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Schizoidman
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| A belated Happy Birthday, Ruddles. And you're probably down the pub now, so you won't see this till tomorrow. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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I'm doing my usual 'ThinkLink' gig tonight Schiz
You're good at this so you should have a look at my latest posting on the Quiz Zone
You are quite right the link is not animals but it is a subject on which you have posted many times 
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becky sharp
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Roberta Flack is 74 today....
This is a beauty of hers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpNdMIAnKko
Belated birthday greetings ruddles ....hope you had a lovely one! |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:54 am Post subject: Today's Famous Birthdays |
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I wonder how many listeners have asked Steve Wright to play Modern Love by Peter Gabriel on Sunday Love Songs today?  By the way, much thanks to Phil Jupitus in 'Good Morning Nantwich' for his thoughts on the 'Prince From Snow White' rule where certain acts are concerned!
Belated birthday wishes also to Steve Hackett also - Spectral Mornings drowned out the usual Midsomer Forgone Conclusion from my side of the sofa last night!
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Yesterday ( March 2) would have been Karen Carpenter's 61st birthday.
She left us a fabulous legacy.
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Schizoidman
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Becky: I too loved The Searchers, they never did a bad song as I mentioned after that Cavern programme.
What Have They Done To The Rain is possibly my favourite, and a rare thing in those days: an environmental protest song (I assume). |
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becky sharp
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| Schizoidman wrote: | Becky: I too loved The Searchers, they never did a bad song as I mentioned after that Cavern programme.
What Have They Done To The Rain is possibly my favourite, and a rare thing in those days: an environmental protest song (I assume). |
You're right,Schizoid...  ....taken from the web....
It was written in 1962 and first entitled "Rain Song". It was written as part of a campaign to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere, which was producing fall-out. |
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ruddlescat
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Happy Birthday to the one and only Johnnie Walker whose birthday is apparently today
I'm not sure of his exact age but I guess he might be 66 as from reading his autobiography I seem to remember he is almost exactly ten years older than me
A great servant to music over many years
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Helen May
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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It's tomorrow, 30th March, that Johnnie celebrates his 65th birthday along with Eric Clapton who was born on the very same day in 1945!
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Helen May wrote: | | It's tomorrow, 30th March, that Johnnie celebrates his 65th birthday along with Eric Clapton who was born on the very same day in 1945! |
Yes, that's correct. In fact once, many years ago, I remember Eric Clapton announcing the fact at one of his gigs which he played on his birthday!
PS: Johnnie is still closely involved with Radio Caroline, doncha know it! |
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Thanks for the information Helen, sorry I got it wrong 
I do vaguely remember Eric Clapton saying something about it now that it's been mentioned here
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| I have an interview somewhere here conducted by Johnnie Walker with Eric Clapton to mark their 60th birthdays. It was a great chat, interspersed with excellent music (as you'd expect). |
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Helen May
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Easy mistake Ruddles, I had to double check it but I didn't think it was the day after my O/Hs which was yesterday!
I vaguely remember Johnnie doing a show with Eric around the time they both would have been 60 or am I just dreaming it?
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| Helen May wrote: | | I vaguely remember Johnnie doing a show with Eric around the time they both would have been 60 or am I just dreaming it? |
Our posts got crossed, Helen! |
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Helen May
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Telepathy Colin!
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Schizoidman
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I seem to remember JW doing a Drivetime special on his and Clapton's 60th, 5 years ago obviously. |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:25 am Post subject: |
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I gather it's the birthday of that evergreen entertainer Rolf Harris today
He's still wearing really well for his age
I'm just hoping I'm not one day out again like yesterday
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Helen May
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Think you're spot on Ruddles.
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Helen May
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| ColinB wrote: | | PS: Johnnie is still closely involved with Radio Caroline, doncha know it! |
In what way is he involved Colin? I must try to give the station a go one of these days.
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He was mentioned on Caroline yesterday Helen as having helped them out in some way but I'm not sure exactly how and Roger Day was mentioned at the same time
I've been listening to Caroline most afternoons this week and I have to say it's really good
Shame I can't listen when I'm out and about in the car 
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It's a very happy birthday today to Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, 70 years old - how time flies
A true icon and musical legend
Long may he continue
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Apparently the dreaded Ms Feltz is 50 years old today
I wouldn't normally have bothered mentioning it as I just can't stick the woman but I had to smile whilst listening to Mark Goodier a few moments ago when he quipped:
'As she's supposed to be the Queen of daytime TV I think as a celebration we'll set up several rows of vegetables surrounding a prize turnip in the middle'
How very appropriate that would be
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Helen May
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William Shatner is 81 today!
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Sorry I'm a day late, but Elton John was 65 yesterday.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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So the 'Rocket Man' eventually gets a bus pass
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SantaFefan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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You get a bus pass at 60 around here... 
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ruddlescat
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Really Santa - I thought people only got a bus pass at normal retirement age which in the case of men is currently 65
There again I suppose they might have brought the age forward because of a legal challenge on sex discrimination grounds
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Man or woman, I think you have to be 61 to get a buss pass now. |
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You've now to wait until you get your pension if you are a woman. A neighbour was telling me a few months ago that she had expected to get hers at 60 but has to wait a year+ as they have delayed the pension age. I don't know what it is for men though.
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| Ian Robinson wrote: | | Man or woman, I think you have to be 61 to get a buss pass now. |
It depends when you were born Ian, all very complicated!
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Alan Price is 69 today...I've always liked him... |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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His keyboards on House Of The Rising Sun was what made it such a good song. He also came out with some catchy stuff like The House That Jack Built.
Very clever man. |
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ruddlescat
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:09 am Post subject: |
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Just had a very scary moment - it's the birthday of Bob Dylan today and Mark Goodier claimed he was 61 - hells teeth, that's only four years older than me
Just checked on line to discover that he's actually 71 today - phew, what a relief - he just seems to have been around for ever - mind you some people say that about me
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| ruddlescat wrote: |
- he just seems to have been around for ever - |
His songs seem to go on for ever - apologies to you all but I have never been a fan ) |
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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It beggars belief that Mark Goodier could have thought that Bob Dylan was only 61. Even if he was given that information by a useless overpaid 'researcher' surely he should have questioned it. Dylan had his first chart sucess in around 1964/5 with The Times They Are A Changing and Blowing In The Wind, not bad for a 13 year old.
And as for writing the seminal Like A Rolling Stone in 1965, well, the 14 year old song writer was even more of a genius that I thought he was!
Where do the BBC get these people from? |
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He's no longer on the BBC Schiz - he's on Smooth Radio
I think it was just a slip of the tongue on his part - he does know a fair bit about music as he owns Wise Buddha Productions
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