It was a long time ago but enjoyed seeing Squeeze in the Top Rank late 70’s - the support act for the magnificent Dr Feelgood
Heard this on an advert for something on tv - sourced it and it’s now on my playlist. Never heard of the singer before.
New name to me too. I'm surprised i haven't heard of him given my penchant for soul music. Excellent find nin
How do you get a duck to sing soul? Put it in the microwave until its bill withers. Ain't no sunshine when she's gone...... Picked the wrong track really. That's more his blues.
But its still a lovely day.... Unless you're the duck. Absolutely qwackers!!! Now where is Masky? Gone into hibernation?
His live performance with Q Tips of Raise Your hand fantastic Saw the QTips a few times - what a great live band
At the pub this evening one of the lads mentioned the James Bond film Dr No - in particular the Ursula Andress scene where she emerges from the sea with a white seashell bikini. As a trivia question I challenged them to name a 1970s song that mentioned Dr No. I gave them clues until they DID identify the band - but not the track - and didn’t recognise it even when I played it to them. Strange - this is one of my favourites……
Probably the most talented bunch of musicians to emerge in the 70's. Graham Gouldman's song writing for others even before they launched themselves as 10cc was spectacular. Eric Stewart once said that in the 70's only them and Queen were on a par musically, but the huge advantage possessed by Queen, particularly live was that Queen had an out and out front man, and they didn't. They were probably the more inventive of the two, but Queen stuck together whereas the Stewart/Gouldman and Godley/Cream factions became divisive. Super talents all of them, and today's crap we're subjected to doesn't come close.
The rubbish we are subjected to today is an insult to the word "crap". As I've said before music from the 60/70/80's will be around and played long after rap/crap/house/louse/garage/garbage has been consigned to the sh1t heap.
And me. However, I personally think there’s a difference because back then most artists actually played instruments and sang with minimal electronic ‘help’. They also (mostly) wrote original material. So even if you didn’t actually LIKE the music, it’s possible to recognise that a fair amount of songwriting and instrumental skills were involved. Today’s music in the main is computer generated remixes of old songs, with digitally enhanced singing. Im generalising of course - there are a still couple of talented artists around today, but they are a tiny minority and the mainstream stuff really is, as OS said ‘crap’.
Couldn't that be said about every decade? Even in the 60/70/80s the mainstream was dominated by acts that mimed to "backing" tracks. I think it's all about our interpretation of "music". We all set our ground rules as to what music should be. To my generation, I think we still wanted a degree of melody and uniformity, though this was a lot less than that expected by our parents. I suppose my point is that I don't think it's a lot different today than what it's always been. My parents thought The Who were just loud noise for loudness sake. To my mind, there's been good and bad music always.
Perhaps it's my deafness but so much of the modern noise doesn't justify the word music. Your parents' views on The Who, Clingo, might have had some merit at the time but, with hindsight, the performers were musicians, could perform with a variety of instruments, didn't used repetitive computer technology and could actually sing. Those terms can't be applied to many current "performers".
I think most of it is down to a lack of understanding as to what is being produced. That's not a criticism of our generation because we're not supposed to understand it. Just like the music of The Who et al wasn't intended to be understood by our parents. I go back to my argument that it all depends on your interpretation of what music is. To me, music is a moving feast that sometimes makes me throw up but that doesn't necessarily make it bad or unimportant. Equally, I don't think we're "subjected," to anything in terms of art or entertainment. With so much choice now and the efficiency of off switches, we can either choose to listen or to ignore. Both are valid choices.
