Extra cool points for those who can name the two musician's who who played on the LP who would have their own hit's in the 90's with their own brand of..."geezer music".
Ah Labi....funnily enough I posted this in the what are you listening to thread just the other week...Bobby noticed it.
http://www.youtube.com/v/dlFRIg469ng&v=en_US&fs=1He wrote some good well crafted stuff...
It Must Be love covered by Madness as well as
Crying Laughing Loving Lying and
(Something inside) So Strong.
..."geezer music".
Gertcha!
I also posted this....seeing as Marmalade have been mentioned again (yes, that NoW scandal stuffed them, but bonus points if anyone can name the Footy players involved in the Holly Lodge scandal around the same time)...
...So, woke up this morning with this oldie going through my brain...
http://www.youtube.com/v/MeMS8SuHPs0&v=en_US&fs=1For some reason, before listening to it again after all these years, the harmonies had sounded in my head more CSN&Y
ala Marrakesh Express (might dig that out shortly and have a listen).
I suppose there is some vague resemblance to CSN&Y in parts, a similar syncopated feel, though the ancient promo film with that woman prancing around looks seriously grim if not hysterically laughably bad these days...
Marmalade (originally called
The Gaylords! I kid you not) were one of those Scottish bands from the same period that also spawned the quite superbly talented Gallagher & Lyle (now there's an album I might dig out and re-listen to,
Breakaway, so many good tunes on it) though Marmalade were always more the well crafted Pop genre than the slightly Folk Rock tinged MOR G&L.
Some also may remember Marmalade being crucified by the NoW paper with the
‘Sex on Tour’ allegations and never really recovering from the bad publicity, groupies, wild parties etc.
But right now, I'm onto some more serious stuff...Mr Bonkers and his crew...
http://www.youtube.com/v/rioYOoFqyAo&v=en_US&fs=1The quirky B side to that single was quite good too...
http://www.youtube.com/v/dtLtrt6SQZI&v=en_US&fs=1....
to taste my mums jam sarnies and see our Auntie Flo