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Thread ID: 111688	2010-08-07 09:07:00	The Official Music Thread - Motown, Rock & All Other Genres	goodiesguy (15316)	PC World Chat

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1125410	2010-08-31 06:34:00	"Pink Floyd" is a group of 4 musicians (5 in 1965 and early 1968) consisting of Syd Barrett (left mid-1968) David Gilmour (joined early-1968) Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason and Bob Klose (left late-1965) Pink Floyd is an English band who have a song Money (and the album Dark Side Of The Moon) was played at every party I went to from 1973 to late 1977). After that it became less popular and for those who weren't around then, you might be thinking it was because of the arrival of punk rock or new wave (but you'd be wrong). No in 1977 along came an album that would be played at every party for the next two to twenty years, not just one song but the whole album over and over again until everyone on the planet knew every word of it. That album was Bat Out Of Hell by Meatloaf, and whether you liked it or not, you certainly couldn't avoid it. The other great party song of that year around that time was Cocaine by JJ Cale. It had been banned from being played on the radio and went to number one on the New Zealand charts almost over night. You couldn't go anywhere for a while without hearing it and around a year later an Eric Clapton cover version came out (which I think they now play on the radio). Funnily enough if you went to a pub that year, you wouldn't be hearing The Clash or The Sex Pistols as one band seemed to dominate that era. No the biggest thing in mainstream at the time was Saturday Night Fever by the Bee Gees. Never did work out why but suspect it had as much to do with John Travolta as it did with the Bee Gees. (Travolta had been the star of a TV show Welcome Back Kotter but Saturday Night Fever pretty much launched him into films).	Twelvevolts (5457)
1125411	2010-08-31 06:39:00	A few years ago my son discovered Pink Floyd and couldn't understand how his parents kept singing along to the songs when he played them, particularly songs off The Wall. He could see we didn't own the album (well not on CD at least) but had no idea it used to get thrashed on the radio so much that just about everyone our age has it imprinted on their brain.	Twelvevolts (5457)
1125412	2010-08-31 06:52:00	No in 1977 along came an album that would be played at every party for the next two to twenty years, not just one song but the whole album over and over again until everyone on the planet knew every word of it . That album was Bat Out Of Hell by Meatloaf, and whether you liked it or not, you certainly couldn't avoid it . Funnily enough if you went to a pub that year, you wouldn't be hearing The Clash or The Sex Pistols as one band seemed to dominate that era . No the biggest thing in mainstream at the time was Saturday Night Fever by the Bee Gees . Never did work out why but suspect it had as much to do with John Travolta as it did with the Bee Gees . (Travolta had been the star of a TV show Welcome Back Kotter but Saturday Night Fever pretty much launched him into films) . The whole Meatloaf album is really a Morality Play, much like a soap opera and it has a message in the end - but if you take any of the songs out of context, it becomes less clear what his message is/was . I would refer you to Meatloaf's "Objects In The Rear View Mirror ( . youtube . com/watch?v=37GrbCUvZEM" target="_blank">www . youtube . com)" and try to watch the YouTube vid if you haven't seen it before . Listen to the words . If you really want to know what the BeeGees were all about, you need to hear their "1914 New York Mining Disaster" album . 'Nowadays, Clancy Can't Even Sing' and the title song: '1914 New York Mining Disaster' and of course, "Broken Arrow" are all superb musical vignettes . If anyone has a copy of The Byrds 'Fifth Dimension" album recording of: "2-4-2 Foxtrot/The Lear Jet Song" I'd like to know about it . McGuinn [also] penned the album's closing track, "2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song)", which was an attempt to create an aural approximation of a flight in a Lear Jet . [5] The song was inspired by the band's friendship with jet manufacturer John Lear and the title is a reference to the registration number of Lear's own personal jet, which was N242FT . [5][24] The song makes extensive use of aviation sound effects, including an in-cockpit recitation of a pilot's pre-takeoff checklist and the sound of a jet engine starting up . [24] While the song can be regarded as another of The Byrds' quirky album closers, like "Oh! Susannah" and "We'll Meet Again" from their previous albums, Crosby and McGuinn actually took the song very seriously, arguing that it was an innovative attempt at incorporating mechanical sounds into a pop song format . [21]	SurferJoe46 (51)
1125413	2010-09-01 09:12:00	I found this piece of 90's nostalgia (www.youtube.com) Interesting and annoying at the same time. But enough of that. Here is a show all New Zealander's and British will know, as it was on every week at 5pm saturday's here in NZ till 2006. Yes, it's Number One, it's!! (www.youtube.com) (not benny hill, if your worried)	goodiesguy (15316)
1125414	2010-09-02 20:02:00	The Libertines at Reading 2010 - Time For Heroes. www.youtube.com Love that song. Band has to go off during song because of the crowd crush but come back and take up where they left off.	Twelvevolts (5457)
1125415	2010-09-02 21:47:00	The Orb, Metallic Spheres featuring David Gilmore. Here. (www.youtube.com) :)	Trev (427)
1125416	2010-09-03 07:57:00	I found this piece of 90's nostalgia (www.youtube.com) Interesting and annoying at the same time. But enough of that. Here is a show all New Zealander's and British will know, as it was on every week at 5pm saturday's here in NZ till 2006. Yes, it's Number One, it's!! (www.youtube.com) (not benny hill, if your worried) That's not nostalgia that's sick	gary67 (56)
1125417	2010-09-03 08:21:00	How is that not nostalgia??? It's shows how much the world has changed and how music has changed. Yes it is sick (i agree 100%), but its still a form of nostalgia	goodiesguy (15316)
1125418	2010-09-03 08:55:00	Away from the mainstream stuff... Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris www.youtube.com	bob_doe_nz (92)
1125419	2010-09-04 02:10:00	Here's something that mite cheer you guys up: Polka Power! ( . youtube . com/watch?v=yugldxpRDMo" target="_blank">www . youtube . com): Weird Al Yankovic Hope you people in Christchurch are OK	goodiesguy (15316)
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