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[b]Tony May wrote:[/b]
[quote]Hi Jonathan/All,

I have decided to post because I have recently been listening to a lot of stuff from the 1970's and have thus been re-appraising a lot of Jonathan's records. I guess life has taken a downward spiral for me in recent years (long term unemployment and depression) and so going back in time to re-visit happier times and to further explore any music I may have missed back then has been a great escape for me. Having grown up idolising people like Gary Glitter and the whole glam rock scene its been tough these last years hearing about all of the Savile related stuff that allegedly was going on back then. I guess the rock n' roll business is always going to be a place where people suffer with expanding ego's and thus get into things they wouldn't otherwise but there is a limit to how much 'rope' you can give someone -even a hero. To say that I have always loved Gary Glitter is an understatement - the man is part of who I truly am today and has influenced so much of my life... Whatever he has done, I am stuck with him and he is stuck with me.

Why am I mentioning all this? Well, I heard 'A Very, Very Melancholy Man' the other day and that sparked me into a JK listening session. Got out my 'King Of Hits' box set and have been playing songs from it ever since. What I love so much about your music jonathan is how much the '2 and a half minute, sound good on the radioness' of your best work reminds me of the days when I was a boy, life was simple and the pop charts really meant so much to the nation. Songs like 'Hooked On A Feeling' would be No 1 for ages now if they got similar sales to the No 23 chart position it got to in 1971...

The charts used to be all about checking in to see whether your fav artist had gone up this week. Tuning in via radio or via the radio through the telly I recall getting really excited listening to the top 40 rundown. When it got to the top three and I knew Gary was No 1 or 2 the week before I would get all tense hoping he had gone  to No 1 or stayed there. These days kids are into BMX and computer games. Mp3's are boring as hell to collect and music is just something most people download for free. I  feel a lot like a chalk person on a blackboard these days who every day sees another part of his world disappearing and its very hard to fight back from a place like that...

I wish I shared your ironlike confidence Jonathan! By God, you will never fail from lack of confidence HA HA I reviewed your Box Set on Amazon.co.uk and said the same. Genius is nothing unless you have the belief in yourself to push things into the public domain and shout about how good they are from the highest steeple. I actually think that your honesty as far as the box set comments really counts in your favour as well. You are not the greatest vocalist its true but I think you can give anyone a run for their money as a lyricist and imaginative instrumentation is also a talent. I love your version of 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' as Bubblerock and laughed my head off the other evening when it got to the bit at the end where you keep repeating the title and then finally say "I can't get no goddam satisfaction'!. That's just about how I feel these days at 48. Getting a job is a joke today and you can't live off the proceeds even when you do. My talent has always been artistic stuff anyway and you know what they say about arty people don't you!

Oh well, I just thought I'd pop by to say THANK YOU Jonathan for the music. Things might not have worked out for me in many ways and some of my heroes may not have been quite so glittering as I hoped but when all is said and done the memories of happy times can never be erased, can they?

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Topic History of: 'A Few Thoughts For Jonathan'
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Jim	LOL
Cyril Magenta	I couldn't agree more. It was listening to my box set that prompted me to dig out my special 'POP' Box of memorabilia, and...who should I find, frozen in time from 1973, when I snapped him backstage at the Shepherds Bush Empire after performing 'Mary, My Love' - JK!!!!! The man was - IS - a legend!!!
Tony May	Hi Jonathan/All, I have decided to post because I have recently been listening to a lot of stuff from the 1970's and have thus been re-appraising a lot of Jonathan's records. I guess life has taken a downward spiral for me in recent years (long term unemployment and depression) and so going back in time to re-visit happier times and to further explore any music I may have missed back then has been a great escape for me. Having grown up idolising people like Gary Glitter and the whole glam rock scene its been tough these last years hearing about all of the Savile related stuff that allegedly was going on back then. I guess the rock n' roll business is always going to be a place where people suffer with expanding ego's and thus get into things they wouldn't otherwise but there is a limit to how much 'rope' you can give someone -even a hero. To say that I have always loved Gary Glitter is an understatement - the man is part of who I truly am today and has influenced so much of my life... Whatever he has done, I am stuck with him and he is stuck with me. Why am I mentioning all this? Well, I heard 'A Very, Very Melancholy Man' the other day and that sparked me into a JK listening session. Got out my 'King Of Hits' box set and have been playing songs from it ever since. What I love so much about your music jonathan is how much the '2 and a half minute, sound good on the radioness' of your best work reminds me of the days when I was a boy, life was simple and the pop charts really meant so much to the nation. Songs like 'Hooked On A Feeling' would be No 1 for ages now if they got similar sales to the No 23 chart position it got to in 1971... The charts used to be all about checking in to see whether your fav artist had gone up this week. Tuning in via radio or via the radio through the telly I recall getting really excited listening to the top 40 rundown. When it got to the top three and I knew Gary was No 1 or 2 the week before I would get all tense hoping he had gone to No 1 or stayed there. These days kids are into BMX and computer games. Mp3's are boring as hell to collect and music is just something most people download for free. I feel a lot like a chalk person on a blackboard these days who every day sees another part of his world disappearing and its very hard to fight back from a place like that... I wish I shared your ironlike confidence Jonathan! By God, you will never fail from lack of confidence HA HA I reviewed your Box Set on Amazon.co.uk and said the same. Genius is nothing unless you have the belief in yourself to push things into the public domain and shout about how good they are from the highest steeple. I actually think that your honesty as far as the box set comments really counts in your favour as well. You are not the greatest vocalist its true but I think you can give anyone a run for their money as a lyricist and imaginative instrumentation is also a talent. I love your version of 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' as Bubblerock and laughed my head off the other evening when it got to the bit at the end where you keep repeating the title and then finally say "I can't get no goddam satisfaction'!. That's just about how I feel these days at 48. Getting a job is a joke today and you can't live off the proceeds even when you do. My talent has always been artistic stuff anyway and you know what they say about arty people don't you! Oh well, I just thought I'd pop by to say THANK YOU Jonathan for the music. Things might not have worked out for me in many ways and some of my heroes may not have been quite so glittering as I hoped but when all is said and done the memories of happy times can never be erased, can they?