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My hero, sigh .....





It can only get worse after this, gladioli at the ready .... ;)

William , it was really nothing is my fave Smiths track, remember buying this charming man the day after hearing it on Peel's show.
Shame when they split, and I expected more from Johnnie Marr, apart from his stint with The The, what else did he do?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M64tWwCsGWo

if someone tells me how to embedd a video I can stop all this link palava

Love this one too - in fact, I could fill this whole thread with Smiths tunes. The Queen is Dead is one of my favourite albums of all time.

Marr worked with Billy Bragg and Kirsty MacColl (she's another of my icons) for a while, no idea what he's doing now although I heard something the other day which was unmistakably Marr with the jangly guitars so he must be still doing the rounds.

Embedding vids goes like this

Open the 'reply' not the 'quick reply' box which appears beneath a post
On the far right theres an icon that looks like a piece of film?
Click on that, paste your link in there, click ok and send and Big Bob's yer uncle

You mean like that

Isn't the internet a wonderful thing????

Yay!!!

I have to go out now but I'll be giving youtube a pasting later :lol:

Another great video. Better get them in before Dave clogs up the board with hoary old beardy man groups

I love this woman, and the whole 80s soul thing. I was born at the wrong time yano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP9268lMQuM

And of course this.

there you go Dorf, don't know wether I posted that one to you, did you check the guru/dc lee one on the tune of the day thread?

and I'm getting carried away here

Unfortunately, I have no sound at work which is but I'll check it when I get home. DC Lee? That name rings a bell. Was she in Style Council?

That's the one, Wellers ex, had 2 kids to him, used to be in Wham as well , but we won't go there after the other day

Loose bloody Ends, Britain's finest soul group! Great tune that. Never heard Cheri, but good tune too. You have eclectic taste in music.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH WHAM?????????

I told you you'd laugh at my taste in music but George is fab

George Clinton and Bootsy Collins - two of the finest Funkateers who ever lived. I cut my teeth on this kind of stuff

DO YOU PROMISE TO FUNK
THE WHOLE FUNK
AND NOTHING BUT THE FUNK?

So might say it's a bit embarrassing but I hadan ambition to turn One nation under a groove into a song that Evertonians could sing, that and Redemption song.

Hairs still stand up on my neck when I listen to one nation, not many songs do that for me, Love will tear us apart, Song to the Siren and Cico Buff (Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins

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and Ocean to Ocean by Magic Juan Atkins

I'll leave you a production of the magic one's work that you will know, most have never heard of him......

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Nope I've never heard of him but your link doesnt work so I still cant hear him - fail!

One Nation still sounds as fresh and new today as it did when I first heard it - shame you didnt get the Everton chant off the ground :)

Funk is my first love I suppose so here's a bit more (shame about the vid ... )



Snoop Dogg stole the hook from this - seems like I'm forever telling my son that the 'new' song he currently loves is something today's no-hopers stole from the masters of yesteryear

(I sound like me dar now :lol: )

I used to play this years 20 ago How old are we getting when the lids are re doing things that have already been re done?????

One word. Old.

Do we care though?

nah, we know how to party as if 1999 was to still be on the horizon

Too weird, Prince is another of my idols, I've even done the whole Paisley Park/First Avenue pilgrimage, that's how sad I am

However ... Prince sues anyone who illegally posts his image or videos so imma play safe and go with this instead ;)




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu460UHqI04

(Think I must have broken the embed thing - it seems to have gone awol)

The Family!!!! Prince's little side project! I remember my uncle had the LP. I love that song. Though Prince is an egomaniac as he tried to get the singer to sing like him. In all honesty if Prince could physically play every instrument at the same time, he would. I saw Prince at the O2 and the man is a genius. Would of seen him again if anyone else would go with me. What's your fav album? I like the self titled one and also Parade.

dorf mate, you sound like my kind of feller ;)

I went to the O2 last year too - the man is just immense. It pisses me off that people tend to write him off as 'that short, weird, effeminate dude' - he is nothing short of a musical genius imho. I think that was the 5th time I've seen him. We were going to do the 3121 thing in Vegas but it turned out he wasnt guaranteed to turn up to every show so it seemed a long way to go to see his band ....

I like all the earlier albums (I'm 'old skool' ;) ) - not mad about his 'Symbol' period, I think he'd lost the plot a bit by then. And I really like 3121 although it got a critical pasting really, not mad about Planet Earth though.

The Family were too short lived and underrated - their version of Nothing Compares 2U is second only to Prince's own version, which I've only ever heard him play live at Maine Rd in about 92 I think. I;ve got some connections to the lead singer of The Family now (long story!) so I've heard one or two stories about how wacky Prince is right from the horses mouth
:laff:

What about The Time? Some great musicians in that band although I always thought they suffered from the 'comedy' aspect of Morris Day's leadership - still worth a listen though as collectively they may be one of the coolest bands on the planet ....



WHY ISNT EMBED WORKING??????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fj5Ws3uTZk

You certainly know your music! That's a tune! I love Jungle Love too. But this has to me favourite. It's got Prince written all over it. You like Jesse Johnson and Ready for the World too? I'm sure jimmy jam and terry lewis were in the time. They did a lot of good producing especially on Janet Jackson's 1st album and 80s soul groups Change and SOS band.

Ready for the world - shelia

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

The video wont work?

Music and footy - what else is there? ;)

Yes, Jam and Lewis were in The Time as were Jerome Benton, Monte Moir etc. I went to Minneapolis a couple of years ago and saw the lead singer of The Family play solo, Jellybean did a bit of a jam session too. They also formed a group called The Truth - all the ex Prince musos - and Prince turned up to their gig, I almost passed out. He swanned in wearing a headscarf hung out for a bit then left - was hoping he'd join them onstage but no.
I'm going to put on Parade full blast now and get my fella and kids out of bed :laff:

You're lucky to of seen them. I'd love to. Glad I managed to see Prince though.

sign o' the times ;)

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My fella loves him - went to see him at Old Trafford a few months back, he still looks all dreamy eyed now, the sap :laff: