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A few year later again

14 Saturday May 2016

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon

≈ 22 Comments

Tags

10CC, Blondie, Bob Welch, Boz Scaggs, Dexys Midnight Runners, Mi-Sex, Skyhooks, Split Enz, the Bee Gees, The Boomtown Rats, The Commodores, The Pretenders, The Specials, The Stranglers, The Vapors

a few years on

Playlist by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eqmW8lqiEc

Women in Uniform – Skyhooks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kobdb37Cwc

I don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiOi-KSiGM0

Computer Games – Mi Sex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbdCvzF4qqw

Dreadlock holiday – 10CC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJOsfalSYs

Ebony Eyes – Bob Welch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQZBaJAngH8

Lido Shuffle – Boz Scaggs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jLvnuf10uU

Three Times a Lady – The Commodores

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Hy7uAb_eU

Brass in Pocket – The Pretenders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQO2wEJefjM

Geno – Dexys Midnight Runners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmQlBfxh4Us

I got You – Split Enz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWWwM2wwMww

Turning Japanese – The Vapors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuT5KUA7iaY

Peaches – The Stranglers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tko1G6XRiQ

Atomic – Blondie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co

Gangsters – The Specials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY

Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees

 

 

 

Some Prominent People

16 Monday Dec 2013

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Bands at the Pig's Arms, Entertainment Upstairs

≈ 21 Comments

Tags

Bob Marley, Boney M, Elvis Costello, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Heaven 17, Herman's Hermits, Joan Baez, Manic Stret Preachers, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Pet Shop Boys, Peter and Gordon, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., The Kinks, the Rascals, The Specials, The Stranglers

 

prominent people 1

Playlist by Algernon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU

Nelson Mandela – The Specials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncVyxQRw70

Biko – Peter Gabriel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dfdlG_5wuc

I’m with Stupid – Pet shop Boys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Src_WCmsg8o

Lady Godiva – Peter and Gordon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t4-zDem1Sk

Tramp the Dirt down – Elvis Costello

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LRlmCko58o

Haile Selassie – Bob Marley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APMdeQFCGMQ

Baronet Oswald Ernald Mosley – Not the Nine O’clock News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B-uWoYs3X4

We Don’t need that fascist Groove thang – Heaven 17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDMlk3kSYg

Rasputin – Boney M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2wET1OlK4Q

Exhuming McCarthy – R.E.M.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jRREm7plyU

Happy birthday Leonid Brezhnev – Joan Baez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk24stOBie4

Mr Churchill says – The Kinks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpGnLlwF-RU

Nuclear Device – The Stranglers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znv_sUPaKfE

Henry the VIII I am – Herman’s Hermits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ntcMjYL7hc

People gotta Be free – The Rascals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_G_R_1gMfc

The Love of Richard Nixon – Manic Street Preachers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTOQUnvI3CA

Two Tribes – Frankie goes to Hollywood

One for the Lads

04 Friday Oct 2013

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon

≈ 13 Comments

Tags

Abba, Annie Lennox, Aqua, Blondie, Carly Simon, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Nouvelle Vague, Patti Smith, Pink, Ray Charles, Ricky Lee Jones, the Bee Gees, the Go-Gos, The Specials, Toni Basil

AlgyPlaylist by Algernon

Something for the lads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obvSFWvgBhg

Jimmy Mack – Martha and the Vandellas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I

Hit the road Jack – Ray Charles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwmUMvhy-lY

Me and Booby McGee – Pink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIoHSu5v1Mo

A message to you Rudy – The Specials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3x1PSYcm8

Making plans for Nigel – Nouvelle Vague

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGm6-l61Oqw

Chuck E’s In love – Ricky Lee Jones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Rp-yRdY34

Gilbert Green – The Bee Gees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uwLNYre6L8

Jesse – Carly Simon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv_-6XQyIq0

Fernando – ABBA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahGxiSV_LH0

Denis – Blondie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwqh2IjrxfM

Frederick – Patti Smith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbVdDM5n1WY

Johnny are you queer? – The Go-Go’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duR7mRzx-M8

Lagartija Nick – Bauhaus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lONiQDyKhbo

Abraham Martin and John – Marvin Gaye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1jPUB7gRyg

Doctor Jones – Aqua

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y89zxuzpW_k

Dream Angus – Annie Lennox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7VnHnX3LQ

Mickey – Toni Basil

A Tribute to Maggie

12 Friday Apr 2013

Posted by Therese Trouserzoff in Algernon, Entertainment Upstairs, Politics in the Pig's Arms

