Richard, who is co-writing a biography of Martin Stephenson, wrote to me and told me he'd just bought Vaultage 79 and told me how much he liked the song Bloody by the Golinski Brothers.
I met Darris, their singer, at a party a couple of years ago in Goldtop Studios in Chalk Farm, which is run by Paul Laventhol from King Kurt, and Neil Brockbank, who used to do their live sound.
Darris has been an SDP candidate amongst other things. He said that he has a teenage son whom he is always scolding for muttering and not a-r-t-i-c-u-a-t-i-n-g properly. The teenage son wanted to go to the cinema and phoned the automated Odeon-line to try to find out what was being shown at his local one. He was prompted by the auto-lady to say where it was.
'Uffblingh' he muttered.
'I'm sorry, I didn't understand that. Please try again', intoned the auto-lady.
'Uffblingh'
'I'm sorry, I didn't understand that. Please try again',
And so on.
And so on.
Djay Buddha wrote to tell me he has a good live version of Love on the Wind recorded in Glasgow- can't wait to hear it!
Finally, a New Year wish which I give to you as a present for any poet you may know:
May all your poems rhyne
In two thousand and nine.
Ah, 'Bloody'. What a brilliant song.
ReplyDeleteespecially the bit where it suddenly gets all sad...
'I get so depressed. Still you gotta have a laugh. Ha ha ha ha...'
If I remember rightly. Haven't heard it for, what, 25 years? Must get hold of it again...
Happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteFancy knowing that, PaulG, I am impressed!
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