A favourite song?

Post by TJ » October 9, 2017, 2:11 am

"God Bless America," popularizes by Kate Smith in the fifties, might be a top song.

"Amazing Grace" is another candidate for the top song.

Post by **Nigglyb** » October 9, 2017, 2:20 am

vlad wrote: ↑
October 9, 2017, 2:03 am
As its a Music theme lets here your top 5 love Songs and the One most likely to get you dancing close with your loved 1.
Heres Mine. 5 Gravity by Embrace 4 Hard to say I'm Sorry Chicago 3 Without You Nielson 2 I cant fight this Feeling REO Speedwagon and there can only be 1 top love song, in my opinion, Three Times A Lady Commodores.

I’d be up for a cheek to cheek with you Vlad if our eyes met across a crowded room & any of these came on the jukebox

Don’t You Want Me - Human League
Do you Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
I Can’t Make You Love Me - George Michael
I’m Not The Only One - Sam Smith
It’s Not Right But It’s Okay - Whitney Houston

Post by **vlad** » October 9, 2017, 2:34 am

Im not biting Niggly stop trying to spoil the thread.

Post by **trubrit** » October 9, 2017, 6:12 am

vlad wrote: ↑
October 9, 2017, 2:03 am
As its a Music theme lets here your top 5 love Songs and the One most likely to get you dancing close with your loved 1.
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oh yes, they were really the days, when you espied the lady of your dreams, plucked up the courage to go across and said "May I have this dance" if she said yes, you held her hand and escorted her to the floor where you put your hand on her waist, pulled her close to you and for the next five minutes you were in heaven . That all finished with the advent of R&R where you just simply threw her about and jigged up and down like a crazed zombie for a few minutes, then spent the next ten minutes in the gents making sure your quiff was just right before going out and doing it all again . Yes no doubt in my book R&R killed romance, why I even heard one fella simply walk up to a girl and asked "Do you f..k" she replied "for you you sweet talker , I might "that was it they didn't bother to jive just simply got their coats .As I've said before"Fings ain't wat they used to be" I know which I prefer.

Post by **tamada** » October 9, 2017, 8:33 am

trubrit wrote: ↑
October 9, 2017, 6:12 am

vlad wrote: ↑
October 9, 2017, 2:03 am
As its a Music theme lets here your top 5 love Songs and the One most likely to get you dancing close with your loved 1.
.
oh yes, they were really the days, when you espied the lady of your dreams, plucked up the courage to go across and said "May I have this dance" if she said yes, you held her hand and escorted her to the floor where you put your hand on her waist, pulled her close to you and for the next five minutes you were in heaven . That all finished with the advent of R&R where you just simply threw her about and jigged up and down like a crazed zombie for a few minutes, then spent the next ten minutes in the gents making sure your quiff was just right before going out and doing it all again . Yes no doubt in my book R&R killed romance, why I even heard one fella simply walk up to a girl and asked "Do you f..k" she replied "for you you sweet talker , I might "that was it they didn't bother to jive just simply got their coats .As I've said before"Fings ain't wat they used to be" I know which I prefer.

I hear ya! R&B started the rot and I recall the weekend dances in the 70's where the girls danced in a circle around their handbags on the floor, while the blokes circled like sharks, absolutely clueless about dancing but eager for the night's 'trap'. Having a decent motor was always a leg-opener but for those without wheels, cadging a ride to the dance in one of your mates 'pussy magnet' cars made getting back home all a bit perilous.

I recall trying the old charm method at a Sunday night dance at the Glen Ruth Hotel in Rutherglen. I had been eyeing a tall, fit-looking blonde lass the previous weekend so finally plucked up courage to ask only to get, "Can ye dance with me mate? I'm sweatin' already."

Post by **Laan Yaa Mo** » October 9, 2017, 9:08 am

trubrit post[/quote wrote:oh uteThat all finished with the advent of R&R where you just simply threw her about and jigged up and down like a crazed zombie for a few mins, then spent the next ten minutes in the gents making sure your quiff was just right before going out and doing it all again . Yes no doubt in my book R&R killed romance

Actually, that dance started in the 1930s. Here is an example from 194i before R and R existed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahoJReiCaPk

In latin dancing, the jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was popularized in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance. Glenn Miller introduced his own jive dance in 1938 with the song "Doin' the Jive" which never caught on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jive_(dance)

Post by **trubrit** » October 9, 2017, 10:06 am

Laan Yaa Mo wrote: ↑
October 9, 2017, 9:08 am

trubrit post[/quote wrote:oh uteThat all finished with the advent of R&R where you just simply threw her about and jigged up and down like a crazed zombie for a few mins, then spent the next ten minutes in the gents making sure your quiff was just right before going out and doing it all again . Yes no doubt in my book R&R killed romance
Actually, that dance started in the 1930s. Here is an example from 194i before R and R existed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahoJReiCaPk

In latin dancing, the jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was popularized in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance. Glenn Miller introduced his own jive dance in 1938 with the song "Doin' the Jive" which never caught on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jive_(dance)

Very athletic but dancing? No way. We used to have dancing lessons at school where we learnt not only to dance properly but respect for the female with whom we wished to dance. Those videos show the obvious roots of that behaviour, almost animalistic in a primitive way.Not one of the finer imports from the US.in my mind.

