then that people thought were the Beatles undercover.
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Post by voice on May 7, 2021 22:39:28 GMT
If the Beatles and the Stones where best two British Bands of that Era, what would the toss up be between for US bands?
Beach Boys vs The Doors perhaps
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Post by Marshall on May 7, 2021 22:54:17 GMT
The Doors were good but uneven. They had a few fantastic songs but some real pap as well, like Touch Me.
Can't think of many great bands until the late 60s; CCR, CSN(Y), the Dead . . .
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Post by mids on May 7, 2021 23:00:49 GMT
Apart from the Beach Boys. I don't think the US really caught up with rock until the mid to late 60s. Arguably the Beach Boys were more pop until the mid 60s anyway. Motown and Stax was the best US music until they caught up with us on the rock front, imo.
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Post by Marshall on May 7, 2021 23:05:55 GMT
Buffalo Springfield and The Byrds were quite good.
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Post by voice on May 7, 2021 23:26:32 GMT
Buffalo Springfield and The Byrds were quite good. Yeah, though Neil Young is Canadian. |
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Post by ootlg on May 8, 2021 6:08:11 GMT
Joe Stumner, great guitarist. Though Johnny Mar was also brilliant, shame that maudlin tw@t Morrissey was their singer. Really nice bloke too. Shame he went so early. He came to an exhibition of Mrs Ootlg's work. |
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Post by flatandy on May 8, 2021 11:19:00 GMT
Saw Strummer a couple of times. Once at Glastonbury, which was fine. Once at the 100 Club at a fundraiser - absolutely tiny gig where he played an acoustic set with Bez dancing along. That was fantastic.
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Post by ootlg on May 8, 2021 16:01:01 GMT
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Post by wetkingcanute on May 8, 2021 16:24:50 GMT
How about:
Steely Dan Vs REM
Two completely different bands. I have several albums by both.
They are both fantastic and I still play their stuff all the time.
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Post by voice on May 8, 2021 16:34:09 GMT
Hard given their music and when they made it were different.
I was thinking in the end who cares, what matters in the end is what you like, so often I find many go with the cool or popular stuff and it's hard to stand outside your peers, especially as a teen. At the same time I was listening to and watching punk, post punk and new wave bands in my teen years I was also going to folk clubs as I've always liked that as well. My mates really took the piss, but fcuk em, all that mattered was I enjoyed it
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Post by mids on May 8, 2021 16:36:50 GMT
How about: Steely Dan Vs REM Two completely different bands. I have several albums by both. They are both fantastic and I still play their stuff all the time. REM are a fine band but they're no Steely Dan. |
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Post by ootlg on May 8, 2021 17:02:50 GMT
Hard given their music and when they made it were different. I was thinking in the end who cares, what matters in the end is what you like, so often I find many go with the cool or popular stuff and it's hard to stand outside your peers, especially as a teen. At the same time I was listening to and watching punk, post punk and new wave bands in my teen years I was also going to folk clubs as I've always liked that as well. My mates really took the piss, but fcuk em, all that mattered was I enjoyed it When I was into Motown, R&B and Ska, psychedelic rock came along and was mind-blowing stuff, especially if you were tripping or stoned, but I still went to a pub which had trad jazz bands and had some a good time. Loved the music too. |
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Post by wetkingcanute on May 8, 2021 17:06:19 GMT
but I still went to a pub which had trad jazz bands
in your Duffel coat and beret?
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Post by mids on May 8, 2021 17:08:09 GMT
Big blacked framed glasses? Black polo neck? Goatee?
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