"I'll admit I may have seen better days,
but I'm still not to be had for the price of a cocktail,
"(Margo Channing)
Georgy Girl
My former post depressed me greatly, well more precisely , the comments did , so I have plucked this entry from BBC 4 's programme Easy Listening Hits at the BBC ( which is presently showing) To lighten the mood!
The comments "depressed you greatly"? Let me give you a hug. Take heart. Never let a shot of reality get in the way of unrealistic expectations.And do remember the advice you gave poor Tom in his hour of need, a most callous and unsympathetic one: "This too will pass." Whilst true, no other remark is more likely to make one wish to punch someone when in the middle of nursing a nightmare.
I have never tried it but apparently "visualizing" a desired outcome will help it along. I'd call it wishful thinking ... when it comes to plumbers.
Pardon my interruption John, but I don't remember the easy listening era. I remember hard listening, I remember the Pretty Things for example, Mersey View Frodsham, They arrived late, one of them severely beaten up, that was life in the raw! How they performed. Myself? Got thrown out for being drunk. Spewed up on the steps. Far from home.
Thanks Jan. I never saw the Stones. I saw Bill Haley and the Comets in their twilight. Gerry and the Pacemakers I saw two or three times. The Searchers, Freddy and the Dreamers, and Ken Dodd all once each. Oh yes, Rhythm and Blues Incorporated I saw a couple of times. I think they were my favorites.
I guess Dodd was my easy listening. But a different kettle of fish I saw once was Josef Locke otherwise known as Mr X. He was great. Really, really great.
Why do all the boys just pass you by? Could it be you just don't try or is it the clothes you wear? You're always window shopping but never stopping to buy So shed those dowdy feathers and fly a little bit.
Not to worry - they weren't rock and certainly weren't cutting edge. They did folk-gospel-pop, and were popular for the beauty of her voice and the more sensitive nature of their songs.
OMG. I think I wore that dress to my high school prom!
ReplyDeleteSuch fun to listen to this, John. Cheering for sure!
The comments "depressed you greatly"? Let me give you a hug. Take heart. Never let a shot of reality get in the way of unrealistic expectations.And do remember the advice you gave poor Tom in his hour of need, a most callous and unsympathetic one: "This too will pass." Whilst true, no other remark is more likely to make one wish to punch someone when in the middle of nursing a nightmare.
ReplyDeleteI have never tried it but apparently "visualizing" a desired outcome will help it along. I'd call it wishful thinking ... when it comes to plumbers.
Good luck,
U
I don't get depressed ! Never have done......Ursula ...just needed a gay tune to lift the spirits
DeleteI think I'll watch some Pavarotti. O Sole Mio. Nessus Dorma. Where's your class man! What's the prof say about your taste in music.
ReplyDeletePs- in my misspent youth I saw the new seekers n a seedy club. Are these the new or the original old seekers. I give up. It's long ago and far away.
I am watching easy listening too. I am enjoying it, taking me back to another life many years ago without any worries.
ReplyDeletePardon my interruption John, but I don't remember the easy listening era. I remember hard listening, I remember the Pretty Things for example, Mersey View Frodsham, They arrived late, one of them severely beaten up, that was life in the raw! How they performed. Myself? Got thrown out for being drunk. Spewed up on the steps. Far from home.
DeleteLovely...I love easy listening...except SING SOMETHING SIMPLE on Sunday night radio as a kid
DeleteFucking depressing
It is just a programme title plucked from the air to suit a certain type of record pulled out from several years.
DeleteOoh The Pretty Things, I saw them too, yes that was 'hard listening' Gwil.
DeleteSaw the Rolling Stones in the 60's too, before they got mega famous.
Thanks Jan. I never saw the Stones. I saw Bill Haley and the Comets in their twilight. Gerry and the Pacemakers I saw two or three times. The Searchers, Freddy and the Dreamers, and Ken Dodd all once each. Oh yes, Rhythm and Blues Incorporated I saw a couple of times. I think they were my favorites.
DeleteI guess Dodd was my easy listening. But a different kettle of fish I saw once was Josef Locke otherwise known as Mr X. He was great. Really, really great.
DeleteYou've got around and seen a lot Gwil!
DeleteWhy do all the boys just pass you by?
ReplyDeleteCould it be you just don't try or is it the clothes you wear?
You're always window shopping but never stopping to buy
So shed those dowdy feathers and fly a little bit.
Rather poetic YP
DeleteI felt quite cheery until I listened to that!
ReplyDeleteI loved it you cannot possibly think it was depressing
DeleteI saw the film too and didn't like that either!
DeleteLoved Judith! X
ReplyDeleteI love her voice but she has a stillness I rather admire
DeleteShe was a rare gift indeed to pop music of the time - extra stand-out quality at a time that was rich in quality all around her anyway.
DeleteThis has always been one of my favorite songs. "Downtown" is another one. Very influential on the mind of a five year old girl.
ReplyDeleteThis was the kind of music that was the background to my teens, it's so much fun to hear it again!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting it.
Loved the song and the movie!
ReplyDelete“And fly... a little bit!”
ReplyDeleteOh dear oh dear. Rock music has moved on a bit since then! Odd to think that was once the cutting edge!
ReplyDeleteNot to worry - they weren't rock and certainly weren't cutting edge. They did folk-gospel-pop, and were popular for the beauty of her voice and the more sensitive nature of their songs.
DeleteAlways such a bouncy tune! Loved it when I was a little girl listening to it on the radio.
ReplyDeleteLove the Lynn Redgrave movie.
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