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It's a stroke of luck that this movie was originally a stage play, one that seems still to be performed regularly. Great to see filmed excerpts from some of these productions, to see how they create the tension in scenes like this without the benefit of facial close-ups or dramatic soundtracks, ...

Sheer talent aside, Snell had huge reserves of endurance. He built those reserves through years of long runs at just below anaerobic threshold, hill sprint work and, of course, weekly 22-mile runs on the brutal Waiatorua circuit in Auckland. He used his natural speed (slower than most of his oppo...

The first solo was George's ... a typically simple, tasteful slide melody without a trace of ostentation. The playout is Eric. I just wish that the Clapton detractors, who wheel out names like Stevie Ray, Johnny Winter, Peter Green etc etc and bray about how much better they are than EC, could li...

Just bought a Danelectro 12-string electric. This is one of the songs I'll be working on. Love that Rickenbacker jangle.

My cousin has just lost her husband, a devastating stroke having ripped him from her. He was still in his 50s. He was my mate. She just posted this link on her FB page. Love you, Kath ... and God bless you, Geoff.

IMHO it's not a question of whether this or that guitarist is better than, or the 'best'. (Save that one for list-happy rock mags hungry for circulation.) It's whether - and how - this or that guitarist evoke an uplifting emotional response from you as a music lover. I agree that the 'best guitar...

Sorry ... nice and clear, etc, but without that double-snap snare drum it doesn't cut it for me.

@hwyfan Thirty or so years later Ron required a heart triple bypass operation, which was said to be a direct result of what the altitude did to him that day. He was actually near death immediately after that race, requiring oxygen and medical attention. That he rebounded so well to compete in the...

Great that his life is getting better ... he's always been one of the good guys.

@Do0mality This was John Lennon's 'mea culpa' ... he WAS an angry young man who abused his (first) wife. The freedom to put such lyrics into a pop song was what made the song - and the Beatles - so far ahead of their time. Anyway, IMHO, art SHOULD disturb us, make us think ... and even frighten u...

I first saw this band in around 1964. They appeared on a Saturday morning talent show, 'New Faces', compered by Frank Wilson. As I recall, they played the Lennon-McCartney song 'I Wanna Be Your Man' and were criticized for aping the Beatles. They protested that they were Rolling Stones devotees, ...

A joy to hear this Steve Boone cut again. 'B' sides often contained unheralded gems like this back in the days of 7" vinyl.

What the far canal was THAT??????????

(Whatever it was, I want more!)

@GeorgeAmsterdam How can I say it? Quite easily. Cheating implies dishonest intent. Doping is cheating. Using equipment that secretly contravenes rules is cheating. Exploiting an absence of official scrutiny to impede another athlete is cheating - and so on. But breaking a rule whilst trying to b...

@singerinachurchband Don't know much about algebra, but I know 1 + 1 is 2 ... that's straight out of 'Wonderful World' by Sam Cooke. Different melody of course.

If there's ever been a better spoof on Eric Burdon, I'd like to see it.

'Now ... what's your name?

'My name ... ? Oh ... oh, man ... my name .... '

Genius. RIP Dick Shawn.

Spectacular, all right ... though it does make you wonder about the life expectancy of crews having to use that tunnel. (And I thought the old American Alcos were bad polluters.)

@Shane1Preston Not on your life! Year's ago, my then-three year old niece started half-skipping, half-pirouetting along the street. She looked up and said "I'm walking just like Lizzie does" (a reference to Elizabeth Bennett in 'Pride And Prejudice'). Had her parents watched 'P&P' too much? No wa...

The death knell of the rock instrumental was probably sounded with the advent of MTV and similar shows. Prior to that, we listened to the radio for our music with backup from TV shows like Top Of The Pops. Sadly the reverse is now true. Visuals are what counts, especially if they sell sex. Where ...

Walkers accept two things: (1) Their sport does look funny, compared to other so called 'legitimate' sports - at least, until you get close enough to look at it properly. (2) You'll never win an argument against the pig-ignorant, so don't bother trying. Just go out and push your VO2Max ever highe...

A mate switched me onto this a week before the Big Day Out in Melbourne this year. Never heard of the Zeros before that. Saw them at the BDO, they were great. So is this song. It's uplifting, energising, hilarious - what you need when life's sucking at any given time.

I first heard Dick sing this gorgeous song in 1989, on the final episode of a TV series called 'How To Be Celtic'. By great good fortune I was videotaping the show (yes I know, naughty naughty!), so had the pleasure of replaying the song at my leisure. Dick suggested that if Scotland ever had a n...

@avast86 Thanks for taking the trouble to reply. I am fascinated by all European diesel rail traction, since here in Australia motive power is dominated by EMD, GE and older ALCo engines. Can you still be arrested in Russia for photographing or filming trains?

"How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens SWEETLY SINGIN'!"/WAAAAAH-WAHWAHWAHWAHWAAAAH .... !" What do today's youngsters listen to that's comparable with this?

I was a high schooler, glued to the radio that night in 1968 when he beat Fighting Harada for the title. The wait for the announcement, then - 'and Rose is champion of the world!' ... was one of those seminal moments in a young life that will never occur again. Rose was a beacon, not only to his...

Cliff Richard recorded a cover of this in 1967, which charted here in Australia.

Saw Buffy and the band last night at the National Theatre in St Kilda (Melbourne, Australia). An almost 2 hour set that went in a flash. Everyone was waiting for 'Starwalker', which closed the set. This lady is almost 70? With her commitment, conviction, passion and sheer energy she could bury ma...

'When is a man not a man? - When he's a freak in a sideshow.'

It's a shame that, if people remember Zoot at all, it'll most likely be for a bone-headed, ill-conceived cover of 'Eleanor Rigby', while this Rick Springfield gem is forgotten. Chilling yet aching with empathy, 'The Freak' saw Rick jo...

While everyone was raving about 'The Letter' (great song) back in 1968, this was the one that entranced me - the B side. Laid back, understated, yet powerful as hell. The opening guitar lick was an instant hook, and the bass just drives the whole song through its moody, haunting atmosphere, and s...

@SkinMechanic65 I presume by 'coons' you're referring to anyone of African descent. In that case, as regards their causing 'a lot of crime' ... can you tell me what in their culture ever came close to the Nuremberg Laws or the Wannsee Conference in Berlin 1942? Man, you couldn't live in that enti...

@DLoc567 Schade ... Vielleicht wird die Serie 55 loks zu Australien verkauft worden, wie der Danische Serie MZ loks.

@superspit It's the same, except that the reprises of 'joker loves' and 'joker sighs', together with the first two guitar responses have been edited out. It diminishes the drama of the ending as far as I'm concerned, but luckily the main song is entirely there.

@jacrin I said 'a god' on purpose. It took a Power greater than man or man's motives to inspire such creativity. Whether that god be named God, or Jehovah, or Yahweh, or Buddha, or Allah, what they would have to have in common is the power to spark the utmost in man's creative potential, and the ...