" When I was about twelve years old, maybe a little older, I accompanied my father to a Sunday Concert at which his band The Squadronaires were to accompany various pop singers of the day. I think the venue was Norwich. I had seen Frankie Vaughan several times, watched women throw their knickers at him long before they ever threw them at Tom Jones, and also watched the way he was summarily dropped by all those adoring female fans as soon as the first wave of younger, more wholesome pop stars appeared. These were the likes of Craig Douglas, Billy Fury, Cliff Richard.
On the night in question a new young singer from Wales was scheduled to appear - Shirley Bassey. The word that spread around the band backstage was that this girl was HOT. I had seen Eartha Kitt a short time before, and expected the same kind of feline eroticism. Shirley Bassey blew the roof off. She could only have been in her teens. She wore a dress that clung to her body as closely as a seaweed wrap. Her voice soared above the band and she hardly used the microphone provided. I have always been a fan.
Watching artists like Shirley Bassey when I was a young teenager was more important to me than watching Elvis. In this Roger Daltrey and I may not agree, but I grew up watching some of the most wonderful performers of the '50s and '60s, just before rock 'n' roll came along. I think this is why I take rock so seriously, I really know the quality of what went before.
At Glastonbury, for once all joking aside, watching DSB I was reminded what makes a performer matter, what makes them last, what makes them great. Humility, humour and love. DSB still has a great voice (and I can assure you the conditions at Glasto were awful for her and her orchestra on stage as well as off). She is still very, very sexy. She triumphed at Glastonbury.
It is significant that Peter Paphides in his Times review mentioned two female performers, of widely different ages, conquering the festival. One was Lily Allen, the other DSB. We won't go into which male performers conquered, at least not again, but in essence he was right. I rarely get excited about playing concerts, I've spent too much time backstage as a child. I feel safe there, secure, looked after and valued. After Glastonbury I did get a little excited. I only wanted to do one thing, take DSB home with me. By the way, my helicopter, provided by Castle Air in Exeter, did not have to do an emergency landing. I think DSB's helicopter had trouble bearing the weight of so much pure gold. "
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29th June 2007 10:35 AM
glencar
Joey?
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29th June 2007 11:57 AM
Joey
quote:glencar wrote:
In order to be a great writer .. one has to read a lot
Blue ............................
Jack Valenti's new autobiography is a fantastic read ( ... and reads well )
In early 1965 ( March ) then ' Chariman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ' -- General H.K. Johnson [ survivor of the Bataan Death March ] -- told LBJ EXPLICITLY that in order to win the War in Vietnam , it would take five years and Five HUNDRED Thousand men .
..... now Johnson knew the stakes , he was face - to - face with a decision he was dreading ... his Great Society was about to commence with a Land War in Asia .
" Everything about History told me that if I let Ho Chi Minh and the N.V.A. run wild thru the streets of Saigon without even putting up a fight , then I would be doing EXACTLY what Neville Chamberlain did with Nazi Germany / Hitler . " ( LBJ , April , 1965 ) .
Developing ...................
Shiver ................
" Oh , it is the biggest Damn Mess Ronnie ! "
LBJOEY !
29th June 2007 11:58 AM
glencar
Valenti was a hack. Stop being such a stooge!
29th June 2007 12:01 PM
Joey
quote:glencar wrote:
Valenti was a hack. Stop being such a stooge!
Blue ..........................
You make Joey sad.
Why ?!
WHY ?!
29th June 2007 12:03 PM
glencar
You've gone down in my eyes. You need to improve in the 3rd quarter or you'll be let go. I'm sorry but Christmas party bj's won't save you this time!
29th June 2007 12:11 PM
Joey
" You've gone down in my eyes. You need to improve in the 3rd quarter or you'll be let go. "
29th June 2007 12:39 PM
glencar
{{{{sigh}}}}
29th June 2007 12:51 PM
BILL PERKS
JOEY?
29th June 2007 08:50 PM
Highwire Rob
Asked whether the Sparky Chronicles are ghostwritten or his posts are "faked," Joey's reaction is best summed up in the following reenactment...
30th June 2007 02:07 PM
Throwaway
Congrats to Joey and his bride!
30th June 2007 06:01 PM
Joey
quote:Throwaway wrote:
Congrats to Joey and his bride!
I like that picture .
30th June 2007 06:06 PM
Joey
quote:glencar wrote:
Valenti was a hack. Stop being such a stooge!
Blue ................................
In the early in 1960's , President John Fitzgerald Kennedy would send then Vice President Johnson on many trips around the world in an effort to give him something to do .... often Robert Kennendy would send uncoded cables ( ...uncoded so that EVERYBODY could read it )to that respective country's embassy stating that the Vice President in no way speaks for the administration .
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