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Post by inger on Mar 1, 2024 22:00:50 GMT -5
I thought Clooney did his own singing in that. Whoops! … |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Mar 1, 2024 22:23:38 GMT -5
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Post by fwclipper51 on Mar 2, 2024 17:15:53 GMT -5
Last night, I caught the Peter Frampton's 50th Anniversary Tour Concert from Royal Albert Hall in London on PBS-TV. It was great show. I had originally saw him in the Philadelphia in June of 1976 with Yes and other groups at the old JFK Stadium, where they used to play the Army Vs Navy football game.The concert crowd was 125,000 plus. It was a wild night for Philly night events. Next door at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies were playing the Dodgers in a night game, another 56,000 fans and at the Spectrum arena, the Ringley Brothers Circus was in town, add another 20,000 fans. It took us an 1hr 1/2 to get to the Walt Whitman Bridge to get back to New Jersey.
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Post by fwclipper51 on Mar 2, 2024 17:23:42 GMT -5
My dad was actually very good re most of the music I liked & played back then. He liked most of The Beatles stuff, and encouraged my guitar/drum playing...bought me my first Kay electric. Novelty songs like "Surfin' Bird", "Alley Oop", "Monster Mash", "Purple People Eater" & "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" would get on anyone's nerves. I had a Kay early on myself, although it was an acoustic. They were good starter guitars. Also had a Kent way back if you remember that name. First electric was a Japanese Strat knockoff called a Kingston. It looked like a Fender but it sure didn't play like one. A fretboard like stucco siding. It was good for building up your calluses. If you could make a first-fret augmented chord ring out on that thing, a real guitar was a cinch. Although it did have that cool Bigsby Vibrato Bar, which I guess became more commonly known as a Whammy Bar. I got a Guild Starfire after paying my dues with the Kingston and it felt like silk. Hey, I like "Monster Mash" and "Alley Oop." I saw Bobby "Boris" Pickett perform at the Greek Theater in LA in one of those annual K-RTH 101 oldies extravaganzas. He brought the house down. Just hilarious with the goofy dance he did to the song and making Karloff faces. I too hate "Itsy-Bitsy" etc. And you know what? So does the guy who recorded it, Brian Hyland. I used to have an oldies show in Santa Fe in the mid to late 80s and one time I managed to get him as an in-studio guest for an hour. He said he was just a junior in high school (in Queens) when he recorded that, and that the record company wanted to groom him as a teen idol type. But he had some genuine talent, although his chart success was spotty. Some middling hits like "Sealed With A Kiss" and "The Joker Went Wild" and "Run Run Look And See" and a cover of The Impressions' "Gypsy Woman." He did a lot of really good MOR songs that never got above the lower rungs of the Hot 100 -- mostly forgotten things like "Get The Message" and "Stay And Love Me All Summer" and "Holiday For Clowns." He was a really nice guy. Soft-spoken, down-to-earth. And if you asked my wife, really good-looking. At least in 1987. I suspect she was ready to ditch me and take off with him, but he left town soon enough. So she's still stuck with me, almost to 45 years now. Brian Hyland was another one of the performers, who had hit songs in the 1950's, 1960's and in the 1970's. In I live in South Jersey near Philly. Bobby Pickett was a taxi driver in the city, when he wasn't out on the road performing. In fact " Monster Mash" music background was pulled from the Orlands "What Tusse" hit song. |
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Post by azbob643 on Mar 2, 2024 17:29:14 GMT -5
Last night, I caught the Peter Frampton's 50th Anniversary Tour Concert from Royal Albert Hall in London on PBS-TV. It was great show. I had originally saw him in the Philadelphia in June of 1976 with Yes and other groups at the old JFK Stadium, where they used to play the Army Vs Navy football game.The concert crowd was 125,000 plus. It was a wild night for Philly night events. Next door at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies were playing the Dodgers in a night game, another 56,000 fans and at the Spectrum arena, the Ringley Brothers Circus was in town, add another 20,000 fans. It took us an 1hr 1/2 to get to the Walt Whitman Bridge to get back to New Jersey. Frampton is now dealing with health issues that severely limit his ability to play. As I'm sure you know, there was a time in the '70's when "Framptom Comes Alive!" was the virtual soundtrack of the era. Local kid keyboardist Bobby Mayo was in his backing band and was called out on that album. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 2, 2024 20:37:12 GMT -5
