Fantasy Pub Jukebox

[ETA]

...my favourite 1970s bands or albums...

which are..?

[sheffield hatter]

OK, good question. I'll kick off with a recent visit to the Grove in Leeds (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/42740/). There was a band playing Creedence Clearwater Revival (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwCALR8ZAm8) songs. Not just the greatest hits, but some of the more obscure album tracks too. Made my visit to an excllent pub just that little bit more special.

And I can remember being in the Victoria in Morecambe (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55274/) after work one day in 1982 when a song played on the juke box which was clearly by XTC - their new single Senses Working Overtime (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Fp-omNXCw), from their forthcoming album English Settlement. They were already one of my favourite bands, and that is among their best albums, but this was the first time I heard the song.

[Bucking Fastard]

With all due respect to one of our number,but if I found a pub juke box with Aqualung by Jethro Tull it would certainly get an airing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0jMPI_pUec

[Mobyduck]

With all due respect to one of our number,but if I found a pub juke box with Aqualung by Jethro Tull it would certainly get an airing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0jMPI_pUec

I play it fairly regularly on the Juke box in my local (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/59679/), a band I have seen live nine times.

[Spinko]

Some 1990s and 2000s American punk.

[london calling]

Pink Floyd-Dark side of the Moon might get some customers running for the door but I like it.Also anything from the Stone Roses would be brill.

[bcfczuluarmy]

In one of my locals The Sportsman (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/651/) my mates always go for old rock like Black Sabbath, ACDC etc and stuff before I was generally born. Creedence Clearwater Revival is also a popular choice. Whenever I go to a jukebox I can never think of anything they would like as I grew up listening to dance/rave music but a song from childhood I remember from parents playing that I'll put on to not get chastised is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VDS8uArR0A David McWilliams - Days Of Pearly Spencer. Everything else tends to be trip hop based from local bands like Massive Attack, Tricky and Portishead as it's easy to think of.

Also how do you overwrite a URL with words as SH did with CCR?

[Komakino]

Also how do you overwrite a URL with words as SH did with CCR?

As per below, but delete the spaces either side of the equals sign:

www.youtube.com]My Favourite Song[/url]

[oldboots]

One of the best juke boxes I ever came across was in the Baytree in Southampton back in the mid seventies, I drank there most week days then and we normally put on the same collection of tracks:

Canned Heat - On the Road Again
Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday & Paint It Black

there were a few more played less often but we did have to get back to college so time was limited.

Some people who went on the Manchester trip may remember the juke box in Bar Fringe (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61476/), which I believe includes Dark Side of the Moon. Being a nerd and the age I am obviously any prog' rock will do.

[bcfczuluarmy]

Most jukeboxes use the internet now and any song you can think of tends to be available. The problem is thinking of it....

[Al Bundy]

Highly unlikely to find any of my bands on the jukie but should any Half Man Half Biscuit, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Fugazi, Dead Kennedys, Boo Radleys, Mary Chain, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and similar be found they will certainly get a run out.

[Komakino]

Highly unlikely to find any of my bands on the jukie but should any Half Man Half Biscuit, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Fugazi, Dead Kennedys, Boo Radleys, Mary Chain, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and similar be found they will certainly get a run out.

That's my kind of jukebox...

[Brainypool]

My ideal jukebox is eclectic and full of anything and everything. Though ideally avoiding more recent trends. Essential - a diverse range of pop music from the 50s through to the 90s, as well as old school British indie rock (Wedding Present, Half Man Half Biscuit, Housemartins, Smiths, etc). Not required but a huge plus - some obscure selections for special occasions such as old French chansons, authentic folk music, obscure 60s rock, George Formby.

[ROBCamra]

My fantasy pub jukebox would be to take the one at Bar Fringe (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61476/) as per OB then add the jukeboxes at

The Angel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25731/) and Corbieres (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/64529/)

You'd get everything from Captain Beefheart to Marty Robbins. Possibly not the French Chansons though. :cheers:

[Bucking Fastard]

Most jukeboxes use the internet now and any song you can think of tends to be available. The problem is thinking of it....

So true, but on a quiet Sunday evening the barman in Puzzles (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/84956/) clocked us as having worked in finance and extracted this from spotify;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RaUMVRw2dM


after which we requested;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58V2vC9EPc

and a very good night was had by all.

[london calling]

They play albums in my local the Express Brentford and my request for Bob Marley seems to get approval in the beer garden. Universally liked I think whether young or old.

[Delboy20]

Some great tracks and artist already mentioned here but for me anything by The Smiths and I am away (as some of you will know!)

After that a wide range of Indie, Punk, Rock will be fine ….

