I think ours was a 404. My father loved that car -- it was his first brand-new car ever after a string of second-hand vehicles. Unfortunately it was too expensive to ship it back to Toronto when te time came for us to leave Kenya. I have many fond memories of the game parks and just travelling around the country in it.

That would have been fabulous hagatha. My own brief sojourn to climb that mountain and dip a three day toe into the game parks just wet my appetatite for more.
We have had this before but in the circumsatnces maybe it warrants repeating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c9-poC5HGw
And CD, that is certainly one cool drum kit!

Did you climb Kilimanjaro? We got as far as the Kibo huts, which look exactly the same today as they did back them.

EDIT: Actually it wasn't Kibo, which is much higher up. I guess the name has escaped me. I guess the huts all look the same.



Any fans of Nina Simone?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckv6-yhnIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2k52n_Bvw

I did get to the top. It was truly spectacular and well worth the effort.
Your first link is probably my all time Nina favourite.

Nina Simone was great, and this is the one of hers that still stands out for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5jI9I03q8E

I had a series of cheap used Peugeot 504 estates/breaks in UK and drove them until they were irreparable having seen how versatile and indestructible they were whilst travelling across Africa (and wishing I had one then rather than the Landrover I took) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_504 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6p7xmC88Do and (lightly loaded by African taxi standards) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7AfgMXaoH4

And a bonus extra because it was mentioned on another thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

So Lex, is that Nina Simone song the original, or was it the song from Hair? I have to say, hers is very good. She did a couple of different versions of it.


From Hair, the soundtrack that horrified my mother back in '68 or 69. My father was amused. Again, in Kenya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-kRCsOn24I

The first, was a cover, originally performed by The Animals . https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YMDrTMnm1IE

The second, & I'm not 100% positive , was done first/also done by Screamin Jay Hawkins : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc&t=21s

The Queen song will never again be the same Lex!
And here is The Animals casting their own spell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBUICBz2-L4

Eric Burdon said that he was so impressed with Nina SImone's version that he recorded the song as a cover but she was the first to perform and record it. It was written for her, I believe.

And that Screamin' Jay Hawkins performance is pretty funny, not to mention creepy.

This tells you probably more than you need to know about Ain't Got No/I Got Life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_Got_No,_I_Got_Life

I went to see Hair in London on the night of my first wedding 1971 but by then I was so exhausted by the day's activities that I fell asleep and have no memory of it...

I too saw Hair live on stage in about 1971. However, I was awake the entire time.

I saw it live on stage in St. Louis and could have watched it 10 more times! I had already worn out the LP at home. This was after a self-righteous local politician decided the public was not allowed to see this play and she initially had it banned. But just the threat of a lawsuit sent her packing, thank heavens.

I confess I have never seen it, asleep or otherwise

Fair enough , about Nina SImone . My mistake . Could've swore that Meatloaf , may he R.I.P , was part of the original cast of HAIR . Self Righteous local politician Drac ? I'm curious . St Louis , from my scant memory , has been rife with self righteous politicians for decades , but I wager that is basically a universal thing , regardless of geography . Now , to a infinitely more palatable subject :

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRgp2Z-9WZk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt51rITH3EA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWqMX854V8o&list=RDMM&start_radio=1&rv=cwG0uzbffbU

I first heard Cream's Goodbye album in -- you guessed it -- Kenya. What a lineup!

Love that Yes tune, too.

A Scottish song about drinking just a tad too much .

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ35SOU9HTM&list=RDMM&index=2

Good silly stuff, and here is some more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x8D4T--0v4

...Benny Hill anyone?

Benny Hill was the absolute opposite of politically correct. Hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFB2jEWHblk


Here's a silly one from Cream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDE1ZvvHVVg

One year the company I worked for wanted all of the managerial staffl to sing a song for our Christmas party, as a sort of poke-fun-at-the-executives endeavour. I submitted that song as my choice. I was not asked to sing, after all.

DRinking too much? Check out this local track from back in the day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnLJQIJw2Y

And if you've had too much to drink, there's this bit of siliness from Spike Milligan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-IU-NQ8c14&t=1s

I think I vaguely remember Mental As Anything, and I see there are several quite good upbeat albums of nostalgic tunes, but so far I haven't found a live album.

Just started a new audiobook "The Blade Itself" from The First Law Trilogy: Book 1
Author: Joe Abercrombie
Narrated by: Steven Pacey [most excellent narrator!!]

Hi Dan, good to hear about some alternative listening: I have taken the liberty of copying your post over to the "what are you reading?" thread as I know it may also be of interest there.

As a matter of interest, do you listen at home or perhaps out jogging and/or driving? Also, for you what are the relative merits of reading as against listening? I ask as someone not yet having succumbed to the marketing initiatives of Amazon and other suppliers in respect of audiobooks!

Hello Lex ... good idea to copy the post, we'll see what it elicits?

I listen primarily while driving to/from work when I can 'listen' and keep up with the story. Started in earnest back at the turn of the century while driving to/from parents' house as that was a 16 hour (long) one day or two shorter 8 hour driving days and it was a great activity to while away the time.

Check out this link Lex https://music.apple.com/au/album/mental-as-anything-at-play-live/1446592239