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WaywardSon 
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 11:11 |
.........this was on the charts (1974)
I must have been 11 or 12  |
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 11:46 |
I was at about 13 and I hated it, that polished and predictable pop, made by cunning big money making tune-smiths duo's like Chinn & Chapman  ...
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philippe
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 12:01 |
this is terribly progressive, I would like to see this band in prog related, they have all the arguments for that
Edited by philippe - October 09 2006 at 12:02
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Jared
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 12:02 |
yes, I was 6 and certainly remember it from the 70's...
... adds a new dimension to the term 'sickly sweet', doesn't it?? |
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salmacis
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 12:20 |
About minus 14 year old- I'm 18 now, but I know that song. It really is the lowest common denominator, truly dreadful pap pop, and a smack in the eye to all those who insist music should be kept accessible and short. Such nonsense was seemingly rife in the 70s- 'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep', 'Freedom Come Freedom Go', 'Son Of The Father', The Bay City Rollers, Showaddywaddy...just dreadful, dreadful stuff.
The Sweet often complained about being puppets to Chinn and Chapman. Their singles are kind of fun but very campy- the albums, though extremely patchy, have some really heavy stuff that's far above the glam rock tag as some songs even move into occasionally progressive realms. But don't worry, I'm NOT proposing The Sweet for prog related!!
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 13:02 |
 WaywardSon wrote:
.........this was on the charts (1974)
I must have been 11 or 12 |
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 13:27 |
I still love some The Sweet songs because they are good rock songs like Ballroom Blitz and The Sixteens  , way better than the average commercial glamrock like child molester Alvin Stardust 
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Padraic
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 13:34 |
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Hacketeer
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 13:37 |
erik neuteboom wrote:
I still love some The Sweet songs because they are good rock songs like Ballroom Blitz and The Sixteens , way better than the average commercial glamrock like child molester Alvin Stardust |
I think you'll find it was Gary Glitter that was convicted of kiddy fiddling!
I was almost 10 when the Rubettes were storming the charts.
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glass house
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 13:49 |
I was 12 then, into Alice Cooper and loathed the Bay City crappers.
It was fun to see the video though.  |
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 14:02 |
You are right Hacketeer, Gary Glitter is a child molester, sorry Alvin Stardust  !
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Rushman
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 14:05 |
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I was 11 in 1974, and am happy to report that I have absolutely no recollection of that song.
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glass house
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 14:10 |
Rushman wrote:
I was 11 in 1974, and am happy to report that I have absolutely no recollection of that song. |
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 15:09 |
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17, and I do remember it.....
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Blog this:
http://artrock2006.blogspot.com
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Philéas
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 15:16 |
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- 15 years old.
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GabbleRatchet
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 15:16 |
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-1 My other half was born in that year - Year Of The Tiger. I'm born in the far less glamorous but highly appropriate Year Of The Rabbit
Edited by GabbleRatchet - October 09 2006 at 15:17
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 15:34 |
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8...and I remember it.
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Trickster F.
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 15:38 |
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- 14 years old.
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 16:12 |
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My parents even didn't know each other then... 
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
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Posted: October 09 2006 at 17:41 |
I was 9, but I don't remember this at all. I remember Bad Company, Elton John, and Cheech and Chong.
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