The "Do you like that band?" Game

[Hombre_de_ningun_lugar]

I remember wondering how they came up with their name.  Then, one day in 1968, I noticed this nameplate on a steamroller doing some repaving work on a road by my school... Cool name for a group!

That name describes perfectly the band and their music!

[KelMar]

hang on Kelley nobodies done Barrys pick yet, The Tremeloes
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LOL I should have read the whole thread more carefully. I was multitasking and I don't do that well! 

Well, yeah, the main objective of this thread was to stir up some conversation, rather than everybody just answering "Yeah, I love them" and then move on. Isn't arguing more interesting?

It's a great thread Ovi but no, I don't think the arguing has been more interesting than the positive comments. The positive comments were very well thought out and interesting. Arguing has two definitions:

1. give reasons or cite evidence in support of an idea, action, or theory.
or
2. exchange or express diverging or opposite views, typically in a heated or angry way.

If we use definition #1 this will continue to be a great thread. Definition #2 tends to make some people not want to join in and that's the biggest conversation killer of all. So.....

Next: The Tremeloes

[nimrod]

Well, if arguing is allowed I must say something about nimrod's comment about the Byrds!

I can understand that you find those songs as boring if you don't like the Folk Rock genre, but I don't agree that a lot of their stuff sounds the same, the Byrds are actually one of the most diverse bands ever. They started as jangly folk rockers, but they were also pioneers of psychedelia and Country Rock. The later version of the band even did some Acid and Hard Rock. You can still not liking anything they did, but their music was certainly very varied. Check out Younger Than Yesterday if you want to experience that in just one record.

Im sure to their fans theyre the best thing since sliced bread, but I saw them in the 70's, I remember songs like 8 miles high, Mr Tambourine Man, Turn Turn Turn, all boring electric folky jangly 3 or 4 chord songs that just plod on with ho highs to get excited about, I almost fell asleep.  Jim McGuinn is a weak singer.
Sorry Byrds fans, I dont like theyre sound or theyre style, mediocre compared to Love. Rock should Rock and have some balls.
Id probably even prefer watching The Clash

[Hombre_de_ningun_lugar]

Im sure to their fans theyre the best thing since sliced bread, but I saw them in the 70's, I remember songs like 8 miles high, Mr Tambourine Man, Turn Turn Turn, all boring electric folky jangly 3 or 4 chord songs that just plod on with ho highs to get excited about, I almost fell asleep.  Jim McGuinn is a weak singer.
Sorry Byrds fans, I dont like theyre sound or theyre style, mediocre compared to Love. Rock should Rock and have some balls.
Id probably even prefer watching The Clash

That's all right Kevin, I was just telling you that they were a very diverse band, not everything they did sounds the same.

I guess that trying to get you into the Byrds is like trying to get me into any Prog Rock band!

[KelMar]

Id probably even prefer watching The Clash

Wow Kev, you must really hate the Byrds! I like their jangly sound myself and they were one of the 60's bands that I remember hearing in their day. I even got to help my brother play Mr. Tambourine Man on his guitar. He played the chords and I strummed and that's as far as I ever got as a guitarist. LOL

[nimrod]

That's all right Kevin, I was just telling you that they were a very diverse band, not everything they did sounds the same.

I guess that trying to getting you into the Byrds is like trying to getting me into any Prog Rock band!

exactly Hombre

Wow Kev, you must really hate the Byrds! I like their jangly sound myself and they were one of the 60's bands that I remember hearing in their day. I even got to help my brother play Mr. Tambourine Man on his guitar. He played the chords and I strummed and that's as far as I ever got as a guitarist. LOL

Not hate Kelley, just they dont do anything for me, one of the poorest big name live bands Ive ever seen. (in 1971)

[oldbrownshoe]

Ovi

Bizarre to say I don't know much of the clash's stuff (true - I seriously wouldn't want to) when you admit to only owning one of their albums.

Their whole back catalogue can be bought for a third of the price of a match ticket at Arsenal (where, it seems, the half-baked 'London Calling' is a fixture) so, if you're so defensive of them, why don't you have those records? £20 and you'd have them all and be able to comment on all of their songs.

As it transpires, my own knowledge of them - knowing the names of about 20 of their songs and being able to remember how 10 or so of them go - must be WAY AHEAD of the national average! I'd be truly amazed if anyone down my street (and I live in London) could name more.

I'll revise my opinion if it makes you happier.....the tiresome bit of the clash I've heard I don't like. Don't like their era, don't like their image, don't like them. Is that alright? I only did them because the thread had ground to an almighty halt!

