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What Choons Yi Listening To?
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Sparks
!
Aye, them.
Weird 1960s Flower Power era UCLA frat boys.
John Lennon rang a mate when they were first on Top of the Pops to say, "Quick. Put the telly on. Marc Bolan & Adolf Hitler are doing a duet."
So. I was discussing the price of World Cup tickets with a pal last week. As one does.
Price of various entertainment tickets came up. Pal mentioned that he'd been discussing this with a mutual acquaintance, who had just paid £100 to see Sparks in a one-off / stand alone gig in a London park next summer. I cannae mind where.
Pal guffawed. "£100
. For a one-hit wonder from 50 years ago?
"
"Au contraire!" replied the Sparks fan.
It seems their last studio album made number 2 on the UK charts this year
. They've allegedly had 3 albums in the top 10 since Covid.
They're big with yoof audiences.
London acquaintance could have paid £140 to stand on the grass at Tottenham and watch them support Damon's Gorillaz the following weekend.
I was aware they've always been around and that the few reviews I've seen in 40+ years were always positive.
Varied styles, but difficult to knock anything I've heard so far. Kind of hypnotically addictive. Like the stuff they've likely been taking since they were at UCLA in the 1960s.
!Aye, them.
Weird 1960s Flower Power era UCLA frat boys.
John Lennon rang a mate when they were first on Top of the Pops to say, "Quick. Put the telly on. Marc Bolan & Adolf Hitler are doing a duet."
So. I was discussing the price of World Cup tickets with a pal last week. As one does.
Price of various entertainment tickets came up. Pal mentioned that he'd been discussing this with a mutual acquaintance, who had just paid £100 to see Sparks in a one-off / stand alone gig in a London park next summer. I cannae mind where.
Pal guffawed. "£100
. For a one-hit wonder from 50 years ago?""Au contraire!" replied the Sparks fan.
It seems their last studio album made number 2 on the UK charts this year
. They've allegedly had 3 albums in the top 10 since Covid.They're big with yoof audiences.
London acquaintance could have paid £140 to stand on the grass at Tottenham and watch them support Damon's Gorillaz the following weekend
.I was aware they've always been around and that the few reviews I've seen in 40+ years were always positive.
Varied styles, but difficult to knock anything I've heard so far. Kind of hypnotically addictive. Like the stuff they've likely been taking since they were at UCLA in the 1960s.
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Saw them at the Playhouse earlier this year. They were awesome.Sparks
Aye, them.
Weird 1960s Flower Power era UCLA frat boys.
John Lennon rang a mate when they were first on Top of the Pops to say, "Quick. Put the telly on. Marc Bolan & Adolf Hitler are doing a duet."
So. I was discussing the price of World Cup tickets with a pal last week. As one does.
Price of various entertainment tickets came up. Pal mentioned that he'd been discussing this with a mutual acquaintance, who had just paid £100 to see Sparks in a one-off / stand alone gig in a London park next summer. I cannae mind where.
Pal guffawed. "£100
"Au contraire!" replied the Sparks fan.
It seems their last studio album made number 2 on the UK charts this year
They're big with yoof audiences.
London acquaintance could have paid £140 to stand on the grass at Tottenham and watch them support Damon's Gorillaz the following weekend
I was aware they've always been around and that the few reviews I've seen in 40+ years were always positive.
Varied styles, but difficult to knock anything I've heard so far. Kind of hypnotically addictive. Like the stuff they've likely been taking since they were at UCLA in the 1960s.
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Here you away with your Americanisms
Awesome!!!!!!!
Surely you meant fuckin Barry gadgie.
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Well, they are an American band. Just sayin', likesay.Here you away with your Americanisms
Awesome!!!!!!!
Surely you meant fuckin Barry gadgie.
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That's better gadgie
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RIP
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IMHO, you can forget Mozart, Beethoven, Straus, etc. Mike Oldfield is the best musician ever
just saying likes, Merry Xmas 
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Takes me back to Saturday working at Dolcis in Princes St, 1974?
Took me a coupla times hearing to catch the vibe, as it were, but worth it even now.
Course I didn't know Chaka Khan was singing it, just Rufus they said on pre-internet shop radio...
Took me a coupla times hearing to catch the vibe, as it were, but worth it even now.
Course I didn't know Chaka Khan was singing it, just Rufus they said on pre-internet shop radio...
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Some good tunes on this here OGWT compilation......