NON POKER Blondite favourite music

[AdamM]

believe it or not, I can sing. Was once lead choral scholar at school and often get up with amateur bands at local do's

no, seriously!

stop laughing

my repertoire stretches from Make me Smile by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel through Have I told you lately by Van Morrison through Sweet Child of Mine and er, that's it!

if we put a one off blonde covers band together would you like to sing a couple then?

[Colchester Kev]

my karaoke speciality is a rather good (although i do say it myself)  rendition of Common people by Pulp

[TightEnd]

believe it or not, I can sing. Was once lead choral scholar at school and often get up with amateur bands at local do's

no, seriously!

stop laughing

my repertoire stretches from Make me Smile by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel through Have I told you lately by Van Morrison through Sweet Child of Mine and er, that's it!

if we put a one off blonde covers band together would you like to sing a couple then?

of course, if the weekend coincides with one without my kids, I'd love to

[Ironside]

sorry guys you have lost me

so the final desion was that the carpenters was the best band
elvis the best singer
bob dylan best song writer
and the shadows and eric claypton the best guitarest


i hope that sums up this thread

[AdamM]

no, it's just started. we have a band forming here

[TightEnd]

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft......Now you're talikng!!!!

[Ironside]

well during junior leaders i was in the marching band so where do you want me?

[Ironside]

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft......Now you're talikng!!!!

the song i play on my car radio as i drive upto the casino it just seems apt in some way

[Ironside]

oh and "the carnival is over" as i drive away

[TightEnd]

I say goodbye to Love.......


In more ways than 1

[tikay]

A few times in my life I have done thngs which bought me great happiness, or sadness, or both, & for which I ummed & arred for ever before actually starting. One related to a young lady whose home I drove past nightly, & I always wanted to go & knock on her door, da de da de da. And I did, followed by exquisitye happiness & terrible sadness, you know how these things go sometimes.

So, for some time now, I have been thinking of.......well, today sums up blonde, such a nice atmo on here, and last night, a great bunch, all finding out about each other, and having a ball, no nastiness at all. Well, anyway, I kinda keep thinking that we should have a sort of "blonde bash" maybe annually, just after Christmas perhaps (I don't "do" Christmas), and we all get together one night, & the musicians come & do their bit, and Red tells a few stories, maybe a few SNG's, we make a few Awards - "blonde of the Year", "Best Post", "Best achevement by a blondeite", "Worst Player" (excluding Ariston), bring the partners along.......

Will I live to regret this post?

[Bongo]

I might be a bit late here, but I was at Reading festival, so it isn't my fault.

Has anyone here tried Audioscrobbler (it seems to have become recently merged with last.fm), it keeps track of everything you listen to on your PC and makes charts and things:

http://www.last.fm/user/bongokingbaby/
that links to my profile so you can see what rubbish i listen to

As to downloading tracks, i'd avoid allofmp3.com, it's legallity is in doubt and i'd rather not pay the russian mafia for something that isn't legal. Since I found napster My CD collection has grown from about 15 (and no real interest in any) to hundreds and always wanting more, mostly from smaller bands that don't get a lot of airtime/promotions.

RX bandits are great, although they did try to chat up my GF in rock city after they played 

Does anyone else like Sublime? I'd heartily recommend them, a sort of mash up of punk, ska, dub and many other things i guess 

Other bands worth a listen (off the top of my head):

Rilo Kiley
Piney Gir
Buck 65
MC Lars (literate Hip Hop, he does versions of MacBeth (called Rapbeth) and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven".
The Weakerthans
The Postal Service (great electronic pop).
Bright Eyes (and the more rock side project Desparacidos)
Manu Chao

Also a great album i found a few weeks back is "Rock Swings" by Paul Anka (60's crooner covers rock songs, it's like a serious version of Richard Cheese)

I think I should stop, i'll go on all week otherwise 

[TightEnd]

What a fantastic idea about a "do". Hope Red Dog has a trophy cabinet big enough!!!

[tikay]

What foir, "Best Impression of Freddie Mercury", or "Worst Hair Job"?

[RED-DOG]

Im a head banger at heart, but I love the lyrics to these

Bett Middler      The Rose

Dolly Parton       I will always love you

Bob Dylan         Mr Tamborine Man

Meatloaf           All of his

Merle Haggard   Old Dogs and Childeren

Dire Straits        Romeo and Juliette

Frank Sinatra     My Way

Marty Robbins   My Woman My Wife

Rod Stewart    I was only joking

Mac Wiseman   Put my little shoes away

Eva Cassidy      Over the Rainbow (I have never listened to it without crying)

Hank Williams    Cold cold heart

Mel Hauge       The Winner

My Mam           Mountains of Morn

Ramones          Substitute