....Gary Brooker.

I can't help but wonder
What colour your face is now.

--
Sid
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:05:51 +0000, Sid Nuncius wrote:

> ...Gary Brooker.
>
> I can't help but wonder What colour your face is now.

And indeed where his homburg is now that he is unable to hold it on in the
storms. (Although it is clearly derivative I always thought it the better
song)

Rosie

On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:05:51 +0000, Sid Nuncius
<nuncius@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>...Gary Brooker.
>
>I can't help but wonder
>What colour your face is now.

That's brought back a few memories of the Southend music scene.
Kursaal Flyers, Doctor Feelgood, Wilko Johnson, Mickey Jupp... Diz
Derrick of The Paramounts was Latex's cousin and though he was never a
member of PH he's still teaching music in Leeds. Tim Gentle built his
music shop business on his reputation as a performer and the business
is still working today. Not the same form but still the same
(ghastly!) logo.

I suspect every music "scene" has a similar story but in 60's and 70's
Southend, everybody knew each other and everybody jammed with
everybody else. Happy days.

Nick

On 23/02/2022 11:37, Rosalind Mitchell wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:05:51 +0000, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>
>> ...Gary Brooker.
>>
>> I can't help but wonder What colour your face is now.
>
> And indeed where his homburg is now that he is unable to hold it on in the
> storms. (Although it is clearly derivative I always thought it the better
> song)

Yes, I rather agree, although, like almost everyone, I was bowled over
by AWSOP when it first appeared. Homburg is an underrated record, I think.

--
Sid
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On 23/02/2022 17:57, Sid Nuncius wrote:
> On 23/02/2022 11:37, Rosalind Mitchell wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:05:51 +0000, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>
>>> ...Gary Brooker.
>>>
>>> I can't help but wonder What colour your face is now.
>>
>> And indeed where his homburg is now that he is unable to hold it on in
>> the
>> storms. (Although it is clearly derivative I always thought it the better
>> song)
>
> Yes, I rather agree, although, like almost everyone, I was bowled over
> by AWSOP when it first appeared.  Homburg is an underrated record, I think.
>

I was seriously impressed by AWOP, Homburg, not so much. I went to see
PH at Sheffield City Hall when God was a lad. They were supported by the
then largely unknown Jethro Tull and Irish band Tir Na Nog. PH were
plagued by equipment problems, which meant they were inaudible some of
the time. Tir Na Nog were really good, I think they only made one album,
but I bought it, and we still listen to it occasionally. Tull got better.
Steve

On 24/02/2022 10:34, steve hague wrote:
> On 23/02/2022 17:57, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>> On 23/02/2022 11:37, Rosalind Mitchell wrote:
>>> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:05:51 +0000, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...Gary Brooker.
>>>>
>>>> I can't help but wonder What colour your face is now.
>>>
>>> And indeed where his homburg is now that he is unable to hold it on
>>> in the
>>> storms. (Although it is clearly derivative I always thought it the
>>> better
>>> song)
>>
>> Yes, I rather agree, although, like almost everyone, I was bowled over
>> by AWSOP when it first appeared.  Homburg is an underrated record, I
>> think.
>
> I was seriously impressed by AWOP, Homburg, not so much. I went to see
> PH at Sheffield City Hall when God was a lad. They were supported by the
> then largely unknown Jethro Tull and Irish band Tir Na Nog. PH were
> plagued by equipment problems, which meant they were inaudible some of
> the time. Tir Na Nog were really good, I think they only made one album,
> but I bought it, and we still listen to it occasionally. Tull got better.

I still have my Tir Na Nog LP, too - and I think you're the only other
person I know who ever owned it. I haven't played it for years, though;
I liked the sound overall and I remember some decent tracks on it
(including the title track), but it never really grabbed me as an album.
Time to give it another try, maybe.

Wiki says they made three studio albums. I've never heard the other two.

--
Sid
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Sid Nuncius <nuncius@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> On 24/02/2022 10:34, steve hague wrote:
>> On 23/02/2022 17:57, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>> On 23/02/2022 11:37, Rosalind Mitchell wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:05:51 +0000, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ...Gary Brooker.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't help but wonder What colour your face is now.
>>>>
>>>> And indeed where his homburg is now that he is unable to hold it on
>>>> in the
>>>> storms. (Although it is clearly derivative I always thought it the
>>>> better
>>>> song)
>>>
>>> Yes, I rather agree, although, like almost everyone, I was bowled over
>>> by AWSOP when it first appeared.  Homburg is an underrated record, I
>>> think.
>>
>> I was seriously impressed by AWOP, Homburg, not so much. I went to see
>> PH at Sheffield City Hall when God was a lad. They were supported by the
>> then largely unknown Jethro Tull and Irish band Tir Na Nog. PH were
>> plagued by equipment problems, which meant they were inaudible some of
>> the time. Tir Na Nog were really good, I think they only made one album,
>> but I bought it, and we still listen to it occasionally. Tull got better.
>
> I still have my Tir Na Nog LP, too - and I think you're the only other
> person I know who ever owned it. I haven't played it for years, though;
> I liked the sound overall and I remember some decent tracks on it
> (including the title track), but it never really grabbed me as an album.
> Time to give it another try, maybe.
>
> Wiki says they made three studio albums. I've never heard the other two.
>

