[kj] Of Topic: Guilty Pleasures

[Neil Perry]

Yes its weird with the Rolling Stones, I think Gimme Shelter is one of the
most
astonishing, electrifying songs ever recorded... but little else they've
done ever impressed me.
I love that song so much I sometimes listen to the original followed by
various cover
versions all in a row - Sisters of Mercy, Merry Clayton (the woman singing
on the original,
who apparently had a miscarriage after leaving the studio which was put
down to her
exertions during the recording), Turbonegro, Hellacopters, Patti Smith. I
have not, however, included
the versions recorded by New Model Army with Tom Jones (!) and Hawkwind
with Samantha Fox (!!!).

On 24 August 2016 at 13:28, Jim Harper via Gathering <gathering at misera.net>
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> I feel exactly the same when I hear 'Octopus Garden' or 'Ob-La-Di,
> Ob-La-Da'. Greatest band in the world? Maybe if the only two bands in the
> world were The Beatles and Steps. It would still be close though.
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> Nothing from them comes even close to 'Gimme Shelter'.
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> On Tue, 23/8/16, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <gathering at misera.net> wrote:
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>  Subject: Re: [kj] Of Topic: Guilty Pleasures
>  To: gathering at misera.net
>  Cc: jpwhkj at aol.com
>  Date: Tuesday, 23 August, 2016, 23:08
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>  Ha!  Entertaining guide to *really*
>  old music.
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>  Totally agree about the Stones.  Can't see what
>  all the fuss is about.
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>  having grown up
>  listening to the Mamas and the Papas, Beatles, Stones,
>  Supertramp and Genesis on full blast probably cos my parents
>  were shagging downstairs i had come to the following
>  conclusions:
>  1)Mamas & Papas-Tunes!
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>  2)Beatles-best one George
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>  3)Stones-Utter Shit
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>  4)Supertramp-best ever singing voice I've heard
>  live-Roger Hodgson-We've seen him a few times now.
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>  5)Genesis-they were listening to the early stuff.Since
>  then I think two of the best tracks I've heard live are
>  in the cage medley and second home by the sea because of the
>  2 drummers bouncing off each other.But..I saw them with Ray
>  Wilson on vocals and they were brilliant-all that new stuff
>  was written mainly by Tony Banks,one of the most underated
>  musicians of our time and i was just filing away my cds and
>  i always like to look at the credits and looked at Tony
>  Banks early 90s release-drums by Geoff Dugmore!They must
>  have had pots of money to burn.For all you OTG followers
>  Tony Banks is the man.
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>  So I would like to hear an album with music composed by
>  Geordie and Tony Banks as a side project of course.
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>  Thanks for your patience
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>  Ade
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