Cure, Cult, Mission, Wonder Stuff, Joy Division, Pistols, Cramps, REM, Depeche Mode, Sabbath, … I could go on all night

[Mobyduck]

Some people who went on the Manchester trip may remember the juke box in Bar Fringe (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61476/), which I believe includes Dark Side of the Moon. Being a nerd and the age I am obviously any prog' rock will do.

That'll be this one then.
1747

[oldboots]

That'll be this one then.
1747

Just looking for some Pink Floyd or King Crimson.

[Aqualung]

I don't know where to start with this one. I grew up With The Beatles and followed their journey from their own more basic songs plus Tamla and early rock covers to their psychedelic pinnacle. I went to see lots of bands live between 1969 and 1973 including Pink Floyd several times, the Who, Yes, Free, Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, Fairport Convention, the Nice and Led Zeppelin once in 1969. While I was still at school I saw Cream and also the Jeff Beck Band with their new young singer Rod Stewart at the Starlight Ballroom in Greenford. Again, while I was still at school I saw the Byrds, The Move and the Bonzo Dog Band at the Royal Albert Hall. I went to the Blind Faith free concert at Hyde Park but didn't bother with the Stones as it was rammed. The late 60s Parliament Hill concert featuring Jefferson Airplane and Fairport on a cold June night was magnificent. Contrary to popular opinion I never saw Tull live!

So what do I like now? Loads of stuff apart from rap and anything my parents liked and that is usually classed as Easy Listening. I could go on for ever with this but am calling it a day for now.

[ETA]

With all due respect to one of our number,but if I found a pub juke box with Aqualung by Jethro Tull it would certainly get an airing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0jMPI_pUec

The Duke of Wellington (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/10108/)

The Horse and Jockey (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/34546/)

[Aqualung]

Can I point out that London Calling is a famous Clash album and single but I know you had all twigged that one. Maybe lesser known is that Komakino was a track by the band Joy Division and I can't tell you anything more about it.
Going back to the original thread, I liked a lot of Britpop stuff and really like Oasis and the Manics. I don't put money into Jukeboxes any more as I don't understand how they work! Two more recent music moments in pubs were in the E17 Rose & Crown where they played Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Chile and followed it with Zombie by the Cranberries and at a decent volume. The other moment was more recent at the Jolly Crispin in Upper Gornal where the music track included Nights In White Satin by the Moody Blues. It's the mellotron and flute solo that does it for me. I hadn't heard this one for years!

[sheffield hatter]

Can I point out that London Calling is a famous Clash album and single but I know you had all twigged that one. Maybe lesser known is that Komakino was a track by the band Joy Division

Thanks for those. Could hardly have missed the first but was unaware of the second.


... at the Jolly Crispin in Upper Gornal where the music track included Nights In White Satin by the Moody Blues. It's the mellotron and flute solo that does it for me. I hadn't heard this one for years!

I've mostly walked out of pubs where someone plays that song on the juke box - life is just too short, isn't it? Moody Blues come a close second to Frank Sinatra (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/33822/) for "must avoid" as far as I'm concerned. "I managed to negotiate a temporary cessation in the assault on my ears by Frank Sinatra - apparently the juke box had been set to "easy listening" by head office diktat. I pointed out that to some of us there's nothing easy about listening to Old Blue Eyes - a few people have trouble eating Marmite, too"

Now, that old review reminds me of my favourite tracks by Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones [Simple Twist of Fate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXlkwHECabU) and Gimme Shelter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os&list=RDRbmS3tQJ7Os&start_radio=1&t=0)]. I first heard the latter on 31 December 1969, the first time I stayed up to see in the New Year.

[Aqualung]

I've mostly walked out of pubs where someone plays that song on the juke box - life is just too short, isn't it? Moody Blues come a close second to Frank Sinatra (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/33822/) for "must avoid" as far as I'm concerned. "I managed to negotiate a temporary cessation in the assault on my ears by Frank Sinatra - apparently the juke box had been set to "easy listening" by head office diktat. I pointed out that to some of us there's nothing easy about listening to Old Blue Eyes - a few people have trouble eating Marmite, too"

The Moody Blues track is a break up song and Justin Hayward is wading up to his neck in self pity but I'm not one of the many who concentrate on the lyrics of a song rather than the great chords and instrumentation.
Crooners like Sinatra are part of the cesspit that Easy Listening was built upon IMO.



Now, that old review reminds me of my favourite tracks by Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones [Simple Twist of Fate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXlkwHECabU) and Gimme Shelter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os&list=RDRbmS3tQJ7Os&start_radio=1&t=0)]. I first heard the latter on 31 December 1969, the first time I stayed up to see in the New Year.


