Since we were talking about Rock 'n Roll ...

[raphy]

Read this on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3142710.stm

Singer Robert Palmer dies

Palmer died in Paris while taking a break with his partner
Singer Robert Palmer has died of a heart attack in Paris aged 54.
The British star is best known for his hits Addicted to Love, Some Guys Have All the Luck and Didn't Mean to Turn You On.

He had been in the French capital on a two-day break with partner Mary Ambrose, after recording a TV appearance in the UK.

His manager said he suffered the heart attack in the early hours of Friday morning.

The Yorkshire-born singer had recently been on tour of Europe to promote his latest album Drive.

Palmer had been performing since the early 1970s, playing in bands including Mandrake Paddle Steamer and Dada, featuring Elkie Brooks.

He then went on to front Vinegar Joe, also with Brooks, releasing three albums with the band before launching his solo career.

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An icon of my youth!!

Raphy, nostalgic.

 

[champagne1982]

Misspent Youth

Raph, nothing for it now but to go to your local disco and hoist a few while singing karaoke versions of Mr Palmer's songs. Do have one for me too.

p.s. -- Enough of the belt buckle already. How about a view of those shoulders as they taper down to your waist and balance your ass so nicely?

 

[raphy]

I'll be covering some at my regular monday night gig, you can be sure of that.

Oh, and I'll see what I can come up with for another AV - Lotta pictures of me, not too many of 'em make a good 150x150 AV.

Raph, gettin' busy with photoshop

 

[MathGirl]

Oh, dear............

I'll be covering some at my regular monday night gig, you can be sure of that.

Dear r,
You do carryokie? I thought mime was the lowest form of entertainment until I hear kariokyie.
Opinionatedly,
MG
I could be wrong, of course. Folk dancing may undercut either of the above.

 

[raphy]

No MG, I don't...

I get my geetar and play on monday nights at a local alcohol-serving establishment.

Raph, muso.

 

[gauchecritic]

So, Biog. your AVs are cut from your promo pics then? Barry Barge and the Waterways feat. Choreo

Or summat.

Gauche

Just don't say you're at the end of the summer season at Butlins, Skegness.

 

[raphy]

Har, no - But scoff not, a Butlin's gig is one that most covers bands want to score, just because it's such good money and regular.

Raph, who doesn't actually play much professionally anymore.

 

[oggbashan]

Re: Oh, dear............

Dear r,
You do carryokie? I thought mime was the lowest form of entertainment until I hear kariokyie.
Opinionatedly,
MG
I could be wrong, of course. Folk dancing may undercut either of the above.

There was one thing even worse. I used to participate in Skiffle as a "player" of a Tea-chest bass.

Og

 

[gauchecritic]

By way of pertinence I'll add. I was very sorry to hear about Robert Palmer's death. He was a great talent and it's sad to think he won't be making me smile afresh.

On a similar note I've only just discovered that James Dewar died last year. You may not have heard of him because he sang with Metal oufit 'Robin Trower' but he did have the finest blues voice I've ever heard. I've been listening to him all week since I heard of his demise.

If you have kazaa or any peer to peer sharing prog. then download 'Long Misty Days' and be moved to tears, as I am regularly.

Gauche

 

[MathGirl]

That's a relief!

No MG, I don't...

Dear r,
You don't carryokie? I'm certainly glad to hear that.
MG
Ps. Og, I don't know what that is, but it sounds dreadful.

 

[Jenny _S]

Re: That's a relief!

Dear r,
You don't carryokie? I'm certainly glad to hear that.
MG
Ps. Og, I don't know what that is, but it sounds dreadful.

It may well be some activity which belongs in your Glossery Thread, MG

 

[Guest]

pertinence

Acknowledging Gauche: I hope something soon is worth a fresh smile.

I appreciate the Trower and Dewar ref. Very good music, though I'd not label it 'metal' (no expert though).

Purr

 

[oggbashan]

Re: That's a relief!

Ps. Og, I don't know what that is, but it sounds dreadful.

Skiffle was a purely British phenomenon. In the 1950s you could form a skiffle group if:

One of your friends owned a guitar and could play 3 chords, and (That was the accepted minimum but one group actually produced and sold a record with the guitarist able to play only 2 chords. )

You could acquire a tea chest, a broomstick and a length of string to make the tea chest bass and provide the rhythm, and

You could buy a metal washboard and thimbles to produce a clashing noise hopefully in time to the tea-chest bass, and

One of the three could claim to sing the melody.

