Eggman
Goran Obradovic
Iain Taylor
Steve McGhee
Favourite track - "Fields Of People"
Favourite Album - "Message From The Country"
Best thing - the song lyrics
Worst thing - the egofest between Wood & Lynne. Grow up, lads.
Any other comment - I've got all their records!!
Michel Gignac
1--Favourite
track - Fields Of People
2--Favourite album - Yellow Rainbow (1968)
3--Best thing about... - members Wood and Lynne
4--Worst thing about... - California Girls (the singer doesn't hit the notes)
Sir Gregory Weatherby
1--Favourite
track
"I Can Hear The Grass Grow".....I had just arrived in Germany in early
67, I turned on my radio, tuned in Radio Luxembourg and heard this
amazing song, I got myself down to the local 'schallplaten' department of a
store in Trier Germany and bought this record ....the pic sleeve
one on the Hit-Ton label.......it sounded just so damn 'with it' at the
time....it seemed to be the type of record that either you got or
didn't, and if you did, you were part of the new 'in crowd' , you were 'in the
know'..... I later even joined their fan club, I was so smitten
by this record (and "Flowers In The Rain" later that summer)...so I am
going with the Move record that had such an influence on me, ICHTGG....I still
think it is an amazing record and has stood the test of time, and I still
occasionally see rainbows in the evening
2--Favourite album
This band's albums have no organic flow to them, one to the next, each is so
very different from the rest......but, with some caveats, I will
go with "The Move", their first....this was the amazing 5 man line up
and when Roy was at his songwriting peak, IMO....it isn't without it's
faults, "Zing" is awful, but when it hits, with songs like "Kilroy",
"Yellow Rainbow", "Lemon Tree", "Cherry Blossom
Clinic" and "Useless
Information", it's amazing
3--Best thing about...
Roy Wood's amazing song writing, along with his under-rated guitar playing
layered on top of the aggro approach the five man line-up took
to the songs. When they were on, and the BBC disc proves this, they were simply
an amazing band.
4--Worst thing about...
Clearly Roy Wood's obsession with 50s American records and his need to copy that
style....I could have done with a lot more of "I Can Hear The Grass
Grow" and a whole lot less of "Weekend"
5--Any other comment.
I only wish that the 5 man line-up could have stayed together a lot longer, put
out a second album or even a third.
Gert Stuut
Favourite Track: Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited
Favourite Albums: Shazam / Message From The CountryGlyn Savage
Favourite track - Yellow
Rainbow
Favourite album - S/T