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Post by Malc on Apr 2, 2020 7:52:40 GMT
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Post by cameron on Apr 2, 2020 11:32:35 GMT
VERY interesting that he sites the 'drama' as "publicity". I think he's got totally the wrong idea there...
How unusual to see an interview with Terry. Why can't he present himself like this on Twitter? Despite a few sly jibes, he comes across as humorous and likeable. He's full of praise for all the Hollies - even Graham Nash/CSN!! By the end of it, he's completely won me over with his charm and wit.
Lots of titbits of information and some candid stories. Not sure about 'Long Cool Woman' being a B-side first in Germany. When someone gets a story that incorrect, you question the other stories they tell.
How has it taken TEN YEARS to get Terry's version of the RRHOF fiasco? The funny thing is, it's completely believable! Given Nash's autobiography and subsequent CSN fallout, plus the RRHOF induction itself where Graham makes a gushing fuss over Allan, I can completely understand Terry's point of view now. Why didn't he just explain this on Twitter instead of years of baseless jibes?! I do get the impression that Allan has just been caught in the crossfire, I don't get the impression that it had anything to do with him, but was carefully engineered by Graham by the sounds of it. It seems ludicrous to not include the other ex-Hollies when they can still play bass and still sing in Terry's case.
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Post by baz on Apr 2, 2020 13:35:50 GMT
How unusual to see an interview with Terry. Why can't he present himself like this on Twitter? Unfortunately not being on Facebook, no way I can get to see this interview but certainly sounds interesting. I suspect Terry is a bit Jekyll and Hyde and that his Twitter persona is fuelled by a few "bevvies" as he has very often posted things then quickly removed them within a day or two likely in a sober moment upon realising perhaps he had said something he shouldn't have. I like to give him the benefit of a doubt. |
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Post by thejanitor on Apr 2, 2020 14:26:48 GMT
From the odd past interview, I figured Terry is a much more positive, upbeat and extremely witty character in person than on his Twitter, and this definitely backs that which is great! ☺ It was also nice to hear him finally return some kind words to Allan ( "the greatest pop singer" ) after all the jabs - one can only hope this means he's taken back what he's said in recent years and is on the road to reconciling their friendship...
Another thing, I know I've said I'd stop talking about it, but just this once now Terry shared his side of the RRHOF ceremony in the interview, I've just come to the conclusion the entire thing was a mess with nobody in The Hollies camp in attendance really coming out clean, except maybe for Bernie and Eric who chose to stand back for the rest of the event after accepting their awards. The biggest problem I realise was not him acting up on the night, but rather Graham's inescapable CSNY superstar status in the US which I'd argue held him up on a pedestal above the other four and made him a dominating and controlling factor of the ceremony from the get go. I know the RRHOF is American, but say had this ceremony somehow happened in England or somewhere where they were greatly appreciated like Germany, I think all members would have been more equally treated.
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Post by JamesT on Apr 2, 2020 15:21:58 GMT
Great interview, but unfortunately I think it is the drink that leads to his unfortunate one-liners on Twitter. Such a pity.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 15:29:20 GMT
How unusual to see an interview with Terry. Why can't he present himself like this on Twitter? Unfortunately not being on Facebook, no way I can get to see this interview but certainly sounds interesting. I suspect Terry is a bit Jekyll and Hyde and that his Twitter persona is fuelled by a few "bevvies" as he has very often posted things then quickly removed them within a day or two likely in a sober moment upon realising perhaps he had said something he shouldn't have. I like to give him the benefit of a doubt. I'm not on Facebook either, but it still played OK for me (not that I've watched much of it yet). |
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Post by gee on Apr 2, 2020 16:12:25 GMT
I had to smile at Terry saying it was o.k. as he wasn't on Bus Stop or Carrie Anne
- he wasn't ON 'Long Cool Woman' either !!! lol
I know he later deputised for Allan live singing it on that USA tour - tho' once Clarke rejoined the band Allan resumed singing his song of course
Terry was always a fine Hollies Ambassador, very engaging and witty so it's good to hear him being cheerful and giving us some of his angle
the biggest problem re that Hall of Fame fiasco was the absence of Tony and Bobby, had they been present it would have been a proper HOLLIES performance instead of Nash trying to give Clarke belated USA recognition - as Nash probably still felt a bit guilty re his CSNY success leaving Clarke in the shade stateside - which morphed the thing into a Clarke and Nash thing leaving Terry understandably very upset at being overlooked, tho' Terry then has since shot hmself in the foot repeatedly with his silly online rants that eclipse his more real friendly 'chirpy' Scouse personality which at last is given the chance to shine through here
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Post by baz on Apr 2, 2020 16:44:57 GMT
Bobby and Tony's absence from the HOF affair I think prompted Graham to resort to his old role as Hollies leader as back in the 60's, he did most of the talking and publicly was the leader of the band which was highlighted after he left as Allan was clearly uncomfortable in the leading role. So, with no Tony or Bobby, Graham stepped up to the task as lets face it, in America he's far better known and visible than the rest of the band members.
