brian91

Goodnight... Mr Bond (as he pinched the bond girl) :lol: How many holes were there in the song "A day in the life"

Eleanor Rigby

Ouch! :D All you need is love v All you need is cash :)

Klaatu

Read this on another site, made me laugh.... Suppose we should thank ourselves lucky that Bush still isn't in charge - after all Scotland has oil, WMDs and has helped terrorists :kink:

Just for you Chris I found some facts about the song, take some with a pinch of salt mind you... ;) Charlene originally recorded this in 1976, and it got to #97 in the American charts. Six years later, it was re-released after a Florida radio station started playing it to great public acclaim, by which time Charlene had moved to England and was working in an Ilford, Essex sweet shop. The re-release became a huge hit in England as well. The song was originally written from a male perspective but was rewritten by Ron Miller for Charlene. The use of the line "I've been to crying for unborn children" was not written about abortion. The line refers to a woman who is at a point in her life that she wished she had taken the time to have children. There are many misconceptions about this song. The spoken bridge in the song was not about or did it mention abortion - it was deemed too feminist and when Charlene's first album was re-released in 1977, the spoken bridge had been deleted. When the song became an unexpected hit in 1982 it was the version WITH the spoken bridge intact that was released. It has also been widely reported that the 1982 single was a re-recording, it is not. Charlene was signed to Motown Records, but this was her only hit. When this song was first released in America in 1976, Charlene's full name was Charlene Duncan through her marriage to record producer Larry Duncan, but when the song was released for a second time in 1982, her name was then Charlene Oliver because of her marriage to Englishman Jeff Oliver. This was used in the 1994 movie The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert. There have been several cover versions of this song by both male and female artists, including Nancy Wilson, Randy Crawford, The Temptations, Walter Jackson and Howard Keel. Mine would be it was complete piece of $h!t :lol:

The US Top 50 for this week 1 1 8 where did our love go the supremes 2 5 4 THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN the animals 3 2 10 EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY dean martin 4 3 7 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT beatles 5 6 8 C'MON AND SWIM bobby freeman 6 4 10 UNDER THE BOARDWALK the drifters 7 7 5 because Dave Clark Five 8 8 8 WALK-DON'T RUN '64 the ventures 9 23 3 BREAD AND BUTTER the newbeats 10 10 8 how do you do it Gerry and the Pacemakers 11 9 11 WISHIN' AND HOPIN' dusty springfield 12 12 7 people say The Dixie Cups 13 17 6 AND I LOVE HER beatles 14 32 5 selfish one Jackie Ross 15 28 5 g.t.o. Ronny and the Daytonas 16 16 6 such a night Elvis Presley 17 11 11 rag doll Four Seasons 18 21 6 MAYBE I KNOW lesley gore 19 20 8 just be true Gene Chandler 20 25 5 you never can tell Chuck Berry 21 38 4 CLINGING VINE bobby vinton 22 13 10 THE LITTLE OLD LADY (From Pasadena) jan & dean 23 18 10 how glad i am Nancy Wilson 24 19 7 AIN'T SHE SWEET beatles 25 29 5 I'LL CRY INSTEAD beatles 26 31 6 IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT jerry wallace 27 15 15 i get around Beach Boys 28 14 11 I WANNA LOVE HIM SO BAD the jelly beans 29 42 7 IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE gene pitney 30 39 3 MAYBELLINE johnny rivers 31 22 9 handy man Del Shannon 32 54 3 BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING four tops 33 24 11 steal away Jimmy Hughes 34 40 6 dang me rolling stones 35 47 4 HAUNTED HOUSE gene simmons 36 30 6 i'll keep you satisfied Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas 37 33 8 she's the one The Chartbusters 38 27 9 TELL ME (You're Coming Back) rolling stones 39 26 13 KEEP ON PUSHING the impressions 40 37 11 MIXED-UP, SHOOK-UP, GIRL patty & the emblems 41 43 7 HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME the tams 42 68 2 dancing in the street Martha and the Vandellas 43 51 4 HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME millie 44 49 6 I WANT YOU TO MEET MY BABY eydie gorme 45 69 3 funny Joe Hinton 46 48 8 LITTLE LATIN LUPE LU the kingsmen 47 78 2 REMEMBER (Walkin' In the Sand) Shangri-Las 48 62 4 WE'LL SING IN THE SUNSHINE gale garnett 49 52 7 worry Johnny Tillotson 50 66 2 i'm on the outside Little Anthony and the Imperials You can see the chart impression UK acts were making on the American charts compared to just a couple of years previously when hardly any UK act appeared. The Beatles lead the way with 4 songs, but the Stones are there, plus The Animals,Dave Clark, Gerry & Pacemakers, Billy J and Dusty. :D

