Guilty (Musical) Pleasures
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Re: Guilty (Musical) Pleasures
I am on a bit of a nostalgia trip. I followed the charts from 1969 until the mid 70s and am compiling Qobuz play lists. Songs I might not have liked back then have a certain attraction now. What made the charts fifty years ago, no matter how cheesey, had a tune and is in a different league to the rap and hip hop shite of today.
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- SteveTheShadow (Thu Jul 28, 2022 7:09 pm)
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Re: Guilty (Musical) Pleasures
Paul Young, with the great Pino Palladino on bass. Apparently, he used to pay his backing singers so little they could never afford to buy bras.Nearlymusical wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 6:52 pm @slinger - Saw your reference to Paul Young - thanks for reminding me
Cant remember how it came to be but somehow I recenly got directed to Paul Young on The Tube - link below. I missed it first time round -there is just something about those 80's backing singers - Guilty (not exclusively musical) pleasures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkJW1bINoW0
Also Robbie Williams ( sorry )
And Robbie's got a great voice.
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- Nearlymusical (Thu Jul 28, 2022 7:20 am)
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Re: Guilty (Musical) Pleasures
Nina & Frederik? I thought I was old. My mind immediately went back to Little Donkey. **shudder**
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Barry White. The man was a genius. Those string arrangements are simply sublime.
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Somebody’s stepping on my plastic sandals. Joe Jackson (1979)
Somebody’s stepping on my plastic sandals. Joe Jackson (1979)
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Re: Guilty (Musical) Pleasures
Gene Page: The Best of the Motown Arranger Extraordinaire
Gene Page’s name quietly graces the credits of dozens of classic soul records. The prolific Los Angeles-born orchestrator and arranger worked with some of pop music’s biggest names – Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston and Lionel Ritchie among them – but the twin long-term roles which secure his place in the pantheon of soul music are as arranger for both Barry White and Motown, where he worked in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Gene Page’s name quietly graces the credits of dozens of classic soul records. The prolific Los Angeles-born orchestrator and arranger worked with some of pop music’s biggest names – Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston and Lionel Ritchie among them – but the twin long-term roles which secure his place in the pantheon of soul music are as arranger for both Barry White and Motown, where he worked in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Re: Guilty (Musical) Pleasures
Sorry to resurrect this thread but since my last listen was
Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting you
Didnt want to pollute "My Last Listen" .............. but fuck it I do like the Robster
Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting you
Didnt want to pollute "My Last Listen" .............. but fuck it I do like the Robster
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Re: Guilty (Musical) Pleasures
Mum got me into Glenn Millar back in the late 50's when I was a toddler, swing music has been a part of my life ever since. She was also largely responsible for my enjoyment of Nat King Cole and Sam Cook who is an undoubted legend.
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Many years ago there used to be a late(ish) night big-band show on telly, and I used to watch it with my late father. I also saw James Last (Dad conned me) live, and it turned out to be one of the best gigs I ever attended.
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