What are you listening to right now?

[LaurieHolden]

See how many of these you know, Stui - just a few of the tunes released as singles in 1968:

Here's Pies4shaw list in a Spotify playlist.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/48spT ... 6d25a84ff9

[stui magpie]

^

I only listed to a bit of Hurdy Gurdy man, enough to know I'd never heard it before. Not something I'd go looking for but if it came on the radio I wouldn't turn it off.

With my early exposure to music, you have to remember I grew up in a small country town. The Kitchen radio was fixed to the ABC, 3LO and if I changed it to try to find some music Dad would have a meltdown.

In the early 70's we had a milk bar that had a pool room with a juke box (which I had the keys to)so that was the only exposure to modern music I had, what the sales rep thought were appropriate singles for bush teens in the mid 70's.

When I got my own transistor radio, the only channels, apart from the ABC you could get, were 3SR Shepparton and 2QN Deniliquin, neither of whom played a lot of current music.

[LaurieHolden]

^With my early exposure to music, you have to remember I grew up in a small country town. The Kitchen radio was fixed to the ABC, 3LO and if I changed it to try to find some music Dad would have a meltdown.

When I got my own transistor radio, the only channels, apart from the ABC you could get, were 3SR Shepparton and 2QN Deniliquin, neither of whom played a lot of current music.

Similar here Stui, mine was 2WG in Wagga Wagga. The station mantra was "Hits of the 50's,60's & 70's". (our TV channels were the ABC & the local Sydney Ch9 affiliate. Thankfully I had the ABC, as they played The Winners)
Those eras formed the core of music education before I acquired a cassette deck / stereo that had 2 short wave radio frequencies I could tap into. That gave me access to the hard-edged Chicago Blues and the Mississippi Blues delta.

[stui magpie]

^

Yeah, the Winners were cool. Apart from the ABC on TV, we had AMV4 Albury and GMV6 Shepparton. You needed 2 different aerials to get both and had a switch on the back of the TV to switch between aerials. Neither were really aligned but we got VFL replays on Saturday night.

[LaurieHolden]

^

Yeah, the Winners were cool. Apart from the ABC on TV, we had AMV4 Albury and GMV6 Shepparton. You needed 2 different aerials to get both and had a switch on the back of the TV to switch between aerials. Neither were really aligned but we got VFL replays on Saturday night.

Ours was RVN2 / AMV4. Dad eventually bought a Victorian aerial to get the footy. Amazing that technology now lets us get pretty much anything.

[Woods Of Ypres]

[Skids]

The 70's threw some classics. A few faves of mine, in no particular order....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vln9V7dDrIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRlSHG5hRY4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-sVpVIovKk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcZn2-bGXqQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK1-NsFL5qY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPkM8F0sjSw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hic-dnps6MU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdpeyQkOK6g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ywPJ_8hV4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l482T0yNkeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0KkGeEURw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hwNY3ni10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly6ZhQVnVow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTHebFPem6w

[Pies4shaw]

Some bangers, there, Skids.

I have to say, though, the 70s is a dangerous decade - it's only a matter of time before someone posts a link to Bohemian Rhapsody and tries to assert that anyone in Queen could sing or play guitar.

Anyway, in case they do, here's the antidote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhfvzxYXlBU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2lSwosw9xY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa2w-H6TwVQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCRbiJnUQY8

And, since I've stuck with 1975, here's the best track on the best album I bought that year - from Jukka Tolonen's compilation "Crosssection", this is "Witch Drum". It is from the masters used for "Dance" on Tasavallan Presidentti's 1972 album Lambert Land. That version is about a minute shorter than "Witch Drum", which is a very bad thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpsjhR7mMBw

If that doesn't make you stop singing "Galileo, Galileo" in a dumb falsetto, nothing will.

[pietillidie]

Be sure to watch Coldplay at Glasto. Live now, but there should be catch ups available. Fantastic, just as they were when I saw them at Wembley. I get the sense they never undervalue their audience.

[Pies4shaw]

Well, who knew? This will not be for everyone - prog rock spoiler alert - Van Der Graaf Generator once performed "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" live on Belgian TV. Those were the days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-TXKdoi8WQ

It's not like listening to it on the "Pawn Hearts" album - but it's stunning that they had a go at reproducing this live at all.

[Pies4shaw]

And here's the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDDf_SuAlBA

Ther original album contained just 3 tracks. This was the second side of the vinyl. The other two tracks were equally original. The second of those - "Man-Erg" - is probablhy my favourite, particularly the fantastic 11/8 riff that comes in at the start of the second section from about 2m 54s. Here's those two, in case anyone is interested:

Lemmings (including Cogs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6sdyftZOIo
Man-Erg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMVgaZ0uUyc

[Pies4shaw]

One of my favourite albums of all time - John Mayall's "The Blues Alone", on which he played and sang everything, except the drums.

Here's a few showcasing his very considerable and diverse talents:

Marsha's Mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XvchImDB-s

Sonny Boy Blow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhFa6k39kmo

No More Tears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXrN7Z2cYaE

Don't Kick Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmmV-VM5o3s

Broken Wings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqYDu4vYnbA

Which, I guess, is why he's had a career lasting 7 decades.

Sad news today - John Mayall has passed away.

I can't actually remember a time when John Mayall was not the "elder stateman" of British blues - he seemed actually to be immortal but there is, it seems, an end even to this: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-24/ ... /104135046

So, what am I listening to right now? Room to Move, of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLp0AsKXMEs

And then it will be "They Call It Stormy Monday" with Albert King and Mick Taylor, remembering the great band leader, keeping everything together with the "stars" out front: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLiA2fV-34g

[think positive]

Sorry for your loss mate xxx


This is going over mad over through my mind today!

Did your boots stop workin'?
Did your truck break down? (Truck break down)
Did you burn through money?
Did your ex find out? (Ex find out)

[pietillidie]

Barnsy. I usually listen to Cold Chisel, but I've got For the Working Class Man on today. I can still remember when my sister got the album; I used to sneak into her room, listen to her music and read her books and mags (including Dolly and Cosmo!).

[stui magpie]

OK, that didn't work, so back to basics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ksZ2j8NSqI