Suzi Quatro 70 today. She used to do lots of shows for BBC Radio 2, mainly music from the late 50s and early 60s (plenty of Elvis). She's a natural for radio, sounds like she's talking just to you.
Posts made by dirkmcquickly
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RE: Celebrity Birthdays
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RE: The Beatles Mentioned on TV
Watching the film That'll be the day at the moment, from 1973. It contains the best acting ever from any Beatle. Sir Ringo is so believable, recreating part of his pre-Beatle life as a holiday camp attendant.
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Paul’s obscure items
One unusual bit of McCartney music I often recall is from 1974 when a new radio station opened in my home city of Manchester, England. It was called Piccadilly Radio and the evening show was presented by Andy Peebles, famously the last person to interview John Lennon. Paul composed a jingle for the station - the lyric was: Hello Piccadilly, hello Albert Square, hello Piccadilly, keep doing it on the air ! Sadly no recording exists that I know of. What other oddities do people know of from the dustier corners of Paul's collection ?
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RE: Beatles covers
My top 5 Beatle covers:
1. Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett
2. We can work it out - Stevie Wonder
3. Ticket to ride - Carpenters
4. Something - Shirley Bassey
5. Fool on the hill - Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66
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RE: Alternate Sgt. Pepper LP
Within you without you is such an integral part of that album that I can't imagine it otherwise. The album was so strikingly different from anything that had been done before, containing such a wonderful mix of exotic sounds and superlative playing. I know George is the only Beatle on that track, but then again Paul was the only Beatle on Yesterday. Within you without you offers a nice contrast, and the playing on it is absolutely brilliant.
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RE: Paul McCartney - YouTube Videos
Found a really funny item on YouTube of Paul duetting on 'Scrambled eggs' with Jimmy Fallon - probably everybody's seen it, but it's new to me, and very well done !
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RE: The one musician who still leaves Paul McCartney starstruck
Actually thought it was going to be Brian Wilson.
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RE: Song Of The Day
Old Wild Men by 10CC. From 1974, a song about musicians who are past their sell-by date. This beautiful song was way ahead of its time, because in 1974 there was no such person as a 70-year-old rocker (or even 60 or 50 for that matter).
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RE: Alternate Sgt. Pepper LP
Sergeant Pepper is perfect ! Leave it alone. All this talk of chopping and changing sounds like people are desperately trying to think of things to do during lockdown.
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RE: Letter to Paul (from Paul Weller)
What a nice letter ! I'm not a fan of Paul Weller's music by any means, but his heart is in the right place. Paul McCartney is always up for supporting good charities.
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RE: Song Of The Day
Mr. Armageddon, by Locomotive. A little-known psychedelic gem from 1969. Check it out on YouTube.
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RE: 100 Greatest Songwriters
After looking at the 100 songwriters in the list, it only covers the rock 'n roll era onwards. Several of them I've never heard of (perhaps you have to subscribe to Rolling Stone). Burt Bacharach and Hal David would be near the top for people like me aged 66 who have listened a lot to popular music over the last 60 years, so to see them at only number 32 is frankly ridiculous. Music is so subjective anyway, so no two people anywhere will agree. I feel that if you're talking about great songwriters, you must include those whose songs have really lasted and continue to be sung - I'm talking about Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Rodgers, Arlen, Berlin and all the writers in the Great American Songbook.
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RE: What's the weather like where you are?
Our home city of Manchester, England has had fine weather through most of the lockdown since March 23rd. Manchester has a reputation as a rainy city, but as a resident since my birth in 1953 I don't buy that. We have wet winters now instead of the snowbound winters we used to have when I was growing up, and the rest of the year is just fine. Manchester these days is a tourist destination which is a major change over the last 25 years.
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RE: Ringo Starr 'didn't have talent' to finish a song - so relied on George Harrison
Ringo once said he couldn't tune a drum to save his life - the modesty of the man !
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RE: U2 frontman Bono writes a fan letter to The Beatles: “It’s my earliest memory of music”
Nice letter from Bono there. I was born seven years before Bono and my first musical memories were skiffle which was big in the UK in the late fifties. Then Elvis was the game-changer - he initially influenced Cliff Richard, who along with the Shadows were, and still are, my number one musical heroes. The Beatles came along much later - I still recall hearing Love me do for the first time. It seemed different but it took me a while to get into them - I feel fine was the first Beatles record I bought.
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RE: 10 Chance Meetings That Changed the World
Mick Jagger bumped into Keith Richards by chance on Dartford railway station in Kent. I believe they'd met briefly before. They chatted about music and one thing led to another. I bet they changed the life of Dick Rowe at Decca records - after missing out on the Beatles he was obviously determined not to mess up again.
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RE: Remembering Linda
I remember watching a documentary on Linda many years ago when she talked about her photographic career. She preferred black and white photos, and she was shown walking down a street and snapping whatever looked different or interesting. I started to try that myself. At the time we were eating quite a few Linda McCartney meals which were very nice, even though my wife and I are not vegetarians. She was a great lady. It must have been unbelievably tough for someone with no musical experience to be pitched into one of the highest-profile bands in the world - you would only do that for someone you loved.
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RE: Database about the all starr band of Ringo
My wife and I saw Ringo and his band a few years ago and they were excellent. The most recent line-ups have people like Joe Walsh and Graham Gouldman, and there are some nice clips on YouTube.
By the way, whatever Sir Ringo is on, is clearly working, and I wouldn't mind some myself !