A few interesting songs in here.... 01. (1) Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy...a bit silly, but still a good catchy pop song :yahoo: 02. (2) The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night...one of their best 03.(11) Honeycombs - Have I The Right?....I liked this track, a good uptempo song :dance: 04. (5) Jim Reeves - I Won't Forget You....I never got the fascination with him at all :( 05. (3) The Barron Knights - Call Up The Groups :lol: 06. (6) Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road :) 07. (4) The Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now...Excellent tune 08. (8) The Beach Boys - I Get Around :cheer: 09. (7) Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself...like this one :cheer: 10.(12) Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas - From A Window... :unsure: 11. (9) Cliff Richard - On The Beach...not sure about this one, never been a Cliff fan, but I suppose it was ok 12.(10) Billy Fury - It's Only Make Believe :) 13.(17) Cilla Black - It's For You...so so 14.(14) Four Pennies - I Found Out The Hard Way :unsure: 15.(34) The Kinks - You Really Got Me....sheer class :cheer: 16.(19) Jim Reeves - I Love You Because...probably one of his best known songs 17.(15) Merseybeats - Wishin' And Hopin' :unsure: 18.(20) The Searchers - Some Day We're Gonna Love Again :unsure: 19.(27) Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By....not bad 20.(21) Dave Berry - The Crying Game 21.(43) The Bachelors - I Wouldn't Trade You For The World :puke2: 22.(13) The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun....classic :yahoo: 23.(20) Dionne Warwick - You'll Never Get To Heaven...this was ok 24.(18) PJ Proby - Hold Me...quite liked this one 25.(46) Julie Rogers - The Wedding :unsure: 26.(31) The Dave Clark Five - Thinking Of You Baby :unsure: 27.(22) The Everly Brothers - The Ferris Wheel :unsure: 28.(35) The Zombies - She's Not There...always liked this one, very underated band 29.(30) Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema :unsure: 30.(23) Elvis Presley - Kissin' Cousins :) 31.(NE) Elvis Presley - Such A Night :) 32.(24) Roy Orbison - It's Over....good song by Roy 33.(26) Fourmost - How Can I Tell Her 34.(33) Ken Dodd - Happiness...hated him singing,especially this one 35.(25) Brian Poole And The Tremeloes - Someone, Someone :unsure: 36.(26) The Bachelors - Ramona :puke2: 37.(28) Swinging Blue Jeans - You're No Good...this was ok 38.(29) Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly!...well hello Dolly :rolleyes: 39.(NE) Naturals - I Should Have Known Better...can't remember their version of the Beatles track 40.(NE) Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good...this was ok :) 41.(37) Applejacks - Like Dreamers Do 42.(36) Sounds Incorporated - Spanish Harlem :) 43.(31) Crickets - (They Call Her) La Bamba 44.(48) Cilla Black - You're My World...one of her better songs 45.(NE) Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell 46.(39) Mary Wells - My Guy :) 47.(42) Millie - Sweet William 48.(NE) Brian Poole And The Tremeloes - Twelve Steps To Love 49.(41) Del Shannon - Handy Man 50.(50) Simon Scott - Move It Baby Not a bad chart actually, surprised I liked so many

I am in total agreement with you on this.

Interesting read Lesley, not surprised about both Elvis and the Beatles in the top 10. If you don't mind I have posted this in the Beatles forum, giving you a mention as the source

The MusicStack website tried to put together a list of the ten most valuable vinyl records. They used different sources to come up with the list (Ebay, RecordCollector and others). The complete Top Ten is as follows: 1.John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy (Geffen US Album, 1980) Note: Autographed by Lennon five hours before Mark David Chapman assassinated him. Value: $525,000 2.The Quarrymen – “That’ll Be the Day”/”In Spite Of All The Danger” (UK 78 RPM, Acetate in plain sleeve, 1958) Note: Only one copy made. Value: $180,000 3.The Beatles – Yesterday and Today (Capitol, US Album in ‘butcher’ sleeve, 1966) Value: $38,500, though more typically prices range from $150-$7500 4.Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (CBS, US album, stereo 1963 featuring 4 tracks deleted from subsequent releases) Value: $35,000 5.Long Cleve Reed & Little Harvey Hull – “Original Stack O’Lee Blues” (Black Patti, US 78 RPM in plain sleeve, 1927) Value: $30,000 6.Frank Wilson – “Do I Love You?” (Tamla Motown, US 7” 45 RPM in plain sleeve, 1965) Value: $30,000 7.Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground and Nico (US Album Acetate, in plain sleeve, 1966 with alternate versions of tracks from official release) Value: estimate $25,200 8.Elvis Presley - Stay Away, Joe (US, RCA Victor UNRM-9408, 1967) Note: One side promotional album. Value: $25,000 9.The Five Sharps - “Stormy Weather” (US, Jubilee 5104, 78 RPM, 1953) Value: $25,000 10.The Hornets - “I Can’t Believe” (US, States 127, 78 RPM, 1953) Value: $25,000 No surprise that the Beatles are top 3 Thanks to Beautiful Angel(Lesley) in the Elvis forum for this. :cheer:

Birdy

Like them getting presented with the award for being the top 4 in the US.

