Here is Rowan Atkinson and Elton John doing a bit of comedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl0HqlbX7dc
2,351 2017-08-27 22:54:24
Re: Injecting Humour Into Live Shows.. (34 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
2,352 2017-08-24 01:07:06
Re: Excellent Cover Bands (42 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
In the 1960s cheap mass-produced portable transistor radios increased the public's appetite for popular music here in New Zealand. But this was also an era when radio was state-owned and exerted a powerful influence on the record buying public and thus the recording industry. Record companies would regularly submit singles to the New Zealand National Broadcasting Corporation for purchase and play. If a song was deemed unsuitable there was little point in record companies importing and distributing it. Because of our distance from America and Europe we would not be able to buy the popular records by Beatles or Rolling Stones, Elvis, and othe artists until months after they were released. So in order for a local band to get recorded in those days they had to do covers of songs in the top ten overseas. Not many bands were able to record their own original songs. My father colection of records was what he got seaman he knew to bring back from ports they visted in the United States and the United Kingdom. As the time progressed this all changed and we had local bands doing originals and we could get hold of recordings from the rest of the world locally. Private radio station were eventually alowed to operate and we were able to access a bigger variety of music. Now days we can with the internet acess all types of music. For me the best covers are done by bands that bring their own style to a song. I love bluegrass bands doing covers such as the Punch Brothers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVnAnmqhGJk
2,353 2017-08-23 08:32:12
Re: Eclipse Mania !! (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Watching our TV News here in New Zealand showing farmers fields around small towns full of vehicles for this once in a life time event. I couldnt help but wonder with the huge influx of vehicles was there any sort of chaos such as Traffic Jams.?
2,354 2017-08-23 08:23:54
Re: Tuesday's Flying Fingers (474 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
I love the way he gives his Guitar the feel of a band with a rythmic sound that I could imagine Brazilians doing their Samba dance moves too. Excellent choice TF
2,355 2017-08-23 06:54:37
Re: Bill And Dondra Craig Song (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Thank you Bill and Dondra. I made it so anyone can download it of soundcloud if the want to load it onto their own technology.
Bill and Dondra it was a pleasure.
2,356 2017-08-23 06:22:04
Topic: Bill And Dondra Craig Song (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
This song was writen and recorded at Robert Hall Recordings for Bill and Dondra Craig.
https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/bill-and-dondra
2,357 2017-08-22 00:58:50
Re: My Guitar And Amp Family (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Bill, Chordie has some of the finest people on the planet and you are one of them.
2,358 2017-08-22 00:51:51
Re: It Don't Matter (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Tig you got a nice thread of sadness running through your voice and playing. Man that is the Blues. You are hitting the nail on the head. In my imagination I can see you on a street in New Orleans entertaining passer by's with your song. Maybe with Phill standing next to you playing a bit of lead guitar.
2,359 2017-08-22 00:39:07
Re: Rugby Union Legend. (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Thank you TIG humility is part of our Kiwi sporting culture and how we raise our Kids The golden glory of the All Blacks’ Rugby World Cup success is screaming out to become a movie.
The All Blacks are No.1 in the world – and now three times world champions. They claimed the world cup in style and showed great composure when down to 14 as Australia got back into the game. But what has impressed everyone has been the All Blacks’ attitude and the culture the coaching staff and Richie McCaw have created.
McCaw and Dan Carter were so humble after winning. Coach Steve Hansen was seen consoling the Australians on the field at the end. He showed sympathy to the Springboks after the semi-finals. That’s great to see. The All Blacks all looked so happy. Many years ago the amateur All Blacks were labelled the unsmiling giants in the UK. Times have changed.
What epitomised the All Blacks’ down to earth nature was Sonny Bill Williams giving his gold winners medal away to a young boy after the game. The small boy was flattened by a bullfrog security guard for running on the pitch as the players were strolling around Twickenham waving to fans. Williams put his arm around the boy, took him back to his mum and gave the lad his medal.
McCaw and Carter deflected questions about playing their last games for the All Blacks. They did not want the golden occasion to focus on them. There are a lot of positive messages for young New Zealanders in the All Blacks’ attitude and humility. We can all learn from it. Not sure if Hollywood actors have the same ethos as the All Blacks though! I think that in most countries kids do get to learn through sports how to be a good person. Tig the young lady you mentioned from that interview with Colin Meads is from Phills part of the world Wales and was speaking a bit of their National language.
I will attach a song about the Kiwi psyche around competition and doing well.
2,360 2017-08-21 00:38:42
Re: Rugby Union Legend. (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Easybeat he was a down to earth humble man this short interview he did attached with a Welsh lady shows that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ9IlQYVVIc
And I will also add another two minute clip about his life for anyone who is interested.