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Apr 22, 2020 17:39:54 GMT
Great interview, but unfortunately I think it is the drink that leads to his unfortunate one-liners on Twitter. Such a pity. A combination of isolation-induced boredom and nostalgia made me go back to a very old Yahoo email address today and read some old posts between Bruciebaby and me from 2004/05. One comment made me do a Scooby Doo "roh?" when I read it...about a mutual friend of Bruce's and Terry's who said Terry "drank like a fish". (I notice in the interview he's into brandy and ginger...) He starts awfully early in the morning if so...He had already tweeted at 9 a.m EDT (I assume from his photos that he's isolated in the US) that he wanted to challenge Nash to a singing contest of, oddly, "He Ain't Heavy". I confess to following him out of some weird motherly concern (and relief that he doesn't run an entire country through his tweets, lol) and gently diverted him towards the first recorded version of the song, which would lose any four-way singing contest! Seriously kids, hang on to your hats before he shrieks "BUT I'M STRONG"  |
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Apr 22, 2020 17:59:19 GMT
This feels less like an interview and more like sharing a few beers in the pub with Terry (or brandy and gingers)...lol. Funny how we tend to censor ourselves when we talk more than when we write...ironically when you write it, it's really out there forever...
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Post by cameron on Apr 22, 2020 21:45:03 GMT
gently diverted him towards the first recorded version of the song, which would lose any four-way singing contest! Seriously kids, hang on to your hats before he shrieks "BUT I'M STRONG" I've never heard this before, but I remember Tony said in one interview that the demo he was played of it sounded like it was playing at the wrong speed on the turntable at first, so I presume that this is the recording that he heard? How on earth he heard a Hollies song in that, I'll never know! |
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Apr 22, 2020 22:01:18 GMT
gently diverted him towards the first recorded version of the song, which would lose any four-way singing contest! Seriously kids, hang on to your hats before he shrieks "BUT I'M STRONG" I've never heard this before, but I remember Tony said in one interview that the demo he was played of it sounded like it was playing at the wrong speed on the turntable at first, so I presume that this is the recording that he heard? How on earth he heard a Hollies song in that, I'll never know! In all fairness to Mr. Gordon, he did co-write my favourite Frank Sinatra song ("That's Life") and produced "Ode To Billie Joe" for Bobbie Gentry, who, apparently, cared for him after he was diagnosed with lung cancer until he died in 1981. The man was one of a long line of musical talents who just couldn't sing. |
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Post by thejanitor on Apr 23, 2020 1:07:50 GMT
I think that's a great version - call me crazy, but I could easily imagine Eric Burdon or Alan Price covering the song in a similar arrangement to that. Being so used to the eventual Hollies version though, the awkward silent pauses on this one kind of irritate me.
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Apr 23, 2020 1:42:34 GMT
I think that's a great version - call me crazy, but I could easily imagine Eric Burdon covering the song in a similar arrangement to that. Being so used to the eventual Hollies version though, the awkward silent pauses on this one kind of irritate me. Surprised William Shatner hasn't covered it...  |
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Post by JamesT on Apr 23, 2020 7:11:56 GMT
I actually thought it sounded a bit like the late great Tony Ashton (of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke and later of Paice, Ashton, Lord). It's odd, I somehow had it in my head that Allan was responsible for there being harmonica on the track, but here it is in this version...
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