Play a jam a session with passers by of course. Who was the Indian guru that they went off to see?

Yer Blues

A Hard Day's Night Yellow Submarine v Magical Mystery Tour

India

In an unprecedented attack, FBI director Robert Mueller told the Scottish Justice Secretary he was "outraged" at the release of Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi, saying it made a mockery of the law and gave comfort to terrorists. This is what he said..... The letter sent by FBI director Robert Mueller to Scotland's Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill Dear Mr Secretary Over the years I have been a prosecutor, and recently as the Director of the FBI, I have made it a practice not to comment on the actions of other prosecutors, since only the prosecutor handling the case has all the facts and the law before him in reaching the appropriate decision. Your decision to release Megrahi causes me to abandon that practice in this case. I do so because I am familiar with the facts, and the law, having been the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the investigation and indictment of Megrahi in 1991. And I do so because I am outraged at your decision, blithely defended on the grounds of "compassion". Your action in releasing Megrahi is as inexplicable as it is detrimental to the cause of justice. Indeed your action makes a mockery of the rule of law. Your action gives comfort to terrorists around the world who now believe that regardless of the quality of the investigation, the conviction by jury after the defendant is given all due process, and sentence appropriate to the crime, the terrorist will be freed by one man's exercise of "compassion". Your action rewards a terrorist even though he never admitted to his role in this act of mass murder and even though neither he nor the government of Libya ever disclosed the names and roles of others who were responsible. Your action makes a mockery of the emotions, passions and pathos of all those affected by the Lockerbie tragedy: the medical personnel who first faced the horror of 270 bodies strewn in the fields around Lockerbie, and in the town of Lockerbie itself; the hundreds of volunteers who walked the fields of Lockerbie to retrieve any piece of debris related to the break-up of the plane; the hundreds of FBI agents and Scottish police who undertook an unprecedented global investigation to identify those responsible; the prosecutors who worked for years - in some cases a full career - to see justice done. But most importantly, your action makes a mockery of the grief of the families who lost their own on December 21, 1988. You could not have spent much time with the families, certainly not as much time as others involved in the investigation and prosecution. You could not have visited the small wooden warehouse where the personal items of those who perished were gathered for identification - the single sneaker belonging to a teenager; the Syracuse sweatshirt never again to be worn by a college student returning home for the holidays; the toys in a suitcase of a businessman looking forward to spending Christmas with his wife and children. You apparently made this decision without regard to the views of your partners in the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the Lockerbie tragedy. Although the FBI and Scottish police, and prosecutors in both countries, worked exceptionally closely to hold those responsible accountable, you never once sought our opinion, preferring to keep your own counsel and hiding behind opaque references to "the need for compassion". You have given the family members of those who died continued grief and frustration. You have given those who sought to assure that the persons responsible would be held accountable the back of your hand. You have given Megrahi a "jubilant welcome" in Tripoli, according to the reporting. Where, I ask, is the justice? Sincerely yours, Robert S. Mueller, III Director What amazes me is who the hell does he think he is. An American critisizing another Country's judicial system, there's a shocker. Sorry, but I don't think the USA are a role model for their judicial system, I mean Guantanamo Bay anyone? Also for someone who says he knows all about the case, how come he says " the conviction by jury", if I recall correctly is was overseen by 3 Scottish judges, no jury whatsoever. The more you dig into this story the more I think it was a political decision, but not made in Scotland. Something tells me the UK Government are behind this, Blair,Brown,Mandelson have all been in touch with Gadaffi & his son in the last few weeks and years. No doubt trade has played a part in this as well. But Labour cannot be seen publicly to have orchestrated it, as it would destroy relations with the US, and stupid Scottish politicians are the fall guys. I wonder if they have been bought of with some kind of subsidy for taking the heat. I have no idea whether this guy bombed the plane or not, however Scotland's legal system does allow compassion to release people who are diagnosed with a terminal illness, unlike the US system which says rot in jail whether you did it or not, or whether you are dying or not. No doubt if he had been tried in a US court he would have already been executed. There is a rumour here that leading Americans are telling US citizens to boycot everything Scottish, if this is correct then it seems very harsh, as the Scottish people didn't make this decision.

It seems to me that most songwriters peak before they are 40 some a lot earlier. Yes there are a few exceptions, but I just wonder if you think most artists reach a peak of ability at a certain age, and then it just becomes too difficult to write great songs, or is it more subjective in that artists just lose popularity when newer/younger artists come along.

Anyone remember Mouldy old dough by Lieutenant Pigeon, I think there were only 4 lines which repeated the song title :lol: and if you don't believe me listen.... :lol: 3bFGfIAJRvo

Must admit they are really good.

Bearded Shark Name all the films they made?

Venus and Mars

Mind Games Whatever gets you thru the night v Number 9 Dream

Gone Troppo