tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post8001408381369015427..comments2024-03-29T08:15:11.523+00:00Comments on John Medd: Up Up and AwayJohn Meddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-28986475211441624182017-08-16T09:08:31.991+01:002017-08-16T09:08:31.991+01:00Nail on the head, John. Was lucky enough to see Ji...Nail on the head, John. Was lucky enough to see Jimmy Webb at the Cambridge Festival, some years back. I was amazed at how many people were asking, "Jimmy, who?" Where had they been hiding themselves for so long?! Up Up and Away is also a personal favourite.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-48323654913868879882017-08-12T08:38:41.967+01:002017-08-12T08:38:41.967+01:00You best get in quick with your Rollers piece Alys...You best get in quick with your Rollers piece Alyson - I''m champing at the bit here to fire off 500 words on Les, Woody and Co.!<br />Also, I expect to see photographic evidence - tartan silk scarves worn casually around wrists, ridiculously wide white 'parallels' cut off just below the knee etc. etc.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-73000615624896846652017-08-12T08:31:57.229+01:002017-08-12T08:31:57.229+01:00Sadly I never got to see Campbell. Funny, but when...Sadly I never got to see Campbell. Funny, but whenever acts like him came to the UK I always found an excuse not to go. I'm beginning to feel that way about two Brill Building legends - Diamond and Sedaka. They come over here, play a dozen or so stadium (Diamond) / concert hall (Sedaka) shows (never gigs) and bugger off back to the States. Five years later they come back and repeat. And still I find I'm washing my hair that night. One day; otherwise it'll be the Asda (other supermarkets are available) end of line sale mantra: "Because when they're gone, they're gone."John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-75443789975061081282017-08-11T22:28:27.062+01:002017-08-11T22:28:27.062+01:00Yes, the tributes have been coming thick and fast ...Yes, the tributes have been coming thick and fast in this little corner of the blogosphere but as you say this was more the closing of the final page, and expected. Jimmy Webb and Glen go together like milk and honey/coffee and cream etc etc. So glad for all our sakes that they found each other.<br /><br />Lots of synchronicity with 5th Dimension as well - I wrote about their natty threads last year when I covered Wedding Bell Blues and something by the BCR!:<br /> https://jukeboxtimemachine.com/2016/10/01/the-5th-dimension-wedding-bell-blues-and-embarrassing-dances/Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-76961273289545943262017-08-11T18:52:15.717+01:002017-08-11T18:52:15.717+01:00I was fortunate enough to see Glen Campbell live b...I was fortunate enough to see Glen Campbell live before he retired and it reduced me to tears. But I consider myself even more fortunate to have seen Jimmy Webb live. The man is a legend to me, having written what is DEFINITELY the finest pop song of the 20th Century (or any other), plus many other glorious songs. He's a wonderful storyteller both in song... and on stage.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.com