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 Topic: 1970 Video Clip |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 0
Views: 12915
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 Forum: Out On The Road Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:47 am Subject: 1970 Video Clip |
Watch this video from 1970 in Australia. Take note of Bobby's drumming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu6oTT-VSWk |
| Topic: HOLLIES -1974 |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 3
Views: 18110
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Forum: Words and Music Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:33 am Subject: Hollies 1974 |
| I have that record bought in New Zealand and mine is the same. I always wondered why the song was listed as No More Riders and the title bore no apparent relation to the actual song on the record. |
| Topic: 'Writing On The Wall' released as a single |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 1
Views: 14850
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Forum: Write On Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:04 am Subject: Writing On The Wall - I Heard It |
| I recall hearing Writing On The Wall played on my local Hastings NZ radio one Saturday afternoon, probably in 1978. That prompted me to by the album. My local record shop, run by an old school friend, ... |
| Topic: Confessions Of The Mind |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 6
Views: 27030
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Forum: Reflections Of A Time Long Past Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:05 am Subject: Confessions Of The Mind |
| I have just listened to this again for the first time in a couple of years. I like this album because of the variety of sounds and songs. Vocals, most arrangements and Tony Hicks' brilliant guitar wor ... |
| Topic: The Hollies- Never a Rock Band! |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 9
Views: 17083
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Forum: Write On Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:23 am Subject: The Hollies- Never a Rock Band! |
| The great thing about this forum is the varied opinions from the varied fans. The Hollies could certainly rock it as many of their songs show (Russian Roulette, 48 Hour Parole, Trans-Atlantic Westboun ... |
| Topic: people you see |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 16
Views: 29300
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Forum: Elevated Observation Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:58 am Subject: people you see |
| It was about 1974 or 1975 that I met Eric Sykes. In Napier, New Zealand, I had put my motorcycle in for a scheduled service one Saturday morning. I was wandering around the streets when I saw someone ... |
| Topic: "Torchwood" coming to American television |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 12
Views: 20281
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Forum: Elevated Observation Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:51 am Subject: "Torchwood" coming to American television |
| I am a big Doctor Who fan from the days of William Hartnell. The current Doctor Who is great and rates very well on ABC (public broadcaster) here in Australia. As for Torchwood it was picked up by com ... |
| Topic: Twenty Years Ago |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 1
Views: 11553
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Forum: Write On Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:07 am Subject: Twenty Years Ago |
It was 20 years ago today (approximately)
I last saw the Hollies play.
I was living in New Zealand then and the Hollies played in Palmerston North in May 1987. It was a much better show than the o ... |
| Topic: Keith "Bizarre" Richards |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 4
Views: 10489
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Forum: Elevated Observation Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:01 am Subject: Keith "Bizarre" Richards |
| Keith Richards must be one of the best examples to use when encouraging your kids to "just say no to drugs" |
| Topic: Romany |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 39
Views: 111516
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Forum: Reflections Of A Time Long Past Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:29 am Subject: Romany |
Ray,
I don't know how the album did. I was about 16 or 17 at the time and album charts were not something I took any notice of. I was buying singles rather than albums. I did not get Romany until abo ... |
| Topic: Romany |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 39
Views: 111516
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Forum: Reflections Of A Time Long Past Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:55 am Subject: Romany |
| Not their greatest album but still a good one. When this came out I was living in New Zealand. There was a video clip of Magic Woman Touch. This was before dedicated programmes for such things and it ... |
| Topic: Some Great News |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 5
Views: 11090
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Forum: Elevated Observation Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:19 am Subject: Some Great News |
| Oh, Granny. |
| Topic: OK, my British friends. What is "Dr. Who?" |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 3
Views: 9206
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Forum: Elevated Observation Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:57 am Subject: OK, my British friends. What is "Dr. Who?" |
| Doctor Who has been around since the early 1960s. He travelled in time & space, with companions, in a time machine disguised as a police call box. I am sure it started as a TV series then went int ... |
| Topic: Thin Lizzy |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 1
Views: 7559
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Forum: Elevated Observation Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:20 am Subject: Thin Lizzy |
| I notice that Thin Lizzy are coming to Oz later this year in a double bill with Cheap Trick. Does anyone know how many, if any, original members are still in the band? I know Phil Lynott died some yea ... |
| Topic: 5317704 |
speedwaybloke
Replies: 14
Views: 44217
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Forum: Reflections Of A Time Long Past Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:02 am Subject: 5317704 |
Didn't "Boulder to Birmingham" show some chart action in New Zealand? And what about "Stop in the Name of Love"? It was on a New Zealand hits collection.
EMI NZ issued lots of Hollies greatest hit ... |