Would you even bother with their second album?…

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 24-Feb-22 17:20, Sid Nuncius wrote:

> I still have my Tir Na Nog LP, too - and I think you're the only other
> person I know who ever owned it.  I haven't played it for years, though;
> I liked the sound overall and I remember some decent tracks on it
> (including the title track), but it never really grabbed me as an album.
>  Time to give it another try, maybe.

To save you from having to upturn the settee, here's the full album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpCNd0wNrY&list=PL8a8cutYP7frgJbgNzLBpAoq4af9d7MJE

--
Sam Plusnet

On 24/02/2022 19:50, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 24-Feb-22 17:20, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>
>> I still have my Tir Na Nog LP, too - and I think you're the only other
>> person I know who ever owned it.  I haven't played it for years,
>> though; I liked the sound overall and I remember some decent tracks on
>> it (including the title track), but it never really grabbed me as an
>> album.   Time to give it another try, maybe.
>
> To save you from having to upturn the settee, here's the full album:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpCNd0wNrY&list=PL8a8cutYP7frgJbgNzLBpAoq4af9d7MJE

Thanks, Steve. I'll give it a listen today.

--
Sid
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 06:02:03 +0000, Sid Nuncius <nuncius@hotmail.co.uk>
scrawled in the dust...

>On 24/02/2022 19:50, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 24-Feb-22 17:20, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>
>>> I still have my Tir Na Nog LP, too - and I think you're the only other
>>> person I know who ever owned it.  I haven't played it for years,
>>> though; I liked the sound overall and I remember some decent tracks on
>>> it (including the title track), but it never really grabbed me as an
>>> album.   Time to give it another try, maybe.
>>
>> To save you from having to upturn the settee, here's the full album:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpCNd0wNrY&list=PL8a8cutYP7frgJbgNzLBpAoq4af9d7MJE
>
>Thanks, Steve. I'll give it a listen today.
(ITYM Sam)

What language is Tir Na Nog?
I sort of assumed it was some form or Gaelic - Google translate thinks it's
Croation - but still fails to translate it.

Ah, Google search puts accents on the i and O and shows my first thought
was good. Tír na nÓg - Land of the young

Colin Blackburn has been wandering alphabetically through his music
collection on Instagram and presented Hen Ogledd [Old North] today. I did
better with my searching and found the track he mentions, all about, and
largely filmed by, a cat called Trouble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWghsLiZL5k

--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 12:49:55 +0000, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 06:02:03 +0000, Sid Nuncius <nuncius@hotmail.co.uk>
>scrawled in the dust...
>
>>On 24/02/2022 19:50, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> On 24-Feb-22 17:20, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>>
>>>> I still have my Tir Na Nog LP, too - and I think you're the only other
>>>> person I know who ever owned it.  I haven't played it for years,
>>>> though; I liked the sound overall and I remember some decent tracks on
>>>> it (including the title track), but it never really grabbed me as an
>>>> album.   Time to give it another try, maybe.
>>>
>>> To save you from having to upturn the settee, here's the full album:
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpCNd0wNrY&list=PL8a8cutYP7frgJbgNzLBpAoq4af9d7MJE
>>
>>Thanks, Steve. I'll give it a listen today.
>(ITYM Sam)
>
>What language is Tir Na Nog?
>I sort of assumed it was some form or Gaelic - Google translate thinks it's
>Croation - but still fails to translate it.
>
>Ah, Google search puts accents on the i and O and shows my first thought
>was good. Tír na nÓg - Land of the young
>
>Colin Blackburn has been wandering alphabetically through his music
>collection on Instagram and presented Hen Ogledd [Old North]

Old North - thpoken by vikingth with a lithp.

