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Bay City Rollers: The boy band that turned the world tartan
BBC Scotland News ^
| 13th September 2015
| Steven Brocklehurst
Posted on 09/13/2015 1:52:57 PM PDT by the scotsman
'Forty years ago this week, the Bay City Rollers were the biggest pop band in the UK and were about to the hit the United States, as the Scottish teen sensations rolled on towards turning the whole world tartan.'
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To: ConservativeDude
Seriously I Knew Stiv Bators, Brian James (the damned) and Dave Treguna.
Stiv was a wild man and hijacked the stage of one of my friends band and there was nothing you could do about it.
Loved the Ramomes but Holy crap, Stiv Bators was a wild man.
Brian an Dave were kinda like lets have a beer, get out of his way man.... LOL
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09/13/2015 4:22:57 PM PDT
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mylife
To: ConservativeDude
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09/13/2015 4:24:27 PM PDT
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mylife
To: Churchillspirit
I thought they were from San Fransisco.
Don't know where they're from but as I stated in my prior post, that's how they came up with their name..........
To: mylife
I was recently pointed to a late 70s concert that The Cramps did at the Napa mental hospital. It’s on YouTube.
You must check it out. That is some amazing stuff there....
To: ConservativeDude
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09/13/2015 5:00:20 PM PDT
by
o-n-money
(We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
To: ConservativeDude
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09/13/2015 5:03:50 PM PDT
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mylife
To: 2big2fail
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin did a much better version.
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09/13/2015 5:07:09 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: ArGee
Saturday night ping.
(Love that song)
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09/13/2015 5:08:10 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
To: tumblindice
I thought Judy was pretty cute back in the day....twisted though.
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09/13/2015 5:10:16 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: JaguarXKE
Probably wore them for the same reason Abba wore their crazy outfits. They could only write off the cost of stage cloths as a business expense if they were so outlandish that they couldn’t be worn in everyday life.
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09/13/2015 5:11:05 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("First thing--get yourself a fire"arm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
To: ConservativeDude
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09/13/2015 5:11:41 PM PDT
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mylife
To: SamAdams76
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09/13/2015 5:16:29 PM PDT
by
gogeo
(If you are Tea Party, the eGOP does not want you.)
To: 2big2fail
Of course Joey also loved the 60s psychedelic garage band era. Did a whole album of covers, Acid Eaters.
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09/13/2015 5:22:27 PM PDT
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Hugin
("First thing--get yourself a fire"arm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
To: ETL
As a lifetime musician I was never into bubblegum pop at all.
We used to laugh our asses off at BCRs
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09/13/2015 5:23:24 PM PDT
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Bullish
(Face it, insanity is just not presidential.)
To: the scotsman
These guys and CW McCall were everything wrong with the 1970s.
Oh, and that disco thing, too.
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09/13/2015 5:27:56 PM PDT
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Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: ConservativeDude
They basically saved Rock and Roll from itself. True that.
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09/13/2015 5:35:58 PM PDT
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Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: Bullish
As a lifetime musician I was never into bubblegum pop at all. We used to laugh our asses off at BCRsWell, it was meant for kids. I was around 11 or 12 at the time and liked it.
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09/13/2015 5:39:39 PM PDT
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ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Bullish
As a lifetime musician I was never into bubblegum pop at all. We used to laugh our asses off at BCRsI thought you were referring to my other post regarding the Archies and 1910 Fruitgum Company. Because I don't know if I would consider the Bay City Rollers "Bubblegum". These others, definitely.
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09/13/2015 5:43:10 PM PDT
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ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: tumblindice
My late husband was a professional musician (accordionist).
I am biased :)
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09/13/2015 6:17:18 PM PDT
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Churchillspirit
(9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
To: Dartman
They were not a crap band, in the US only Come On Eileen was a hit, but in the UK they had several. And Eileen was the weakest. Songs like ‘Geno’ (1980) are deserved classics.
Listen to them on Spotify or youtube. They were a damn good band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQO2wEJefjM
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