Originally posted by Ivan Basso:
Later on I'll be listening to Big Den's fellow East Lancastrians , my favourite light- rock with occasional orchestral flourishes artistes BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST )Anything but "Poor Man's Moody Blues" as they refer to themselves in one of their songs
Can’t believe you posted this, why’s that? Is it because BJH are 'the love that dare not mention its name’
well perhaps so, but no, it’s more the fact that it’s a group my life-long best friend loved in his youth, and when I first met him this became the subject of much derision on my part. He’s a Failsworth lad, and one of his cherished moments as a young teen is when he and a pal were invited into a concert hall (in Oldham I believe) where the band were due to play that evening, and they were allowed to sit through the whole of the rehearsal.
It’s a significant birthday of my friends at end of month, so, gasp, I have just this morning purchased 4 BJH albums as a pressy
They say that BJH are a bit Pink Floyd :rolleyes: - can’t see it myself at all, but I’d agree with the Moody Blues influence. I’ve stuck with the Polydor mid to late 70’s era albums as pressies, as I know he used to bang on about the
Octoberon one, or the one with the big fairy on the cover as I used to call it.
) so I'm listening to the seventies classic Never Mind The Things I'm Not Allowed To Mention On this Forum, Here's The Sex Pistols. Regardless of your opinion about the Pistols, whether you think they were McLaren's lucrative puppets or a genuine band, this album still stands the test of time over thirty years later (do we all feel old now?). Submission is one of the best songs ever written, IMHO. Johnny's almost robotic delivery of the word 'problem' at the end of 'Problems' still hits the mark today. Classic!
