We welcomed guest Headbanger Phil Bates last night, making it virtually a full house of 10 - minus only Jeb - for the first Headbang of 2015.
I had arrived hotfoot from the Algarve so wasn't quite as prepared as usual, notably lacking printed voting sheets, so we simply adopted a popular show of hands method to select our Top 3 from each section, starting, as usual, with the
Obituaries:
| 1 |
Joe Cocker |
The Letter/Delta Lady/With a
little help from my friends |
| 2 |
Andy Fraser
(Free) |
Mr. Big |
| 3 |
Ian McLagan |
Tin
Soldier/Maybe I'm Amazed |
There was no disputing that Joe would be the most missed, but I was a little miffed that Mac was pipped to the number two position by Andy Fraser. Democracy - bah!
Other tunes that were played from the recently deceased were:
| Clive
Palmer (ISB) |
You know what you could be |
| Lesley Gore |
You don't own me |
| Bobby Keys |
Whatever gets you through the night |
| Jimmy Ruffin |
What becomes of
the broken-hearted |
| John Renbourn (Pentangle) |
Rosslyn |
| Big Bank Hank
(Sugarhill Gang) |
Rappers delight |
| Demis Roussos |
Rain and tears |
| Daevid Allen (Soft Machine/Gong) |
Radio gnome
invisible |
| Steve Strange |
Night train |
| Joe B. Mauldin
(Crickets) |
My little girl |
| Preston Ritter (Electric Prunes) |
I had too much
to dream last night |
| Alan Bown |
Gonna fix you good |
Others who had passed since the last Headbang, but whose music did not feature last night were:
| John
Holt |
| Colin "Stoner" Bentley (Doctors of Madness) |
| Sheila Stewart |
| Rock Scully |
| Jimmy Dickens |
| Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies ("Dozy") |
| Kim Fowley
(Writer/Producer - Runaways) |
| Dallas Taylor (C, S & N) |
| Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream) |
| Rod McKuen (Songwriter) |
| Don Covay |
| Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) |
| Jackie Trent |
| Cynthia Lennon |
The traditional second section was
Septuagenarians - those who had celebrated their 70th birthdays since the last Headbang. The voting here was:
| 1 |
Eric Clapton |
Badge |
| 2 |
Stephen Stills |
For what it's
worth |
| 3 |
Rod Stewart |
Gasoline Alley |
Others whose tunes were played were:
| Bonnie
Bramlett |
You really got a hold on me |
| Brenda Lee |
Sweet Nuthin's |
| John Densmore (Doors) |
Light my fire |
| Mick Jones (Foreigner) |
Cold as ice |
| Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine) |
Shipbuilding |
| Elkie Brooks |
Pearl's a singer |
| Eric Stewart (Mindbenders/10cc) |
Game of love |
| Robin Trower |
Bridge of Sighs |
Those septuagenarians whose music didn't feature were:
| Booker
T. Jones |
| Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult) |
| Neil Innes (Bonzos/Rutles) |
| Maggie Bell |
| Dave Walker (Savoy Brown/Fleetwood Mac) |
| John Helliwell (Supertramp) |
| John Barbata (Turtles/Jefferson Airplane) |
The 3rd section was a carry-over from the last Headbang -
Numbers - songs whose titles featured the numbers 0 to 9, and the Top 3 here were:
| 1 David
Bowie |
Five years |
| 2 Byrds |
Eight miles high |
| 3 Chicago |
25 or 6 to 4 |
The rest of this section featured:
| Medicine
Head |
One and one is one |
| Beatles |
Two of us |
| Meat Loaf |
Two out of three ain't bad |
| Tom Robinson
Band |
2-4-6-8 motorway |
| Arthur Lee
& Love |
Seven & seven is |
| Searchers |
Love potion number 9 |
The witching hour was fast approaching and a few were anxiously looking at their watches, but first of all we had to play Gary's selection of
Battle of the Rockers - 6 heavy classics from hard rock outfits. The Top 3 here were:
| 1 AC/DC |
Whole lotta Rosie |
| 2 Who |
Baba O'Riley |
| 3 Deep Purple |
Highway Star |
The other three were:
| Black
Sabbath |
Paranoid |
| Led Zeppelin |
Dazed & Confused |
| Thin Lizzy |
Emerald |
AC/DC's live performance from River Plate, Argentina stole the show - visually at least - and we decided it was appropriate that they should feature in the team photo:
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