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~Thank you Roberta

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2 Mar 12

With the delectable Alice, at CandyGirls

I want a house with a pool, shorter hours in school
And a room with my own private phone
I wanna stay up all night, see the big city lights
No more troubles or worries at home

Mmm, just gimme some time on my hands
I wanna make my own private plans
Yeah, I want my own Coupe de Ville
Make my dad pay the bill
Yeah man, that's heaven to me
~Eddie Cochran 1959
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb98XVneFm0

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2 Mar 12

Eddie Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960), was an American rock and roll pioneer who in his brief career had a small but lasting influence on rock music through his guitar playing. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", and "Summertime Blues", captured teenage frustration and desire in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the words of Lester Bangs, writing in Rolling Stone in 1972, "Eddie may have imitated Elvis vocally even more than a dozen or so other stalwarts of the day such as Conway Twitty, but his influence on pop consciousness of the magnitude of The Beatles and The Who was deep and profound". He experimented with multitracking and overdubbing even on his earliest singles, and was also able to play piano, bass and drums.

Cochran was 21 when he died in April 1960 in a road accident during his British tour. Though his best known songs were released during his lifetime, more of his songs were released posthumously.

His image as a sharply dressed, rugged but good looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the Fifties rocker, and in death he achieved iconic status. (source Wikipedia)

Oh yes, I remember him well....

I'm a-gonna raise a fuss
I'm a-gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer
Just-a trying to earn a dollar

Every time I call my baby
Try to get a date
My boss says "No dice, son
You gotta work late"

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm-a gonna do
But there ain't no cure
For the summertime blues

Well my mama and papa told me
"Son, you gotta make some money
If you wanna use the car
To go a-ridin' next Sunday"

Well, I didn't go to work
Told the boss I was sick
"You can't use the car
'Cause you didn't work a lick"
~Eddie Cochran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWC59FJqGc&feature

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2 Mar 12

Go to YouTube to see the full length version in High Definition.....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2svYV33JJis

243 photos, compiled into a video, with the pulsating sound of ' Frankie goes to Hollywood' playing the Power of Love to back it.

It charts Julie's activities during the period September 2011 to March 2012, and covers 20 separate outings, including nine visits to CandyGirls in Sunbury, seven to Pink Punters in Milton Keynes, one to Tetbury in Gloucs and taking in a trip to Raglan Castle in Wales, one in London, one in Uxbridge and one in Bristol. A busy and fun, six months

Separate our birth dates.
My Great Grandfather (born 1845) and me...
or should it be 'I'?
Pedants, prepare to sharpen your pencils...

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2 Mar 12