My favourite Dylan tracks are generally ones performed by others and would probably be topped by Hendrix's version of All Along The Watchtower.
My favourite Stones track is easily Gimme Shelter.

[Komakino]

Can I point out that London Calling is a famous Clash album and single but I know you had all twigged that one. Maybe lesser known is that Komakino was a track by the band Joy Division and I can't tell you anything more about it.


Thanks for those. Could hardly have missed the first but was unaware of the second.

You are correct, Aqua my friend. I'm pretty sure I read in a Joy Division book that the title of the song was taken from a cinema the band either heard of, or visited in Poland (Koma Kino = Koma Cinema).

Music in pubs certainly seems to be more eclectic these days. I remember visiting this pub (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/2251/) local to me which had recently re-opened after a period of refurbishment and hearing NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" - the opening track from the album of the same name. As Track 2 began to play, the music was swiftly skipped to something a little more appropriate (check the album tracklisting to see my point).

[Aqualung]

You are correct, Aqua my friend. I'm pretty sure I read in a Joy Division book that the title of the song was taken from a cinema the band either heard of, or visited in Poland (Koma Kino = Koma Cinema).

Music in pubs certainly seems to be more eclectic these days. I remember visiting this pub (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/2251/) local to me which had recently re-opened after a period of refurbishment and hearing NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" - the opening track from the album of the same name. As Track 2 began to play, the music was swiftly skipped to something a little more appropriate (check the album tracklisting to see my point).


I'd rather hear music selected by the punters (unless they are doing it to deliberately annoy others) rather than have to endure a load of football crap that a minority in the pubs is actually watching and the few that are watching walk out as soon as the match is over.

I'm not very familiar with Joy Division and New Order apart from the controversy about their band names and the expert's opinion about Blue Monday being a classic. On a more positive note I really like the later True Faith which regularly gets aired on Rock Radio.

[ETA]

Can I point out that London Calling is a famous Clash album !

I've just been reminded that in a fit of geekiness arising from a beer-induced challenge I managed to work all the canonical Jethro Tull album titles into reviews on here in order during March and April 2017. 'A' and 'This Was' were easy but some of the others needed a bit of word-smithing. Not as magnificent as the Quinno challenge, but ti kept me amused for a while.

[sheffield hatter]

... in a fit of geekiness arising from a beer-induced challenge I managed to work all the canonical Jethro Tull album titles into reviews...

I think we should be told which beer it was that induced this geeky fit, so that we can seek it out or avoid it (according to need).

[Mobyduck]

I think we should be told which beer it was that induced this geeky fit, so that we can seek it out or avoid it (according to need).

Probably Triple fff Comfortably Numb, oh no. that was Pink Floyd.

[ETA]

I think we should be told which beer it was that induced this geeky fit, so that we can seek it out or avoid it (according to need).

Probably fff's Dazed and Confused, which is my normal state of being these days.

[Pubsignman]

I think we should be told which beer it was that induced this geeky fit, so that we can seek it out or avoid it (according to need).

I'm going to guess it was this... https://www.electrocutas.co.uk/coll/horsesbeer2.jpg

[Aqualung]

Is anyone else old enough to remember Buffalo Springfield? I was in a NW pub this week and a very mixed soundtrack included "For What It's Worth" which I think was their only single release. The band line up included Steve Stills who wrote the single and went on to further fame with Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crosby, Stills Nash & Young. Probably the most famous one was Neil Young who had lengthy sole success as well as more electric stuff with Neil Young & Crazy Horse. He also joined forces with CSN to form CSNY.
Now here's my Pop Quiz question. Which famous British pop band did Graham Nash leave to team up with Steve Stills and David Crosby.
There's a special place in Hell reserved for anyone suspected of using a search engine to find the answer.
Another great track from that era is "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane but that's another story.

[Mobyduck]

Is anyone else old enough to remember Buffalo Springfield? I was in a NW pub this week and a very mixed soundtrack included "For What It's Worth" which I think was their only single release. The band line up included Steve Stills who wrote the single and went on to further fame with Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crosby, Stills Nash & Young. Probably the most famous one was Neil Young who had lengthy sole success as well as more electric stuff with Neil Young & Crazy Horse. He also joined forces with CSN to form CSNY.
Now here's my Pop Quiz question. Which famous British pop band did Graham Nash leave to team up with Steve Stills and David Crosby.
There's a special place in Hell reserved for anyone suspected of using a search engine to find the answer.
Another great track from that era is "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane but that's another story.

