ABBA.....without doubt the most talented and successful “pop music” group that has ever existed. Brilliant song writers too. I don’t have any of their albums but always enjoy hearing them from time to time. And finally......I defy anyone who says that haven’t tripped the light fantastic whilst at a wedding, christening or party and danced to the timeless “Dancing Queen”.
And funerals. That was my mum's requested song to be played at her funeral. And it was.
ABBA.....without doubt the most talented and successful “pop music” group that has ever existed. Brilliant song writers too. I don’t have any of their albums but always enjoy hearing them from time to time. And finally......I defy anyone who says that haven’t tripped the light fantastic whilst at a wedding, christening or party and danced to the timeless “Dancing Queen”.
I have never ever danced to Dancing Queen nor any other Abba song no matter how pissed or chemically enhanced I may have been. The only song I've ever liked of theirs was the cover by Blancmange of The day before you came.
They are not the most successful pop music group that have ever existed & to say they are the most talented is down to personal opinion & taste. If you think that they are the most talented group that ever existed it comes as a surprise that you don't own any albums & only enjoy hearing them from time to time so I'm guessing that this is a wind up to entice sad old men like me to bite :-):smiley:
Her Dad was my first GP, lived in a big house off Upper Wickham Lane, treated my Great Uncle even after he'd retired from his practice,which he had in Plumstead for years
Her Dad was my first GP, lived in a big house off Upper Wickham Lane, treated my Great Uncle even after he'd retired from his practice,which he had in Plumstead for years
My Mum taught her gymnastics at St Joseph's Convent
I'm beginning to feel left out everyone seems to have a Kate Bush story but me :-(
Friend's older brother had a flat in Blackheath in the late 70s and from time to time held large parties. As young men of a certain age we were very excited to hear that Kate Bush had been to the previous one and was due to attend the next one.
Twisted his arm for an invite ............ she didn't go
Her Dad was my first GP, lived in a big house off Upper Wickham Lane, treated my Great Uncle even after he'd retired from his practice,which he had in Plumstead for years
He was my doctor when I was a kid..
mine too . He had a surgery in Bathe rd in Plumstead
Frank Zappa Never ‘got’ him at the time but now listen and watch his gigs on youtube all the time. He was a musical genius.
My old boss was a big fan, he did me a tape of his more satirical stuff like the muffin man, jesus thinks you're a jerk, Bobby Brown etc. It was a great listen, I'm forever thinking what Zappa would have made of Trump if he was still about.
Her Dad was my first GP, lived in a big house off Upper Wickham Lane, treated my Great Uncle even after he'd retired from his practice,which he had in Plumstead for years
Nothing to do with Kate Bush or music but as a youngish man I had a GP, Doctor Blood. Funnily enough years later I ended up working with his daughter.
When I was in my teens I listened to pop music then the sort of stuff John Peel used to play, so I have a soft spot for early 80s pop, post punk, jangly indie, reggae and ska and guitar based African music (think Bhundu Boys and Indestructible Beat of Soweto). There are other things I've got into since then that I didn't really come across in those times so they don't fit the question, like folk, bluegrass or classical. The thing I never got when younger was jazz. It's been creeping up on me for about the last decade. Prior to that the only arguably jazz records I had were a Jimmy Witherspoon collection and a Nina Simone one and I just told myself it was blues. In lockdown, I've been listening a lot to Mulatu Astatke, an Ethiopian jazz musician and I love it. I'd heard this sort of stuff before at festivals and it hadn't really connected but for some reason it does now. I still haven't "got" the weird screechy saxophone kind of jazz though and I'm not sure I ever will.
If it helps I like Kate Bush too, but don't have any anecdotes
When I was in my teens I listened to pop music then the sort of stuff John Peel used to play, so I have a soft spot for early 80s pop, post punk, jangly indie, reggae and ska and guitar based African music (think Bhundu Boys and Indestructible Beat of Soweto). There are other things I've got into since then that I didn't really come across in those times so they don't fit the question, like folk, bluegrass or classical. The thing I never got when younger was jazz. It's been creeping up on me for about the last decade. Prior to that the only arguably jazz records I had were a Jimmy Witherspoon collection and a Nina Simone one and I just told myself it was blues. In lockdown, I've been listening a lot to Mulatu Astatke, an Ethiopian jazz musician and I love it. I'd heard this sort of stuff before at festivals and it hadn't really connected but for some reason it does now. I still haven't "got" the weird screechy saxophone kind of jazz though and I'm not sure I ever will.
If it helps I like Kate Bush too, but don't have any anecdotes
I’ve discovered. Ethiopian music recently too, I’m enjoying the ‘mistakes on purpose’ album by Girma Beyene @ Akalewube.
When I was in my teens I listened to pop music then the sort of stuff John Peel used to play, so I have a soft spot for early 80s pop, post punk, jangly indie, reggae and ska and guitar based African music (think Bhundu Boys and Indestructible Beat of Soweto). There are other things I've got into since then that I didn't really come across in those times so they don't fit the question, like folk, bluegrass or classical. The thing I never got when younger was jazz. It's been creeping up on me for about the last decade. Prior to that the only arguably jazz records I had were a Jimmy Witherspoon collection and a Nina Simone one and I just told myself it was blues. In lockdown, I've been listening a lot to Mulatu Astatke, an Ethiopian jazz musician and I love it. I'd heard this sort of stuff before at festivals and it hadn't really connected but for some reason it does now. I still haven't "got" the weird screechy saxophone kind of jazz though and I'm not sure I ever will.
If it helps I like Kate Bush too, but don't have any anecdotes
Just had a quick listen to some of Mulatu's music - very impressed
For me it’s not so much groups that I’m starting to appreciate, but musical genres as a whole. Genres I missed out on/didn’t appreciate/was too young/old for.
Prog rock punk northern soul easy listening of the 50s, 60s and 70s
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I wanted to teach her gymnastics!
Cat Stevens
Traffic
Small Faces
Marvin Gaye
They are not the most successful pop music group that have ever existed & to say they are the most talented is down to personal opinion & taste. If you think that they are the most talented group that ever existed it comes as a surprise that you don't own any albums & only enjoy hearing them from time to time so I'm guessing that this is a wind up to entice sad old men like me to bite :-):smiley:
IIRC he was a doctor.
Never ‘got’ him at the time but now listen and watch his gigs on youtube all the time.
He was a musical genius.
Twisted his arm for an invite ............ she didn't go
Once saw her jogging up the A207 holding pet biscuits chasing after a labrador that had pinched her lunch.
She was running up that hill to make a deal with dog.
The thing I never got when younger was jazz. It's been creeping up on me for about the last decade. Prior to that the only arguably jazz records I had were a Jimmy Witherspoon collection and a Nina Simone one and I just told myself it was blues.
In lockdown, I've been listening a lot to Mulatu Astatke, an Ethiopian jazz musician and I love it. I'd heard this sort of stuff before at festivals and it hadn't really connected but for some reason it does now.
I still haven't "got" the weird screechy saxophone kind of jazz though and I'm not sure I ever will.
If it helps I like Kate Bush too, but don't have any anecdotes
Prog rock
punk
northern soul
easy listening of the 50s, 60s and 70s