Last night, I caught the Peter Frampton's 50th Anniversary Tour Concert from Royal Albert Hall in London on PBS-TV. It was great show. I had originally saw him in the Philadelphia in June of 1976 with Yes and other groups at the old JFK Stadium, where they used to play the Army Vs Navy football game.The concert crowd was 125,000 plus. It was a wild night for Philly night events. Next door at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies were playing the Dodgers in a night game, another 56,000 fans and at the Spectrum arena, the Ringley Brothers Circus was in town, add another 20,000 fans. It took us an 1hr 1/2 to get to the Walt Whitman Bridge to get back to New Jersey. I remember that concert!! Also performing were Gary Wright (post-Spooky Tooth) and the Pousette-Dart Band if those names ring any bells. JFK was a cavernous old place. As you say, Army-Navy was played there for many years. In fact some years it was the only event held in that place. The Rolling Stones started several tours there, and Springsteen and Michael Jackson and just about any big name. First stadium concert I ever went to was 1967 at JFK. Tickets were one dollar, presented by Schmidt's Beer. The Rascals, The Box Tops, Country Joe and the Fish, the Delfonics. Whatever year that Farm Aid concert was held, JFK was one of the venues. Phil Collins played in the first concert at Wembley Stadium in the UK, got on the Concorde, and played at JFK that same evening! Where in South Jersey did you live? Remember the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League played at JFK in their one year of existence. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 2, 2024 20:52:16 GMT -5
I had a Kay early on myself, although it was an acoustic. They were good starter guitars. Also had a Kent way back if you remember that name. First electric was a Japanese Strat knockoff called a Kingston. It looked like a Fender but it sure didn't play like one. A fretboard like stucco siding. It was good for building up your calluses. If you could make a first-fret augmented chord ring out on that thing, a real guitar was a cinch. Although it did have that cool Bigsby Vibrato Bar, which I guess became more commonly known as a Whammy Bar. I got a Guild Starfire after paying my dues with the Kingston and it felt like silk. Hey, I like "Monster Mash" and "Alley Oop." I saw Bobby "Boris" Pickett perform at the Greek Theater in LA in one of those annual K-RTH 101 oldies extravaganzas. He brought the house down. Just hilarious with the goofy dance he did to the song and making Karloff faces. I too hate "Itsy-Bitsy" etc. And you know what? So does the guy who recorded it, Brian Hyland. I used to have an oldies show in Santa Fe in the mid to late 80s and one time I managed to get him as an in-studio guest for an hour. He said he was just a junior in high school (in Queens) when he recorded that, and that the record company wanted to groom him as a teen idol type. But he had some genuine talent, although his chart success was spotty. Some middling hits like "Sealed With A Kiss" and "The Joker Went Wild" and "Run Run Look And See" and a cover of The Impressions' "Gypsy Woman." He did a lot of really good MOR songs that never got above the lower rungs of the Hot 100 -- mostly forgotten things like "Get The Message" and "Stay And Love Me All Summer" and "Holiday For Clowns." He was a really nice guy. Soft-spoken, down-to-earth. And if you asked my wife, really good-looking. At least in 1987. I suspect she was ready to ditch me and take off with him, but he left town soon enough. So she's still stuck with me, almost to 45 years now. Brian Hyland was another one of the performers, who had hit songs in the 1950's, 1960's and in the 1970's. In I live in South Jersey near Philly. Bobby Pickett was a taxi driver in the city, when he wasn't out on the road performing. In fact " Monster Mash" music background was pulled from the Orlands "What Tusse" hit song. Well you are just a gushing well of great information, Clipper. I sure never heard about Bobby Pickett driving a taxi. He did say that every year just after Halloween he would get a nice royalty check for "Monster Mash." I never thought about the similarity between the keyboard in that song and "Wah-Watusi" by The Orlons. Who as you know were a great Philly group -- "South Street" and "Don't Hang Up" and "Crossfire" and "Not Me" and my personal favorite the very obscure "Them Terrible Boots." They were from Overbrook High, which also produced The Dovells ("Bristol Stomp" and "You Can't Sit Down"), their lead singer Len Barry ("One Two Three"), Wilt Chamberlain and, if you know your Philly, The Geator with the Heater Jerry Blavat. Yep, Brian Hyland managed to chart records, albeit not many huge hits, for a long time. He was a second cousin to Larry Fine of The Three Stooges. Cliff Richard is one of the few artists to manage to put songs in the Billboard Top 40 in four different decades -- "Living Doll" in 1959, a cover of "It's All In The Game" in 1964, "Devil Woman" in 1976 and "We Don't Talk Anymore" which was recorded in 1979 but lingered on the charts into 1980. |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Mar 3, 2024 21:13:31 GMT -5