2,361 2017-08-20 01:58:11
Re: It Don't Matter (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
TIG I can feel the blues in those lyrics can't wait to hear it as a song'
That lyric you wrote below stands out.
Well I Woke in the morning, started drinking really hard
Woke up this morning, feeling like a cold grave yard
Got tears my eyes, can’t hardly see and I tell myself she's gone and it don’t matter to me
2,362 2017-08-20 01:47:28
Topic: Rugby Union Legend. (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Legendary former All Black Sir Colin Meads has passed away, aged 81, according to reports.
The former All Black had been ill for the past few months with a kidney problem and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last August.
Sir Colin will leave behind a legacy as one of our very best rugby players.
However the man nicknamed 'Pinetree', because of his physical size and strength, was much more than that. For many New Zealanders he was the quintessential Kiwi: stoic, steadfast, and dependable.
In an interview before he died, he said: "I do recollect actually playing and starting, and saying well now I'm an All Black and from there on I made a statement - that it's one thing to be an All Black, it's another thing to be a good one."
And a rugby-mad country did depend on him, as he wore the black jersey 133 times in his 15-year career in the All Blacks.
"Well the best moment is when you're first picked. Just to become an All Black and to just get to play for the All Blacks," he said. "That's the greatest moment when you're first selected and your name's read out. It's a real shock and it's a great thrill."
The Te Kuiti farmer was a hard man, known as an enforcer. After being sent from the field in one international for dangerous play, Britain's The Telegraph said that given Sir Colin's reputation for robust play, it was like sending a burglar to prison for a parking offence.
Mind you, it took a lot to make Pinetree leave the field. He famously played with a broken arm against Eastern Transvaal in South Africa, and as he was being attended to after the game his only comment was "at least we won the bloody game".
His devotion to his teammates made him immensely popular and forged friendships for life.
"There's always characters in every team. You think of Monkey Briscoe, Waka and all those boys and they're all great mates and we had great times and you'd often think back to them," he said. "I wonder if they have the fun we used to have, because I don't think they do nowadays."
Life after rugby for Sir Colin wasn't always easy, but the amateur rugby player did find some small fortune to go with his fame though as an unlikely star of television commercials.
When knighthoods were reintroduced in 2009, Sir Colin was an obvious candidate.
However, he said he didn't want to be called a Sir like fellow All Blacks Sir Wilson Whineray and Sir Brian Lochore - they, he said, were perfect gentlemen and deserved the title whereas he, in his words, was a bit rougher.
Sir Colin leaves behind his wife and four children.
2,363 2017-08-20 01:47:23
Topic: Rugby Union Legend. (0 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Legendary former All Black Sir Colin Meads has passed away, aged 81, according to reports.
The former All Black had been ill for the past few months with a kidney problem and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last August.
Sir Colin will leave behind a legacy as one of our very best rugby players.
However the man nicknamed 'Pinetree', because of his physical size and strength, was much more than that. For many New Zealanders he was the quintessential Kiwi: stoic, steadfast, and dependable.
In an interview before he died, he said: "I do recollect actually playing and starting, and saying well now I'm an All Black and from there on I made a statement - that it's one thing to be an All Black, it's another thing to be a good one."
And a rugby-mad country did depend on him, as he wore the black jersey 133 times in his 15-year career in the All Blacks.
"Well the best moment is when you're first picked. Just to become an All Black and to just get to play for the All Blacks," he said. "That's the greatest moment when you're first selected and your name's read out. It's a real shock and it's a great thrill."
The Te Kuiti farmer was a hard man, known as an enforcer. After being sent from the field in one international for dangerous play, Britain's The Telegraph said that given Sir Colin's reputation for robust play, it was like sending a burglar to prison for a parking offence.
Mind you, it took a lot to make Pinetree leave the field. He famously played with a broken arm against Eastern Transvaal in South Africa, and as he was being attended to after the game his only comment was "at least we won the bloody game".
His devotion to his teammates made him immensely popular and forged friendships for life.
"There's always characters in every team. You think of Monkey Briscoe, Waka and all those boys and they're all great mates and we had great times and you'd often think back to them," he said. "I wonder if they have the fun we used to have, because I don't think they do nowadays."
Life after rugby for Sir Colin wasn't always easy, but the amateur rugby player did find some small fortune to go with his fame though as an unlikely star of television commercials.
When knighthoods were reintroduced in 2009, Sir Colin was an obvious candidate.
However, he said he didn't want to be called a Sir like fellow All Blacks Sir Wilson Whineray and Sir Brian Lochore - they, he said, were perfect gentlemen and deserved the title whereas he, in his words, was a bit rougher.
