[peel] Anyone care to play "Name That Tune"?

[Trevor Huddleston]

Not even close!

and, rightly, no cigar!

bugger!


>From: Eddie Duffy <eddie.duffy@...>
>Reply-To: peel@yahoogroups.com
>To: peel@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [peel] Anyone care to play "Name That Tune"?
>Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:09:29 +0100
>
>Thanks for having a go Trevor!
>
>However, I believe Pete Atkin has been tried already. His "Practical
>Man" is apparently a music biz satire, so that doesn't fit the tone of
>this song. He makes for interesting googling though. His lyricist was
>Clive James!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Eddie.
>
>Trevor Huddleston wrote:
> > Hi Eddie
> >
> > Don't know the song myself but a check on Allmusic.com suggests a song
> > called "Practical Man" was released by one Pete Atkin  in 1974. It is on 
>the
> > album "Driving Through Mythical America".
> >
> > Amaxon.co.uk sellers have a CD of this for �49.95 at:
> >
> > 
>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-Stranger-Driving-Through-Mythical/dp/tracks/B00000JMFI/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/202-0081090-8199063?ie=UTF8&qid=1184878695&sr=8-1#disc_1
> >
> > Maybe worth it if you are very keen!!
> >
> > Yours
> >
> > Trevor
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: "Ed Duffy" <eddie.duffy@...>
> >> Reply-To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> >> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: [peel] Anyone care to play "Name That Tune"?
> >> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:50:21 -0000
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I was contacted via Kat's Karavan recently by a fellow who was trying
> >> to place a tune he'd taped from Peel in about 1974 (probably from a
> >> session). I didn't start listening till about 1979, so I was unable to
> >> help him, but I wonder if anyone here would like to have a go?
> >>
> >> All the usual stuff has been tried: googling lyric snippets, guessing
> >> likely titles, matching them to mid-70s artists, crossing off artists
> >>
> > >from the "1974 sessions" list on the BBC Peel page, and so far nothing
> >
> >> fits. So I just wondered if anyone who fancies themselves as a mid-70s
> >> Peel buff would like to have a go? There's no reward, apart from the
> >> warm glow of smugness that would undoubtedly ensue. Plus the
> >> satisfaction of helping a guy who's been on a quest to identify this
> >> tune for over 30 years, of course.
> >>
> >> An  MP3 of the tune can be grabbed at:
> >> http://www.box.net/shared/1agu9bzaux
> >>
> >> To help out, I've transcribed the first couple of verses and the
> >> chorus. It seems to be either called "Practical Man" or "Song For
> >> You". I'd describe the genre as "soft rock".
> >>
> >> I'm not a practical man,
> >> But I do most things the best that I can,
> >> For you.
> >>
> >> You were a magical girl,
> >> And you changed my ways,
> >> In a matter of days
> >> With you.
> >>
> >> So here's my song for you,
> >> It should be sung by two,
> >> It's what I always prayed,
> >> I had nothing else to do.
> >>
> >> Any ideas, folks?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Eddie.
> >>
> >>
> >
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