The Hollies, no search engine required.
To me Neil Young is god like and still going strong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrFvZYTPQaw

[Brainypool]

Now here's my Pop Quiz question. Which famous British pop band did Graham Nash leave to team up with Steve Stills and David Crosby.
There's a special place in Hell reserved for anyone suspected of using a search engine to find the answer.


The Hollies of course ! Who became a very different band after without Nash’s overpowering harmonies but had loads more hits. Some good, some dross.
Strangely CSN on the other hand only managed one minor hit in the UK, Marrakesh Express. Can’t say i’m a fan but I did hear Our House in a pub the other week which is a pleasant ditty.

[Komakino]

Is anyone else old enough to remember Buffalo Springfield? I was in a NW pub this week and a very mixed soundtrack included "For What It's Worth" which I think was their only single release. The band line up included Steve Stills who wrote the single and went on to further fame with Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crosby, Stills Nash & Young. Probably the most famous one was Neil Young who had lengthy sole success as well as more electric stuff with Neil Young & Crazy Horse. He also joined forces with CSN to form CSNY.
Now here's my Pop Quiz question. Which famous British pop band did Graham Nash leave to team up with Steve Stills and David Crosby.
There's a special place in Hell reserved for anyone suspected of using a search engine to find the answer.
Another great track from that era is "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane but that's another story.

Despite being born after the 60s, I also knew this was The Hollies (without having to search!). I seem to recall "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" being re-released in the late 80s and making the Top 10, probably due to it being featured in a film at the time. I think The Righteous Brothers had a similar career renaissance around this time due to their version of "Unchained Melody" being re-released after being used in the pottery scene in the film Ghost.

In the early 90s, a cover version of "For What It's Worth" by a band called Oui 3 grazed the Top 40. After hearing it, my Dad introduced me to the original, which I much preferred.

[Aqualung]

Of course the Hollies is the right answer and I'm surprised so many people knew it!
Re CSN singles, it was a time when putting out singles was regarded as an uncool thing to do, probably influenced by Led Zeppelin who famously refused to release UK singles until Whole Lotta Love made it to a single in 1997. The track was on Led Zeppelin II which came out in 1969.

[london calling]

Is anyone else old enough to remember Buffalo Springfield? I was in a NW pub this week and a very mixed soundtrack included "For What It's Worth" which I think was their only single release. The band line up included Steve Stills who wrote the single and went on to further fame with Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crosby, Stills Nash & Young. Probably the most famous one was Neil Young who had lengthy sole success as well as more electric stuff with Neil Young & Crazy Horse. He also joined forces with CSN to form CSNY.
Now here's my Pop Quiz question. Which famous British pop band did Graham Nash leave to team up with Steve Stills and David Crosby.
There's a special place in Hell reserved for anyone suspected of using a search engine to find the answer.
Another great track from that era is "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane but that's another story.
I remember all those bands but with varying degrees of love.I have an Alexa connected to Amazon and was thinking about old records I wanted to play today so you have reminded me of the great Neil Young.Have to search if its on there .Listened to Dark Side of the Moon today.Coolio

[Aqualung]

I remember all those bands but with varying degrees of love.I have an Alexa connected to Amazon and was thinking about old records I wanted to play today so you have reminded me of the great Neil Young.Have to search if its on there .Listened to Dark Side of the Moon today.Coolio

I like Young's After The Goldrush, I prefer Wish You Were Here to Dark Side mainly because of an overkill reaction when it got played everywhere.

[london calling]

I like Young's After The Goldrush, I prefer Wish You Were Here to Dark Side mainly because of an overkill reaction when it got played everywhere.
Bought DSOM album first week it was released and also had all previous Pink Floyd albums. First Saturday after me and my mates dropped some acid(blue microdot probably) put on the vinyl and joined them on the Dark Side of the Moon
After the Goldrush is now playing.

[ROBCamra]

The Hollies, no search engine required.

What! Not even Just One Look? :p

[Mobyduck]

What! Not even Just One Look? :p

:D ,not even that.

[ROBCamra]

Looks like no-one knows enough Hollies songs to start a punfest. :(

Shame, I hoped it would Carrie-Anne for a while. :evilgrin:

[Brainypool]

Stop Stop Stop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2cze58R5E) all the puns or I'll have to leave!

[ROBCamra]

Stop Stop Stop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2cze58R5E)


OK, Yes I Will, ooops Here I Go Again.:o

[Tris39]

Can I point out that London Calling is a famous Clash album and single but I know you had all twigged that one. Maybe lesser known is that Komakino was a track by the band Joy Division and I can't tell you anything more about it.