Sir Colin leaves behind his wife and four children.
2,364 2017-08-20 01:34:58
Re: Eclipse Mania !! (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
At this special time in history when the earth, sun and moon line up .
The Eclipse only visable to those who are blessed.
Whipped Cream on a nice Berry Pie.
Friends and family dropping by.
This is not a time to say goodbye,
2,365 2017-08-19 00:58:36
Re: pictures in the sky (5 replies, posted in Poems)
Daddycool I love your poem you should turn it into a song.
In every cloud is an angel's face.
They are there if you look.
I remember people telling me as a kid.
Now as an adult when I look at clouds brushed onto blue skies.
I see many differant images that they paint into my mind.
I feel there is something providing protection over me..
Maybe that is why they say every cloud has a silver lining.
No matter how bad life can be at times.
Clouds even threatening storm clouds must eventually give way to sunlight and growth.
2,366 2017-08-18 00:00:37
Re: NGD. it's been too long (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
A friend of mine who lives on his own tells me a good guitar is medicine to the soul when played. It hurt him more when he found his wife had sold his favourite guitar than knowing she had left for another man. Phill congratulations on finding a good axe. The lyrics in a song called Ten Guitars talks about guitars are made for love. Then it says and if your with the one you love play a tune for her. I am sure that will win your lovely wife over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAE9RdOwQdc
2,367 2017-08-17 23:43:25
Re: August 2017 FSOTM - Challenge Month! (28 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Zurf and Mojo you both have breathed life into songs about America with your excellent singing and guitar playing that has deliverd me in my imagination to people and places the songs talk about. Excellent covers Thank you.
2,368 2017-08-14 09:24:09
Re: Brother (4 replies, posted in Poems)
A good piece of poetry EB . I know which Brother your referring to. His life would have many chapters.
2,369 2017-08-14 09:20:56
Re: Backyard Gathering - 2017 - August 5th! (77 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I am enjoying your videos and photos. Hope you have many more.
2,370 2017-08-14 09:13:18
Re: A Three-Part Post (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Thank you Bill for the three links interesting listening and viewing.
I will attach a short clip showing the style of music which most people associate with me the Blues played slightly differant with a Scotish influence.
This is a short clip of a very talented muscian I would love to one day hear and see in a concert.
The Bagpipe Blues.
God Bless you and Dondra,
Love to you both
Pete and Maree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W780LSQHbYY
2,371 2017-08-09 02:42:24
Re: August 2017 FSOTM - Challenge Month! (28 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
It has been a great day for me getting to explore two great new artists. Zurf it also got me thinking back to when I was a five or six year old having lessons to help me speak English. The song Quick As dreams got me thinking of a short tongue twister I had to learn as a kid about race horses to improve my speach..
One-one was a race horse.
Two-two was one too.
One-one won one race.
Two-two won one too.
2,372 2017-08-09 01:30:42
Re: August 2017 FSOTM - Challenge Month! (28 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Zurf I enjoyed your cover of Bad Moon Rising. This is my first time hearing any Slaide Cleaves songs. Zurf I was sold on your version of Quick As Dreams you do it well the song suits your guitar and voice. Racing Horses was a big part of New Zealand culture when I was growing up. Also over the years many a rider has been killed..
Great lyrics. After hearing your version I went to youtube and had a listen to Slaide other songs I loved every minute of it. Thank you He has got a great way of using words that tell great stories in song. I am now a fan of Slaide Cleaves thank you.
Some of Slaide songs have parts in them that could be about places or people I know in New Zealand. These lyrics of his below describe the ruin of many a great town.
I grew up in the valley, every neighbor a friend
Until the modern world started creeping in
One day came the lawyers, with cash in hand
They swore that our village would light up the land
2,373 2017-08-08 05:21:30
Re: August 2017 FSOTM - Challenge Month! (28 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Mojo he is good. First time I have heard of Robert earl Kean and I am enjoying his songs and clever lyrics.
I have just now been reading his lyrics and checking him out on youtube. Words of his like the ones he wrote down below paint a good picture
He now has a new fan in me.
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I don't wear no Stetson
But I'm willin' to bet son
That I'm as big a Texan as you are
There's a girl in her bare feet
Asleep on the back seat
And the trunk's full of Pearl beer and Lone Star
2,374 2017-08-08 01:47:45
Re: August 2017 FSOTM - Challenge Month! (28 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Muchas Gracias, Thank you Mojo.
2,375 2017-08-08 01:26:05
Re: Tuesday's Flying Fingers (474 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Great choice The Ministry Of Silly Walks lives on.