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Old April 11th 10, 09:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
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Default Oh a tree in motion!

.....That Essoldo cinema was about 150yds from where I was born and lived
until I was 16 years old!
IIRC, Helen Shapiro was actually a local lass, born in the area? apparently
not - Bethnal Green, according to Wikipedia.


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"Mike M" wrote in message
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Hi Big Monkey Man/Shane,

Dare I admit that back in the distant mists of 1961 or 62 going to listen
to Helen Shapiro at the old Essoldo cinema in Cippenham, Slough?

She obviously had a lovely singing voice


She did that and agree with your comments.

Thanks for your e-mail, I'm going to have a go at a reply but it may have
to wait a couple of days. So until later,
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Mike


Big Monkey Man wrote:

What gets me is that Helen Shapiro! 'Walking Back to Happiness'
starts off great, then turns into something by a middle-aged male
Jewish wide boy - say, Michael Winner. Oyvay! She obviously had a
lovely singing voice but was managed by someone only interested in
the width. And Smokey Robinson's 'Tracks of my Tears' appeared to be
an attempt to sell 'Tears of a Clown' twice? I remember hearing
'Tears of a Clown' on the car radio as a kid, almost the first pop
song I wanted to hear again. Though I pictured Smokey as an aging
lady, sort of like a music industry version of Norma Desmond (one of
the earliest movies I enjoyed that wasn't a cartoon or a Dick Van
Bloke vehicle). 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' - by Peter, Paul and Mary -
was another one. One of those that worried grown-ups as they began to
think maybe this kid had a more adult taste in music than they did.
Ah but I was young, gifted and black! What evr happened to Marcia?
Microsoft would certainly get a bit more of my respect if they
included these songs with WMP rather than the crepe they do.

Big Monkey Man