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nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: April 05 2011, 20:20 Quote (HR lover @ April 05 2011, 13:43) Ok I've heard of AC/DC I even know how they got their name. I'm glad it wasn't some obscure Glaswegian band. ... As HRlover implies   Back to top

HR lover Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Sep. 2010 Posted: April 06 2011, 07:37 -------------- Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2274 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: April 06 2011, 18:50 @Ugo I'm guessing either Melbourne or Italy (Have they ever toured there?). If you look at Australian TV/Radio in the 60's we sounded like England in the 40's   Actually read a story recently about The Queens English, apparently over the entire world it's New Zealand (And it's strict uncles) that now speaks English better than anyone else. The video clip for AccaDacca's Long Way to the Top was shot on the streets of Melbourne . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0I9WKWp44 Actually as a kid we used to sing It's a long way to the shop If you want a sausage roll Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: April 06 2011, 18:55 Quote (Milamber @ April 06 2011, 18:50) If you look at Australian TV/Radio in the 60's we sounded like England in the 40's   Actually read a story recently about The Queens English, apparently over the entire world it's New Zealand (And it's strict uncles) that now speaks English better than anyone else.   With regard to Oz presenters not sounding Australian in the 1960s, I heard somewhere that this was intentional: presenters were coached so that the "ugly" Australian accent wouldn't be apparent. Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2274 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: April 06 2011, 19:04 Thought so Nightspore. I have been watching Prisoner lately on Pay TV. This show was made in 1979 ,they also sound SO English. Ugly accent... STREUTH   Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: April 06 2011, 20:25 Quote (Milamber @ April 06 2011, 19:04) Thought so Nightspore. I have been watching Prisoner lately on Pay TV. This show was made in 1979 ,they also sound SO English. Ugly accent... STREUTH   Not to be confused with sixties show The Prisoner, where Patrick McGoohan does not play a character called "vinegar tits"   Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: April 07 2011, 09:11 @ Milamber: yes, they've toured here quite often. But that interview bit wasn't recorded in Italy - indeed, it's part of a song. Also, I don't think it's true that New Zealand speaks English better than the rest of the world: Peter Jackson is from there, and he's got narrow E's - he says "friend" to rhyme with "wind" rather than with "lend". BTW, thanks very much for posting that video - you reminded me to take my Family Jewels DVD off the shelf, which I haven't done for quite a while. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: April 07 2011, 22:17 Quote (Ugo @ April 07 2011, 09:11) @ Milamber: yes, they've toured here quite often. But that interview bit wasn't recorded in Italy - indeed, it's part of a song. Also, I don't think it's true that New Zealand speaks English better than the rest of the world: Peter Jackson is from there, and he's got narrow E's - he says "friend" to rhyme with "wind" rather than with "lend". BTW, thanks very much for posting that video - you reminded me to take my Family Jewels DVD off the shelf, which I haven't done for quite a while. Yes, take your family jewels off the shelf, Ugo, or Vicki might get hold of them.   Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2274 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: April 09 2011, 08:02 @Ugo I confess I have no idea on the song tittle sorry. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: April 09 2011, 14:41 @ Milamber: it's from the end of "Ride On". The version of it featured on the Bonfire box set includes various interview excerpts after the proper song has finished. @ nightspore: Vicky does indeed love running after balls, but she wouldn't dare to touch those. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2274 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: May 05 2011, 10:23 New mystery????? Mystery Song Love those Drums Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 05 2011, 23:39 Something you've played on...? Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: May 06 2011, 19:28 A powerful song that's born, grows and dies within 1 minute and 22 seconds??? It must surely be one of your weird soundtrack pieces, Cam. Maybe Dune again? -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2274 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: May 06 2011, 22:20 Ugo I thought you would have it nicks zt Rumors are they are a world renowned band Not trying to take the Mick outta anyone Coming off the back o the Buckingham palace wedding Being the tittle track an all oh well most people know the seven wonders No little lies there Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 06 2011, 23:17 Quote (Milamber @ May 06 2011, 22:20) Ugo I thought you would have it nicks zt Rumors are they are a world renowned band Not trying to take the Mick outta anyone Coming off the back o the Buckingham palace wedding Being the tittle track an all oh well most people know the seven wonders No little lies there Oh, The Eagles. Why didn't you say so     Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: May 07 2011, 07:56 OK, enough clues for me to get it. Final section of "Tango in the Night" from Fleetwood Mac's 1987 album with the same title. I''ve got that album (on vinyl and CD) but I'm not exactly familiar with the title track as I usually don't like Fleetwood Mac stuff sung by Lindsey Buckingham, I prefer the girls' voices. The only exception is "Don't Stop". P.S.: I guess it would've been hard to find a pun on Christine McVie's name, wouldn't it? -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 07 2011, 08:15 Quote (Ugo @ May 07 2011, 07:56) I usually don't like Fleetwood Mac stuff sung by Lindsey Buckingham, I prefer the girls' voices. You probably won't like this then, Ugo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLiQBV6A7c He's drinking blue liquid, just like in Blake's Seven   Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: May 07 2011, 08:48 @ nightspore: Indeed I don't - even if only slightly. Lindsey Buckingham has an oddly dated way of singing which makes even brand-new songs sound old... maybe it's because of the effects that are always applied on his voice, but I guess it's got more to do with the voice itself. Also, that particular song is a bit too poppy for me - even for a 'popper' like me, something can become too pop for me to like it. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 07 2011, 09:39 Quote (Ugo @ May 07 2011, 08:48) @ nightspore: Indeed I don't - even if only slightly. Lindsey Buckingham has an oddly dated way of singing which makes even brand-new songs sound old... maybe it's because of the effects that are always applied on his voice, but I guess it's got more to do with the voice itself. Also, that particular song is a bit too poppy for me - even for a 'popper' like me, something can become too pop for me to like it. Too poppy? If I didn't know better, Ugo, I'd say someone has taken your place!   I quite like it, actually - for once a song has happy memories for me   Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: May 07 2011, 10:07 Quote (nightspore @ May 07 2011, 15:39) Too poppy? If I didn't know better, Ugo, I'd say someone has taken your place!   What I mean is that "Holiday Road", especially the chorus, sounds to me almost like a deliberate attempt to be too pop. Of course making a pop song is a deliberate act in itself, as pop is a genre. But the way that song is built, the way it's sung, gives to me the impression that it's trying to be "more pop than pop" - that it's trying to exceed the conventions of formulaic pop by going way beyond them (even now I have no idea whether I've explained myself clearly). I'm not sure what year it's from, but I bet it's from the Eighties, where "excessive pop"  reigned in the charts all over the world. Right now there's Bruno Mars who does that pretty much constantly [even if he is so good that he may well be forgiven! ], and even the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson occasionally fell in that trap, on a few album tracks. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

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