...and the musician Richard Melville Hall 'Moby' takes his nickname on account of being descended from Herman Melville, author of Moby Di[u]ck.



Another great track from that era is "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane but that's another story.

Yup. A great song.

[QUOTE=sheffield hatter;98044]
I've mostly walked out of pubs where someone plays that song on the juke box - life is just too short, isn't it? Moody Blues come a close second to Frank Sinatra (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/33822/) for "must avoid" as far as I'm concerned. "I managed to negotiate a temporary cessation in the assault on my ears by Frank Sinatra - apparently the juke box had been set to "easy listening" by head office diktat. I pointed out that to some of us there's nothing easy about listening to Old Blue Eyes - a few people have trouble eating Marmite, too"QUOTE]

My Way is my excuse to hit the highway.

[Mobyduck]

Stop Stop Stop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2cze58R5E) all the puns or I'll have to leave!
I would stop Stop Stop if I could but Its like being On A Carousel, I Can't Let Go.

[hondo]

some of my top tunes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6MwzSaBBQY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F23SoNYjEwI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F5XHZ0NPGc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1tdTS_Jr8s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSq5MM3XPWk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWqw0DQLEm0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSc46sEZdl4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmpcMxEIMeI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQJtSNHZ8A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Z4Tv1zn-s :whistle:

[Komakino]

some of my top tunes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6MwzSaBBQY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F23SoNYjEwI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F5XHZ0NPGc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1tdTS_Jr8s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSq5MM3XPWk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWqw0DQLEm0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSc46sEZdl4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmpcMxEIMeI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQJtSNHZ8A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Z4Tv1zn-s :whistle:

Nice list and like your taste. This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bkcPS3GHQY) Joy Division song is probably the more appropriate right now...

[sheffield hatter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1tdTS_Jr8s

Haven't heard Transmission for more than 30 years! I'd forgotten how good the performance was from all four.

[Bucking Fastard]

Nice list and like your taste. This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bkcPS3GHQY) Joy Division song is probably the more appropriate right now...

Sadly this is off the agenda for a while


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdVFzdRZF0Q

[sheffield hatter]

And I can remember being in the Victoria in Morecambe (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55274/) after work one day in 1982 when a song played on the juke box which was clearly by XTC - their new single Senses Working Overtime (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Fp-omNXCw), from their forthcoming album English Settlement. They were already one of my favourite bands, and that is among their best albums, but this was the first time I heard the song.

Some more songs from juke boxes from the same era:

I used to go in the long-closed Shakespeare in Lancaster (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/79179/) in the early 1980s. With two or three friends we used to play pool and put some records on. This is one that always takes me back to a sunny Saturday around Easter of 1980. The Jam: Going Underground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1ct5yEuVY).

My regular haunt in Lancaster was The Sun Hotel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55001/), which was then a fairly undistinguished back street boozer with pretty ordinary Yates & Jackson bitter, a pool table and a juke box. These three tracks always seemed to be on:

Roy Orbison: Only The Lonely (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjq4wYuwgxs)

The Searchers: Take It Or Leave It (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2wNpCSW8yY)

The Jacksons: Walk Right Now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk3_c7ugAR0)

[london calling]

Driving to the shops reminded me of this classic
the Specials -Ghost Town

[Aqualung]

some of my top tunes


I'm ashamed to say that there were only two where I definitely knew both artist and song. There were two or three artists I'd never even heard of! I was more into Heavy Rock during the post punk period!

[Aqualung]

Some more songs from juke boxes from the same era:

I used to go in the long-closed Shakespeare in Lancaster (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/79179/) in the early 1980s. With two or three friends we used to play pool and put some records on. This is one that always takes me back to a sunny Saturday around Easter of 1980. The Jam: Going Underground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1ct5yEuVY).

My regular haunt in Lancaster was The Sun Hotel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55001/), which was then a fairly undistinguished back street boozer with pretty ordinary Yates & Jackson bitter, a pool table and a juke box. These three tracks always seemed to be on:

Roy Orbison: Only The Lonely (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjq4wYuwgxs)

The Searchers: Take It Or Leave It (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2wNpCSW8yY)

The Jacksons: Walk Right Now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk3_c7ugAR0)

I don;t know the Searchers or Jacksons tracks!

[Aqualung]

Driving to the shops reminded me of this classic
the Specials -Ghost Town
That still gets regular plays on Radio. I'm not a Ska or Reggae fan but like that one.

[sheffield hatter]

I don;t know the Searchers or Jacksons tracks!

Take It Or Leave It is by Jagger-Richards; the Stones did it on Aftermath (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_(Rolling_Stones_album)).

