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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.
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  2. NO

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  3. DON'T CARE

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  1. Saints_Alive

    Saints_Alive Well-Known Member

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    A pair of Monkees were born on this day, Guitarist and Songwriter, Mike Nesmith in Houston in 1942 and Singer Davy Jones in Manchester in 1945...

     
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    Massively influential R&B and Rock & Roll legend Bo Diddley was born on this day in 1928...

     
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    Rock & Roller, Del Shannon was born on this day in 1934...

    Here is his signature song...

     
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    Happy 48th Birthday to Jay Kay, Frontman of Funk/ Acid Jazz band Jamiroquai who was born Jason Luis Cheetham on this day in Wangford, Suffolk in 1969..

     
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    A song for Alex and his excellent display today from one of my favourite anti-Thatcher indie bands from the 80s...

     
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    Ok, no Birthdays today, but here are a few belated ones from yesterday that I couldn't post.

    Happy 58th Birthday to Minneapolis Punk band and Alternative Rock pioneers, The Replacements Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter, Paul Westerberg who was born in Minnesota yesterday in 1959...

    He wrote this tribute to one of my music heroes...

     
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    Happy 75th Birthday to The Police Lead Guitarist, Co Songwriter and occasional Lead Singer, Andy Summers who was born Andrew Somers yesterday in Lancashire in 1942...

    He wrote this instrumental...

     
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    Disco Diva, Donna Summer was born LaDonna Adrian Gaines in Boston yesterday in 1948...

     
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    "Mother Nature's Son" as Macca described him, Folkie John Denver was born yesterday in Roswell, New Mexico in 1943..

    This was one of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar...

     
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    Not posted as a Joke . Masters of the pop world
    IMHO .



     
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    My (weak) claim to fame - I once sang with Bjorn Ulvaeus :emoticon-0103-cool:
     
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    Go on , tell us more :)
     
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    His kids went to the British Primary School in Stockholm at the same time as mine and I stood next to him at the carol concert :emoticon-0105-wink:
    He was a very nice bloke actually - very approachable and his wife looked the spitting image of Agnetha :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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    I had heard he married a " Copy " .

    I also have a claim to fame about ABBA :)
     
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    Another new A Perfect Circle song. New album should be good if the first 2 songs are anything to go by.

     
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    Some personal favourite songs of 2017....

     
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