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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 22, 2014
*Lights several patchouli-scented 
*
Need Soft Machine. Must have Soft Machine. There must and shall be Soft Machine!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zvlOu4kT2Y
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Apr 22, 2014
*returns with fresh brownies and more tea*
Ahh, Soft Machine...
And here's something irresistible -- Buffalo Springfield. Steven Stills and Neil Young are practically teenagers, and who the hell told that drummer to dress for a realtors' convention?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 22, 2014
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 22, 2014
It looks like they were dressed as "trendy" by an old fart TV producer.
Anyway to wander off from soft machine, in a french direction, we had some Gong earlier in the thread with the flying tea pot album.
but here is their earlier album.
Camembert Electrique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8c-Nl_r9Zs
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 22, 2014
To wander onwards
Googeling around Gong lead to the "dangereous minds" website & that came up with this little gem
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/sparks_this_karaoke_bar_aint_big_enough_for_both_of_us
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 22, 2014
Karaoke. Able to make even a professional musician look like an amateur 
Given the news today about Tony Blackburn's lifetime achievement award, this seems appropriate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fs6fAsJ_U4
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 22, 2014
Arghhhhh 
Earworms 
Now how am I going to shift it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwqMKf7r7Xg
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 22, 2014
It's his second lifetime apparently
So it's true he is one of the undead. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27113331
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 22, 2014
Which of course brings up a different song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk-bNeoxdTI
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 22, 2014
I fancy something a bit bouncy this evening
The Levellers
What a beautiful day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3eWjqZWwqI
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 22, 2014
Well, there's bouncy, and then there's bouncy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBIa0o36pPo
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 22, 2014
I can only precede that by this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6OuyJKnIyU&feature=kp
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 22, 2014
If that hasn't woken the old heads up, nothing will. But just in case...
(As Peely might say, starts slowly, this one) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8X1EKyhLHw
That man is obeying the 22nd rule of rock: If you're going to play arpeggios on a guitar make sure it's a Rickenbacker.
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 22, 2014
And introduced by Whispering Bob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXtqvOysZ6I
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 22, 2014
How about some more Krautrock
Can
Vernal Equinox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=390Nz5Gm8Hw
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Apr 23, 2014
Tony Blackburn is still alive?? And what lifetime achievement was being honored, besides persistence?
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 23, 2014
Alive? Well, I wouldn't go that far 
The jury's still out on that one, Lil. Probably more so than Keith Richard, but less than Lemmy.
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 23, 2014
Well he is still on Radio 2, does that count as Alive??
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 23, 2014
Hey, I won't have a word said against Radio 2. Leastways, not the old Radio 2. It might have been seen as a bit naff, a bit MOR, a bit mums and dads, but it was its own thing and there was nowt else like it. Radio 2 was like stepping back in time 20 or 30 years, and in a good way, although it was only for dipping into now and again, not for all-day listening, and especially not Wogan. Thank Bob I lived in London and had GLR to listen to throughout the 90s, because I'd long since stopped listening to R1, which was steadily going further up its own fundament instead of just being the nation's go-to pop station.
Radio 2 today is just 1980s Radio 1 Lite, and a lot of the interesting stuff, such as the niche and minority interest music, and the music documentaries and documentary series they used to produce, has either been relegated to late night spots or disappeared altogether.
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Bald Bloke Posted Apr 23, 2014
To be honest, I could put up with Wogan over Breakfast and driving to site.
Couldn't stand the Ginger Winger etc.
So in the car it tends to be Absolute Radio.
If I want music I go for BBC 6 when I am by a computer or TV as I don't have a DAB radio in the car.
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