Best act to appear on Shang-a-Lang

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Option	Votes
Sparks	4
Lieutenant Pigeon	1
Slade	1
Johnny Nash	1
The Scots Guards	1
Gary Glitter	1
Gilbert O'Sullivan	1
Middle of the Road	0
Robin Nedwell	0
Olivia Newton-John	0
Alan Price	0
The Rubettes	0
Showaddywaddy	0
Alvin Stardust	0
Lulu	0
Bay City Rollers	0
Linda Lewis	0
Big Jim Sullivan	0
Him And Us Dancers	0
The Goodies	0
Cliff Richard	0
Marc Bolan	0
Sally Carr	0
David Cassidy	0
Lynsey de Paul	0
The Drifters	0
Russell Harty	0
Gordon Honeycombe	0
Mac and Katie Kissoon	0
Bruce Welch	0

― My fiance is a purist when it comes to steampunk (soref), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:12 (eleven years ago)

I was sure that Pilot had been on Shang-a-Lang but imdb says not

― My fiance is a purist when it comes to steampunk (soref), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:14 (eleven years ago)

wait, Mr Big should be on there as well, the imdb list is not comprehensive

― My fiance is a purist when it comes to steampunk (soref), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:17 (eleven years ago)

http://tvpresenters.thetvroomplus.com/images-news/gordon-honeycombe-large.jpg

― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:26 (eleven years ago)

bolan >>>>> slade / sparks > lynsey de paul > linda lewis > ~~gary glitter~~ > lt pigeon > alvin stardust

not all that fussed about anyone else though cliff had some good songs i guess

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:31 (eleven years ago)

maybe this could also be a thread to talk about 70s teen magazines? I want to get more of these but they are expensive :(

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4081/4798741266_71ef5109a3.jpg

― My fiance is a purist when it comes to steampunk (soref), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:41 (eleven years ago)

great song this, could be laura nyro or someone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTvN-Mfom0U

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:48 (eleven years ago)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XqAdcyWhM2A/TkwnLHS5QWI/AAAAAAAAAC4/FgQVVv5hw2o/s1600/Buster1.jpg

^^^fantastic album

― My fiance is a purist when it comes to steampunk (soref), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:52 (eleven years ago)

what are the best johnny nash songs outside of the obvious?

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:53 (eleven years ago)

This is so easily Lieutenant Pigeon it's not even funny.

― UK Horseshit Cru (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:56 (eleven years ago)

are there any bands who have tried to revive this kind of sound/look aside from Denim?

― My fiance is a purist when it comes to steampunk (soref), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:59 (eleven years ago)

http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-700/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/10/23/1414062740163/4bc71ef5-1168-45a5-b6a4-c87f4f0f679d-1020x698.jpeg

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 11:02 (eleven years ago)

Best song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k51wH_g1mCM

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 11:07 (eleven years ago)

not quite on the same level but this is pretty good too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvF34o_1M-8

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 11:12 (eleven years ago)

shit man i really need to reevaluate my position on linda lewis. her cover of john martyn's 'may you never' is great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfsnDJ5C4Uo

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 11:29 (eleven years ago)

oh danny thompson played with her at one stage, makes sense. not sure why i had a such a blindspot on some of her stuff, what a dummy

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 11:40 (eleven years ago)

Assuming that was the Drifters in name only, Slade. (Was that show about as British as it got? Some of those names define the American/British split at the time: Showaddywaddy, Lieutenant Pigeon, Reubettes, Middle of the Road, etc.)

― clemenza, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 12:21 (eleven years ago)

Whereas Robin Nedwell was a household name both sides of the pond.

― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 12:32 (eleven years ago)

Assuming that was the Drifters in name only

Johnny Moore plus some other guys - they had a big run of hits in the UK in the 70s.

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 13:06 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK3P97RfVaI

^ Best bit of Alan Price? Sounds very indebted to the Who

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 13:10 (eleven years ago)

My lingering 1978-1982 Olivia Newton-John crush makes this a seemingly obvious choice, but c'mon, Bay City Rollers.

― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 13:21 (eleven years ago)

Kind of into this Bay City Rollers offshoot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5na4N48HXw

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 13:28 (eleven years ago)

not sure what the hell is going on in that guy's trousers though

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 13:29 (eleven years ago)

This was Lynsey de Paul's appearance on the show, not really her best song tbh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-yJJ3YRj94

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 13:34 (eleven years ago)

pretty good tune Katie Kissoon tune from the 80s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTXgg72TZgI

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 13:53 (eleven years ago)

Lieutenant Pigeon? In 1975?

What the hell song did they do?

Rockabilly Hot Pot?

― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 14:35 (eleven years ago)

Gordon Honeycombe was in a dream I had last night... I need help and fast.

― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 January 2015 10:27 (eleven years ago)

it's a visitation!

One of Honeycombe's best-known books is the horror novel Neither the Sea Nor the Sand. Early in his career, Honeycombe wrote two horror novels, described by horror historian Stefan R Dziemianowicz as "atmospheric modern gothics whose rugged natural northern English settings resonate with their unsparing supernatural horrors." [2] The first and best-known of these works is Neither the Sea Nor the Sand, focusing on a woman whose dead lover returns to life. [2] [3] It was followed by Dragon Under the Hill, where a history professor in Northumberland finds himself re-enacting a tragedy that took place in the Viking era. [2] Dziemianowicz noted that since Honeycombe's books were published before the horror boom of the 1970s, they have been "greatly overlooked as a result".

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Thursday, 29 January 2015 10:32 (eleven years ago)

one for the horribly named 70s albums thread:

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/arhsam/9747160/44333/44333_original.jpg http://musicmp3spb.org/images/m/middle_of_the_road/fyou_pays_y6109842536f79e3fdad826.jpg

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Thursday, 29 January 2015 10:44 (eleven years ago)

this is far worse though:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wnanGCAtL.jpg

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Thursday, 29 January 2015 10:54 (eleven years ago)

You got a free paper hat with that one.

― Mark G, Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:14 (eleven years ago)

Him And Us Dancers
Biography
Mini Bio (1)

Him And Us Dancers is an actor, known for Arrows (1976), Look Alive (1975) and Shang-a-Lang (1975).

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:28 (eleven years ago)

Almost said Muriel Gray, but it was Muriel Young who was behind all these series showcasing one band or artist - Arrows was another one.

― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:34 (eleven years ago)

bolan had his own show too right?

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:35 (eleven years ago)

Yes, also there was a Northern Irish band who had their own series... not the Starjets... or maybe it was?

― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:37 (eleven years ago)

http://tomjonesintl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-03-at-8.46.11-AM.png

Big Jim Sullivan, Dizzy Gillespie, Tom Jones

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:44 (eleven years ago)

looks good, would buy:

http://big-boss-tracker.net/torrentimg/50d73e10818caab7d217fb8e3a2ac76e685d6ebd.jpg

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:47 (eleven years ago)

I don't know about them, but certainly The Arrows, who had one hit at that time. And had one more, I believe. (xposts)

― Mark G, Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:53 (eleven years ago)

http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hellodali.jpg

Russell Harty and Salvador Dalí, 1973

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:58 (eleven years ago)

Thought I had lost the plot there but... The Moondogs!

― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:59 (eleven years ago)

cover connection:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51czJQy8DxL.jpg http://www.freq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Throbbing-Gristle-20-Jazz-Funk-Greats.jpg

― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Thursday, 29 January 2015 13:07 (eleven years ago)

Classic!

― A trumpet growing in a garden (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 January 2015 13:29 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 00:01 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 00:01 (eleven years ago)

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