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Thread #12658   Message #101321
Posted By: Doctor John
01-Aug-99 - 12:53 PM
Thread Name: Songs from Our Teens
Subject: RE: Songs from Our Teens
Every time I hear Gene Vincent's "Be Bopa A Lula She's My Baby" on Radio Two with all it's echoing, hiccoughing, heavy breathing, damn near having a fit plus the banal lyrics, it's takes me back to my teens and makes me think I'm glad I'm not there anymore and pretending I like that kind of rubbish. Even if Franny's on, Joe! But I suppose it did drive me away from pop and make me look for something else: Lead Belly, Woody, Seegers, Elliot and Adams etc via Lonnie Donegan. Before that: Uncle Mac. Does anyone remember Uncle Mac, a wonderful guy. He plays lots of folk and folkoid songs and singers on his programmes. Dr John