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Abba, Blue Oyster Cult, David Bowie, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Homicide, Jean Michel Jarre, music, Peter Gabriel, Rod Stewart, Supertramp, The Brothers Johnson, The Eagles, The Ferrits, The Naked Vicar Show, Van Morrison, youtube
The Big Four
By Algernon
Tonight’s episode marked a change in popular music styles. 1976 and 1977 saw the rise of Punk and New Wave. It also saw the Dance music or Disco become more popular. The Naked Vicar Show commenced in 1976 and Homicide ceased production in 1977 after 13 years. This episode included Alwyn Kurts in the cast. He was written out in 1974 with this one being only one of eight produced in colour. Leonard Teale, also appeared and along with George Mallaby and Norman Yemm were the mainstay from 1967 to 1974.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7nXGKBN3Sw
Slipping away – Max Merritt & the Meteors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CBftk3Z56w
Lets stick together – Roxy Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rg2eby79aM
Hurricane – Bob Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmWs6Jf5dc
Anarchy in the UK – Sex Pistols
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUHtJJ1Fgjs
Rock ‘n me –Steve Miller Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9qeJskx6r0
Evil Woman – ELO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C61olIkvoks
You Sexy thing – Hot Chocolate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WfHtDTZguQ
Lover really hurts without you – Billy Ocean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe1ScoePqVA
Play that funky music – Wild cherry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2-GqYkwjTM
Blinded by the Light – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZr6AE-u2UM
Tonights the Night – Rod Stewart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uap0__zJIeU
Chook Smuggling –The Naked vicar show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XVxKgFpgb4
Getting Rooted – Naked vicar show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5NJBeG19XE
Homicide – with Alwyn Kurts, Leonard Teale and Geroge Mallaby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_LagKKWPLc
Don’t fall in love – Ferrits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kQXko2W0sU
Hold back the night –Graham Parker and the Rumour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3SjCzA71eM
Heroes – David Bowie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fF8wU4Nl9Y
Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVYHSi3HQNg
Moondance – Van Morrison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_I2ch8_TXc
Oxgene 4 – Jean Michel Jarre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMFqh_tiHoQ
Hotel California – Eagles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbxUtFDKz8k
Strawberry Letter #23 – The Brothers Johnson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUO_5EALZoM
Don’t’ fear the reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGI6qQHFlPk
Give a little bit – Supertramp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCkOmcIl79s
Money Money Money – ABBA
Keywords: Rod Stewart, The Naked Vicar Show, Homicide, The Ferrits, Graham Parker and the Rumour, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, Jean Michel Jarre, The Eagles, The Brothers Johnson, Blue Oyster Cult, Supertramp, ABBA, music, youtube
Window Dresser's Arms, Pig & Whistle 
The Naked Vicar Show, classic, Noelene Brown, I’m in love.
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I like Cyril and Ces on Getting Rooted, friends and I were able to carry on their conversations for hours.
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I kniow that! I’ve got it somewhere on a tape! In my radio days I loved playing it in the Comedy spot. Their gardening segment on a radio programme is called Getting Rooted and Cyril and Cec are describing the something starting with S something starting with S Sap Sucker and Cyril has a bad whistle of a speech impediment. Chortle. They fall to blows over who should get the credit for a gardening guide they have written on the Sap Sucker and one of them ends the difference of opinion ruefully with the comment ‘Well, it was MY biro.” Hahahahahaha.
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Sorry! Chortle. I read thre comments first. Bit dumb. See it’s on the list! And the Chook Smuggling episode! There is another beauty where she is employed as a flood level on the Brisbane River or somewhere and they put her out standing on a pole and when the water reaches a priority level she calls out the tide “…and alls well”. Another position of employment was testing the air in the mine when they put her in a cage with a little bell around her neck. 🙂
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Alge, we were all too busy on the Drum and Leashed yesterday to pay any attention to your and Gerard’s new stories….
I will listen to them all after organizing some food and drink for tonight.
Funnily I did not recognise those four men in the picture….the good old Homicide blokes…
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It went up last night and Gerard’s this morning. It was very kind of the mods to allow a little more play than they have this week and almost open slather. Homicide I think started my like of police dramas. I thought this one could have been an album cover as well.
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Yet another very good list. Sometimes we need reminding of some songs. Many thanks for Tonight’s the Night.
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Thanks vivienne, I thought much the same when preparing this and the final two episodes (unfinished). There were some songs that just jhad to be there and Tonight’s the Night was one of them
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All good. I especially revelled in Oxygen. I like his work–and loved his live concerts.
I haven’t played that Supertramp song, or heard it for several years… I’ll give it a spin in the morning.
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I liked that as well VL, There were some really good music around in this period and Oxgene was of them. Supertramp was something an aunt bought for me once.
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