George Formby? Leaning on a lamp-post probably.
For you Patrick: Vera Lynn (who was still singing until 97!), Gracie
Fields, Benny Hill, Ted Heath and his orchestra, Charlie Chester,
Arthur Askey (and that blankety-blank busy-bee song)
On 3/24/07, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Does having 'a degree with a degree in English, so
> she has the potential for interesting lyrics),' hahaah very funny Roger
> gosh names there I (predictably !) have never heard of
> where's George Formby then??
> P Heart-thob P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Roger Day
> Sent: 24 March 2007 10:04
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: there's chalk ...
>
> I think that was me with the reference to Nancy Sinatra. I a crush on
> her when I was a kid. I remember playing one of her LPs (at 33 and a
> third, with an option for 78!!!) endlessly.
>
> There's seems to a lot of female singer-song writers in the UK at the
> moment. Joss Stone, Corinne Bailey Rae (with a degree in English, so
> she has the potential for interesting lyrics), Amy Winehouse, Lily
> Allen.
>
> Also, Lush, the Heart-thobs, Portishead (and Beth Gibbons), Beth
> Orton, Japan, Kate Bush, Kirsty MacColl, Henry Rollins, Tom Petty,
> Stan Ridgway.
>
> Interestingly, no cabaret voltaire or throbbing gristle from anyone.
>
> Roger
>
> On 3/23/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I LOVE Shawn Colvin!
> >
> > The earlier reference to NANCY Sinatra surprised me,
> > though I liked her "boots" song of years ago....
> >
> >
> > --- TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > You gotta hear Shawn Colvin doing "Viva Las Vegas"
> > >
> > > Douglas Barbour wrote:
> > > > Ha, yes indeed, let's get back to the
> > > singer-songwriters....
> > > >
> > > > But, it's also interesting to see if someone can
> > > interpret others. I
> > > > find some of Natalie Merchant's interpretations,
> > > of folk songs, or of
> > > > Bowie, on her Live album, truly revelatory. It's
> > > interesting that
> > > > Bowie, while doing an A&E call-in show about his
> > > last(?) album (the
> > > > one after 9/11) told his huge audience that the
> > > album they should
> > > > listen to was Merchant's Motherland, which he had
> > > noticed her
> > > > recording down the corridor in another studio. I
> > > admired him very much
> > > > for that....
> > > >
> > > > Doug
> > > > On 22-Mar-07, at 10:22 AM, Peter Cudmore wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I think that up till the point where Sinatra
> > > entered, there was an
> > > >> implicit
> > > >> common bond of the maker among everything that
> > > had been cited
> > > >> (respective
> > > >> early days of the Beatles & Stones
> > > notwithstanding). Whatever Frankie's
> > > >> virtues as a performer, the songs were written
> > > for him to perform.
> > > >>
> > > >> P
> > > >>
> > > >>
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> > > > You've got to find some way of saying it
> > > > without sayng it.
> > > >
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> > > >
> > >
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