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God I know everyone has their right to comment but this site is rapidly turning into a moaners paradise Chris, take it from a 10 year veteran, it has always been a moaners' paradise! That's why we come here.  Altogether now: Been spending most my life Posting in a moaners' paradise... |
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John Babbacombe Lee , which in some ways is more of a milestone than Liege and Lief
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« Reply #42 on: March 30, 2017, 02:54:05 PM » |
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God I know everyone has their right to comment but this site is rapidly turning into a moaners paradise Chris, take it from a 10 year veteran, it has always been a moaners' paradise! That's why we come here. Altogether now: Been spending most my life Posting in a moaners' paradise... Ha Ha glad you've put me straight so I'll put my moaner head on  but Coolio (if memory serves me correctly)? |
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« Reply #43 on: March 30, 2017, 03:04:29 PM » |
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God I know everyone has their right to comment but this site is rapidly turning into a moaners paradise Chris, take it from a 10 year veteran, it has always been a moaners' paradise! That's why we come here. Altogether now: Been spending most my life Posting in a moaners' paradise... Ha Ha glad you've put me straight so I'll put my moaner head on but Coolio (if memory serves me correctly)? Coolio sampling Stevie Wonder's glorious Pastime Paradise |
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« Reply #44 on: March 30, 2017, 03:19:03 PM » |
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This is about Fairport at 50 on Radio 2
God I know everyone has their right to comment but this site is rapidly turning into a moaners paradise Chris, take it from a 10 year veteran, it has always been a moaners' paradise! That's why we come here. Altogether now: Been spending most my life Posting in a moaners' paradise... Ha Ha glad you've put me straight so I'll put my moaner head on but Coolio (if memory serves me correctly)? Coolio sampling Stevie Wonder's glorious Pastime ParadiseAh right thank you my learned friend  |
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« Reply #45 on: March 30, 2017, 03:39:36 PM » |
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Andy - it was a Whisperin' Bob production for the BBC, so probably had no access to those Swarb interviews.
*the phone rings at Broadcasting House* Whisperin' Bob; Hey, I can do you an hour on Fairport Convention Radio 2 Commissioning Editor: Who? WB: Fairport - you remember, big in the Sixties, folk-rock, all that stuff. R2CE; The British Jefferson Airplane..? WB: That's them. R2CE; I don't know - I mean is there any interest beyond the Summer of Love nostalgists? Is there a big anniversary coming up or anything? WB; We could throw it into Folk Week? R2CE; Oh, go on then - usual rates? WB; Sure. R2CE; Have the flash drive on my desk next week WB: Oh god - it won't take that long... *fade* Except that they referred to the Byrds instead of Airplane. Which is odd.
Sorry, curmudgeon alert. Can the Folk Awards have its own thread, please ?
This is about Fairport at 50 on Radio 2
God I know everyone has their right to comment but this site is rapidly turning into a moaners paradise I realise you're quite new here, but topic drift is quite annoying sometimes as it tends to spread over multiple strings and makes the conversation difficult to follow. As to "turning into a moaners paradise", well, it's been that for 13 years to my knowledge! |
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« Reply #46 on: March 30, 2017, 03:51:17 PM » |
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God I know everyone has their right to comment but this site is rapidly turning into a moaners paradise Chris, I'll go off topic while no one's looking. I have only been on this site or 10 yrs but you may have hit a thread where people like me, Andy and Jim are making 'light hearted and whimsical' positive criticism ( moaning to some) Dan is a mere child and cannot be accused of such ramblings! We have reached an age where we are helped in to our reclining Zimmer frames early in the morning , plugged in to a mix tape if early Dylan, Byrds, incredible String Band, Fairport Convention and Gong and left to tan gently on the rolling hills of yesterday. Treat us gently .  Go on, just suggest you can't have too much mandolin on the new FC album and see what happens! Yes Dan, I know it's the wrong thread. Where is the irony and gentle sarcasm thread?😘 |
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« Reply #47 on: March 30, 2017, 03:57:35 PM » |
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« Reply #48 on: March 30, 2017, 04:06:19 PM » |
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This is about Fairport at 50 on Radio 2
God I know everyone has their right to comment but this site is rapidly turning into a moaners paradise I realise you're quite new here, but topic drift is quite annoying sometimes as it tends to spread over multiple strings and makes the conversation difficult to follow. As to "turning into a moaners paradise", well, it's been that for 13 years to my knowledge! [/quote] OK everyone I'll shut up now and try to stick to topics in future (especially when I start them like this one  ) |
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« Reply #49 on: March 30, 2017, 04:22:31 PM » |
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For what its worth, I revisited the BBC documentary narrated by Frank Skinner yesterday and I have to say as an explanation of the bands history, personnel changes and change in musical style, it was excellent. Frank goes to Cropredy and is a real fan, so happy he narrated it. Perhaps a short addition to catch up on recent years would have done (They do that all the time with Pink Floyd, you just have to skip the first hour about Syd).
