Saturday, July 6th, 1968
Melody Maker features Keith in Blind Date and he talks about The Kinks, Small Faces, and Moody Blues among others
Transcript:
BLIND DATE
KEITH MOON
DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH: “Last Night In Soho” (Fontana).
John Entwistle bass line. Is it a Howard Blaikley song? So it must be Dave Dee. Do I get that one? I prefer this to the Hungarian Beer Chants they usually do. No sounds of tankards clashing to the background of stomping boots. Yeah, I think that’ll be a hit.
KINKS: “Days” (Pye).
Memoirs of Ray Davies. No, it’s the first time I’ve heard this. This sounds very much like a demo with Ray on acoustic guitar. I just heard a bass drum so Mick Avory must be on it as well. So it’s the Kinks. Sounds pretty dated, like one of the songs Pete keeps under his sink. I dig what the Kinks do, but I’ve never thought of them as a group.
SMALL FACES: “Universal” (Immediate).
Well that’s nice. It sounds like the Faces on a sunny day. Great. Great brass. This is a side of the Faces we saw in Australia on our tour together. That was the most enjoyable tour we have ever done.
I’m sure the Faces were laughing when they made this. I laugh when I listened anyway. It’s bound to be a smash. More strength to their elbows.
This should be a hit.
MAGISTRATES: “Here Come The Judge” (MGM).
Oh, very freaky. Yeah, it’s a good looning record. I’m liking too many of them today. Something must have gone wrong. Sock it to me again. It must be American. Dem bones, dem bones, dem DRY bones! Yeah, the end was the best bit.
I should think it’ll get airplays from groovy deejays, but it won’t be a hit here.
TONY NEWMAN: “Soul Thing” (Decca).
Is this the Wibbly Wobbly Way by the Leaping Duo-denals I’ve heard so much about? I’ve no idea who it is, but it sounds like the theme music from a bad rebel film. Could you please make it go away?
MOODY BLUES: “Voices In The Sky” (Deram).
Sounds like a Chinese Move. Wrong again. Curses. I was cheating by looking at the label, but that never gets me anywhere. It’s a nice record. Moodies? I’ll have this one at home. But they probably need something a bit more dynamic to get across again.
PETE R. THOROGOOD: “Haunted” (Pye).
Sounds like his teeth are falling out. Very Christmas carol-ish. A Mickie Most production? Alan Bown is it? It could be anyone. Is that a violin? It’s so hidden I can hardly tell. I think pop violinists have had their day. No—not a hit.
CHRIS MONTEZ: “Let’s Dance” (London).
Oh twist again! (After first bars). Is this a re-release of Chris Montez? This is like playing the slot machines in the old caf again. There must be a multi-revival on.
I used to like this, but it’s absurd. It’s like us re-releasing “Can’t Explain.” Sounds like a Kit Lambert production. I used to like the Everly Brothers and Beach Boys, but this was never more than background music in the dance hall.
The best thing with re-releases is to have different artists on each side for collectors items. All my old records are scratched away.
ALAN PRICE: “Love Story” (Decca).
I’ll have to be chained down. I don’t think I’ve ever listened to so many records all at once. This is a friendly record. No idea who it is. It’s another street musician.
I have visions of a geezer pulling a handcart full of musicians down the street, with cash registers on the side.
Who was it? Oh dear. He’s been doing some weird things. I should have known it was Alan Price. I can’t imagine anybody else I know doing that.
BOBBY GOLDSBORO: “Autumn Of My Life” (United Artists).
Is it Bobby Goldberg? I suppose he’s going through the alphabet of girl’s names. His last one was Honey and I suppose this is about Iona, or Irene.
A Family Favourites kitchen sink hit. He sounds like he’s singing to a photograph of his missus—pipe and slippers.
GERRY MARSDEN AND DEREK NIMMO: “Liverpool” (CBS).
It’s the Tradlads. I’m not listening. I’m asleep. It’s obviously a show tune. I suppose hundreds of Liver-pudlians will be dancing in the streets to this. Unfortunately I can’t really see it happening. Amazing ennit?
AMEN CORNER: “High In The Sky” (Deram).
Is it the Foundations? Not a Nothing Hill group? Yes, British I would say. The sort of thing American groups do so much better. Who is it? Nice fellows. A remote hit.
GILES, GILES AND FRIPP: “One In A Million” (Deram).
Another record? Will they never end! This is a John Sebastian type tune. There are hundreds of these songs with the same backing and slightly altered words.
The violins are in the bathroom. Good riddance to that.