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One last swipe at this for me XTC Generals and Majors. They had some excellent 45's, some with picture sleeves. Also loved their Kinks-like social commentary songs like Respectable Street and Making Plans for Nigel.
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Fitz wrote:
One last swipe at this for me XTC Generals and Majors
A final swing at this for me, as well:
It's Only Make Believe" by the late, great Harold Jenkins
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One last swipe at this for me XTC Generals and Majors
A final swing at this for me, as well:
It's Only Make Believe" by the late, great Harold Jenkins
D.D.
Well there is that definitely with politicians and even 60's counter culture posers with love beads and flowers but it was mostly fun and there there were many true believers in the cause and maybe not make belief.
Learned something new from the above post. Conway Twitty's real name.
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One last swipe at this for me XTC Generals and Majors
It's Only Make Believe" by the late, great Harold Jenkins
D.D.
Learned something new from the above post. Conway Twitty's real name.
You have a say in the tunes that are seldom played
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It's Only Make Believe" by the late, great Harold Jenkins
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Learned something new from the above post. Conway Twitty's real name.
You have a say in the tunes that are seldom played
Not entirely sure about how much airplay the tunes I recomended get these days on terrestrial radio but many were from well known artists but some are sadly missing from regular radio now.
I posted Incense and Peppermints mostly for the paisley wardrobes as "make belief" came up but the word politics is there in the lyrics. The song and the image is quintessential summer of love and even though Frank Zappa would have railed against both as faux counter-culture I think it's great song and the Nehru Jackets were all part of the show.
The song was never mixed or released in true stereo. The lead singer was not even in the group but simply a 17 year old friend who happened to be in the studio at the time. The music was written by two group members who were not credited on the record. One of those two, Ed King, was in Lynyrd Skynyrd and he was responsible for the opening guitar lick on Sweet Home Alabama. A song mentioned by Lorne in this thread.
I like the vocals on the song. Somehow they remind me of the vocals on the garage rock wonder Liar Liar by the Castaways. The scream and dancer make the video:
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This just may be one of the oldest political songs ever recorded, c.1942, Tommy Trinder's "Everything will be Lovely". It's British, but it's my go-to song in my head when having to listen to political speeches.
Here it's played on a 78RPM gramophone, possibly with one of the largest horn's you will ever see. Probably was quite an impressive addition to the front room in the 1920's.