Next.....The Tremeloes (I think)

[oldbrownshoe]

OK, let's get this baby back on the road.

Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - the fourth most famous thing to come out of Dagenham in the 60s after motor cars, Dudley Moore and Sandie Shaw.

Still most famous for being the group who beat The Beatles to a Decca contract on 1st January 1962.
(While The Beatles' audition that day has been picked over endlessly, has anyone actually heard the audition tape which beat it? - Has it ever been released?).

Charted with 'Twist & Shout' (ironically a much inferior version to Lennon's - mind, that might be the greatest cover of all time!!!!) and then had a huge hit with 'Do You Love Me?', but the group were cursed with the same problem that Andrew Oldham was so aware might thwart The Rolling Stones' progress - namely, that they didn't write their own material.

Poole went his own way by 1966 -  a common event in the mid-60s (Paul Jones, Wayne Fontana) - and, against the odds, was less successful than the group he left, as The Trems continued to have sporadic hits, some huge, through to the end of the decade.

Next.....Procol Harum.

[nimrod]

you didnt say whether you liked them ?

[Hello Goodbye]

I like them!

[oldbrownshoe]

Oh yeah.
Well, would anyone consider themselves a fan of The Tremeloes?
I'm a fan of their era (and the era when they'd have been teenagers) and if Brian Matthew plays them on a Saturday morning I don't complain.
Mind you, I would love to compare their Decca audition with The Beatles' one.

[Bobber]

Mind you, I would love to compare their Decca audition with The Beatles' one.

Couldn't find their audition tapes yet. This was their first single on the Decca label:

Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Twist Little Sister + Lost Love - 1962 45rpm

[Hello Goodbye]

Couldn't find their audition tapes yet. This was their first single on the Decca label:

Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Twist Little Sister + Lost Love - 1962 45rpm

I've been looking for them too.  I haven't found them yet, but I came up with this interview of Dave Munden by Gary James regarding the 1 January 1962 audition...

Q - Why do you think Decca Records chose The Tremeloes over The Beatles?

A - Well, I think there's probably two reasons. One is the fact that when we did our audition for Decca, I think we were probably a little bit more rehearsed, more professional. We had our music together. Maybe The Beatles weren't totally professional. They never put their tracks together very well, as well as we did. That's maybe one reason. And also, they came from Liverpool. We came from London, which was a lot closer to Decca's studio. And another reason was one of the guys that worked at Decca, a guy called Mike Smith, he was one of the top A&R guys there, he was from Essex! So, I think that might've helped. He lived probably two or three miles from where we lived. So he might've helped to instigate that I think.

Q - Have you heard The Beatles' audition tape?

A - I did hear it a long time ago because our guy Mike Smith had a copy. I think he still has a copy of it somewhere now. So, we did hear it, but there's only vague recollections of it now.

Q - I heard that Paul was very nervous and it showed in his singing.

A - Yeah. I think that's true. That all bears out the story that I've just said to you. It wasn't very good, their audition tape.

Q - Let's say on that day, The Beatles had secured a record deal with Decca and The Tremeloes had been turned down. What would've happened to The Tremeloes?

A - Wow. I guess we probably would have gone to more record companies.

Q - Just like The Beatles did.

A - Yeah. They were in fact turned down by quiet a few companies, not just Decca. They did the rounds of quite a few of the companies. They weren't accepted, so that's what we would've done. We would've just carried on until hopefully we got a record deal of some kind.


Here's the link:  http://www.classicbands.com/TremeloesInterview.html

[oldbrownshoe]

That's great, sounds like a good guy.
We always hear about the Decca audition from the point of The Beatles (obviously) but imagine being in the group who beat them to the contract - you could dine out on that for years!

[nimrod]

Next.....Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Ahhh memories memories, 18 years old, my mates had an apartment, I couldnt move in as there were no spare rooms but I spent a lot of my life in that place and frequently on the turntable was theyre self titled album, Suite Judy Blue Eyes etc, what a fantastic sound they had and fitted the hippy scene perfectly, I also really liked the follow up which included Neil Young - Deja Vu
Their music seemed to catch a moment in time perfectly (the same can be said of 'America' that other 3 piece acoustic trio) beautiful harmonies, great acoustic guitar playing, I remember my favourite was Steve Stills, I bought his 2 solo albums and the huge Mannasas album, I went to see Mannasas live also, they were terrific.

I havent listened to C S & N for years now, I dont think they appeal as much as then, every apartment owner had to own theyre album for late night listening (along with Leonard Cohen)   

Next...The Moody Blues