Legends Slot

[CaledonianGonzo]

9 minutes ago, mcshed said:

He might not have the single name recognition of your Dollys, Lionels and Eltons but he's at least as big a deal as Jeff Lynne and Kenny Rodgers and certainly has more hits than ELO.

A quick check of wikipedia shows 4 UK top 10 singles for CCR vs. 15 for ELO.

[Mardy]

Who's john fogerty? Tell me some songs i might know. I've no idea who he is but in my head i'm getting the words 'workmanlike blues rock'

 

 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 minutes ago, Mardy said:

Who's john fogerty?

   He's a flannel shirt salesman

https://www.johnfogertymerchandise.com/blue-red-flannel-shirt.html

[dentalplan]

That shirt is definitely workmanlike.

[Gnomicide]

8 minutes ago, Mardy said:

Who's john fogerty? Tell me some songs i might know. I've no idea who he is but in my head i'm getting the words 'workmanlike blues rock'

 

 

Track list from Ultimate CCR:

Disc: 1

1. Proud Mary
2. Born On The Bayou
3. Bad Moon Rising
4. Good Golly Miss Molly
5. Up Around The Bend
6. Suzie Q
7. Fortunate Son
8. Midnight Special
9. Who'll Stop The Rain
10. Run Through The Jungle
11. Hey Tonight
12. Wrote A Song For Everyone
13. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
14. Before You Accuse Me
15. Commotion
16. My Baby Left Me
17. Bootleg
18. Pagan Baby
19. (Wish I Could) Hideaway
20. Cotton Fields

Disc: 2

1. Travelin Band
2. Don't Look Now
3. Down On The Corner
4. It Came Out Of The Sky
5. Lookin' Out My Back Door
6. Born To Move
7. Green River
8. I Put A Spell On You
9. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
10. Molina
11. Long As I Can See The Light
12. Hello Mary Lou
13. Tombstone Shadow
14. Lodi
15. Walking On The Water
16. The Night Time Is The Right Time
17. Someday Never Comes
18. Porterville
19. Lookin' For A Reason
20. I Heard It Through The Grapevine

[Mardy]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

   He's a flannel shirt salesman

https://www.johnfogertymerchandise.com/blue-red-flannel-shirt.html

Hehe, and pajama bottoms too. Real passion killers.

 

https://www.johnfogertymerchandise.com/pajama-pants.html

 

just read his wikipedia page. Nothing i recognise, aside from the Quo cover, i'm aftraid. It's the sort of thing i've no idea about, cos my folks didn't play it as i was growing up.

[Mardy]

'Proud Mary' currently playing in Mardy Towers. Not sure i've ever heard it before, although my young Russian wife is all over it. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

You've never seen An American Werewolf in London?

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, Mardy said:

'Proud Mary' currently playing in Mardy Towers. Not sure i've ever heard it before, although my young Russian wife is all over it. 

Bang on Ike and Tina's version next.

[dentalplan]

Just now, Mardy said:

'Proud Mary' currently playing in Mardy Towers. Not sure i've ever heard it before, although my young Russian wife is all over it. 

Was by Lisa Simpson originally.

[Mardy]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

You've never seen An American Werewolf in London?

nah, don't really do films

[Mardy]

I realise i'm coming across as a right contrary c**t here, and I really don't mean to. Sorry

[CaledonianGonzo]

There's no doubt that its mainstream AOR radio rock, but like almost any genre when it's done well it's really, really good. There's nothing glamorous about him, but he's one of the great American rock'n'roll songwriters.

[Mardy]

aha! Bad Moon Rising. I know this. Tune!

[Smeble]

Fortunate son is 'the' anti war anthem, if ever a song fitted the Glastonbury demographic, this is it.

and Rocking all over the world needs no introduction

[Nduja]

I wouldn't hold out too much hope for the tapedeck,
or the Creedence

[jparx]

Fogerty would be in my absolutely dream lineup, so count me in for this. Doubt it will happen but I would be there with bells on if so.

[mcshed]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

A quick check of wikipedia shows 4 UK top 10 singles for CCR vs. 15 for ELO.

That's not really the best indicator of which are more well known now.   I certainly feel like I hear a lot more Creedence than ELO.  It's standard pub jukebox fair, easy listening enough for Radio 2 and credible enough for 6 Music, it's a rare month goes by without stumbling across something.  Whereas Mr Blue Sky aside how often to you hear ELO?

[DownboundTrain52]

29 minutes ago, mcshed said:

That's not really the best indicator of which are more well known now.   I certainly feel like I hear a lot more Creedence than ELO.  It's standard pub jukebox fair, easy listening enough for Radio 2 and credible enough for 6 Music, it's a rare month goes by without stumbling across something.  Whereas Mr Blue Sky aside how often to you hear ELO?

Don't Bring Me Down, Evil Woman, Sweet Talkin' Woman, Livin' Thing - heard all those on the wireless/in film or television in the last year or so (granted, films don't necessarily have to be this last year). Add to that tracks such as All Over The World, Shine a Little Love and even the recent tracks like When I Was a Boy. They all get a lot of Radio 2 action - and that's really the sort of station that plays right into the Legend Slot.

[oneeye]

I was initially excited at the prospect of ELO last year, but by the time June came along I'd changed my mind; their R2 gig in Hyde Park just didn't seem to connect.

Lionel in 2015 on the other hand was magnificent; everything a legends slot should be. A huge crowd singing along, with the performer truly getting it; magic.

Incidently, whilst ELO were playing we were up at The Park watching Nathaniel Radcliffe & Co; fantastic afternoon. Great burger on completion from the burger vendor LHS of Park stage (can't remember their name); didn't touch the sides

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

47 minutes ago, mcshed said:

That's not really the best indicator of which are more well known now.   I certainly feel like I hear a lot more Creedence than ELO.  It's standard pub jukebox fair, easy listening enough for Radio 2 and credible enough for 6 Music, it's a rare month goes by without stumbling across something.  Whereas Mr Blue Sky aside how often to you hear ELO?

Yeah, I'm not saying a lot of CCR's songs aren't standards.  It's the lack of star power that would make it a disappointing booking.  It's the one featured highlight of any festival that's not just anout the music.  Making it purely about the songs would be to rob it of a lot of what makes it special.

[fatyeti24]

Slightly alarmed by the amount of radio 2 listeners around here. 

[grumpyhack]

Surely what's needed for the Oldies Slot is someone who can put on a great performance of a strong back catalogue.  That's what Fogerty did before and could do again.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's not all that is needed, no.  Otherwise last year wouldn't have been considered a bit of an anticlimax.

[stuartbert two hats]

4 minutes ago, fatyeti24 said:

Slightly alarmed by the amount of radio 2 listeners around here. 

Quite.  Strictly a doctors waiting room station for me.