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« Reply #50 on: March 30, 2017, 04:37:58 PM » |
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if its no moaning you want i'm sure there are sites out there that will keep you happy.
We moan because we care.
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« Reply #51 on: March 30, 2017, 08:00:01 PM » |
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Moaning about moaning about moaning now....
I was on a Fairport mailing list a long long time ago, and there also always was a lot of moaning.
(You think "Wood and the Wire is a good album? You don't know what you are talking about.... " etc.)
I think it is because Fairport during their history were practically several different bands and different people discovered them at different times and what they are doing now is very different from the band people learnt to love.
It always reminds me a bit of Nick Hornby's novel "Juliet, Naked" where the new people on the mailing list liked the new album because the songs are so upbeat.
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if its no moaning you want i'm sure there are sites out there that will keep you happy.
We moan because we care.
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if its no moaning you want i'm sure there are sites out there that will keep you happy.
We moan because we care.
Got to be a tag line for something Jim. A Cropredy Escort Agency?! 'We moan because we care!' hahaha ... love it. |
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« Reply #54 on: March 30, 2017, 10:20:18 PM » |
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if its no moaning you want i'm sure there are sites out there that will keep you happy.
We moan because we care.
Got to be a tag line for something Jim. A Cropredy Escort Agency?! 'We moan because we care!' "She's Like the Swallow" |
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« Reply #55 on: March 30, 2017, 11:35:03 PM » |
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[/quote]Except that they referred to the Byrds instead of Airplane. Which is odd. Actually not odd really, if you think about the lyrics at the start of Ashley's biographical song "Wings", which opened the mammoth reunion sets at Cropredy in 1997. (First song on the Cropredy Box CD set.) This was supposed to be all about the early days of Fairport and the opening two lines are: "When the Byrds flew in then the dance began We all were lifted up on Californian wings" (Full lyrics here: https://mainlynorfolk.info/guvnor/songs/wings.html) |
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« Reply #56 on: March 31, 2017, 07:48:55 AM » |
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For years the Airplane were spoken of as inspiration. Now, the Byrds.Just an observation
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« Reply #57 on: March 31, 2017, 09:41:45 AM » |
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For years the Airplane were spoken of as inspiration / Now, the Byrds. Just an observation
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« Reply #58 on: March 31, 2017, 10:07:51 AM » |
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For years the Airplane were spoken of as inspiration. Now, the Byrds.Just an observation
I don't think the Airplane were ever quoted by Fairport themselves as being an inspiration.. the Tommy Vance quote calling us the English (British?) Airplane as a throwaway soundbite stuck like glue, but yes the Byrds were much more of an inspiration at that time. Perhaps time to set the record straight? |
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« Reply #59 on: March 31, 2017, 10:49:21 AM » |
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For years the Airplane were spoken of as inspiration. Now, the Byrds.Just an observation
I don't think the Airplane were ever quoted by Fairport themselves as being an inspiration.. the Tommy Vance quote calling us the English (British?) Airplane as a throwaway soundbite stuck like glue, but yes the Byrds were much more of an inspiration at that time. Perhaps time to set the record straight? Sounds good to me, Jude. Thanks for the correction. |
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