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Question: Which Old Grey Whistle Test tune kicks the biggest ass?
Kristofferson: Loving Her is Easier 0 (0.0%) Kinks: Waterloo Sunset 4 (17.4%) Billy Joel: Ain't No Crime 0 (0.0%) Bob Marley: Stir It Up 1 (4.3%) Ramones: Rock n Roll High School 1 (4.3%) Iggy: I'm Bored 0 (0.0%) Bowie: Queen Bitch 3 (13.0%) Lou Reed: Waiting for the Man 1 (4.3%) Emmylou Harris: Poncho & Lefty 0 (0.0%) Tom Waits: Tom Traubert's Blues 1 (4.3%) Neil Innes: Protest Song (!) 1 (4.3%) XTC: Statue of Liberty 0 (0.0%) Police: Can't Stand Losing You 0 (0.0%) ZZ Top: I Thank You 2 (8.7%) U2: Southern Man 0 (0.0%) The Who: Long Live Rock 2 (8.7%) Clapton: Badge 1 (4.3%) Fleabit: Hey Soul Sister 1 (4.3%) Faces: Miss Judy's Farm 1 (4.3%) Tom Petty: Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) 0 (0.0%) Skynyrd: (Epic) Free Bird 1 (4.3%) SweetCharmedLife: Living in the Sunlight 3 (13.0%) Total votes: 23 « Last Modified by: Starbuck on: Nov 27^th, 2011 at 6:05pm »

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The Old Grey Whistle Test thread!
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MRD8 Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 753 Melbourne, Florida Gender:	Re: The Old Grey Whistle Test thread! Reply #1 - Nov 27^th, 2011 at 6:27am You should've had a button for all of the above!
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Heart Of Stone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules Posts: 4,001 Charlottetown Prince Edward Is Gender:	Re: The Old Grey Whistle Test thread! Reply #2 - Nov 27^th, 2011 at 11:32am Having to pick one is hard, I picked Bowie, another landmark appearance was by New York Dolls, which a lot of the English punks watched, I remember Joe Strummer talking about the Dolls on that show.
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StPeteStone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 828 Madeira Beach, Florida Gender:	Re: The Old Grey Whistle Test thread! Reply #4 - Nov 27^th, 2011 at 3:08pm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZFE1T_N4uc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umxx2Qjxfww
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Re: The Old Grey Whistle Test thread!
Reply #5 - Nov 27^th, 2011 at 3:30pm

Edith Grove wrote on Nov 27^th, 2011 at 2:54pm:

Starbuck, I clicked on the Ramones link and got Billy Joel.

Not funny, dude. piss off

my bad.

the problem has been fixed.

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sweetcharmedlife Rocks Off Regular Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,943 San Mateo Gender:	Re: The Old Grey Whistle Test thread! Reply #6 - Nov 27^th, 2011 at 5:02pm Edith Grove wrote on Nov 27^th, 2011 at 2:54pm: Starbuck, I clicked on the Ramones link and got Billy Joel. Not funny, dude. Could of been worse.....Could of been a Beatles tribute band.
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Reply #7 - Nov 27^th, 2011 at 6:10pm

The Marley one remains very memorable. Although at the time I was too young to have watched it.

I rarely watched the Whistle Test until the late 70s as it was always on very late on a school night. My fondest memories of those I did watch were a few 'special' programmes. The first was in 1975 when I was allowed to stay up late (I was 11) to see a special interview with John Lennon from New York, on the release of his 'Rock 'n' Roll' album (the famous clips of 'Stand by Me' and 'Slippin and Slidin' come from this broadcast). Another one was from 1977 - a Stones concert special from the Paris shows the previous year.

Started watching it more from about 1978-79 until it finished in 1986 or so. At the end of each year, just after midnight on New Years Eve, they always showed their 'Pick of the Year'. The life-changer for me was the 1979 edition when the 2-hour show ended with the clip that I'd missed from earlier in the year that everyone in my class had been raving about in school the next day - THAT 12-minute clip of Springsteen performing 'Rosalita'.

Things were never the same after that!

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Re: The Old Grey Whistle Test thread!
Reply #8 - Nov 27^th, 2011 at 6:17pm

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Nov 27^th, 2011 at 5:02pm:

Edith Grove wrote on Nov 27^th, 2011 at 2:54pm:

Starbuck, I clicked on the Ramones link and got Billy Joel.

Not funny, dude. piss off

Could of been worse.....Could of been a Beatles tribute band. Oh no! not you again

And what's wrong with Beatles tribute bands? The Ramones were a tribute Beatles band.

I choose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-SPhQydbrA

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uncleson Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,169 USA Gender:	Re: The Old Grey Whistle Test thread! Reply #9 - Dec 1^st, 2011 at 3:35pm Waterloo Sunset, of course!
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mojoman Rocks Off Regular Offline HMERLS Posts: 6,592 joyzee Gender:	Re: The Old Grey Whistle Test thread! Reply #12 - Dec 1^st, 2011 at 9:28pm uncleson wrote on Dec 1^st, 2011 at 3:35pm: Waterloo Sunset, of course! one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded
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uncleson Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,169 USA Gender:	Re: The Old Grey Whistle Test thread! Reply #13 - Dec 2^nd, 2011 at 4:38pm mojoman wrote on Dec 1^st, 2011 at 9:28pm: uncleson wrote on Dec 1^st, 2011 at 3:35pm: Waterloo Sunset, of course! one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded Agreed.
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