sharkyvilla Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Former cricket umpire Rudi Koertzen has died in a car accident 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, theboyangel said: Really cannot stand Train Whistle Blowing Morning Town Ride. I'll grant you, that one could be safely deleted. Edited August 9, 2022 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 5 hours ago, rjw63 said: Lamont Dozier, 81 That is a properly massive one there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: Former cricket umpire Rudi Koertzen has died in a car accident Poor guy, must have been hit for six. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 8 hours ago, BOF said: Our go to song is always this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted August 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2022 13 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: Former cricket umpire Rudi Koertzen has died in a car accident 73, not a bad innings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Raymond Briggs, author of The Snowman has melted away. Edited August 10, 2022 by sidcow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Just now, sidcow said: Raymond Briggs, author of The Snowman has melted away. It can’t have taken him long to write that. Imagine that 5 minutes of work probably paid for his entire life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 13 hours ago, chrisp65 said: That is a properly massive one there. Yep, not sure how it's being reported but hopefully sheds a bit of light as to just how many brilliant songs those 3 wrote Not sure if motown is still as big in the yoof today? When I was in my teens, 20s and still today I love it, at least once a week I'll have a few hours listening to it, to me it's just perfect timeless music 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: Yep, not sure how it's being reported but hopefully sheds a bit of light as to just how many brilliant songs those 3 wrote Not sure if motown is still as big in the yoof today? When I was in my teens, 20s and still today I love it, at least once a week I'll have a few hours listening to it, to me it's just perfect timeless music Unless they decide to make it a bigger deal today, it just sort of slipped by. We’ve had two days of Olivia Newton John, yet Dozier didn’t get a name check on any national media that I saw or listened to. Saying that, I mentioned to my wife that I was gobsmacked it wasn’t wall to wall coverage and that BBC 4 hadn’t changed their schedule. She said ‘never heard of him’. Anyway, I’m serving papers later this morning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) I’ve never heard of him / her either. The only place i’ve seen it mentioned is in this thread. Edited August 10, 2022 by Genie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 I'll be hyperbolic here and say I'd have Holland Dozier Holland 2nd after Lennon and McCartney But then the inner workings of motown aren't always that clear to me so there's probably a few Smokey Robinson tracks that I'm crediting them with 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 It was all about the world that Briggs created for Fungus and the Bogeys. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 13 minutes ago, Genie said: I’ve never heard of him / her either. The only place i’ve seen it mentioned is in this thread. Part of the Motown machine, both individually and with Holland Dozier Holland, as a performer, writer, producer. You see a record you don’t recognise and it has Holland Dozier Holland written on it, you’re safe to buy it and enjoy it. Wrote 14 different U.S. Billboard No 1’s People that had hits with Dozier songs include: Martha & the Vandellas Kim Wilde Phil Collins Michael Jackson The Supremes Diana Ross Carly Simon The Four Tops Alison Moyet Mick Hucknall The Marvalettes Marvin Gaye The Miracles The Temptations Isley Brothers Dionne Warwick Vanilla Fudge For me, personally, that makes him a bit of a big deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Part of the Motown machine, both individually and with Holland Dozier Holland, as a performer, writer, producer. You see a record you don’t recognise and it has Holland Dozier Holland written on it, you’re safe to buy it and enjoy it. Wrote 14 different U.S. Billboard No 1’s People that had hits with Dozier songs include: Martha & the Vandellas Kim Wilde Phil Collins Michael Jackson The Supremes Diana Ross Carly Simon The Four Tops Alison Moyet Mick Hucknall The Marvalettes Marvin Gaye The Miracles The Temptations Isley Brothers Dionne Warwick Vanilla Fudge For me, personally, that makes him a bit of a big deal. You missed out a very important one... The Fall (And obviously R Dean Taylor too ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 I think for most of them it's a mixture and might have been written by someone else but the number 1s and big songs the supremes had were always them, that run of 3 number ones they had in 67 (?) as well as then the four tops with sugar pie honey bunch and same old song that's peak, I'm sure they wrote this old heart of mine too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2022 34 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I'll be hyperbolic here and say I'd have Holland Dozier Holland 2nd after Lennon and McCartney How you can even mention them in the same sentence is beyond me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Gene LeBell; martial artist, actor, stuntman, wrestler and most importantly, the person who choked Steven Seagal so hard that he shat himself: Quote While serving as stunt coordinator for the film Out for Justice, starring Steven Seagal, Seagal stated that due to his aikido training he was 'immune' to being choked unconscious. It has been alleged that at some point LeBell heard about the claim and gave Seagal the opportunity to prove it. LeBell is said to have placed his arms around Seagal's neck, and once Seagal said "go", proceeded to choke him unconscious, with Seagal losing control of his bowels. Edited August 10, 2022 by GarethRDR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, bickster said: You missed out a very important one... The Fall (And obviously R Dean Taylor too ) I left off quite a lot of lesser known artistes, I was trying to give a flavour for the people that think they haven’t heard of him. Just one song ‘Heatwave’, originally for Martha and the Vandellas, then covered by The Who, The Jam, Rondstat, Ike & Tina Turner, The Animals, Phil Collins, The Zombies, Dusty Springfield… Yes, I have been on Wikipedia. But growing up through that 70’s to 80’s phase with that sort of 1960’s re appraisal and re calibrating back to quality power pop tunes and away from the awful earlier 70’s noodling and yacht rock. Incredible stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2022 Just now, chrisp65 said: I left off quite a lot of lesser known artistes, I was trying to give a flavour for the people that think they haven’t heard of him. Just one song ‘Heatwave’, originally for Martha and the Vandellas, then covered by The Who, The Jam, Rondstat, Ike & Tina Turner, The Animals, Phil Collins, The Zombies, Dusty Springfield… Yes, I have been on Wikipedia. But growing up through that 70’s to 80’s phase with that sort of 1960’s re appraisal and re calibrating back to quality power pop tunes and away from the awful earlier 70’s noodling and yacht rock. Incredible stuff. I think they have to be the best commercial songwriting team ever, totally unparalleled imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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