tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post1732815860086741830..comments2024-03-25T20:23:11.480+00:00Comments on John Medd: Beating up the wrong guyJohn Meddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-79140501788781863732013-06-14T14:43:19.748+01:002013-06-14T14:43:19.748+01:00My sister and I bought one of those albums at our ...My sister and I bought one of those albums at our local Woolies not realizing it wasn't the original artists. Looking for a single to buy each with our Xmas-present record tokens we thought we were getting a bargain. All those records for the price of two singles!londonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-18096030734968427122013-06-12T20:29:01.521+01:002013-06-12T20:29:01.521+01:00Tony Rivers lead a group called the Castaways and ...Tony Rivers lead a group called the Castaways and then Harmony Grass. He was a bit long in the tooth and down on his luck by the time he was doing knock-off Top Pops.<br /><br />I did used to treasure my Sandy & The Strawbs LP on Hallmark so they weren't all bad.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914898097781351084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-81849294733580488272013-06-12T09:03:13.381+01:002013-06-12T09:03:13.381+01:00When I was a kid I would beg my parents for the mo...When I was a kid I would beg my parents for the money to buy TOTP (or Hot Hits) LP's, but Dad would have none of it, insisting I spend my pocket money on one single by an original artist, rather than an album full of covers - admirable, but I can't help feeling that, as a consequence, I've missed out on a whole nether world of peculiar versions of much loved songs.<br /><br />(Fave Bowie cover - 'Drive-In Saturday' by Morrissey.)The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-63567961197081811602013-06-11T19:26:02.463+01:002013-06-11T19:26:02.463+01:00SB: Good call - same dogwash cleaner to use the pa...SB: Good call - same dogwash cleaner to use the parlance<br /><br />M: Probably. I know I'm pushing at an open door here, but Bowie covers don't come much better than <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/music/dp/B000EPF8AS" rel="nofollow"> this </a>John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-17358600641512208332013-06-11T14:06:59.943+01:002013-06-11T14:06:59.943+01:00Is Pal Rivers the chap who did Penny Lane, widely ...Is Pal Rivers the chap who did Penny Lane, widely believed to be Bowie for several decades..<br /><br />And don't forget you can grab Word-bird Hannah's take on Life on Mars for our recent <a href="http://planetmondo.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/how-in-name-of-major-tom-did_7.html" rel="nofollow">Bowie special Podrophenia.</a><br /><br />It's officially Brixton Dave approved you know<br />Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-46833443905221859442013-06-11T07:42:15.044+01:002013-06-11T07:42:15.044+01:00Yep, Mr. Rivers had a good stab at this. I didn...Yep, Mr. Rivers had a good stab at this. I didn't have this version because I was a 'Hot Hits' person, myself. 77p from our local post office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com