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Paul Taylor

elmussol@elsmussols.org

Location:: in the mountains near
Xerta, Catalunya Spain

Gender:: Mostly Male

Status:: Happy

everybody's doing everyone's

elmussol

Xerta, Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:59:28 +0200 last edited: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:33:04 +0100

@Music+ One of the joys of long-term music obsession is that you can hear a tune for years, like it and then hear a cover that just brings a different quality to light. Now I have loved this song for years (primarily in the version by Sir Douglas Quintet). Larry of Funky 16 Corners just threw this version into a mix and well, this version is #a-word. So I went and had a look in the archive and realized that I've heard it dozens of times. Why did it smack me about the head today?

https://youtu.be/OVQwZG2Dvqo

#dottiecambridge #funky16corners #sirdouglasquintet

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Mike Macgirvin

Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:51:36 +0200

I had the 45 in my collection back in the age of dinosaurs. What got me initially was the Farfisa keyboard run through a tube guitar amp - over-driving the front end; and then adding reverb. It was a powerful sound - well at least before folks made enough money at gigs to haul Hammond B3s around.

Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About A Mover
by King Vidiot on YouTube

elmussol

Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:56:06 +0200

The organ sound on the SDQ version is one of the things that drew me to it (my love of Hammond in particular is well documented here). The organist does some great headbanging during his solo.

Mike Macgirvin

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:38 +0200

Indeed.

jeroenpraat

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:29:01 +0200

I checked for the Sir Douglas Quintet version and I must confess I like that Dottie one more.

Mike Macgirvin

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:32:51 +0200 last edited: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:36:24 +0200

You had to have been there. They were part of the cultural invasion of San Francisco that led to the summer of love a year or two later.

elmussol

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:36:30 +0200 last edited: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:34:41 +0100

Haha. Well I wasn't quite. The thing I noticed about the Dottie version is that it still has that garage-y vibe even though it's full-out soul.

loud tune alert

elmussol

Xerta, Wed, 06 May 2015 22:03:18 +0200 last edited: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:06:39 +0100

@Music Courtesy of Belboid's Best of the Year 2014 CD recently received. Lots I already knew, but this was new and is very very fine. Brilliant guitar and brilliant drums, singing that sounds like Jack White and a superb false ending. Treat it with loudness.

Royal Blood - Figure It Out [Official Video]
by Royal Blood on YouTube

#royalblood

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elmussol

Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:27:26 +0200

I only mention it because it was on in the car today while I was giving someone a lift and they also thought it was #a-word. It is not unknown for me and Belboid to love a tune and no-one else gives a fig. It was nice to have confirmation.

Michael

Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:49:04 +0200

I dig it.

Mike Macgirvin

Wed, 08 Jul 2015 01:30:36 +0200

Completely missed it in the timeline. I'll give it a