[Aqualung]

Take It Or Leave It is by Jagger-Richards; the Stones did it on Aftermath (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_(Rolling_Stones_album)).

I remember the Aftermath album but probably haven't heard it since the 1960s! By my reckoning the Stones didn't really achieve greatness until they developed their own style circa 1969 when the Beatles were breaking up. I never saw either live but have spoken to people that saw one or both.

[Mobyduck]

I remember the Aftermath album but probably haven't heard it since the 1960s! By my reckoning the Stones didn't really achieve greatness until they developed their own style circa 1969 when the Beatles were breaking up. I never saw either live but have spoken to people that saw one or both.

The Stones are probably my all time favourite recording group, I did see them in the mid 80s but felt by then (at that time) they were a bit of a parody, best live group seen was the Who (3 times) live act seen most was Jethro Tull (8 times). Not seen any live music of not for many years now.

[hondo]

I'm ashamed to say that there were only two where I definitely knew both artist and song. There were two or three artists I'd never even heard of! I was more into Heavy Rock during the post punk period!

nothing to be ashamed about ive a pretty weird mostly late 70s 80s taste

[Brainypool]

Music is the one bigger passion than pubs for me. In my spare time (lots of it at the moment) I rate music and occasionally write reviews of it on a website called RateYourMusic, very much similar to this one. Generally I’m interested in all genres of music if they have spirit and something interesting to say. But I’m particularly fond of 50s - 60s pop music as well as the punk/post punk era.

[Aqualung]

The Stones are probably my all time favourite recording group, I did see them in the mid 80s but felt by then (at that time) they were a bit of a parody, best live group seen was the Who (3 times) live act seen most was Jethro Tull (8 times). Not seen any live music of not for many years now.

I missed out on the Stones and Tull. I might have gone to the free Stones gig in Hyde Park only I went to the Blind Faith one shortly before which was so packed that I decided against the Stones.
I agree about The Who, much better live than on record. I saw them twice at Hammersmith.
I saw the Floyd about half a dozen times between October 1969 and 1973.
The first gigs I went to were at the Starlight Ballroom in Greenford, Cream and the Jeff Beck band. Jeff Beck had a new virtually unknown vocalist called Rod Stewart!

[oldboots]

I saw the Floyd about half a dozen times between October 1969 and 1973.
The first gigs I went to were at the Starlight Ballroom in Greenford, Cream and the Jeff Beck band. Jeff Beck had a new virtually unknown vocalist called Rod Stewart!

I've seen Floyd twice, 1973 Empire Pool and Earl's Court about 1993, most of my gigging was in Southampton, at the University, Top Rank or The Gaumont. We queued for days (in shifts) to get tickets for Yes at the Gaumont, also saw Hawkwind (with Stacia) there ironically the only gig I've been to where there were NO drugs available. another there was Split Enz supporting Genesis, Yes were supported by Gryphon which was odd. The weirdest gig was a selection of pieces by Stockhausen and Cage at the University. Most boring: Hatfield & the North at Guildford, not the original line-up which might explain things.


Don't need a Fantasy Pub Jukebox, just the one from Graduate (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/13767/) (when it was The Bay Tree and a Gales tied house, when Gales Ales were worth drinking), I went to the college opposite and spent most lunchtimes in here on HSB and Ginsters Pasty, replaced by 5X in winter time and the occasional Prize Old Ale or a mad attempt to drink through the alphabet of Country Wines.

These are the most played from that jukebox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgEaRPaGqWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtnUC_ctNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKNw477onU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPx-cL2t9TE

[Aqualung]

We queued for days (in shifts) to get tickets for Yes at the Gaumont.
Yes and Free were regulars on the college circuit in their early days.
I saw Yes at the original marquee where a group called Slade were second billing. Their hair was just growing after the skinhead haircuts they reluctantly went along with. I can never work out why T Rex are acceptable to Rock radio but Slade aren't. Slade did the Reading festival in the 1980s and how many T Rex tracks did Oasis cover?

[sheffield hatter]

These are the most played from that jukebox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgEaRPaGqWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtnUC_ctNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKNw477onU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPx-cL2t9TE

Hmmm, nice one!

[Lady Grey]

The soundtrack to Jeff Wayne's War of the worlds is pretty apt at the moment!

[Mobyduck]

These are the most played from that jukebox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgEaRPaGqWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtnUC_ctNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKNw477onU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPx-cL2t9TE

All top stuff.

[Mobyduck]

Yes and Free were regulars on the college circuit in their early days.
I saw Yes at the original marquee where a group called Slade were second billing. Their hair was just growing after the skinhead haircuts they reluctantly went along with. I can never work out why T Rex are acceptable to Rock radio but Slade aren't. Slade did the Reading festival in the 1980s and how many T Rex tracks did Oasis cover?

