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The Shadows

Tyzos — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:37:26

Hi there,

The Shadows were founded in 1958 to back superstar Cliff Richard, but they became important in their own right.
Their first smash hit was Apache in 1960 which is considered as one of the most important tracks of all time. After that they had a string of hitrecords, which included Man of Mystery, FBI, Wonderful Land and Atlantis.
The Shadows were the first group in Britain with a set of Stratocaster Fender guitars. The first bassplayer, Jet Harris, was probably the first one in Britain who owned a electric bassguitar. Paul McCartney once said to him that he was the reason why he wanted to play bass guitar.
Hank Marvin (Shadows' lead guitarist) is often cited as a major influence on a lot of guitarists like Clapton, Knopfler, Paige, Townsend and also Harrison.

What do think of Britain's first rockgroup The Shadows and what is their importance in the history of rockmusic?

Teenage Albums

DaveRam — Sun, 4 Jan 2009 20:38:39

So what were and are the "Teenage Albums" that shaped or are shaping your musical taste ?
For me it would be albums like :

T.rex - Electric Warrior
T.rex - The Slider
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Siders From Mars
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
David Bowie - Station To Station
David Bowie - "Heroes"
Blondie - Plastic Letters
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Kate Bush - The Kick inside
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
The Beatles - White Album
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Paul and Linda McCartney - RAM
Wings - Venus and Mars
John Lennon - Walls and Bridges
Pink Floyd - Darkside Of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Stevie Wonder - Innervision
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
ELO - Out Of The Blue
ELO - A New World Record
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Carole King - Tapestry
Al Stewart - The Year Of The Cat
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
The Clash - London Calling
Magazine - Real Life
Lou Reed - Transformer
Lou Reed - Berlin
Bob Marley - Exodus
Dusty Springfield -Dusty In Memphis
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Abba - Arrival
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
The Velvet Underground and Nico
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

This odd lot pretty much set my eclectic taste , i was a teenager in the 70's if you have'nt guessed and i still listen to these albums today , along with many that came after my teenage years ended in 1980

Eurovision Your Country Needs YOU

DaveRam — Sun, 4 Jan 2009 15:26:34

Last night i watched "Your Country Needs YOU" , which is a BBC reality show to find our Eurovision song contest entrant .
This year our song will be written by Andrew Lloyd Webber in an attempt to stop our slide into the laughing stock of Europe as we have done really bad in this contest for the past 10 years .
The contest will be held in Moscow this year , so i think it's appropriate that DM's takes a special interest in this years contest ???
And it will be fun to see if Mr Lloyd Webber can pen a winner ?
Most of these acts are proffesional singers either working in thearter or as paid entertainers , i was very impressed by The Emperors of Soul a Temptations tribute band and Damien who as a vocal range the equal of Freddie Mercury , how this guy as got to 32 without becoming a major star , when there is so much shite around god only knows .
So whats your thoughts on Eurovision and can we win this time ?

These are the six runners and riders for the UK entrant

Emperors of Soul

Damien

The Twins

Jade

Mark

Charlotte

Prog Documentry

fendertele — Sat, 3 Jan 2009 09:14:35

for all thats interested

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g8tfv/Prog_Rock_Britannia_An_Observation_in_Three_Movements/

poor jim...

pc31 — Fri, 2 Jan 2009 20:51:05

early footage of the lizard king...