Great songs from local lads

[alfinyalcabo]

For the oldies on here.
My second fav group "the Hollies"

For me this is one of their greatest records ever and funnily enough only peaked at 32 in the English charts but was No1 in America ..Allen Clarke is one of the best vocalists of his generation who combined brilliantly with Graham Nash (later to join Crosby and Stills ) for most of their top hits. They sold more records than the Beatles in the sixties. Three of the group lived local to me and Tony Hicks is a great guitarist along with Bobby Elliot who is a fantastic drummer. The group continued to tour until 2023,but this year are having a rest .they were inducted into the US hall of fame in 2010 or near that date .


:A pair of 45's made me open my eyes" was a famous line in the song .Anyone know what he was referring to? Chalky you may know perhaps?
Have a listen,with Lyrics

https://youtu.be/pL_APlwuZlY?si=Cto2YvbXUcnxZczQ

[jammydodgerAW]

NO way these lot are as good as a modern band like PIDEGON DETECTIVES

[jammydodgerAW]

TAKE HER BACK by the Pigeon Detectives has 17 MILLION views on youtube. The link you posted has half a million. Therefore SCIENCE shows Pidgeon Detectives are 34 times better HA!

[jammydodgerAW]

If I was such a big fan of a band I would at least have the decency to spell their name right

Who said I was a fan

[alfinyalcabo]

Alfie,The Hollies are a great band,one of the best and to chose a favourite song is near on impossible for me but the 60’s stuff like Bus Stop,Carrie Ann,Sorry Suzanne and the belly dancing Stop,Stop,Stop are fantastic,the big sounding songs in the 70’s like Long Legged Woman,He Ain’t Heavy and The Air That I Breathe was even more incredible and yes I know what the reference to her 45’s was,quite a woman eh?

I suspect (but don’t know) that this track was made for the American market where the The Hollies was massive and that’s why it fared better over there than over here,a great choice Alf

Spot on Chalky,he's even singing in an American accent. I seem to remember John Fogarty of CCR. Saying it was a bit of his song Green river and getting a settlement from the Hollies for it.

[griff]

aye, there’s a touch of the bayou in it. Great lyrics too; I’ve never really noticed them before.

[alfinyalcabo]

I’ve never really noticed before but it sounds a bit like CCR when you listen to it,what made Nash leave the band because they was doing all right at thst time,was it a change in direction music wise as Crosby and Stills are more a folky type sound?

Think it was when they toured America,he became good friends with them and decided he wanted to move to America and join them.


"Nash initially met both David Crosby and Stephen Stills in 1966 during a Hollies US tour. On a subsequent visit to the US in 1968, he was more formally introduced to Crosby by mutual friend Cass Elliott in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. Nash left the Hollies to form a new group with Crosby and Stills."

[postmanpete]

Cumbria finest it bites.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ofL-eP...hlcm9lcw%3D%3D

[alfinyalcabo]

Cumbria finest it bites.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ofL-eP...hlcm9lcw%3D%3D

Good record PP,I can remember that but didn't know they were from Cumbria. 👍

[alfinyalcabo]

Talking of the 80's this is a group from Liverpool who I find really good 👍

https://youtu.be/LWz0JC7afNQ?si=eVmr6YyE8mgV2z0S