Slade were my first ever gig in 1976 at The Rainbow, Finsbury Park, past their heyday by then but they rocked.

[Tris39]

The Stones are probably my all time favourite recording group, I did see them in the mid 80s but felt by then (at that time) they were a bit of a parody, best live group seen was the Who (3 times) live act seen most was Jethro Tull (8 times). Not seen any live music of not for many years now.

First gig was Madness at the Brighton Centre, '83. Saw the Stones at Wembley Stadium during Italia '90. One of our players scored and the crowd cheered - Jagger thanked the crowd thinking they were cheering him.


I missed out on the Stones and Tull. I might have gone to the free Stones gig in Hyde Park only I went to the Blind Faith one shortly before which was so packed that I decided against the Stones.
I agree about The Who, much better live than on record. I saw them twice at Hammersmith.
I saw the Floyd about half a dozen times between October 1969 and 1973.
The first gigs I went to were at the Starlight Ballroom in Greenford, Cream and the Jeff Beck band. Jeff Beck had a new virtually unknown vocalist called Rod Stewart!

Saw Floyd in the autumn of '87 at Wembley Stadium - an awesome light show!


Slade were my first ever gig in 1976 at The Rainbow, Finsbury Park, past their heyday by then but they rocked.

The Rainbow is now sadly some sort of Brazilian Pentecostal church.

[Aqualung]

Slade were my first ever gig in 1976 at The Rainbow, Finsbury Park, past their heyday by then but they rocked.
I saw Hawkwind at the Rainbow! The bass guitarist with Slade was a classically trained musician and also played keyboards and the violin. T Rex were lirrle more than a wannabe rock star whose songs were derivatives of basic 1950s Rock 'N' Roll. Slade were far more complex even though they couldn't spell!

[Quinno]

The best jukeboxes are the ones with the longest tracks on so you can get value for your quid. Once, on one of the old analogue ones, I managed to get;

New Order - Blue Monday (7.25)
Stone Roses - I Am the Resurection (8.10)
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (13.20)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - (5.50)
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (album version) (8.30)

...on for my pound. With digital jukeboxes these days with 10,000+ tracks available, I'm sure I could better that quite easily. Though there's no way I'd put Sister Ray on, what a load of old shite that is.

[oldboots]

The best jukeboxes are the ones with the longest tracks on so you can get value for your quid. Once, on one of the old analogue ones, I managed to get;

New Order - Blue Monday (7.25)
Stone Roses - I Am the Resurection (8.10)
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (13.20)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - (5.50)
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (album version) (8.30)

...on for my pound. With digital jukeboxes these days with 10,000+ tracks available, I'm sure I could better that quite easily. Though there's no way I'd put Sister Ray on though, what a load of old shite that is.

Wot no American Pie (long version)?

[rpadam]

When the village club still had a decent sound system to go with the jukebox, I always tried to get these on as the last two songs on a Friday evening:
Doors - "LA Woman" (great value for money to go with a final pint)Bruce Hornsby and The Range - "The Way it is" (with the pointless trick being to get shown the door exactly on the final note)

[bcfczuluarmy]

Nor Guns and Roses November Rain. In my old local we'd put long songs on and complete obscure crap that nobody in their right mind would ever select.

[rpadam]

In my old local we'd put long songs on and complete obscure crap that nobody in their right mind would ever select.
Got annoyed by a pub once and put on the Dead Kennedys - "Holiday on Cambodia", left quickly, never been back!

[sheffield hatter]

Wot no American Pie (long version)?

OMG - there's a long version? I always try to get out of the pub before the first chorus.

[Rex_Rattus]

I missed out on the Stones and Tull. I might have gone to the free Stones gig in Hyde Park only I went to the Blind Faith one shortly before which was so packed that I decided against the Stones.
I agree about The Who, much better live than on record. I saw them twice at Hammersmith.
I saw the Floyd about half a dozen times between October 1969 and 1973.
The first gigs I went to were at the Starlight Ballroom in Greenford, Cream and the Jeff Beck band. Jeff Beck had a new virtually unknown vocalist called Rod Stewart!

You're dead right about The Who. Back in '65 they had the Tuesday night residency at the Marquee, and I saw them there every week. Sometimes I saw them twice a week as they often also played the Ealing Club. Must have seen them somewhere between 50 - 100 times. Never bored of them. Every show they played Heat Wave, the Martha and the Vandellas classic, and (according to my memory) that's still one of the best live songs I've ever heard. The second best live group of the time (in my opinion) was The Birds, then featuring Ronnie Wood on lead guitar and Kim Gardner (later Ashton, Gardner and Dyke) on Bass. Kim Gardner was one of the musicians supporting Bo Diddley when I saw him at the 100 Club.

