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Post by akas555 on Feb 13, 2008 20:37:19 GMT
Hi there! Total rock music are selling a 2 DVD set of short time Bonzo Bob Kerr for £1.99 including delivery. The first DVD features Sam Spoons and Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell. I haven't seen/heard any of their stuff and have just ordered my copy, does anybody know if i'm in for a treat? tinyurl.com/34949u
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Post by akas555 on Feb 13, 2008 22:45:29 GMT
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Post by graytart on Feb 14, 2008 2:12:22 GMT
As has been pointed out elsewhere on this board, dear Vivian wasn't above a bit of pillaging of his own. He swiped quite a few staging ideas from The Alberts. Perhaps he forgot... the air can get a little thin 'way up there on the moral high ground...
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Post by Nancy on Feb 14, 2008 11:00:26 GMT
The Bonzo's act is strikingly similar to an American band called "The New Vaudeville Band" if you look them up too.
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Post by akas555 on Feb 15, 2008 18:38:35 GMT
What a swizz.
I got the package today and they're CDs not DVDs, still for £1.99 I'm not complaining (only straining).
As far as the music goes, it's not that terrible, I was amazed to hear "it ain't no sin" as I only knew it from Tom Waits' the Black Rider album sung by William Burroughs, very strange to hear a happy version.
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Post by graytart on Feb 15, 2008 20:16:50 GMT
The Bonzo's act is strikingly similar to an American band called "The New Vaudeville Band" if you look them up too. Not American actually. That was Bob Kerr's bunch after stealing the Bonzos material. The NVB were a group of session musicians (i..e not a real band) who got a hit with "Winchester Cathedral". The record company then needed a real band to put on tv and do tours. They approached Bob, he absconded with the Bonzos schtick (thought balloons, costumes and repetoire) and Vivian started a feud ("never darken our towels again!"). The NVB and the Bonzos would play in the some of the same joints and leave nasty messages for each other scrawled on the walls.
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Post by Nancy on Feb 15, 2008 20:19:42 GMT
There is a lot of argument over who stole what from who in that situation though, many people tell it differently to that. I think the Bonzo's were the better band anyway as they didn't only cover old songs they wrote original stuff too, and their live performances were better to watch.
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Post by graytart on Feb 16, 2008 2:27:03 GMT
There is a lot of argument over who stole what from who in that situation though, many people tell it differently to that. I think the Bonzo's were the better band anyway as they didn't only cover old songs they wrote original stuff too, and their live performances were better to watch. I agree. Vivian may have borrowed some things from the Alberts in the early days, but ultimately the Bonzos became a completely unique (if somewhat schizophrenic) band. The rather odd juxtaposition of Vivian's oddball spoken word antics with Neil's pop music tendencies really set them apart.
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Post by Nancy on Feb 16, 2008 13:06:34 GMT
I'd like to know for certain who's idea it was to hold up thought bubbles over peoples heads as they played that is a very funny idea, I love "wow, I'm really expressing myself!"
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Post by graytart on Feb 16, 2008 16:51:55 GMT
I think the Alberts may have done the "thought balloons" first.
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Post by Nancy on Feb 9, 2009 11:18:34 GMT
This CD is still there for only £1:99 if anyone's interested, was going to archive it thinking the offer would have ended but apparently not.
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