tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2401373163636107165.post3811998968565634713..comments2023-11-26T20:49:32.255+11:00Comments on Holy go-go boots, Batman! : Melbourne song of the month: "Shakin' All Over"/Normie Rowe & the Playboys (September 1965)Sammy-louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11821305787733865969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2401373163636107165.post-24492498879107236292015-04-21T16:38:47.573+10:002015-04-21T16:38:47.573+10:00Hehe I wonder if Normie kept any of them? I agree ...Hehe I wonder if Normie kept any of them? I agree - the man is a legend, a genuine talent.Sammy-louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821305787733865969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2401373163636107165.post-6342654005214110742015-04-21T16:38:13.343+10:002015-04-21T16:38:13.343+10:00HOLY CRAP! I need to see this film!!! I found the ...HOLY CRAP! I need to see this film!!! I found the trailer on Youtube: it looks like the ultimate time capsule! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbKhqfAqYn4<br /><br />So gonks were big in the 60s? They had a resurgence when I was a kid in the 80s too. I was never a fan but maybe seeing this film could convert me...<br />Sammy-louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821305787733865969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2401373163636107165.post-43737566639721529052015-04-19T21:14:23.091+10:002015-04-19T21:14:23.091+10:00GONKS craze blamed on Ringo Starr but I found this...<a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47808220" rel="nofollow">GONKS craze</a> blamed on Ringo Starr but I found this ref at a Worlds Fair website:<br />Movie: "GONKS GO BEAT" (1965) Dir. Robert Hartford-Davis.<br />The epitome of Swinging 60’s silliness! — interspersed with musical numbers from such luminaries as Lulu, The Nashville Teens and The Graham Bond Organization - offering a fascinating glimpse of a pre-Cream Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker - and future Mahavishnu Orchestra leader John McLaughlin."<br /><br />"The original promotional synopsis for the film describes it as follows:"<br /><br />“When the “Great Galaxian” hears of a somewhat turbulent social situation on Planet Earth, he sends Wilco to smooth out the disagreement between the beat groups of Beatland and the ballad singers of Balladisle. This lighthearted film features a host of top beat groups with 16 great beat and ballad hits.”<br /><br />There is a side review that explains what a "Gonk" is.<br /><br />"This film beckons like a siren! Any movie that boasts Lulu AND Ginger Baker has to be killer. A mere four years later Lulu had her own BBC TV show on which she introduced Jimi Hendrix! By the way - a “gonk” was a wacky over-size cross between a doll and a troll. Very popular in the 60’s with teenage girls stuck at that awkward age between puberty and Bill Wyman..."<br /><br />Bet you can't find this film at Blockbuster!"Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2401373163636107165.post-87504584699088881312015-04-19T21:06:23.976+10:002015-04-19T21:06:23.976+10:00oh! GONK dolls! see on the studio floor in the la...oh! GONK dolls! see on the studio floor in the last photo - fans used to throw those stuffed Gonk dolls at him. Normie is a legend.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.com