Last night, I caught the Peter Frampton's 50th Anniversary Tour Concert from Royal Albert Hall in London on PBS-TV. It was great show. I had originally saw him in the Philadelphia in June of 1976 with Yes and other groups at the old JFK Stadium, where they used to play the Army Vs Navy football game.The concert crowd was 125,000 plus. It was a wild night for Philly night events. Next door at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies were playing the Dodgers in a night game, another 56,000 fans and at the Spectrum arena, the Ringley Brothers Circus was in town, add another 20,000 fans. It took us an 1hr 1/2 to get to the Walt Whitman Bridge to get back to New Jersey. I remember that concert!! Also performing were Gary Wright (post-Spooky Tooth) and the Pousette-Dart Band if those names ring any bells. JFK was a cavernous old place. As you say, Army-Navy was played there for many years. In fact some years it was the only event held in that place. The Rolling Stones started several tours there, and Springsteen and Michael Jackson and just about any big name. First stadium concert I ever went to was 1967 at JFK. Tickets were one dollar, presented by Schmidt's Beer. The Rascals, The Box Tops, Country Joe and the Fish, the Delfonics. Whatever year that Farm Aid concert was held, JFK was one of the venues. Phil Collins played in the first concert at Wembley Stadium in the UK, got on the Concorde, and played at JFK that same evening! Where in South Jersey did you live? Remember the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League played at JFK in their one year of existence. Haddon Township aka Westmont, N.J. located in Camden County. It is a confused town with 2 names with no post office and a shared zip code with Collingswood, the home of "Little Joe" aka Michael Landon from TV's Bonaza fame. |
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 8, 2024 21:04:01 GMT -5
Hey inger, what do you think of Billy's new song? |
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Post by inger on Mar 8, 2024 21:32:42 GMT -5
Hey inger, what do you think of Billy's new song? I like it, but I don’t rate it with his best. It’s better if you realize that it’s written as an apology and lament for his long absence… I hope it leads to another spurt or two of song writing and and performing. He’s still in good voice… I like the video where they show him singing it at different ages. How do they do that?… |
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 8, 2024 21:55:42 GMT -5
Hey inger , what do you think of Billy's new song? I like it, but I don’t rate it with his best. It’s better if you realize that it’s written as an apology and lament for his long absence… I hope it leads to another spurt or two of song writing and and performing. He’s still in good voice… I like the video where they show him singing it at different ages. How do they do that?… He does still tour a lot. He's coming to Chicago later this year with Stevie Nicks. |
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Post by inger on Mar 8, 2024 22:54:55 GMT -5
I like it, but I don’t rate it with his best. It’s better if you realize that it’s written as an apology and lament for his long absence… I hope it leads to another spurt or two of song writing and and performing. He’s still in good voice… I like the video where they show him singing it at different ages. How do they do that?… He does still tour a lot. He's coming to Chicago later this year with Stevie Nicks. That sounds like an interesting duo. You going? … |
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 8, 2024 23:39:08 GMT -5
He does still tour a lot. He's coming to Chicago later this year with Stevie Nicks. That sounds like an interesting duo. You going? … No, it's at Soldier Field and I'm not a fan of stadium shows, I just doesn't feel like a concert. I'm going to Neil Young & Crazy Horse in April!  |
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Post by kaybli on Mar 8, 2024 23:42:50 GMT -5
That sounds like an interesting duo. You going? … No, it's at Soldier Field and I'm not a fan of stadium shows, I just doesn't feel like a concert. I'm going to Neil Young & Crazy Horse in April! Nice! Hope you have fun! |
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 8, 2024 23:45:32 GMT -5
No, it's at Soldier Field and I'm not a fan of stadium shows, I just doesn't feel like a concert. I'm going to Neil Young & Crazy Horse in April! Nice! Hope you have fun! Thanks Kay! Neil hasn't been to Chicago since the pandemic. |
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