Hello Everyone, For those of you on the list who may wish to talk about other Œoff topics¹ such as football and sport in general, t.v., films, books and...
Speaking of Victims Ive been listening to the old EMI albums this week...... Just finished BJH and other short stories....all I can say is, brilliant, did the...
"Speaking of Victims Ive been listening to the old EMI albums this week...... Just finished BJH and other short stories....all I can say is, brilliant, did the...
Punk is what happened to them! Heh heh.. seriously though, it seems a lot of old 'proggy' bands underwent radical changes in the 80's. It was in order to...
VOC & ROC are the only BJH albums I haven't bought. I first discovered their music (GTE and EOIEE were the first ones I got) around the time they were making...
... nihilistic wrath of punk rampaged across the musical landscape in the late 70's/ early 80's. very well put Kev :-) Not all 70's proggy/underground bands...
... this ... It's yet another example of how versatile BJH are. Lavishly produced, the arrangement on Rebel Woman (particularly) is quite powerful - especially...
The Glasnost/Victims DVDs finally arrived from Universal today, after the release date was put back a week. We'll be doing our best to get all the advance...
Indeed.......... this is my all time fave BJH recording. Pure genius..!! Harvest was the label to be with in the early 70's, so how would EIEE have come out...
... Lavishly ... Yes Steve theres one or two good songs on VOC (For Your Love) but give me the cheaply recorded (by comparison)Little Lapwing anyday, no ...
... give ... Yes K E V ! Songs like Little Lapwing are great too! The point I'm making is that BJH must be one of the most versatile bands in the entire...
... Looking back to the 80's,I don't suppose I minded TOTT or VOC that much. I didn't think they were brilliant but seemed to fit in with what was happening at...
... Yes Steve there's one or two good songs on VOC (For Your Love).... Ha! yes, "For your Love" in my favourite too...... Hey Kev, remember that time we...
hei folks - just wondered if anyone in or around the Oslo area wanted to come and see SAGA, as they're due to play here in May. Please make contact off-list. ...
Has anyone got any messages that they would like passed on to Alan Freeman? I'm (hopefully) going back to see him next week..he loves to hear from people so...
can I just say, whoever mentioned Pandora as a music programme..... THANK YOU. It is truly wonderful and, after making contact with them I'm getting new bands...
... Of course...;-) One minute your watching the concert, then your watching some weirdo's that have NOTHING to do with anything, very funny!! K e v...
BJH were mentioned on Radio 2 yesterday afternoon, during the Steve Wright show, during a discussion on prog band names, and Steve thought Barclay James...
HI Steve wish him all the best .... Hope he's doing ok. and thank him for playing `Sperratus' for me when he was on Capital Radio on the Friday night rock show...
OK, this time one of Les's old classics... From the album X11 it's......"Sip of wine".... On the road and I'm feeling low Got a ticket for my way back home I...
Hi guys yes, I always liked this one, but always thought it was on the slow side. When I heard the Berlin Live version, it was much better, and fitting the ...
Disagree with Ian totally, I think the studio version is infinatly better....a very nice song with good melody and fantastic vocal harmonies, always reminded...
I agree.. they could have substituted this for Hold On or Rock N Roll Lady in later tours I think. Both of these are fine songs, but they did get a little...
no it isn't ;) ... From: bjh@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bjh@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ian Alexander Sent: 03 February 2006 12:20 To: bjh@yahoogroups.com ...
SoW is quite a nice song. It's not an all time classic, but then again its not one that sends me running to the fast-forward button either. I also prefer the...
... thith tickles Keith too. Reminds me of the old seaside postcard joke - Big Breaths - yeth, and I'm only thixteen :-))) A classic line - pure smut,...
Could make for an intersting topic, which songs are better live and which are better in their studio version. Both versions of "Sip of Wine" have something...