Quote: A Horseradish @ 9th July 2016, 6:06 PM BST

I'm going to post a few versions of "Dancing in the Moonlight" because until yesterday I was foolish enough to think it was a (strangely familar) sounding Toploader original. This is the original which was quite big in the US:

King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5JqPxmYhlo

View original

No. I remember the original well - plus a version by Liza with a Zed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgLup1z1XnY

I'm having a New Order blitz. Just listened to Low Life - possibly my favourite album ever - and now Blue Monday on Substance 1987.

I hadn't realised that True Faith never appeared on a normal album, just compilations.

Quote: George Kaplan @ 9th July 2016, 5:42 PM BST

Or possibly a couple of QPR players from the 1970s.

View original

Fun fact, England Dan (on the right...I think??) is the late Dan Seals, whose older brother Jim was the Seals of Seals and Crofts (Summer Breeze) fame.

Quote: Chappers @ 9th July 2016, 7:40 PM BST

No. I remember the original well - plus a version by Liza with a Zed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgLup1z1XnY

I'm having a New Order blitz. Just listened to Low Life - possibly my favourite album ever - and now Blue Monday on Substance 1987.

I hadn't realised that True Faith never appeared on a normal album, just compilations.

View original

Yes - I've got Substance.

More Moonlight:

Aswad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD9dauCCpQ8

Smashing Pumpkins - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBPzZE-jRNM

Baha Men - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIT_iNyXLE

L'Aupaire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIXn8n3uIPs

It has also been done by My Morning Jacket and many others.

Quote: A Horseradish @ 9th July 2016, 6:06 PM BST

Philip Parkes and Stanley Bowles.

View original

I think Will Cam should be the final judge as a Hoops fan.

Quote: radiat10n @ 9th July 2016, 7:49 PM BST

Fun fact, England Dan (on the right...I think??) is the late Dan Seals, whose older brother Jim was the Seals of Seals and Crofts (Summer Breeze) fame.

View original

You certainly know your Seals & Crofts.

These Scottish guys are new to me. Pretty basic stuff, but their conviction and energy carry it off.

Twin Atlantic - No Sleep - Live at The Isle Of Wight Festival 2016

The inimitable Jackie Wilson

The Whisper Gettin Louder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtgzhA7Add8

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ 9th July 2016, 11:53 PM BST

The inimitable Jackie Wilson

The Whisper Gettin Louder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtgzhA7Add8

View original

I like Jackie Wilson.

When Portugal should have won Eurovision 10 times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwh4t1vIYW0

Quote: George Kaplan @ 9th July 2016, 11:17 PM BST

I think Will Cam should be the final judge as a Hoops fan.

View original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V18hFV_amVQ

A bit of 80s vintage Pat and Mick - the 12in version.

The Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms Part 1 & 2

Steely Dan - Do It Again

Quote: George Kaplan @ 11th July 2016, 9:15 PM BST

Steely Dan - Do It Again

View original

That really is a classic song as well as Reeling in the Years which if I remember rightly weren't hits but really should've been. Funny the way the music market changed.

Quote: Chappers @ 11th July 2016, 11:04 PM BST

That really is a classic song as well as Reeling in the Years which if I remember rightly weren't hits but really should've been. Funny the way the music market changed.

View original

Only single of theirs I bought at the time (and still have) is Haitian Divorce / Sign In Stranger. Got the album Pretzel Logic a few years ago. I remember it got rave reviews from the music press when it was released, and was Album of the Year. Think I'll buy one of their Greatest Hits albums some time soon.

Quote: Chappers @ 11th July 2016, 11:04 PM BST

Funny the way the music market changed.

View original

In what way specifically did you have in mind?

Quote: George Kaplan @ 11th July 2016, 11:25 PM BST

Only single of theirs I bought at the time (and still have) is Haitian Divorce / Sign In Stranger. Got the album Pretzel Logic a few years ago. I remember it got rave reviews from the music press when it was released, and was Album of the Year. Think I'll buy one of their Greatest Hits albums some time soon.

View original

Buy the individual albums. I've got compilations too.

Quote: George Kaplan @ 11th July 2016, 11:25 PM BST

In what way specifically did you have in mind?

View original

Singles that would've been hits 10 years later were overlooked by stuff like the Chapman/Chinn stuff. American "superstars" never got hit singles in the 1970s but after Michael Jackson and MTV came then hit singles became more universal.

You're the Voice-John Farnham

I Pity The Fool-Bobby "Blue" Bland

What Kind of Fool Am I-Sammy Davis Jr

The Inner Mounting Flame by the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

I recently bought a box set of their first 5 albums so having a bit of a blitz now.

Not for everyone though.