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  Topic: Happy Birthday Russell
allydodd

Replies: 6
Views: 1745

PostForum: General Sparks Discussion   Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:01 pm   Subject: Happy Birthday Russell
Totally agree, Dinky. Once again, this year, I was thrilled to enjoy every UK gig by the best, most athletic pop vocalist around. Had to be done, and reacquainted with the most fabulous people, and me ...
  Topic: Gig Reviews
allydodd

Replies: 33
Views: 20968

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 12:19 pm   Subject: Gig Reviews
Oxford was astounding! Always I grapple with apprehension in the tense minutes before the first show after a break. Sparks have meant so much to me over the years, purveyors of the most wonderful and ...
  Topic: My account has been Hacked
allydodd

Replies: 11
Views: 16210

PostForum: Open Tech Support   Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 10:41 am   Subject: Re: My account has been Hacked
For some time this forum connection is not secure logins entered here could be compromised.
My account has been hacked and they know my email address and password. I changed my password but it won't ...
  Topic: What are You Playing this very Second Name and Rate it
allydodd

Replies: 3418
Views: 1288255

PostForum: Stuff and Nonsense   Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:56 pm   Subject: What are You Playing this very Second Name and Rate it
Meant to post this a few days ago, but since we are still in the Christmas season and I reckon it's worth hearing, here it is.
Cannot work out all the lyrics but it certainly creates a stark change ...
  Topic: What are You Playing this very Second Name and Rate it
allydodd

Replies: 3418
Views: 1288255

PostForum: Stuff and Nonsense   Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 2:52 pm   Subject: What are You Playing this very Second Name and Rate it
"Pineapple," starting off Russell's birthday properly. 70/10 ;)

Great song both lyrically and musically and captures an emerging spirit of the age. Truly worthy of being a single, and bei ...
  Topic: What was the first Sparks show you attended?
allydodd

Replies: 23
Views: 24452

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:06 am   Subject: What was the first Sparks show you attended?
Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins tour, Edinburgh's Usher Hall. They were awesome! Russell looked great and was full of energy . Christi Haydon was elegance abound. And, omg, how I hadn't ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:35 pm   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
Exotic Creatures of the Deep was the impetus for the Spectacular. Playing the 20 previous albums was the ultimate, unprecedented build up to the great new album. Mind-blowing, it was also the ultimate ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:35 pm   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
Hello Young Lovers had been my favourite album from the moment I put the new release on my CD player in 2006. News from the internet probably prompted me to go out and buy it. Well, to say I bought it ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 5:11 pm   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
Lil' Beethoven was an experiment in itself. A boldly experimental album, it produced remarkable results. It didn't just break new ground for Sparks, it blazed into territory hitherto undiscovered by t ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:07 am   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
"Balls" was an album that exceeded all my expectations when I spotted it hanging high up on the walls of the tiny triangular interior of Avalanche Records in Edinburgh's Old Town. Packed ful ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:01 am   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
You might want to edit the Number one song in Heaven bit.

Thanks Billy, I spotted and sorted an alarming amount of typos. There's probably more. Will have to re-read the others too. It's quite ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 5:36 pm   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
Replicating great things from the past and presenting them afresh in exciting ways was the theme behind the album next on the 21 nights. "Plagiarism" is like a greatest hits album, only re-r ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:35 pm   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
"Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins" was a night I had to express gratitude for. On first play of the LP in 1994, this showcase of sparkling new material felt like the alb ...
  Topic: sparks live hippopotamus tour
allydodd

Replies: 20
Views: 22223

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 4:07 pm   Subject: sparks live hippopotamus tour
Two rememberable things from last nights Show in munich:(apart from being a great concert from start to finish)

As the producer of angst in my pants was in the audience they played half of the Song ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:03 pm   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
Interior Design was an album I had not heard by 21x21. In Britain, the 80s were Sparks' "lost decade", a phrase coined by Ron himself. Unlike other Sparks albums, which featured its iconic s ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:37 pm   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
Unfortunately, I completely missed "Whomp That Sucker".

Also I only experienced the following over Justin TV:
Angst in My Pants;
In Outer Space;
Pull ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:36 am   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
"The Greatest Show on Earth" is the title of the final song on the album Terminal Jive. The expression could be used to describe the Sparks Spectacular.

Any notion that any of the first ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 5:30 pm   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
Living in the moment is how we enjoyed the Spectacular. Every fantastic show seemed the best experience we'd ever found ourselves in. You were hearing brilliant and rare music from Sparks. You were la ...
  Topic: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
allydodd

Replies: 39
Views: 64030

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 6:12 pm   Subject: Forum gig 10 years after 'Introducing Sparks' at 21 nights.
So to the title of this thread, that special show that inspired the reminiscence.

Ten years to the day, Sparks are back in London playing a sell out concert showcasing a new album, which had made ...
  Topic: Hippopotamus tour
allydodd

Replies: 177
Views: 154522

PostForum: Sparks Live   Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 6:17 pm   Subject: Hippopotamus tour
Leeds and London trumped Glasgow. On this forum, I'd always said Glasgow crowds were the best too. Standing ovations both nights spread like wildfire over both balconies, filled to the gunnels. Actual ...
 
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