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Off Topic Saints Not606 Music Thread

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by Saints_Alive, Jun 13, 2017.

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Do you want a stickied music thread ?

Poll closed Jun 16, 2017.
  1. YES

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  2. NO

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  3. DON'T CARE

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  1. Ian Thumwood

    Ian Thumwood Well-Known Member

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    How about some Lester Bowie featuring his wife , Fontella Bass on a vocals plus the over-looked tenor of Ari Brown?

     
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  2. Ian Thumwood

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    How about an alternative take to Witney Houston's version?

     
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  3. Saints_Alive

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    I don't think it was his birthday Ian!...<laugh>
    you haven't quite grasped the concept of my daily birthday tributes have you?...:)
     
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  4. Saints_Alive

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    71....Freddie Stone (co-founder, guitarist and vocalist of Sly & the Family Stone) was born Frederick Stewart in Vallejo, California in 1947...

     
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    54... Magz, keyboardist and bassist for Fuzzbox (International Rescue) was born in Solihull in 1964...

     
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    62...Richard Butler (lead singer, songwriter of The Psychedelic Furs) was born in Kingston upon Thames in 1956...

     
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    71...Mrs Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, American avant-garde artist and musician (known for O Superman), born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois in 1947...

     
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    Tom Evans, rock bassist/vocalist (Badfinger), born in Liverpool (d. 1983)...

    He is singing this McCartney classic here...

     
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  10. Archers Road

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    Everytime America looks like a lost cause, it redeems itself with music. Just bought tickets to go and see these guys at Islington assembly Hall in September...

     
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    Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer (Four Tops-Same Old Song), born in Detroit, Michigan in 1936 (d. 2008)...

     
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    And of course I have to post this gem from the Barking Bard...

     
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    40... Carl BarĂ¢t, Indie singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things) was born in Basingstoke in 1978...

    This could almost be England's WC song...:emoticon-0110-tongu


     
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  15. Number 1 Jasper

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    Here's a song for a rainy day ( Like today ) .

    I LOVE it .


     
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    A Couple of songs to get the heart pounding :)











     
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    Prince [Rogers Nelson], American singer-songwriter and musician (1999, Purple Rain), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1958 (d. 2016)...

    I was obsessed with this man's music for a period between about '85-'88 and thought he was a natural born music genius up there with Stevie Wonder. The sex thing went a bit far in his lyrics after that IMO, but there is no denying the legacy that he has left to the World. His talent as a musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, dancer and entertainer was immense and unique...

     
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