Shaking Stephen's

[itsfredtitmus]

the welsh pelvis (lovely pelvis our stephen had)

[Psmith]

He's from my home town.Dave Edmunds used to work the local pubs and I remember him being very good.Shakey was doing the same but I don't remember him at all.

[studpuppet]

The more I find out about him, the more I think he really deserved any success he got.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHyJ8dZtFx0

[poodlefaker]

Biggest selling UK artist of the 1980s

[studpuppet]

Biggest selling UK artist of the 1980s

I actually checked the B-side writing credits, just to make sure he was okay for money in his dotage, and hadn't made the mistake Soft Cell made by putting Where Did Our Love Go on the back of Tainted Love.

Green Door (B-side writer)
This Ole House (B-side writer)
You Drive Me Crazy (B-side writer)
Shirley (B-side writer)
Merry Christmas Everyone (B-side co-writer)
A Rocking Good Way (B-side co-writer)

Phew!

[monkfromhavana]

The more I find out about him, the more I think he really deserved any success he got.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHyJ8dZtFx0

For some reason, that video really touched me. He's great.

His manager (or ex-manager) is the father of WElsh DnB producer, High Contrast.

[Golden E. Pump]

Yeah what a heartwarming video. Fair play, Shaking.

[gilbertharding]

[Funcrusher]

No mention of his membership of the Communist Party in his youth, or is that an urban myth?

[Mr Banlon]

He was good in Animal House

[gilbertharding]

Apparently he only helped them out when they were busy:

"He grew up in Ely, Cardiff, and as a teenager in the mid-1960s he formed his first amateur rock and roll band with school friends and became its vocalist and frontman. Originally named the Olympics, then the Cossacks, the short-lived band finally renamed as the Denims and performed gigs in the local Cardiff and South Wales area. In the late 1960s Stevens was associated with the Young Communist League (YCL), the youth wing of the Communist Party of Great Britain through playing at YCL events. At the time the YCL was associated with several leading music industry figures, including Pete Townshend. However, Stevens has stated that the organiser of the gigs was a member of the organisation, and that the band only performed because it was a job [6]."

[Sherman Krank]

It's amazing to think that if his life had taken a different path he could have been Pope by now.

[Head Gardener]

I prefer Shakin' Shakin' to be honest

[Glebe]

My favourite Shakin' Stevens album is the album The Best of Shakin' Stevens album.

[another Mr. Lizard]

His manager (or ex-manager) is the father of WElsh DnB producer, High Contrast.

I know both guys, Paul (dad) and Linc ('High Contrast') - they used to be regulars at a horror/sci-fi event I attend every year. Weird to think that I first met High Contrast when he was ten. Haven't seen either of them for a while but Paul is still massively into 50s music and drive-in movies. I've never met Shakey but he seems like a great bunch of lads.

[Pauline Walnuts]

[Satchmo Distel]

Most weeks on the singles chart in the 80s is a fucking mental stat but I suppose it helps if you first hit big in 1981 then cling on through your fan(ny) base.

[non capisco]

He was on the same gigging scene as my uncle in the 1960s with his band The Denims. Bloke's been going for ages.

'This Old House' was the first song I ever went absolutely nuts for, aged 2. Would not stop singing the fucking thing, apparently. I suppose this must make Shakin' Stevens the catalyst for my love of music. Lovely stuff.

[Brundle-Fly]

For some reason, that video really touched me. He's great.

Yeah, me too. Wonder if Connie is still around?

Let's not blow too much smoke up Shaky's arse though.

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

[bim sherman shirts]

In 1985? Well ahead of his time. It took until 2015 for The Edge, Madonna, Dave Grohl and others to fall off stages and they acted like they bloody invented the idea.

[Jittlebags]

Was there a Shakin' Stevens tribute act called Jivin' Jenkins, or did I just dream that?

[poodlefaker]

Fakin' Stevens

[Jittlebags]

I wonder how many embedded levels of tribute acts you could go. If you classified Stevens as an Elvis tribute, and had Jivin' Jenkins existed, that would be a three.

[studpuppet]

I always considered Vic Reeves to be a Shakey tribute.

[jobotic]

I wonder how many embedded levels of tribute acts you could go. If you classified Stevens as an Elvis tribute, and had Jivin' Jenkins existed, that would be a three.

That'd be great. Tributes to tributes to tributes, with no one knowing who the original act was.

[poodlefaker]

I once saw a Commitments tribute act; yer man would announce most songs along the lines of "Here's another one made famous by the Commitments..." before launching into Mustang Sally or somesuch. Dire.

[Jockice]

I once saw a Commitments tribute act; yer man would announce most songs along the lines of "Here's another one made famous by the Commitments..." before launching into Mustang Sally or somesuch. Dire.

A workmate of mine went to see The Commitments in concert not long after the movie - only to discover that only a couple of the band had actually appeared in the film and I don't think any of them had been in the main roles. I believe the singer was Andrew Strong's dad. My colleague wasn't too happy.

[garbed_attic]

Ruined a screening of The King's Speech at the Ipswich Film Theatre by performing far too loudly above the screening room. I just hope it was an anti-royalist statement.