#Blue Mink

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RIP Herbie Flowers

May 19, 1938 – September 5, 2024

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CELEBRATE DAVID BOWIE WEEK + SUNDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO “Starman” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkT9RIujApg We've all been distracted by Messianic figures who start off one way and end up as another, like dress rehearsals for the Second Coming of Christ but gone haywire. Cases in point are the characters of Ziggy Stardust and The Wizard of Oz, hearkened in one of David Bowie’s greatest songs, the power pop anthem “Starman.” The song was the last to be added to Bowie’s landmark 1972 album, ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS. The album needed a single and, almost as an afterthought, Bowie came up with “Starman”, refashioning the chorus of “Over the Rainbow” with motifs borrowed from Blue Mink’s “Melting Pot,” The Supremes “You Keep Me Hanging On,” and T. Rex’s “Hot Love” and “Telegram Sam.” “Starman” unified the album concept and gave Ziggy a proper introduction—an androgynous alien sent as a savior to a dystopian Earth. 

The Ziggy persona was a composite of Marc Bolan, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, and Vince Taylor, the English singer who’d had a mental breakdown and thought he was half-alien and half-Christ. Bowie identified Ziggy with Jung-ian neologisms and Gnostic syzygy. Add glitter and outrageous fashions and Ziggy, “a character like someone from Mars,” was born. He was an extension of characters and personas Bowie had been creating since “Space Oddity” in 1969. On June 15th, 1972, Bowie & The Spiders From Mars performed “Starman” on a Granada TV’s British children’s music program, underlining “Starman’s” kid appeal (no wonder “Starman” resurfaced in 2022’s movie trailer for “Buzz Lightyear”). Then on July 5th, 1972, Bowie & band performed “Starman” on BBC’s Top of the Pops. It became one of the most influential TV broadcasts in rock history. Scores of young Brits saw it and cite it as a turning point in their lives. Revisiting it today reminds me of the feelings of emotional certainty and direction Bowie’s music gave to me when I was troubled young person.

#davidbowie #starman #ziggystardust #wizardofoz #bluemink #supremes #trex #marcbolan #iggypop #loureed #vincetaylor #johnnyjblair #Christ #messiah #mars #granada #celebrate #buzzlightyear

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this is my cat cocoa, i don't really see a lot of other cats that look like her :]

pictured here with my other cat, stinky. he's a blue mink!

They are very sweet 🖤💙 yeah, minks really aren't common. (But we have one in the competition!)

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Blue Mink - Harlem (EMI)

voc. Madeline Bell & bass Herbie Flowers, 1973.

Bill Withers version.

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[julio-viernes]

Me da rrrabia cuando las cosas se ponen de esta manera, no doy a basto. Herbie Flowers RIP, formidable bajista de Blue Mink, C.C.S., T. Rex, Sky... el hombre de las cuatro cuerdas en "Space Oddity" de David Bowie, "Transformer" de Lou Reed, álbumes de Elton John, Bryan Ferry, Paul McCartney, Cat Stevens, Nirvana (UK), Harry Nilsson, Melanie, Chris Spedding, Roger Daltrey, Ringo & George, Roger Daltrey, "La Guerra de los Mundos" de Jeff Wayne, y un larguísimo etcétera... Miren aquí si se atreven.

Subo la que es su interpretación de bajo más recordada, aislada. Las líneas gemelas que tocó para "Walk On the Wild Side", Lou Reed 1972. Flowers grabó una línea al contrabajo tocando las notas más graves, y la dobló en agudos en un bajo eléctrico sin trastes. Y una de mis favoritas personales, "Celebrate Summer", ultimo single de T. Rex, año 1977. Me sigue encantando ese toque "neo Cochran" a sólo a una semana de que se cumplan 47 años de la muerte de Marc Bolan, que falleció en un accidente de tráfico, just like Eddie, cosas de la puñetera vida.

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Song Lyrics: Melting Pot by Blue Mink

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[yourcoffeeguru]

By The Devil (I Was Tempted) Sheet Music 1973 The Troupadores & Blue Mink Vintage OZ Print || AUtradingpost - ebay

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Blue Mink Good Morning Freedom

[oldbumpy]

UK Chart Hits - 1973

Blue Mink - By the Devil (9 weeks in chart peaking at No. 26)

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minsly rkgk inspired by a scene in the stage play teehee

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Blue Mink - Sunday (Edit) (Regal Zonophone)

artwork by Hipgnosis, 1971.

[julio-viernes]

"Blue Mink" por Blue Mink, fantástico instrumental "groovy" soul- rock, cara A de su primer single en 1969. Esto fue antes de que la banda reclutara a Roger Cook y Madeline Bell. En muchos países, entre ellos España, volvió a salir como cara B de su segundo sencillo y primer gran éxito, “Melting Pot”. Blue Mink no es un grupo que me guste mucho, pero tenían cosas. Boy George era uno de sus grandes fans.