He's back!
The laptop has finally been discharged by the doctor. The good news is that all my music has been retained. The not so good news is that I have had to reinstate various music related apps. Slowly after a bit of effing and jeffing things seem to be gradually getting back to normal.
We start normality with the 13th post in this series and with one of the more unusual birds, the Flamingo, a wading bird from the family Phonicopteridae with four species native to the Americas and two native to Afro- Eurasia.
The song which will immediately spring to most of your minds is Pretty Flamingo by Mannfred Mann. However, for some strange reason, it does not feature in my music folder and given that I have others available I have not bothered to source it.
For example we have the simply titled Flamingo by former Scottish Indie favourites Tuff Love.
The Subterraneans were a band led by Nick Kent who released My Flamingo in 1980. The Royaltones were an instrumental band from Dearborn in Michigan who released Flamingo Express way back in 1961.
Van Morrison surely needs no introduction. Flamingos Fly is a song from his 1977 album A Period of Transition.
And finally, if only to wind up Rol and Ernie we conclude with Chicago doo wop band The Flamingos and Love Walked In.
I feel this series may well be reaching its conclusion but I will try to eek it out for a few more weeks.
The Subterraneans - My Flamingo
He's back! And with, possibly, some good tunes!
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DeleteHe's back, with three good tunes!
DeleteHOORAY!! We've missed you something terrible. But if think that means we will overlook flagrant rule-breaking you are very much mistaken
ReplyDeleteWelcome back. I don't have any objections to bands with bird names, I just feel bad for ruffling Ernie's feathers.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised you don't own this version of Pretty Flamingo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPcul80-FMc
Can I also suggest...
The Fruit Bats - Flamingo
The Violent Femmes - Flamingo Baby
But I do not endorse the following video by Greg Kihn in any way, shape or form...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LssNygRTPJU
I opened that first link. CLosed it three seconds later. I am rather ashamed to admit that I had your second link open for much longer
DeleteCold shower, George...
DeleteGreat to have you back!! My External HD died recently and I feared I had lost my iTunes library (I hadn't) so completely empathise with your recent trauma
ReplyDeleteGood to have you back and er........in the pink by the sound of it.
ReplyDeleteGood to see you're up and running again. It can be traumatic when technical issues strike.
ReplyDeleteYou probably won't be surprised to hear that I like the doo-wop Flamingos best. Same group that gave us "I Only Have Eyes for You".
Back in style, CC, I missed you!
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