Conference marvin::uk_music

    8-)8-)
    

    
    GG is in the front cover of this weeks's N.M.E, with the Timelords
    - guess he's still doin' it!!!  He does play live gigs now and again
    too.
    
    David.

    I've seen him in a soup advert!
    
    Sharon
    

    
    Gary Glitter ?? what team does he play for ??
    
    agagagagagagagagagagaga :-)

    GG now beats Frank Sinatra for the world record no. of comebacks.
    
    RB
    

    Unfortunately I do remember him:
    
    "Do ya wanna kiss, Do ya wanna kiss, Do ya wanna kiss me, yeah,
    yeah...."   YUK!
    
    The best part was his platform shoes/boots/
    
    Absolutely disgusting. 
    
    The worst thing about it all is that I actually bought some of his
    records. Well I was only a kid at the time, I suppose I didn't know
    any better.
    
    Louise

    I have seen G.G. a couple of times in concert, and each time it
    was brilliant. Okay, the songs may not be much, but he does put
    on a great stage show !!!!
    
    Harvey

    re .8
    
    	I know a good clinic (discrete and not too expensive)
    
    8-)

    Good to hear that he's still kicking...I was born and lived in
    England until '79 and he was a fave of mine, believe it or not...
    
    Never hear a peep about him over here in the States, though...thought
    he might have just died away...faded out...I still have a couple
    of his albums...on the Bell record label.
    
    How about Alvin Stardust?  Or David Essex?  Hmmm..who else was hot
    then...Leo Sayer?  Or Slade?  Oh gosh..the memories!
    
    Who is hot in the UK now?
    
    Here in the US it's a lot of heavy metal garbage...Bruce Springsteen
    and Michael Jackson...
    
    
    - Michele
    

    re .9
    
    Okay , i knew i was taking my life in my hands when i said that
    i actually enjoyed him in concert, but its true. Both times the
    concerts were in Glasgow - one in Tiffany's and the other was as
    part of a bill which included the Damned (this was at Glasgow Uni's
    Mad March Ball...anyone remember them ?????)
     
    No-one took the music seriously , but both times he gave his all
    and everyone appreciated it, as we knew as well as he did that it
    was all one big p*ss-take. 
    
    
    Roll on Rock n Roll part 23 !!!!!!
    
    
    Harv
    

    
    RE: .11
    
    Everyone I know that's seen him live has realy enjoyed it.
    
    RE: .10
       
    Leo Sayer is still about and recently toured.  I think Simply Red's
    Mick Hucknall owes a fair bit to Sayer's style.
    
    Slade still play live, and I reckon that David Essex still tours
    now and again.  I think Alvin Stardust has gooten involved with
    rock gospel.
    
    David.
    

    Alvin Stardust in rock gospel?  My, how the times change!
    
    So who are the popular groups over there now?
    
    
    ...Michele

    Did anyone see Alas Smith & Jones this week?
    
    Guess who made an appearance............................
    
    Gary Glitter!!!

    Yeah, I saw that - I reckon he's getting a bit podgy in his old
    age though.
    
    Julia
    

    Alias Smith & Jones is still on tv over there?
    
    Hmmm...It's about time I wen tback to visit England...it has
    been almost nine years since I've been there.
    
    Is Coronation St. still on?  (I know I'm getting off the subject,
    but I HAD to ask!)
    
    ...Michele
    
    

    	For TV discussions see RITZ::COUCH_POTATOE_UK
    
    Keith

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>>    	For TV discussions see RITZ::COUCH_POTATOE_UK
    
>>    Keith


Where's the "Set Mod/hat" Keith :-)

Back to GG - I got a free ticket to see him in Portsmouth the Christmas
before last and went along for the hell of it . The crowd was a mixed bag of
ex punk's, ageing rock fans, teeny boppers and queers in lam� suits !!
GG had great fun and so did the audience - although I'm not sure that the
audience cared who was on stage !! Generally tho' a good time was had by all
and it was a 'fun' night out - the worst part was GG lapping up the crowd
singing "We love you Gary - Gary we love you etc" - Barf Barf Barf

In the UK at the moment the teeny kids are into Wet Wet Wet, Bros,
George Micheal and Micheal Jackson - us humans don't seem to change
our tastes much - give  us good rock music and sloppy ballards.

Going back to the late seventies does anyone know what happened to Sweet
another old fav of mine ?

Jane

    
    
    Ahha Jane ,
    
    	Funny you should mention 'Sweet' . Those Glam boys played here
    in Ayr a couple of weeks back ,been meaning to put a word in about
    them .
    	
