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Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:43 pm
by banjo
i was at that concert,the royal family werethe best band on by a mile,glasgow were pure spinal tap ,the dolphins were ok,ian donaldson and h2o never stood a chance with the mostly rock crowd but sounded allright really.did they not have a minor hit with i dream to sleep.

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:01 pm
by Dexter St. Clair
banjo wrote:i was at that concert,the royal family werethe best band on by a mile,glasgow were pure spinal tap ,the dolphins were ok,ian donaldson and h2o never stood a chance with the mostly rock crowd but sounded allright really.did they not have a minor hit with i dream to sleep.


H2O released Hollywood Dream on Spock records before signing for RCA. They reached #17 with Dream to sleep had another entry into the top 50 and followed that with an album. They actually sold out The Mayfair but just could not compete with Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet.

The Dolphins had a dedicated and accepting fan following, got signed to a publishing deal, attracted record company interest but ended up as just one of a series of Glaswegian bands who had big followings but never made it outside the city. They did inspire a former HGr to put together a web site.

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:45 pm
by jmccabe
banjo wrote:i was at that concert,the royal family werethe best band on by a mile,glasgow were pure spinal tap ,the dolphins were ok,ian donaldson and h2o never stood a chance with the mostly rock crowd but sounded allright really.did they not have a minor hit with i dream to sleep.


Totally agree with the comment about Glasgow (at least, as far as I can remember!). I live in Ledbury (Herefordshire) these days and there's band down this way doing the rounds called Society Crisis that are the same sort of cheesy naffnes (in my opinion of course :-)

"I Dream To Sleep" was a pretty decent song; I've got the 12" single of it. The B side wasn't bad either as far as I can remember (although I haven't listened to it for a while). Saxaphone was quite popular in those days :-)

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:02 am
by Dexter St. Clair
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Ceri’s determined to make a stand for Kelvingrove’s faded glory


Iona Bain writes in the Herald

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:54 am
by Fossil
Dexter St. Clair wrote:H2O released Hollywood Dream on Spock records


Could you do me a mp3 copy Dex?

Fossil

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:54 pm
by jmccabe
Dexter St. Clair wrote:
Ceri’s determined to make a stand for Kelvingrove’s faded glory


Iona Bain writes in the Herald


The irony of it is that all the bands that are specifically mentioned in the article as supporting the cause, and the others who probably would support the cause if they were fully aware of it, could probably quite easily get together to stump up the cash! It would be nice if, let's say, all those major bands that once played at the bandstand, or just support the idea of it anyway, donated their income from one gig in the city to the cause. I guess it's still all down to the city council though who, as is mentioned, are responsible for it all.

Does anyone know if the business plan mentioned is available online? I'd be interested in seeing what ideas they had for making it self-funding for example.

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:53 pm
by flyman
I appeared alongside H2o on the Untied Shoelaces Show the shame ,the shame,the shame.Happy The Man the happy sound of young Glasgow average age 38.......................combovers of the world unite and take over.

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:47 pm
by Josef
flyman wrote:I appeared alongside H2o on the Untied Shoelaces Show the shame ,the shame,the shame.Happy The Man the happy sound of young Glasgow average age 38.......................combovers of the world unite and take over.





:D

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:14 pm
by flyman
sweet 8O 8O 8O mother of god 8O 8O

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:33 pm
by Bridie
Who is that? ^^^^^^^^^^^
and when was that?
and who were the BIG bands that played there?

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:36 pm
by Josef
flyman wrote:sweet 8O 8O 8O mother of god 8O 8O


The best bit was where I found it - EquineToday.com :D

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:49 pm
by Dexter St. Clair
flyman wrote:sweet 8O 8O 8O mother of god 8O 8O


Aye you can say that again.

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Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:53 pm
by Josef
Dexter St. Clair wrote:
flyman wrote:sweet 8O 8O 8O mother of god 8O 8O


Aye you can say that again.

Image


Now that's a combover.

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:11 pm
by HollowHorn
8O

Re: Kelvingrove bandstand

PostPosted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 9:47 am
by flyman
Woke up this morning and for some bizarre reason i feel very old.........Josefs trip on the Tardis has put even more years on me :wink: