The Alternative Rock Factfile. It's Back for a Christmas Edition!

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1429887378' post='2756039']
And since it was backing vocals, possibly "na, na" too.
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I expect the Wurzels could add a "Hay,hay" too?

Edited April 24, 2015 by yorks5stringer

[yorks5stringer]

Trading Standards have asked The 1910 Fruit Gum Company, US based songsters of "Simon Says" to ensure all their product is labelled with a sell-by date in future.

[RandomBass]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1430087025' post='2757926']
Trading Standards have asked The 1910 Fruit Gum Company, US based songsters of "Simon Says" to ensure all their product is labelled with a sell-by date in future.
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It is rumoured Trading Standards have already been informed that the aforementioned product is already out of date before it even hits the shelves.

[ras52]

I just called Trading Standards. I asked them if they'd take Autumn Leaves in exchange for Yesterday.

[pfretrock]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1427021660' post='2724709']
"Zany" Zayn Malik will announce his new band early next week. Bookies have the favourite as "A Different Direction"
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There is hope, from another d̶i̶r̶e̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ dimension...

[url="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/apr/27/stephen-hawking-tells-fans-zayn-malik-could-still-be-in-a-parallel-one-direction?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2"]http://www.theguardi...EMCNEWEML6619I2[/url]


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[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1430125844' post='2758088']
There is hope, from another d̶i̶r̶e̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ dimension...

[url="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/apr/27/stephen-hawking-tells-fans-zayn-malik-could-still-be-in-a-parallel-one-direction?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2"]http://www.theguardi...EMCNEWEML6619I2[/url]


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I'm impressed you stepped back in time over a month to bring this to the readership.......or did you? Are you in a parallel universe?

[pfretrock]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1430127069' post='2758110']
I'm impressed you stepped back in time over a month to bring this to the readership.......or did you? Are you in a parallel universe?
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I'm a big fan of the 5th Dimension.

[ras52]

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1430130154' post='2758154']
I'm a big fan of the 5th Dimension.
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Funny you should 'mension that...

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1430130154' post='2758154']
I'm a big fan of the 5th Dimension.
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Yes, I'm "Up, Up and Away" on laughing gas most of the time myself now....

[pfretrock]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1430136396' post='2758234']
Yes, I'm "Up, Up and Away" on laughing gas most of the time myself now....
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Not much different here, I just surry down to a stoned soul picnic.

[yorks5stringer]

The Gypsy Kings and Leon Russell are looking at a collaboration but cannot think of a name for the new band.

[ras52]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1430155013' post='2758472']
The Gypsy Kings and Leon Russell are looking at a collaboration but cannot think of a name for the new band.
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The Rustle of Gypsies?

[pfretrock]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1430157780' post='2758506']
The Rustle of Gypsies?
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Och, that disnae make sense?

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1430159747' post='2758543']
Och, that disnae make sense?
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Would that be walt disnae?

[yorks5stringer]

Talk Talk are reforming and looking at doing a collaboration with Blondie...

[pfretrock]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1430220988' post='2759052']
Talk Talk are reforming and looking at doing a collaboration with Blondie...
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So, Chuck Berry turned them down?

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1430222111' post='2759089']
So, Chuck Berry turned them down?
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Looks like it.

[ras52]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1430220988' post='2759052']
Talk Talk are reforming and looking at doing a collaboration with Blondie...
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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Och, that Denis Denis make sense?[/size][/font][/color]

[yorks5stringer]

Eric Carmen and Dolores O'Riorden both admit to being "thrown" when they first met Chuck Berry.

[ras52]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1430317309' post='2760218']
Eric Carmen and Dolores O'Riorden both admit to being "thrown" when they first met Chuck Berry.
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And several people are still missing their hats after that gig in Paris...

[yorks5stringer]

Mick Jagger bumped into Dave Edmunds recently. Mick said to Dave that "they'd always hoped to end up where he was some day".

[yorks5stringer]

The first release from newly merged Vanity Fair and Caravan and Green Day is the old favourite, "Hitchin a Ride" .

Edited April 29, 2015 by yorks5stringer

[yorks5stringer]

60's Novelty Popsters and Punk Poets "The Scaffold" are teaming up with Starship for a reprise of their greatest hit.

[pfretrock]

Microsoft users: The much hated Internet Explorer is being killed off in Windows 10, to be replaced by a browser called Microsoft Edge. It is currently being beta tested by members of the much loved U2. You read it here first.

[ras52]

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1430467680' post='2761613']
Microsoft users: The much hated Internet Explorer is being killed off in Windows 10, to be replaced by a browser called Microsoft Edge. It is currently being beta tested by members of the much loved U2. You read it here first.
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I suppose it gives them something to do while Bonio's hand is poorly.