Post by **vincemunday** » October 9, 2017, 10:25 am

I'm surprised that this one hasn't been mentioned, it was such a huge hit back in the day. Queen the original album was probably the best they did but it isn't very well known.

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody https://youtu.be/fJ9rUzIMcZQ

Post by **Laan Yaa Mo** » October 9, 2017, 11:18 am

trubrit wrote: ↑
October 9, 2017, 10:06 am
. We used to have dancing lessons at school where we learnt not only to dance properly but respect for the female with whom we wished to dance. /quote]

At school, we learnt the waltz and square dancing. It was fun although most of us were painfully shy. Also, the girls and boys had to dress and act politely,

Post by **vlad** » October 9, 2017, 2:59 pm

If anyone thinks GlamRock was all about Glitter take a look at The Sweet performing Hell Raiser live at The Hammersmith Odeon in72-73 miles ahead of there time or Slade doing a song called Get Down n Get with it live. Considering there was little or no effects on the Guitars at that time the Sound is heavy. Noddy Holder had such a powerful Gritty voice it has been suggested he was asked to replace Bon Scott before it was offered to Bryan Johnson in AC/DC.

Post by **vincemunday** » October 9, 2017, 4:44 pm

A few more from the Glam Rock era, how could we forget sexy bum Quattro?

The Sparks video made me laugh, can you imagine all the fluffies these days if the organist appeared on TV? My word there would be uproars, mind I suppose we were somewhat gender neutral in those days with our long hair, flares and stack shoes, way ahead of our time.

David Essex - Rock On - https://youtu.be/fR3hhc_Nfg8

Suzi Quattro - Can the can - https://youtu.be/xYoogY-UGio

Sparks - This Town ain’t big enough for the both of us. - https://youtu.be/QAzESJ62irI

Post by **Barney** » October 9, 2017, 5:16 pm

I don't have a favourite song but a favourite era. late 70's and early 80's aussie pub rock bands.
Most of my local pubs with live music shut at 3am, 4 or 5 nights a week. Many a difficult wake up for work.

Just some bands off a list I found like below. I saw the majority. It was the aussie rock era but credit where credit is due a lot of kiwi bands or kiwi's in the band helped create this memorable time in my life. It coincided with the disco era which did not interest me unless you wanted to check out the snobby girls.

Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Rose Tattoo, Hunters & Collectors, Paul Kelly, Sunnyboys, Australian Crawl, Divinyls, Skyhooks, Icehouse, The Church and Dragon, "Weddings, Parties, Anything", Painters & Dockers, The Johnnys, The Screaming Tribesmen, The Lime Spiders, The Dingoes and V. Spy V. Spy. and many more.

Post by **Nigglyb** » October 9, 2017, 5:30 pm

Crikey, Rose Tattoo, that's a blast from the past & more recently Divinyls

Post by **vincemunday** » October 9, 2017, 5:37 pm

Cold Chisel - Forever now - https://youtu.be/WcjZrf_g-lQ

Post by **Rocketmanbkk** » October 9, 2017, 9:38 pm

Mines happy birthday

When you're singing that to someone it's always special

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Post by **milkman** » October 9, 2017, 10:12 pm

Why Vince, you softy! You took my question and made it into a post more popular than any I've ever had! Mine are like the early Alzheimer's test, and people go, "Oh fk, wish he hadn't posted that... I guess I ought to see if I've got it. Maybe tomorrow."

Anyway, to the question: My favorite song is And I Love You So, sung here by Don McLean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpV46ycq0dQ To me, it tells the truth about loneliness, love and how love is what makes life worth living. Come by sometime.

Post by **vincemunday** » October 9, 2017, 10:33 pm

I wondered when you would post your song, Don McClean eh? Well of course I also have a song by the same artist, I've had it sung and bought for me a few times through my life. In reality I was called Vince Everitt after Elvis in Jailhouse Rock, it was nothing to do with Mr Van Gogh

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock https://youtu.be/gj0Rz-uP4Mk

Don McClean - Vincent https://youtu.be/tNdYLGAxcWA

I'm sure your lovely lady and Fa will sort something out. Please don't forget to do the test

Post by **BigRick808** » October 10, 2017, 8:22 am

Rocketmanbkk wrote: ↑
October 9, 2017, 9:38 pm
Mines happy birthday

When you're singing that to someone it's always special

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So true.

Post by **BigRick808** » October 10, 2017, 8:49 am

Love songs? OK....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9m_C6jAT7U Journey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_n_NgGWpR4 Dr. Hook

Leo Sayer https://www.allmusic.com/album/20-great ... 0000468048

Robert John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5grdfnGUss

Barry Manilow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjCD1i5tTYM

Post by **747man** » October 10, 2017, 8:56 am

https://youtu.be/hXTAn4ELEwM

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