    	Big Disapointment !  But funny !   It's old Brian and a backin
    band .He is one sorry looking Rock'n'Roll victim .Big gut ,too tight
    jeans and a broken voice .But you know what ,,, the crowd loved
    him ,I think the band couldn't believe how much they were liked.
    
    I filmed them if anyone wants a copy ,just for a laugh of course.
    
    Oh and , Yes I love Gary ............. :-)
    
    Stuart_.

    
    I believe that Sweet played in Didcot (near Oxford) a few months
    back, and they went down quite well.
    
    David.

    I would love to see Gary live in concert...just for ol' times sake...I
    still listen to a couple of his albums once in awhile, when I'm
    feeling sentimental...
    
    What the hell is Wet Wet Wet?  What type of music?  George Michael
    is pretty popular here in the States too.  I am quite impressed
    with his album.  A good "pop"  band from the UK is Dead or Alive.
     Very popular music in the dance clubs over here.  I saw them in
    concert last winter.
    
    ...Michele
    
    

    And for that matter, can anyone else provide info on those other
    long lost glam rock artists such as Slade, Wizzard (aka Roy Wood),
    Mud etc ...
    
    Suzy Quatro, that wild woman of rock, is now hosting an afternoon
    TV show - how times change !

    The Bay City Roller's were part of the 'All Night Toga Party' at
    Manchester University last June. Like with most of these bands still
    doing the circuit the line-up was different with a girl sharing
    lead vocals. Did all the old songs etc. Interesting enough 'Wet,
    Wet Wet' were supposed to be playing but pulled out due to a TV
    commitment. Also Kenny Ball and his jazz men were there.
         
    Marc.

    Re: Sweet,
    
    A friend saw Sweet at one of the halls of residence in Manchester
    three years back supported by Mud. Apparently Sweet were luckly
    not to get bottled off though Mud were quite good. What line-up 
    are they trying to call Sweet nowadays?
    
    Marc.

    I am English but have been living in Brazil since 1978. 
    
    Does anyone know whatever happened to Mungo Jerry ?
    
    These notes really bring back SOME memories. What about
    Shawaddywaddy? I still have some of their records (Groan)
    Mud were ok and I liked Wizzard too. Is The Steve Gibbons
    Band still around ?  I went to a concert of theirs at
    Bracknell Sports Centre in 1977/78, cant remember exactly
    when. 
    
    I have to say that there were really some fun groups around
    in the 1970's. Does anyone remember "Sparks" the guy on the
    keyboard was so cool?
    
    Louise

    Shwaddywaddy!  Now there's a memory!  Whoa...and Mud...This is becoming
    quite the trip down memory lane.  Hot Chocolate was also going at
    the time I was there...and Slade.  
    
    It's good to see that Bryan Ferry is still going...Roxy Music was
    quite a group...AH...Ferry and his "Casblanca" look...Ferry caught
    on over here recently with a couple of singles (i.e. - "Right Stuff")
    - did that catch on over there?  
    
    Also - before George Michael left Wham!, and before they became
    Wham!, was WhamUK popular there?  Or did it take there change to
    be "Americanized" until they caught on?
    
    ...Michele
    
    

    
    
    What a great way to start a Wednesday .... nostalgia .
    
    Sweet are billed as   "Brian Connelly's Sweet" .They do all the
    hits and a few covers (wild thing ,and things such as ).Not much
    'glam' nowadays more heavy rock with some thrash guitar thrown in
    and lots of posing (apart from Brian who can't move around too much
    due to his jeans so just shakes his head a bit !!)
    
    
    Mud are still clubin round the country and so I think are Showaddywaddy
    I think .Both ,the last I heard ,are still well worth a listen .I
    did see the 'waddy many years ago and they were brilliant .Had us
    all up jivin away all night .
    
    _Stuart_. 
    

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                                   -< Wet?? >-

    
    What the hell is Wet Wet Wet?  What type of music?  

Michelle,

Wet Wet Wet are a band from Clydebank near Glasgow. They recently topped
the charts here with a cover version of the Beatles "Little help from my
friends" which some say is even better than the Beatles.

They have just released a single in the States " Wishing I was lucky" 
which was their first hit here in UK. They have one album at the moment
called "Moved in(?) -  souled out" which includes hits like "Temptation"
"Sweet Little Mystery, Angel Eyes etc"

Tony.    
    

                                      
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>    called "Moved in(?) -  souled out" which includes hits like "Temptation"
 
    	It's 'Popped in - Souled out'.

    	Maurice.

    
    re. Shawaddywaddy.
    
    I saw them last year at Aston University's May Ball. They went down
    really well and had everyone bopping. 
    
    Apparently the acts this year included Mud and The Sweet.
    

