tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post1877679353571094876..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: John Fogerty: the Rock genius with “anger management” issuesScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-13433616700344646912011-10-16T18:52:45.375+01:002011-10-16T18:52:45.375+01:00Oh come on Scott. No one can have failed to notice...Oh come on Scott. No one can have failed to notice the uncanny resemblance between your Blog photo and publicity shots of Matt and Luke.<br /><br />It was the 70s. We were all young, wild and free. There's no shame. How the Mersey girls tracked you down is one of life's mysteries.<br />Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 12:14 AMEX-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-1598847254468425552011-10-16T18:52:21.047+01:002011-10-16T18:52:21.047+01:00Interesting point, Vince Hill Fan (and who isn’t a...Interesting point, Vince Hill Fan (and who isn’t a Vince Hill fan? – his singing has often brought helpless tears to my eyes). I’d never realised till you mentioned it that Fogerty doesn’t do all that gloopy luurvvv stuff – what an interesting observation!. I will look into this.<br /><br />Ex-KCS, in the late 1980s my mother started receiving calls from extremely thick young girls – invariably Northern – asking to speak to Mutt or Leeook. She kept telling them that she didn’t know any Mutts or Leeooks, but they wouldn’t take no for an answer. “Are you his girlfriend?” she kept being asked. “Tell ‘im ah loov ‘im” was a frequent request. <br /><br />I was visiting her about a week after this nonsense had started up and – as she had stopped answering the phone – picked it up when it rang. “Is that you Leeook?” “No.” “Is it Mutt?” “No.” “Ah know thur thur!”. “Who are ‘they’?” “Oh, please!” she wailed. I couldn’t get any sense out of her. So I resorted to abuse ands threats of involving the police (!) and slammed the phone down. It rang again immediately. More abuse. I left it off the hook.<br /><br />In a perfect example of synchronicity, Top of the Pops came on and some arse of a DJ introduced “Matt” and “Luke”. The penny dropped. Bros. These girls thought my mother’s phone number belonged to Bros. Just before I left for home, I put the phone back. It rang immediately. Same exchange, only, instead of abuse, I told the caller that she couldn’t speak to her heroes because I had just killed both of them because I couldn’t stand their records. <br /><br />Mean, I know, but it cheered my Mum up no end.<br /><br />Anyway, Ex-KCS, let me add Ray and Dave Davies to your list. But at least the Osmonds always got on very well – and that’s a comfort.<br />Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 07:27 PMScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-71827749466546539292011-10-16T18:52:12.666+01:002011-10-16T18:52:12.666+01:00As opposed to edgy, wild Vince who got down dirty ...As opposed to edgy, wild Vince who got down dirty n'funky with the street babes on "Edelweiss" and then went into cabaret.<br /><br />One lesson from the great Creedence is that being in a band with your brother is not a recipe for longevity. The Everlys loathed each other, Steve Winwood left his brother Muff (don't ask) behind to go into management. The Louvins fell out. On the less highly evolved level, Liam and Noel took the music away from our hearts and the pain is still there.<br /><br />Just off to Spotify Bros's Greatest Hit.<br />Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 08:11 PMEX-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-54395651840085191122011-10-16T18:51:56.788+01:002011-10-16T18:51:56.788+01:00You risk becoming a laughing-stock if you keep fai...You risk becoming a laughing-stock if you keep failing to acknowledge Vince Hill’s contribution to popular music.<br />Have you noticed that not one of the Fogerty songs you chose is a conventional love song? Dead keen on his Green River and that Mississippi paddle steamer – but where are the women? A quick glance at a discography shows that almost all his male-female relationship records are covers of other people’s songs…I Put a Spell On You, I Heard it Through the Grapevine, My Baby Left Me. Low sex drive? Fear of commitment? Embarrassed talking about lurv? I’m not complaining at all…it's refreshing, really.<br />Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 02:42 PMVINCE HILL FANnoreply@blogger.com