Walker Brothers - Slow Down (Very nice quality)

[RAMLIA1]

Amazing!

[slickvguy]

Great stuff! Thanks.

[PrettiestDogEver]

The word "limey" is an American insult. The Americans have subjected us to invective, lies and slights for over two centuries, partly from envy and partly to justify your creation myth (not to be confused with creationism). "The Patriot" is just one of many examples of anti-British propaganda churned out by your media. Then there is the matter of your "history" books... I liked the Walker Bros. It is you who offends me.

[harvey1954]

@PrettiestDogEver I agree about the film "The Patriot", but the expression "limey" I learned from English folk who refered to themselves by, it not Americans. No more anti-British propagandist then when you refer use as "Yanks". "Yankees" is a term that was invented by the Dutch for Englishmen in the Colonies. Since we haven't been colonists for more than 2 centuries we could get all huffy and demand that it be dropped. Or we could get on with our lives and worry about important things instead.

[ElSyd7]

Short but good

[roaringwaterbay]

what t.v. show is this?

[SixtiesPopGold]

@roaringwaterbay Shindig.

[BurkeDevlin66]

dig the dancers

[harvey1954]

The Walker brothers before they Beatlized their hairdos and left for limeyland and fame. When most American acts were getting swept aside by the British Invasion they actually went over to the heart of the Invasion and climbed to the top.

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 It's called England.

[harvey1954]

@PrettiestDogEver Among several names, I do believe. My ancestors originally came from there so I am familiar with the name.

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 There is only one name and it is not "limeyland".

[harvey1954]

@PrettiestDogEver A little sensitive these days, aren't we? Great Britain and United Kingdom also seemed to work last I used them.

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 The typically American neurotic jingoism of your original posting makes your comment laughable. I don't like my country being insulted by ignorant, stupid Yanks. You don't even understand the organisation of my country (no surprise). Great Britain is a union of England, Wales and Scotland. The United Kingdom is a union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Walker Bros career was made by a British manager, a British producer and a British record company.

[harvey1954]

@PrettiestDogEver Calm down PDE, no one insulted England. I have great fondest for many people there and loved the British Invasion acts, for the most part. Are you being so politically correct because of the word "limey"? Strange considering it's a British word that I've heard any number of English people use (stemming from the British sailors getting scurvy and the use of limes, etc.). I could get offended by the word "Yank" if I had nothing better to do. Sorry if the Walker Bros. offend you.

[gnomely1]

@harvey1954 I'm English and my advice is simply to ignore this attention-seeking clown. I read your original comment, the one that caused him to erupt, and it's inoffensive. Sometimes my own countrymen are an embarrassment to me and I'm sure you can say the same. We're saddled with them. I lived in NC for some time and enjoyed myself there. I wish you well.

[harvey1954]

@gnomely1 Thanks for the post. Some people seem to be looking for a fight. My ancestors came from Lye in Worcester.I've supported the English economy time and time again with all the English acts that I've been buying since 1964. For the last ten years it's been the Shadows that I've concentrated on. Some people get offended because they have nothing better to do with their lives.

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 You choice of the term "limeyland" rather than "England" or "Britain" or "UK" was provocative. It was meant as an insult.

[harvey1954]

@PrettiestDogEver If "limey" is an insult it's strange that English people would use it to refer to themselves. Check out Weird New Jersey's article on tombstones including one transplanted Englishman, buried in New Jersey, with a tombstone that says, "Blimey, I'm a Limey!" Guess some of them sneaky Yanks switched tombstones after the funeral. I'll have a word with Paul Revere.

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 You are so disingenuous. There is a world of difference between a Briton calling himself a limey and aforeigner referring to our country as "limeyland. If you had not meant to cause offence then you could have said so in your first reply to me. Instead you chose to be condescending, which you should have known would cause offence. Paul Revere was a very unpleasant character; see Bernard Cornwell's The Fort.

[harvey1954]

@PrettiestDogEver The only problem with Paul Revere is that he gets credit for what Dr. Samuel Prescott should be credited for instead. That's not Paul's fault, but Longfellow. Maybe you should reread some of your own remarks before accusing others of being condescending. Your absurd claim that America's major contribution to the WWI effort was killing off the British with the flu just shows your lack of logic. The flu had been killing off Americans before any of our troops hits Europe.

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 You are far too kind to Revere. To be fair to the US troops in WWI, they did pass on the flu to the Germans, who called it trench fever, if I recall correctly. So, the fact that this disease had been kiling Americans justifies spreading it around the world?

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 I'm too busy for this crap. Don't bother me.

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 I wrote one simple post, "It's called England", to which you chose to take exception.

[harvey1954]

@PrettiestDogEver I didn't take exception, but merely pointed out that there were other names used to refer to England. You went on your tirade at that point. Did our support during WWi and WWII prove a detriment too? You seem to focus on the negative. Maybe you should do like us dreaded Yanks do, accentuate the postivie. Tah !

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 There are no other names by which to refer to England. America chose to stand backand, profiteer in the world wars until dragged into both Britain was plunged deep into debt by her defence of freedom yet Americans still portray us as villains in their creation myth and films. Accentuate the positive my arse! America's main contribution to WWI was to send over soldiers known to be infected with "Spanish" flu', killing more Brits in a year than the Germans did in four!

[harvey1954]

@PrettiestDogEver Woodrow Wilson was called upon by General Pershing to send reinforcements. Without them the Germans would have overrun the Allies' positions. He knew the flu would spread, but also knew that he had to get troops over quickly. There was no other way over than by ship which would be tightly packed with soldiers. The war ended within a year of the Americans getting involved. Are you seriously discounting American involvement in helping to turn the tide of the war in Allies' favor?

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 The last German offensive did overrun Allied postions, chiefly those of the British, who had been saddled with an extra 10 miles of unfinished French "defences". The Germans advanced too far beyond the reach of their own logistical train. The British counteroffensive at Amiens broke the German army. Britain had starved Germany to the point of collapse. The threat of a mass air raid on Berlin helped persuade the Germans to sign the Armistice agreement.

[PrettiestDogEver]

@harvey1954 My point has been submerged in this argument. America continues to villify Britain, while at the same time claiming credit for British achievemnts. I could write a lot more on this subject but I am busy. Perhaps one day I'll write abook. But, for now, I have a career.

[PrettiestDogEver]

@gnomely1 I am neither attention-seeking nor a clown. American propaganda, betrayals and double-dealinga have had a detrimental affect on Britain for a very long time. Our economy, prestige and self-image have all suffered from American predations. I suggest you learn our history. I suggest you also consider why so many Britons, and English in particular, are sick to death of Hollywood portraying us as villains.