Enduring love affairs
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Enduring love affairs
Time to list. In my studies and travels I have found that certain acts have a cult following almost exclusively in certain countries, to the point where they are even more popular there than in their own countries. Let's see how many of these enduring love affairs we can list. Okay, I'll start:
1. The Norwegians have an enduring love affair with Jim Reeves.
2. The Norwegians have an enduring love affair with Leonard Cohen.
3. The Danes have an enduring love affair with Smokie.
4. The Danes have an enduring love affair with Suede.
5. The Malaysians have an enduring love affair with MLTR (second rate Danish band).
6. The Japanese have an enduring love affair with The Ventures.
7. The Brits have an enduring love affair with Slim Whitman.
8. The Welsh have an enduring love affair with Paul Robeson.
9. The French have an enduring love affair with Sidney Bechet.
10. The Americans have an enduring love affair with Dave Clarke Five.
1. The Norwegians have an enduring love affair with Jim Reeves.
2. The Norwegians have an enduring love affair with Leonard Cohen.
3. The Danes have an enduring love affair with Smokie.
4. The Danes have an enduring love affair with Suede.
5. The Malaysians have an enduring love affair with MLTR (second rate Danish band).
6. The Japanese have an enduring love affair with The Ventures.
7. The Brits have an enduring love affair with Slim Whitman.
8. The Welsh have an enduring love affair with Paul Robeson.
9. The French have an enduring love affair with Sidney Bechet.
10. The Americans have an enduring love affair with Dave Clarke Five.
"When the desert comes, people will be sad; just as Cannery Row was sad when all the pilchards were caught and canned and eaten." - John Steinbeck
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America barely remembered the Dave Clark 5 after the 1960s. I've never heard them on oldies radio. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who even recognizes one of their songs if they heard it. They're all but forgotten here.
Do the Brits still love Arthur Lee, or is that fading as the next generation comes of age?
Do the Brits still love Arthur Lee, or is that fading as the next generation comes of age?
"Quite."
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7. The Brits have an enduring love affair with Slim Whitman.
8. The Welsh have an enduring love affair with Paul Robeson.
I represent both groups (to an extent) and I can't say I've noticed either being the case.
7. Ageing bus drivers have an enduring love affair with Slim Whitman.
8. Old communists have an enduring love affair with Paul Robeson.
Maybe
8. The Welsh have an enduring love affair with Paul Robeson.
I represent both groups (to an extent) and I can't say I've noticed either being the case.
7. Ageing bus drivers have an enduring love affair with Slim Whitman.
8. Old communists have an enduring love affair with Paul Robeson.
Maybe
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Do the Brits still love Arthur Lee, or is that fading as the next generation comes of age?
The vast majority of any generation of Brits wouldn't know Arthur Lee from Adam.
He will be held in high regard by a certain (well represented on BCB) type of music fan in every generation though - as a demographic, vanishingly small.
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zoomboogity wrote:America barely remembered the Dave Clark 5 after the 1960s. I've never heard them on oldies radio. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who even recognizes one of their songs if they heard it. They're all but forgotten here.
Do the Brits still love Arthur Lee, or is that fading as the next generation comes of age?
I was going to dispute GM’s assertion but then saw that you already did. But you are being a bit generous, as well. The DC5 went from hugely successful to almost completely irrelevant in the span of time from early 1964 to mid 1967. But then, so did Herman’s Hermits.
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11. The Polynesians have an enduring love affair with Toe Fat.
12. The Albanians have an enduring love affair with Pussycat Dolls.
13. The Kazakhs have an enduring love affair with Monster Magnet.
12. The Albanians have an enduring love affair with Pussycat Dolls.
13. The Kazakhs have an enduring love affair with Monster Magnet.
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HEN wrote:11. The Polynesians have an enduring love affair with Toe Fat.
12. The Albanians have an enduring love affair with Pussycat Dolls.
13. The Kazakhs have an enduring love affair with Monster Magnet.
14. GoogaMoogas have an enduring love affair with what falls out of their arse
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And there endeth the brief honeymoon.
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What a shame.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Deebank wrote:7. The Brits have an enduring love affair with Slim Whitman.
8. The Welsh have an enduring love affair with Paul Robeson.
I represent both groups (to an extent) and I can't say I've noticed either being the case.
There's a lot of connections between Robeson and South Wales.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/02/how-paul-robeson-found-political-voice-in-welsh-valleys
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The Modernist wrote:Deebank wrote:7. The Brits have an enduring love affair with Slim Whitman.
8. The Welsh have an enduring love affair with Paul Robeson.
I represent both groups (to an extent) and I can't say I've noticed either being the case.
There's a lot of connections between Robeson and South Wales.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/02/how-paul-robeson-found-political-voice-in-welsh-valleys
Sure (hence my comment about old commies - he was a campaigner bless him), but I wouldn't say it was still a big thing in Wales... Or even a thing.
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No probably not. But what is these days..? I bet half of them have never heard of Aneurin Bevan or Barry John!!
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I loved Barry John's soundtrack to Dances with Wolves.
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Filipinos have an enduring love affair with Air Supply.
It's one of the first things they look for at Karaoke
It's one of the first things they look for at Karaoke
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Liverpool - Love, Beefheart
Glasgow - The Velvet Underground, Big Star
Glasgow - The Velvet Underground, Big Star
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Copenhagen - any old shite
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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"Enduring love affair" should be taken with a grain of salt - I wrote it because it sounds good. But yes, in their heyday the DC5 were more successful than even the Beatles Stateside, however brief a moment it was. Dave Clarke owned the catalog, and did not exploit it very well after the break-up. And he totally missed the boat in the age of CD.
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"When the desert comes, people will be sad; just as Cannery Row was sad when all the pilchards were caught and canned and eaten." - John Steinbeck
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And Slim Whitman was more popular in the UK than in his own country. Just one of those things. Years of poring over liner notes, and you get an inspired thread like this.
"When the desert comes, people will be sad; just as Cannery Row was sad when all the pilchards were caught and canned and eaten." - John Steinbeck