Other instruments were optional. Galvanised dustbin lids were a popular choice. Musical spoons were also favoured.

A line of eight glass milk bottles filled with different amounts of water to play a scale when struck was too complicated for most skiffle groups. What is a scale? How do you tune it? How do you play a tune on eight notes? Far too difficult.

Prime exponents were Lonnie Donegan "My Old Man's A Dustman", "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour On The Bedpost Overnight" and "Cumberland Gap" and Nancy Whiskey "Freight Train". Most "tunes" were poor copies of Country and Western.

At its peak, every school could produce at least ten skiffle groups.

All the members of The Beatles started by playing skiffle.

Musicians tore their hair out as ironmongers sold out of washboards. They got even angrier as skiffle records sold in millions.

Do not listen to any skiffle recordings if you have ANY musical ability.

Og

 

[MathGirl]

Tea chest-Gut bucket

Originally posted by oggbashan You could acquire a tea chest, a broomstick and a length of string to make the tea chest bass and provide the rhythm

Dear Ogue,
I'm really glad I missed the skiffle phenomenon. The American equivalent of the tea chest bass is the "gut bucket." A galvanized steel washtub is turned over, a string secured to the bottom thereof, and a broomstick used to vary the pitch somewhat. It is plucked to provide a very rudimentary bassish sort of sound.
Musically,
MG
Ps. Groups using the gut bucket usually employ jugs as the baritone instrument.

 

[Icingsugar]

What's all this skiffle bashing all about? There's as solid a form of entertainment as any other. Bringing the groove out of a tea chest sounds like a work of art to me.

Og's description of the forming and qualifications of said bands sounds hauntingly similar to how all the punk rock band in my (quite recent) youth started out (except with more expensive gear - but not much, a good washingboard ain't cheap). Three guys, noone really knowing how to play anything, and one of them yelling the lyrics. But as long as they think they're rock'n'roll gods, then must be, right?

And everyone was in a band. Except toose who played football and thought they were losers. But it was really all about the same thing. We did what we did to get laid. And as usual, it didn't work.

Btw. I'll side with Gauche there. James Dewar had something.

 

[MathGirl]

Dear Og,
I know the "Does your chewing gum..........." song. My parents sometimes sing it together when they've had a few drinks. With his off key bass and her screechy soprano, it's horrible. Another unfortunate occurrence in my formative years.
MG

 

[Guest]

Another unfortunate occurrence in my formative years.

Dear MG,

You seem to have had less formative years than most young adults. I'm keeping a list of all the insights into your brief childhood that you've posted, and will someday compose either an authorized (or unauthorized) bio., or a new children's classic to rival Harry Potter.

Send me any factoids not suitable for the AH.

Perdita

 

[raphy]

Re: That's a relief!

Dear r,
You don't carryokie? I'm certainly glad to hear that.
MG
Ps. Og, I don't know what that is, but it sounds dreadful.

*grins* ..

No, MG, I don't

Raph, who'd cut off his fingers and never play guitar again before singing karaoke for any reason other than jest.

 

[MathGirl]

I'm keeping a list of all the insights into your brief childhood that you've posted,

Dear Perdita,
Any biography of my childhood would be boring, boring, boring. Abject poverty, beatings, mental abuse, etc. I actually considered going to school to be abused by the nuns to be a treat.
Poor me,
MG

 

[Icingsugar]

Re: Re: That's a relief!

Raph, who'd cut off his fingers and never play guitar again before singing karaoke for any reason other than jest.

And if it got you laid? I mean, instantly?

 

[raphy]

Re: Re: Re: That's a relief!

And if it got you laid? I mean, instantly?

1) I've never needed Karaoke to get laid.
2) I'm not sure I'd want to sleep with a Karaoke-groupie.

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Re: Re: That's a relief!

a Karaoke-groupie.

That's another way of describing an Essex girl. White stilettos at twenty paces.

 

[raphy]

And that'll be why I've never shagged an Essex girl. I have more respect for my dick than that.

Raph, who did actually sleep with a girl in Essex once, but she wasn't from Essex. She was from LA.

 

[Guest]

And that'll be why I've never shagged an Essex girl. I have more respect for my dick than that.

Ha ha! That should be in the book '101 Rules to Live By'.

 

[Icingsugar]

Re: Re: Re: Re: That's a relief!

I'm not sure I'd want to sleep with a Karaoke-groupie.

Now, that's as valid as a point can ever get. Forget I ever asked.

/Ice - who did do just that and is a little bit ashamed of it these days.