    < Note 121.26 by OGOMTS::MCQUAY >
                                -< Memories... >-

    � Also - before George Michael left Wham!, and before they became
    � Wham!, was WhamUK popular there?  Or did it take there change to
    � be "Americanized" until they caught on?

    They were only called WhamUK in the American markets because of
    the existence of a US band called Wham. In Britain they were always
    Wham. Dont understand the change to "Americanized". Possibly you
    mean when it stopped being funny and a bit of a laugh and when George
    Michael started taking himself seriously.
    
    Ian.    

    I can remember rushing through my homework, every thursday, so I
    could sit down at 7.25pm and watch Top of The Pops. Remember Pans
    People? What memories!! Tammy Wynette and that horrible song that
    stayed at no. 1 for about a month - "D-I-V-O-R-C-E". Tony Blackburn
    introducing everybody. All the old Punk groups - Sex Pistols - The
    Jam - The Stranglers - The Clash - The Boomtown Rats (not quite
    punk). I can't remember anyone else at the moment, but I'll work
    on it.
    
    Louise 

    Top of the Pops! Oh god...what a memory!  I used to watch that
    show...Jimmy Saville (remember - "Jim'll fix it" ??), Tony Blackburn,
    Edmunds (I can't remember his name - he used to be on that swap
    show Sat. mornings)...
    
    Anyone heard of a dj named Tony Prince?
    
    Also - is Top of the Pops still going??
    
    ...Michele
    
    

    
    Re. 121.33
    
    Yes, I remember Jim'll fix it. Edmunds was Noel, quite cute, used
    to work at Radio 1 too - don't know if he still does. Do you remember
    Kenny Evert of Capital Radio? Talking of memories, what about the
    Goodies?  I can always remember a sketch taking the **** out of Tony
    Blackburn - they called him Tony Blackbum !!  And what about Fawlty
    Towers?
                                                            
    Perhaps we should open a notes file for Trips down Memory Lane?
    
    It's a pity that tomorrow is my last day at Digital. I'm on my
    way back to England to spend a couple of months doing nothing.
    
    But for those of you who continue, perhaps it would be a good
    idea to open a file re. Memory Lane. I don't know about you 
    other Brits overseas, but I really miss England sometimes, and
    reading these notes and remembering all these old programmes
    and groups really takes me back a long way. It's great!!
    
    Hope that you lot continue having fun. I certainly have.
    
    Will look in again for the last time tomorrow.
    
    Louise
    

.34�                                                          Do you remember
.34�    Kenny Evert of Capital Radio? 
    
    He's still there (or rather, is back). This Saturday on AM only.
    
    K.

    
    
    Good-Bye Louise ,
    
    	have Fun.
    

    RE: .33
    
    Tony Prince - I remember him well .. 'The Royal Ruler'.  I use to
    listen to Luxembourg a lot, and he was one of the mainstays in the
    early-to-mid seventies.
    
    David.

    Kenny Everett now hosts a quiz show on a Thursday night called
    "Brainstorm" or something similar.
    
    At the end of the game, the losers get "zapped".  Pity, they couldn't
    do the same to him.....
    
    Julia

    The reason I asked about Tony Prince...he's a great-cousin of mine.
    I've lost contact with him since I've been here in the US...I have
    no idea what the hell he's doing now...
    
    Kenny Everett..oh yes...that absolute lunatic!  The man needs to
    be given a valium! (or two!)
    
    The Goodies I remember...Fawlty Towers gets played over here - one
    station here plays the same 5 repeated episodes over and over again...
    
    Also - Monty Python is quite "camp" in this country.  At times it's
    like some sort of cult...I know people that can recite every word
    of every episode without missing a beat!
    
    ...Michele
    
    p.s. - Bye Louise!  Have a safe journey.  All the best.
    
    

    I believe Tony Prince left Luxembourg a couple of years ago.   I
    remember hearing what sounded like a farewell show where lots of
    celebs (Tony Blackburn and Fluff Freeman ..) appeared saying how
    wonderful he was.

    I heard "Spirit of Radio" by Rush recently and despite it being
    a reasonable song, all I could think of was Pans People (or was
    it Legs & Co) doing an almighty awful dance routine on TOTP to it.
    Can anyone remember other such songs that were dubiously performed
    by the said "dance" group ?

RE .41

>    Can anyone remember other such songs that were dubiously performed
>    by the said "dance" group ?

You bet. When 'Itchycoo Park' by the Small Faces was a hit for the second time 
around a few years ago they had this _amazing_ routine with giant toadstools
and pixy costumes. I presume that this was their choreographers idea of 
something psychedelic. Flick Colby was that the choreographers name?

Nigel

    Who remembers the songs? Who LISTENED to the songs when Babs was
    on stage!

    Richard