Jim Reeves was my late grans favourite. She had stacks of his lp's. Then in later years had a couple of his cds.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 18 October 2008 22:35 (seventeen years ago)
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 18 October 2008 22:37 (seventeen years ago)
song is funnier if you imagine him singing Bimble
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 18 October 2008 22:40 (seventeen years ago)
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 18 October 2008 22:54 (seventeen years ago)
The last 2 songs are way more upbeat than I remember from my Grans records. But she did like foot-tappers as they had a good beat.
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 18 October 2008 22:55 (seventeen years ago)
CLASSIC
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 18 October 2008 23:06 (seventeen years ago)
I remember this one
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 18 October 2008 23:07 (seventeen years ago)
I think this one was my Grans fave
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 18 October 2008 23:08 (seventeen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztHcGoSS_vA
― O-mar Gaya (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 05:03 (sixteen years ago)
i remember TV ads for mail-order compilations in the 60s: "the late great jim reeves." my dad (a fan) would always laugh and say "it's like 'late great' is part of his name."
― chief rocker frankie crocker (m coleman), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:09 (sixteen years ago)
He was bigger than Jesus (and John Lennon) in the West of Scotland
― E Poxy Thee Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:11 (sixteen years ago)
Here's my review of the Arcade 40 Golden Greats double that topped the UK chart in late 1975:
http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2012/03/jim-reeves-40-golden-greats.html
(N.B.: this was an album my neighbours in Bothwell had - and still have! - so I've known it for some while.)
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Sunday, 11 March 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)
This is… good?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XnfcWyMJvM
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 20 April 2022 23:11 (three years ago)
In tune with the West of Scotland, he was equally popular across the Presbyterian part of Northern Ireland. "You're my best friend" will always trigger the sense of inevitable chore of being made to go to church on Sunday morning.
― ringworm, Thursday, 21 April 2022 15:02 (three years ago)