"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Happy Feet Friday
Trumpet great, Cootie Williams, plays “Echoes of Harlem” (1944).
I'm not sure you can dance to this, but feel free to try. A piece of British psychedelic pop from the 1960s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuEq34ohri4
My daughter's father in law was a Mod from London's East End, rode a Vespa and all that. I'm pretty sure he's in this video: https://youtu.be/waxaiAjh-r0
They basically were venting all the frustrations of war time and after, born in bombed-out slums - rationing went on for years after the war too. Not that he's very coherent in remembering it, and his kids aren't interested.
Well the video was 'The High-numbers' later known as The Who, in some tiny basement venue, singing soul & r&b while the kids on the dance floor writhe around. He said Ray Davies of The Kinks used to drink with them at the local pub. After that he joined the army and ended up here.
I'm not sure you can dance to this, but feel free to try.
ReplyDeleteA piece of British psychedelic pop from the 1960s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuEq34ohri4
Let's put it this way: there's no dance I could do to it that wouldn't make me look ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter's father in law was a Mod from London's East End, rode a Vespa and all that. I'm pretty sure he's in this video:
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/waxaiAjh-r0
They basically were venting all the frustrations of war time and after, born in bombed-out slums - rationing went on for years after the war too. Not that he's very coherent in remembering it, and his kids aren't interested.
I didn't even go through it, but my mind reels whenever I think of the rationing in UK which went on for nine years after the war ended.
ReplyDeleteWell the video was 'The High-numbers' later known as The Who, in some tiny basement venue, singing soul & r&b while the kids on the dance floor writhe around. He said Ray Davies of The Kinks used to drink with them at the local pub. After that he joined the army and ended up here.
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