Whofan Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) Some more great tunes from my days - oh sorry, nights at the Top Rank Suite Cardiff. All instrumental, first up Soul Finger by the Bar Kays; Followed by Last Night by te Mar Kays This next one, Festival Time by the San Remo Strings, was a stalwart of the discos we went to at the Top Rank, and interestingly it was picked up by the Northern Soul movement, as were a lot of the songs played at the Rank back in the day. Just to add a little pictorial interest, here's the record being played over modern day Northern soul dancers. These tracks were amazingly popular, you would see people all around the dance floor suddenly get up and start dancing when the dj played them. Of course, we callow youths (That was myself and 3 or four fellow pupils at Cardiff High School for boys) followed all the girls onto the dance floor, often to be cruelly rejected, or pushed out of the way by older, more confident (and a lot harder) men. You can tell how callow we were as us 17 and 18 year old boys would go tot he Thursday night (open till 2 am !) over 25 night, calling it grab a granny night! Finally, though I don't think I ever heard it played at the Rank, here's another fantastic northern soul track which I have absolutely loved since I first hear it in 1972. Edited February 28, 2022 by Whofan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 On 21/02/2022 at 16:49, Ratch said: Great album @Ratch , one of my most favourite ever tracks is Al Capone. This track also has very fond memories for me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 and earlier 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Whofan said: Soul Finger by the Bar Kays; Great song 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 44 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Great song It is, isn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tijuana Taxi Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) How about an anti war song Edited March 3, 2022 by Tijuana Taxi 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 My three times a week adventures in the Cardiff Top Rank suite - well we used to go on Saturday afternoon teen time from around 14 to 16, then there was tuesday under 18's, thursday over 25's (or grab a granny as we teenagers used to say) and then Saturday night's alright for fighting. So dependin on age, up to 3 times a week. That was from when I was 14 or so to early 20's, but by the early 20's, my mates and I had moved on to Ceasar's night club, where the music was less soul oriented and and the drinks less walet friendly, and the girls .... no chance! Well, the Saturday night experience was one where you definitely did not offend anyone. You used to get loads of men down from the valleys and I have to say I've never seen a crowd of blokes so eager, especially after they'd had 6 or 7 pints, to get 7 bells knocked out of them by the bouncers. And if you offended one of them, youd likely get 7 bells knocked out of you before the bouncers came to your rescue. Which rescue usually consisted of "I don't care if you say he started it," take this and that and then you got thrown out, too. But onto happeir moments - the music. Apart from all the wonderful stuff from the US soul and R N B labels, you'd get the occasional absolute classic thrown in by the DJs - who were very, very good at their job, like these; Then there was this; 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I’m resisting the temptation to actually play it but I can’t get “ we will all go together when we go “ by Tom Lehrer out of my head at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 12 hours ago, Whofan said: Did you have to,i'm going to have to watch American Graffiti now.... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 9 hours ago, Vince1159 said: Did you have to,i'm going to have to watch American Graffiti now.... Just watched about a week ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 The Human Error: https://www.facebook.com/thehumanerrorband Played Drummonds in Worcester last night. Excellent stuff! Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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One 48 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 🇺🇦 Love this song, Gilmour at his best on this one for sure ... I want to say something but I cant, have tears in my eyes watching and listening to this just now, from the Division Bell album, such a hauntingly beautiful and somehow perfect song for now. Shot on location, in Space and on Earth, this is apparently the only Pink Floyd song to ever win a Grammy award and was rarely played live at Floyd Shows, seen Floyd Live at Earls Court 1994 and I'm pretty sure it was not played live the night I was there. Love the video, so appropriate now it seems. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 2 hours ago, One 48 said: 🇺🇦 Love this song, Gilmour at his best on this one for sure ... I want to say something but I cant, have tears in my eyes watching and listening to this just now, from the Division Bell album, such a hauntingly beautiful and somehow perfect song for now. Shot on location, in Space and on Earth, this is apparently the only Pink Floyd song to ever win a Grammy award and was rarely played live at Floyd Shows, seen Floyd Live at Earls Court 1994 and I'm pretty sure it was not played live the night I was there. Love the video, so appropriate now it seems. It is a great song, I was at the July show in Chicago at Soldier field on the same tour. I don't think it was played then either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 just bought a dvd about Steam from the 50' and 60's so i had to listen to this... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One 48 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Never got to see Saxon, awesome band, great song 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One 48 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Love this cover, its a bit heavy but done in perfect Heaviness and Rockiness perfection and Mary Spender is so cute too. These guys are having fun and know what they are doing, love this ... please watch, this is one very good fun cover of a great classic 🎸 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHx Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Anyone else catch that folk song about the Bayraktar drone on the news ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 2 hours ago, IanHx said: Anyone else catch that folk song about the Bayraktar drone on the news ? I did via the Turkish defence page on Instagram. Catchy little ditty! Brilliant what those drones are capable of. Will see some models of those in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Brings a tear to the eye listening to this. "City" or "Misto" by Onuka which is dedicated to the city of Kyiv their home city. Video filmed around Kyiv in better times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Always reminds me of Jimmy Young What's the recipe today Jim? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 A 70's compilation album.... remember many of then on the wireless when i was a kid back then. Yes sir, i can boogie! Regards, Steve 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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