Why does England eat its own rock 'n' roll young (and old)? Time and again, I detect an anti-Cliff, anti-Shadows, anti-UK rocker myopia in the general English...
Somehow, I'd say the opinion of Charlie Garacie or John Leyton in re: hor much rock'n'roll there is in a rapiers performance has far more credence than a...
John Cavanagh
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Jan 9, 2003 11:16 am
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In a message dated 1/9/03 6:16:42 AM, joemeek@yahoogroups.com writes: << These things make him something of a soft target. I'm not saying that Mistletoe and...
... Isn't it better to eat them than the rather tawdry fawning shown to Paul Macartney? _________________________________________________________________ Add...
richard flynn
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Jan 9, 2003 4:57 pm
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I would think Meek followers would prefer listening to Billy Fury ot Marty Wilde. "Cliff bashing" but if many of his tracks had an American name on...
... From: aubrey timms [SMTP:timms3@...] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 6:15 PM To: joemeek@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [joemeek] RAPIERS UPDATE!...
John Cavanagh
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Jan 10, 2003 11:13 am
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... As one bloke mentioned, most UK media believe rock 'n' roll on those shores only started in 1963, hence the history rewrite in progress ever since. Still,...
Greg while i agree a lota of macca's recent stuff leaves me underwhelmed .. i was impressed with with his return to RNR album from a few years ago (name has...
Interesting stuff...NOT...How come the Macca and co based Love Love Me Do was influenced by non other than Buddy Holley, three chord trick and a whole lot...
LiamThorne
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Jan 10, 2003 9:43 pm
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"Hank Marvin's influene on British guitar players cannot be underestimated." Yes but has anyone compared the Shadows version of Telstar with The Ventures ...
Never heard any. Heard mine? Done in an old mill in Batley..live. capturing all the Meekiness, even mixed the "voice"of he who didn't write "Have I" .... as...
LiamThorne
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Jan 12, 2003 9:50 pm
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Hi! I´m new in your group. Sten Norlen Sweden http://home.koping.net/stno426/ Vintage Guitar/Synth Sounds, XG-midis....
They played "Love and Fury", an early Tornados single, on "Holiday" tonight (7p.m. 13th January), as backing to a piece on Scarborough. Credited to Robert Duke...
... Or because he had a financial deal to split royalties & was avoiding doing so. Think I remember this from the book? paul perry melb aust...
Paul Perry
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Jan 13, 2003 11:51 pm
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My understanding was that financiers William Barrington-Coupe and Major Banks got a percentage of any songwriting royalties registered under Joe's real name; ...
In a just pop world, the mighty "Love and Fury" would have been a Top 10 hit and paved an even roiser road for "Telstar" as its followup. Or Meek and co. might...
It's also worthwhile remembering that in terms of mechanical royalties, i.e. those earned by a fee levvied on each copy pressed, a "B" side is worth as much as...
John Cavanagh
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Jan 14, 2003 11:10 am
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Telstar was voted one of the 20 most influencial songs of all time by a British music magazine. (number 18, I think) ...
richard flynn
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Jan 14, 2003 3:36 pm
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I remember reading somewhere that Telstar is Margret Thatchers favourite song. Where does that info come from. Has she ever said so? And when?...
Maybe it's in the memoirs -not one on my bookshelf though so can't be sure!. Wonder if Mr Blair likes Meek tunes as well? I remember reading somewhere that ...
Welcome along! I had a look at your site, but as I don't have MIDI, I couldn't take it any further with the sounds. Thanks anyway. All good wishes, J.C. ... ...
John Cavanagh
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Jan 15, 2003 8:56 am
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I think she chose it on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. There's also film footage of her saying how much she liked Telstar. J.C. ... BBCi at...
John Cavanagh
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Jan 15, 2003 11:32 am
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It's true, she said it. Margaret Thatcher's original statement can be seen
and heard in "The very strange Story of the legendary Joe Meek", Arena, BBC
1991....
Not much genuine rock 'n' roll, eh? That damning with faint praise appraisal of "Spotlight on The Rapiers" by "Now Dig This" scribe H. Cockburn [UPDATE!...
Meek gets due credit this month for producing 1 of UK's top 50 maverick albums - i hear a nu world, of course. They put him in the same bag as Syd barret ,...
Its a shame it wasn't a top 50 weird singles because he would have got the top 10 of that i'm sure __________________________________________________ Do...
Think he'd have been no. 1 for ever with New World. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable....
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