≈ 14 Comments

Tags

Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, Genesis, Maggie Thatcher, Morrissey, Pink Floyd, Simply Red, Sinead O'Connor, Tears For Fears, the Beat, the Blow Monkeys with Curtis Mayfield, the Blues Band, The Clash, the Jam, The Specials, The The

 

tribute to maggie 4

Playlist by Algernon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfpRm-p7qlY

A town called Malice – The Jam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPrrdRzlxc

Shipbuilding – Elvis Costello

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t4-zDem1Sk

Tramp the dirt down – Elvis Costello

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfhxJiE38sE

Stand down Margaret – The Beat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjUA3RU4B8E

Between the Wars – Billy Bragg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUggZr_6bJA

Celebrate the day – The Blow Monkeys with Curtis Mayfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlBIa8z_Mts

Land of Confusion – Genesis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqonCo0A68o

The Fletcher Memorial Home –Pink Floyd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhhSBgd3KI

Ghost Town – The Specials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmRLtZKbB5c

This is England – The Clash (with Banksy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n14lwdpYkAA

Black Boys on Mopeds – Sinead O’Connor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O29WvCcp7zY

Maggies Farm – The Blues Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsq3H_6XuFA

Margaret on the Guillotine – Morrissey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlkXQm7tSCY

Thathcherites – Billy Bragg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xVea25IH4g

Heartland – The The

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajy1xNB-LkI

Sowing the seeds of Love – Tears for Fears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHNDTGaIBWc

Wonderland – Simply Red

 

 

Swingin’Like Tiger Woods

08 Friday Apr 2011

Posted by Mark in Bands at the Pig's Arms, Warrigal Mirriyuula

≈ 16 Comments

Tags

Australia, Barry White, Benny Goodman, Big Bad Voodoo, Billy Field, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Chuck “Wagon” Maultsby and The Wheels, George Melly, humour, Joe Jackson, music, Non Stop Dancers, The Porkers, The Specials, Warrigal

Jumpin’, Jivin’ an’ Swingin’ Like Tiger Woods

By Warrigal Mirriyuula

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg&feature=related

Duke Ellington It Don’t Mean A Thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6IUqrFHjw&feature=related

The Ink Spots Java Jive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ffdwBUL78

Mary Ford & Les Paul How High The Moon (“Does that mean 24 tracks?” the host asks innocently. Yes! It Does! This was the first time this was done and it represents a huge leap forward for multi-track recording. The sort of thing you can buy 64 digital tracks of for under two hundred bucks and stick it on your computer these days.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=027HcOsmsic

Gino Vanelli Jack Miraculous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk6fcGL1DI0&feature=fvsr

The Mavericks Tonight The Boogie Let Me Down (Go hard you good thing! Watch the guitarist, and the drummer, oh look, just watch them all! What a band!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MfDmu5WB_0&feature=related

Raul Malo A Fool Such As I (Because you simply can’t have too much of a good thing!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhJLqeAUcA0&feature=related

Chuck “Wagon” Maultsby and The Wheels My Girlfriend Passed Out In Her Food

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IqH3uliwJY&playnext=1&list=PL6B48D9D21F287BCA

Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Zoot Suit Riot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tYFC4aWyo8

Joe Jackson Jumpin’ Jive (You can hear why FOH guys call the Entertainment Centre the “empty container centre”.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHWcN5YxuYc

Brian Setzer Orchestra Jump Jive an’ Wail (This Stray Cat isn’t aging well.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ZSQUyU00s

Benny Goodman Sing Sing Sing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7KLA52Xy2g&feature=related

Non Stop Dancers Shake This city (Trivia: Larry Van Kriedt, the tall angular sax player, is the son of Dave Brubeck Quartet saxophonist Dave Van Kriedt.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhhSBgd3KI

The Specials Ghost Town (The Specials go cruising for Caspar in MJ’s Zephyr)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyCjExc72Xw

Joe Jackson Beat Crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO-UdXViyo0

Barry White The Time Is Right

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBBJZDCk6tY

George Melly My Canary’s Got Circles Under His Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xphZkAiJve0

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy King of Swing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eETES1xP-IM

Billy Field Bad Habits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhtGUt703oA

The Porkers Swingin’ Like Tiger Woods (This Newcastle band should be our house band. Whaddayarekkon?)

Keywords: Chuck “Wagon” Maultsby and The Wheels, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Joe Jackson, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Non Stop Dancers, The Specials, Barry White, George Melly, Big Bad Voodoo, Billy Field,The Porkers

Tonight The Boogie Let Me Down (Go hard you good thing! Watch the guitarist, and the drummer, oh look, just watch them all! What a band!)

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