coincidentally watched Interstellar film @Nasher (Hans Zimmer) and just searched Soundtrack for 10 minutes to find one of the favourite sections, for me anyway.
Chris I genuinely think you'd find it really worth a trip up into town for. Not many nights left to book though.
so as not to go off topic on another thread, i'm sure you remember how similar these two were at the time in one aspect, and have forgotten who was first, and it doesn't really matter anymore. too-much-time-on-my-hands EDIT - wondered why Bass player Steve Priest* had partial image censoring on TOTP vid. Turns out he had a Swastika armband.. the Beeb.. even back then *RIP Steve, passed in 2020 aged 72.
I absolutely adored The Sweet when I was a nipper. I was deeply upset that the barber wouldnt cut my hair like Brian Connoly's Bowie was my 1st ever music obsession which I still retain. Oddly enough it was the Laughing Gnome which got me. I remember it to this day, singing it whilst going to shops with Gran. I'll be 4 or 5yrs old. Ive been a massive fan ever since. Really looking forward to the exhibition at V&A Edit: Rod can do one. Thats Curtis Mayfields song and no-one else is allowed.
just goes to show what a generation gap will do as I just tuned out from Rod soon after MM/hardly liked anything he did. I played MM a bit earlier as hadn't done so probably for 40 years and effected me more than I thought it would - slapped me right back to that time, and would go back in a heartbeat.
They were a much much better band than most of the music press gave them credit for... they never really seemed to reach the stadium like heights their abilities deserved. Top drummer.
Mrs GG is the bigger fan, and we are poles apart on which songs of his are our favourites. When we were much younger, Rod was touring and I wasn't overly keen to go but was unwillingly dragged along. He is one of the best live performers I've seen, and now any opportunity to see him we will take. I did similar to Mrs GG with Bryan Adams; she reluctantly went to one where Tina Turner made an unannounced guest appearance for "It's Only Love" and she's been a willing accomplice ever since (sadly Tina hasn't been back). I just need to convert her to Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa now...
Quality never dies. Here's a favourite of mine featuring one of the Cypress Hill mob (another quality band) followed by a mix of some slightly newer stuff I've been listening too - Run The Jewels.
