Gibbie

Marky B,

You are Northern Soul!

Motown will probably put you on their mailing list. I liked the Supremes as a bairn. It was Diana Ross' voice. And, I think Smokey Robinson's Tears of a Clown was Motown's best produced song.

I know all of what you mean, 1962...1963.

Actually, Lightfoot's song is Lake Superior, the great lake between the US and Canada and always cold. Those lakes are like the ocean. Wreck...is certainly one of the most truly haunting songs ever on the radio.

Gibbie

Guest

Not exactly on the same type of music as the last couple of posts, but I was listening to some Vaughan Williams music, one of his lesser known pieces and it struck me that in one the heavier passages that his music sounded a bit like that in the Hammer Horror films. I know VW wrote filum music but as the old lad died in 1958 it was too early for Hammer Productions.

I wonder if the composer of Hammer scores was influenced by VW?

Jim

Hey, I've just posted the above without logging in! I'm classed as 'Guest'. I didn't know you could do that?

Good morning boys.

Gibbie

There is a probable chance, since movie music is usually contemporary. You can hear a lot of Vaughan Williams type orchestral movements in films from that era, right now I am thinking of the high stringed climax at the end of Great Expectations which sounds very VW.

Marky B

As mentioned before,his music was used to great effect in Master And Commander,Far Side Of The World. However,listening to his Sinfonia Antarctica (adapted from his music for Scott of the Antarctic),I can appreciate that being used in a Hammer horror film.
Ta Ta
Marky B

I am special. The heavens always open for me.

Marky B

Watched some of the Live8 concert whilst at work,but I was only waiting for Pink Floyd (leaving the best to near the end) and their rendition of Comfortably Numb with David Gilmour's peerless guitar solo.
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Marky B

I am special. The heavens always open for me.

DB7

Pink Floyd were very good as were The Who, Madonna, Robbie and others but I thought the atmosphere was lacking compared to Live Aid due to it being an open air gig.

Sadly I doubt there'll be much movement on Fair Trade.

Freddy

I had that feeling too about the atmosphere. At Wembley everyone was packed in so I suppose it was easier to focus. At Hyde Park there seemed to be a gold area in front of the stage where friends etc of artists were and it didn't seem full. This would not have helped.

I thought it only got going when Annie Lennox came on and without appearing critical the bigger stars seemed more used to the crowd and also they didn't lecture us about why they were there.

Freddy

The world wags on.

mysteriesofedgarwallace

What really wound me up was the continuous stream of celebs dropping by or being seen.

Davina McCall, Jeremy Bloody Clarkson, Jimmy Bloody Carr, Ulrika Jonsson, and even Jonathan Bloody Woss. Sod off the lot of you.

Floyd were superb, as were the Stereophincs. The Who were good, Didddddo's voice was laughable. The Killers performed their solitary number superbly....why only one? While UB40 tortured me for (what seemed like an hour?)

I went to make some tea while Robbie Williams was on.

Steve Crook

It was nice to see all the oldies on their pensioners day out to the park.
It reminded me of how good they were when I saw them live when they were younger and at their prime - and when I was as well.

And I include the Boomtown Rats in that list along with The Who & Pink Floyd.

Steve

Clinton Morgan

A chap on a different forum wrote that Pink Floyd appearing on Live 8 (in terms of the age of the band) was the equivalent of a band from the World War 2 era performing at Live Aid.

Steve Crook

Now you're making me feel old

Steve

Marky B

I agree,it was not as good as the Live Aid concerts of 1985.
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Marky B

I am special. The heavens always open for me.

Freddy

Mmmm, I noticed that Coldplay; Razorlight;Joss Stone; The Killers who all played yesterday have just had their albums advertised during Four Weddings.

Good marketing or poor taste

Fredy

The world wags on.

David Brent

I origionally got excited about the great Live 8 lineup but after beginning to watch the action on television it didn't take long before the boredom began to set in.
Nothing really new or exciting.
I mean how many time's can you watch Elton John churn out "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" and even the group rendition of "Hey Jude" near the end had all been done before.
Most viewer's seem to have been taken by Peter Doherty's duet with Elton. Some suggest he was acting but he looked nearly out on his feet to me. Knowing the poor guy's track record, how on earth did he earn an invite to perform?

Dave.