Friday, April 01, 2011

Yeah Baby


Those little uhs she puts in early on; the staccato rhythm; that picture on the gatefold sleeve. I found all this rather 'stimulating' when I was fifteen.

Mind, I lived in Paignton.

It didn't take much.

Diana Ross - 'Now That You're Gone' (1980)
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14 comments:

  1. SimonApril 01, 2011 3:32 pm

    That's a really long bath you're taking.

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  2. davyhApril 01, 2011 3:34 pm

    Funny, that's what my Mum used to say.

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  3. MondoApril 01, 2011 4:51 pm

    I'm off for an early evening shindig in a mo', but expect to be settled with scoops later - so be lending an ear then..

    A few that got my hormones bubbling back then were - Janet Ellis, Jacqueline Smith, Diane Keen, Gabriella Drake in Kelly Monteith *applies handbrake*

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  4. MickApril 01, 2011 4:55 pm

    That's more like it. Love this LP.

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  5. davyhApril 01, 2011 5:34 pm

    This is a davyh vinyl rip, too - as you'll hear from the lovely faint crackles, like soft summer rain. Bought in Andy's Records Peterborough whilst up to visit my sister.

    Janet Ellis was magnificent when she was cross.

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  6. swiss adamApril 01, 2011 6:53 pm

    That sleeve picture's alright aged 40 not just 15

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  7. davyhApril 01, 2011 7:48 pm

    She was 36 at the time, so...

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  8. Swiss AdamApril 01, 2011 8:09 pm

    I like a younger woman

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  9. drewApril 01, 2011 8:29 pm

    Evening all, mine's a double rum.

    Just got in, drove up from Nottingham only to find the A66 closed at Scotch corner, 60 mile detour. Not in the best of moods

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  10. davyhApril 01, 2011 8:41 pm

    I can imagine. Double rums up.

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  11. dickvandykeApril 02, 2011 8:14 pm

    I did leave an incisive, erudite, and fiecely cogent Comment on this post last night.

    Erm, my tired and emotional secretary clearly failed to hit the right bottom. (Sorry, button).

    Rest assured, it would have offered little or no added value.

    However, I vaguely recall it being something about an intoxicated dreamlike state involving a mini-bus on the A66 with Drew at the wheel. I was in the back with an incandescant Janet Ellis sparking up an advent crown. Jacqueline Smith and Gabriella Drake were discussing bra sizes with Mondo as Swiss Adam practiced penalty kicks with Diana Ross. Simon floated, legs akimbo, in a jaccuzi mumbling something about Jodrell Bank.

    Thank goodness, it never appeared!

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  12. Alistair FitchettApril 02, 2011 9:00 pm

    I dare say not much has changed in Paignton...

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  13. davyhApril 02, 2011 9:50 pm

    I daresay you're right.

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  14. Camp FreddyApril 03, 2011 4:01 pm

    Never a big Diana Ross fan (post Supremes, obviously); all bloody Disco as far as I was concerned.

    But that Janet Ellis... phwoar, eh?

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