--
Regards, Paul Herber
https://www.paulherber.co.uk/

Paul Herber <paul@paulherber.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 12:49:55 +0000, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 06:02:03 +0000, Sid Nuncius <nuncius@hotmail.co.uk>
>> scrawled in the dust...
>>
>>> On 24/02/2022 19:50, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>> On 24-Feb-22 17:20, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I still have my Tir Na Nog LP, too - and I think you're the only other
>>>>> person I know who ever owned it.  I haven't played it for years,
>>>>> though; I liked the sound overall and I remember some decent tracks on
>>>>> it (including the title track), but it never really grabbed me as an
>>>>> album.   Time to give it another try, maybe.
>>>>
>>>> To save you from having to upturn the settee, here's the full album:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpCNd0wNrY&list=PL8a8cutYP7frgJbgNzLBpAoq4af9d7MJE
>>>
>>> Thanks, Steve. I'll give it a listen today.
>> (ITYM Sam)
>>
>> What language is Tir Na Nog?
>> I sort of assumed it was some form or Gaelic - Google translate thinks it's
>> Croation - but still fails to translate it.
>>
>> Ah, Google search puts accents on the i and O and shows my first thought
>> was good. Tír na nÓg - Land of the young
>>
>> Colin Blackburn has been wandering alphabetically through his music
>> collection on Instagram and presented Hen Ogledd [Old North]
>
> Old North - thpoken by vikingth with a lithp.
>
>

“I’ve got a little lithp”

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 25/02/2022 06:02, Sid Nuncius wrote:
> On 24/02/2022 19:50, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 24-Feb-22 17:20, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>
>>> I still have my Tir Na Nog LP, too - and I think you're the only
>>> other person I know who ever owned it.  I haven't played it for
>>> years, though; I liked the sound overall and I remember some decent
>>> tracks on it (including the title track), but it never really grabbed
>>> me as an album.   Time to give it another try, maybe.
>>
>> To save you from having to upturn the settee, here's the full album:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpCNd0wNrY&list=PL8a8cutYP7frgJbgNzLBpAoq4af9d7MJE
>
> Thanks, Steve. I'll give it a listen today.

Sorry, Sam - early morning brain.[1]

I did listen to it...and I still think much the same. Nice sound
overall, rather fey early 70s lyrics and nothing much to really cling on
to. I think this got quite a few late-night plays in my room at
university when a few of us might have shared a non-proprietary
cigarette, when it probably sounded rather better to me.

[1]Wasn't that a song by Gordon Lightfoot?
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Sid
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:28:39 +0000, Sid Nuncius
<nuncius@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>On 25/02/2022 06:02, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>> On 24/02/2022 19:50, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> On 24-Feb-22 17:20, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>>
>>>> I still have my Tir Na Nog LP, too - and I think you're the only
>>>> other person I know who ever owned it.  I haven't played it for
>>>> years, though; I liked the sound overall and I remember some decent
>>>> tracks on it (including the title track), but it never really grabbed
>>>> me as an album.   Time to give it another try, maybe.
>>>
>>> To save you from having to upturn the settee, here's the full album:
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpCNd0wNrY&list=PL8a8cutYP7frgJbgNzLBpAoq4af9d7MJE
>>
>> Thanks, Steve. I'll give it a listen today.
>
>Sorry, Sam - early morning brain.[1]
>
>I did listen to it...and I still think much the same. Nice sound
>overall, rather fey early 70s lyrics and nothing much to really cling on
>to. I think this got quite a few late-night plays in my room at
>university when a few of us might have shared a non-proprietary
>cigarette, when it probably sounded rather better to me.
>
>
>[1]Wasn't that a song by Gordon Lightfoot?

If you could read my mind, you'd know I had been thinking exactly the
same!

Nick

On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:44:12 +0000, Nick Odell
<nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:28:39 +0000, Sid Nuncius
><nuncius@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>On 25/02/2022 06:02, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>> On 24/02/2022 19:50, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>> On 24-Feb-22 17:20, Sid Nuncius wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I still have my Tir Na Nog LP, too - and I think you're the only
>>>>> other person I know who ever owned it.  I haven't played it for
>>>>> years, though; I liked the sound overall and I remember some decent
>>>>> tracks on it (including the title track), but it never really grabbed
>>>>> me as an album.   Time to give it another try, maybe.
>>>>
>>>> To save you from having to upturn the settee, here's the full album:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpCNd0wNrY&list=PL8a8cutYP7frgJbgNzLBpAoq4af9d7MJE
>>>
>>> Thanks, Steve. I'll give it a listen today.
>>
>>Sorry, Sam - early morning brain.[1]
>>
>>I did listen to it...and I still think much the same. Nice sound
>>overall, rather fey early 70s lyrics and nothing much to really cling on
>>to. I think this got quite a few late-night plays in my room at
>>university when a few of us might have shared a non-proprietary
>>cigarette, when it probably sounded rather better to me.
>>
>>
>>[1]Wasn't that a song by Gordon Lightfoot?
>
>If you could read my mind, you'd know I had been thinking exactly the
>same!
>
I blame Sid and his awful Gordon Lightfoot pun at the top of this
thread but I've had The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald as an earworm
for the best part of a week now! A song that breaks all the rules
(Three and a half minutes or less? - No. Song form AABA, ABACABA or
somesuch? - No) which I suppose is why it is such a great earworm.

Nick