Does anyone else remember the classic London music clubs of the day - Marquee, 100 Club, Flamingo? The Flamingo featured some of the best unsung musicians of the day - Downliners sect, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, Geno Washington and the Ramjam Band. I remember that entrance to the Marquee was 4 shillings for members. Not sure what that translates to in today's money, but still super value.

I did got to see the Stones in Hyde Park, but had to leave before the end as the party seven we had polished off was having its effects on our bladders. repaired to the Grenadier as it was off the beaten track then and the hordes in London didn't know it was there.

Those were the days.

[Aqualung]

Does anyone else remember the classic London music clubs of the day - Marquee, 100 Club, Flamingo?

How's your hearing nowadays?
I never went to it but there was Middle Earth. I did go to the Lyceum Sunday gigs and saw Led Zeppelin there in 1969. The entrance was £1.00 which was quite expensive then.

Edit: Birmingham famously had Mothers. I never went.

[Pubsignman]

The 100 Club is still going strong - I've been a few times, most recently to see Gang of Four a couple of years back. I was due to go to a gig there a couple of weeks ago, but it turned out to be the first of many rearranged shows that I'm hoping I'll be able to make once we're allowed out again!

[Al Bundy]

An old mate of mine used to insist on putting some Dylan nonsense called Desolation Row then follow it up with an awful Pink Floyd load of crap, usually Comfortably Numb. Thankfully, he's pissed off to Oz.

[Rex_Rattus]

How's your hearing nowadays?

Probably slightly better than Roger Daltrey's!

[Aqualung]

An old mate of mine used to insist on putting some Dylan nonsense called Desolation Row then follow it up with an awful Pink Floyd load of crap, usually Comfortably Numb. Thankfully, he's pissed off to Oz.
I reckon you'll like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9on-4dtXXY) then!!!

[ETA]

... an awful Pink Floyd load of crap, usually Comfortably Numb. .

fff (https://www.triplefff.com/our-beers) used to do a beer called Comfortably Numb, now they do various other music-related beers: Witches' Promise, Dazed and Confused,

Stairway [to Heaven], Hallelujah, Goldfinger and Moondance. Damned fine beers they are too.

[Komakino]

fff (https://www.triplefff.com/our-beers) used to do a beer called Comfortably Numb, now they do various other music-related beers: Witches' Promise, Dazed and Confused,

Stairway [to Heaven], Hallelujah, Goldfinger and Moondance. Damned fine beers they are too.

Yubberton Brewing Co. do a pale ale called Goldie (http://www.yubbertonbrewingco.com/beers) which is referred to as "Timeless Pale Ale".

[oldboots]

fff (https://www.triplefff.com/our-beers) used to do a beer called Comfortably Numb, now they do various other music-related beers: Witches' Promise, Dazed and Confused,

Stairway [to Heaven], Hallelujah, Goldfinger and Moondance. Damned fine beers they are too.

and Pressed Rat and Warthog (Cream)

[oldboots]

I reckon you'll like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9on-4dtXXY) then!!!

Well I like it.

I do prefer the more musical Echoes or Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast or indeed the inimitable Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict but that's a bit short.

[Aqualung]

and Pressed Rat and Warthog (Cream)
... and Apache Rose Peacock which as I recall left Moby Dazed & Confused!

[Aqualung]

Well I like it.

I do prefer the more musical Echoes or Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast or indeed the inimitable Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict but that's a bit short.

I really like Sisyphus, I can only think of one other person who does!!!
My favourite of their later albums was Wish You Were Here as Dark Side got played to death, just like Led Zeppelin II.

[Mobyduck]

... and Apache Rose Peacock which as I recall left Moby Dazed & Confused!

And a few more (https://www.triplefff.com/our-beers) as well.

[london calling]

Saw Pink Floyd perform Dark Side of the Moon at the Rainbow 72/73.Queued for 3 hrs for the tickets.Gave my ticket to a mate as I was going out with a new girlfriend that day but then asked for it back when I was sober. Than god he gave me it as I would have regretted missing my fav band and still favourite album. Not a live music fan but really liked concerts by Bruce Springsteen,Emerson Lake and Palmer,Hawkwind, Deep Purple,the Nice and Black Sabbath.Think I saw Free at Dundee Uni but its a bit hazy.
Listen to Shine on you Crazy Diamonds tonight .great guitar.