Playlist: Listen, my friends! ~ January 2012
In the words of Moby Grape… listen, my friends! Yes, it’s the (hopefully) monthly playlist presented by George’s Journal just for you good people.
There may be one or two classics to be found here dotted in among different tunes you’re unfamiliar with or have never heard before – or, of course, you may’ve heard them all before. All the same, why not sit back, listen away and enjoy…
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CLICK on the song titles to hear them
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Jimi Hendrix ~ Auld Lang Syne¹
Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston ~ It Takes Two
Fairport Convention (Sandy Denny) ~ Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
Elton John ~ Border Song
Strawbs ~ Lay Down
Maureen McGovern ~ The Morning After²
Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony ~ The Hustle³
Jasper Carrott ~ The Magic Roundabout⁴
Renaissance ~ Northern Lights
Sam Fonteyn ~ Pop Looks Bach⁵
ABBA ~ Happy New Year
Ph.D. ~ I Won’t Let You Down
The Stone Roses ~ I Am The Resurrection
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¹ Performed live at New York City’s legendary Fillmore East venue on December 31 1969 for the recording of the album Band Of Gypsys (1970)
² The Oscar-winning song from the New Year-themed, legendary disaster movie The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
³ Accompanied in its video clip by dance troupe Pan’s People, in most fetching costumes, performing a routine for it on a 1975 edition of Top Of The Pops
⁴ The bawdy sketch-based B-side (banned by the BBC) to the 1975 comic single Funky Moped, which many believe was a hit actually because of the former
⁵ The iconic theme tune to the BBC’s weekly winter sports magazine show Ski Sunday (1978-present)
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There are some unforgettable classics here. I remember The Strawbs (not only because of their superb keyboards player, Rick Wakeman) and Van Mc Coy.
However, who could EVER forget Jasper Carrott and The Magic Roundabout?
THAT song was a bit like the “Carry-On” films, full of suggestion but totally clean… unless you worked for Auntie Beeb… where your mind was set that EVERYTHING was rude!