Badfinger

adamzero · Nov 01, 2006, 07:12 PM

There's a great book titled Hit Men about organized crime and the music biz.

pc31 · Nov 02, 2006, 05:14 AM

Quote from: 284no...there was a tidbit actually called the badfinger boogie....

it's on one of the outake albums somewheres....paul had a basic melody he played...and worked it into a song and i believe that what he called it the b f b....it did indeed it seems become with a little help from my friends...

GreenApple · Nov 02, 2006, 01:31 PM

A Hard day's Write tells us that John had an injured finger at the time, so it was initially known as Bad Finger Boogie (p.122).

GreenApple · Nov 02, 2006, 01:37 PM

Quote from: 63Discarding The Iveys' '60s pop sound in favor of a rockier edge, the group changed their name to Badfinger (passing on McCartney's suggested 'Home' and John Lennon's suggestion of 'Prix').

Could this really have been a serious suggestion from John?

The End · Nov 06, 2006, 02:02 PM

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Could this really have been a serious suggestion from John?

Perhaps it was pronounced "pree" as in Grand Prix!!! Or maybe it really was pronounced "pricks"!!! LOL!

GreenApple · Nov 06, 2006, 03:01 PM

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Perhaps it was pronounced "pree" as in Grand Prix!!! Or maybe it really was pronounced "pricks"!!! LOL!

John loved wordplay. You might be right.

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MarthaMyDear · Jan 10, 2009, 07:47 PM

Always loved Badfinger.........a band with so much promise, but ended up with so much tragedy. Very sad. I did get to meet Joey at Beatlefest a few years ago, that was very cool! He seemed like a really nice guy.........

Deb · Jan 21, 2009, 05:26 PM

Quote from: 59George Harrison produced a lot of their stuff. Just after the Beatles broke up, Badfinger was supposed to be "the next Beatles." How could any group replace the Beatles?

One more attempt at a replacement was in the late 70s.......The Bay City Rollers. What were they ever thinking?

The Byrds were called the "American Beatles" when they became popular.....it's always a mistake to do that with any band! They can't live up to the hype. Now the Jonas Brothers are being compared to the Beatles.......when will it stop?

rikki kesh · Jan 27, 2009, 02:33 PM

Absolutely love the Finger! Some of the high school garage bands I fronted performed "Baby Blue" , "No Matter What", and "Carry On Til Tomorrow". I saw Tommy Evans' Badfinger with Tony Kaye in 1982 in rural Mass. It was okay but Evans seemed down and subdued. He was dead within a year. Shame of shames what happened to these Prince's of Wales. How does Stan Polley face himself every day? I recomend both the documentary and the band's biography penned by superfan and record producer Dan Matovina.

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/badfinger/articles/story/5919700/badfinger_documentary_traces_bands_dark_history

pc31 · Jan 28, 2009, 10:53 PM

could we have been wrong about which finger tom and the boys meant??we know which one paul meant...

pc31 · Feb 02, 2009, 08:32 AM

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pc31 · Feb 02, 2009, 09:10 AM

super sad tragedy.......i suggest you watch all 6...i was very moved....i cried....i hope that there is a sweet by and by and tom and pete are together....i am watching 6 now...i feel a barn trip coming on....lol not in a bad way i'm gonna work on the car....