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Forum: The Sand Pit
Apr 4th 2010, 8:48 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

......... and after Al Green (see above), Teddy sang next - even from a wheelchair, the guy just oozes sex appeal.............

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Forum: The Sand Pit
Apr 1st 2010, 11:14 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Infectious and joyful.............. The Reverend himself.

I challenge everybody to listen to this, then say you're having a bad day................ :thumbup:

(the guy in the wheelchair at the...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Apr 1st 2010, 7:30 am
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

A worthy nomination, for sure.

But the best? What about The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Buck's Fizz, The Kinks, Cream.............
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 31st 2010, 8:05 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Can't argue................ this is the studio version - if I can find a good live one, I'll post that too..............

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Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 31st 2010, 7:14 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Long before the Blues Brothers came along............

Sam and Dave live in Finland - just look at that audience go wild........... :blink:

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Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 31st 2010, 7:05 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Go on then........... name the best.
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 31st 2010, 4:44 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Sometimes, pretty often in fact, only one band will do............

The greatest band in rock history, thumbs up, hands down.........

It's only rock n' roll, but I like it.............

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Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 31st 2010, 4:02 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

The original version, by a ludicrously underrated singer-songwriter who moved effortlessly between country and folk. The story of the inspiration behind the song is a good one - Wikipedia:

The...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 31st 2010, 4:26 am
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

That's my point - the original wasn't meant to be emotional - it was a jokey singalong ditty. It was also alleged that "my friends" was a reference to drugs, but that's not the point either.
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Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 30th 2010, 8:57 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Just found this........... astonishing live performance of Marvin Gaye's protest epic, "What's Going On". The live audience shots are even more remarkable, and the whole thing is entirely of its...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 30th 2010, 7:01 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

No, sorry D.O. - can't take the vocal affectation and false emotions of the man............. adding a 'faux pathos' (good mixed metaphor, eh?) that just wasn't in the original.

Not up to your...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 28th 2010, 5:48 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

They don't make them like this any more..........

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Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 28th 2010, 3:09 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Stunning................ nice one, DO.
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 25th 2010, 7:14 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Teddy Pendergrass died in January. He would have turned 60 at midnight tonight. I can't wait until then..............

Guys, if the lady in your life isn't in the mood tonight, play this for...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 25th 2010, 6:33 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Sorry............. you sneaked that one in without me noticing........

Totally agree - such a beautiful voice, hitting all the notes without apparent effort. Still miss her...........
Forum: The Sand Pit
Mar 5th 2010, 4:59 am
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Ah yes....... that famous treadmill video - good to see that one again. :thumbup:
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 25th 2010, 5:58 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

There are good soul singers (like Gladys Knight)........

There are very good soul singers (like Dionne Warwick)...........

There are great soul singers (like Roberta Flack).......
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Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 24th 2010, 4:49 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Wednesday 24 February is Singalong Night............ didn't you know? :o

This is the guy all my mates thought I was the twin brother of back in the 1980s...... :o:o

Great example of how they...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 22nd 2010, 3:42 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

I've posted a couple of versions of this classic recently, including the stunning jazzy version by Precious Iglesias and Pamela "The Saxtress" Williams, but there is no law against posting another...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 21st 2010, 6:14 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Question: how many people have actually gone out and bought a CD on the strength of something they heard in this thread?

Guilty, m'Lud..............

Today I collected Ray Lamontagne's 2004...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 21st 2010, 3:12 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

In 1972, when the superb 'Honky Chateau' album came out, my friend Graham Williamson heard the track 'Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters', played it a few times, then declared: "That's beautiful. That's the...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 18th 2010, 6:26 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

.......... and from twelve months earlier, posted by Anabella............

I'm quite close to Keane (school connection, they all went to the same school as my little angels, met them through Tom...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 18th 2010, 6:12 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

This is fun............... randomly pick an old page from this thread, and see what you find.

From 13 May 2009, courtesy of MH.............. very classy......

......... and the song..........
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 18th 2010, 5:58 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Yes................ after a couple more listenings, I stand corrected. It's got a real power behind it, and they complement each other well.

Well spotted............. :o
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 17th 2010, 8:38 pm
Replies: 5,137
Views: 257,428
Posted By The Dean

Re: Song reflecting your mood at the moment

Nah sorry - two performers I'm very partial to, but the chemistry just isn't there for me. It's like listening to two different songs being played simultaneously, which surely isn't the point at...
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