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Michael Barone
From: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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Posted 21 Mar 2009 12:34 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ga9Bs4fzSY
Here’s one of a few songs on Youtube by the Seekers, a short version from their 1968 farewell concert in London. Thoughtful song writing and presentation, it is one of my favorites.
Any fans of this Australian group?
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Kevin Hatton
From: Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 21 Mar 2009 2:20 pm
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I remember them. Great four part folk group. Georgie Girl. I watch the off key singers these days on Letterman and cringe. |
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Lee Baucum
From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 21 Mar 2009 7:45 pm
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I was in high-school back then. What great memories... |
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Jeff Hyman
From: West Virginia, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2009 9:44 pm
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Great memories. Learned flat top on that tune. Love the bridge. Just another reminder how old we're getting, and how the simple music back in the 60's was (and still is) great. |
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Stu Schulman
From: Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 22 Mar 2009 10:32 am
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I really liked their records when I was a kid,Georgy Girl,and I'll never find another you...Songs with melodies. _________________ Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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Burr Oxley
From: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2009 9:37 am
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What a blast to see The Seekers again. Did that Judith Durham have a to-die-for voice, or what? |
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Ben Elder
From: La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2009 5:37 pm
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My guilty pleasure that I could never acknowledge openly until...now, basically. I furtively bought an old LP at Goodwill once and have been waiting for the Online Hip Police to out me for the Seekers' iTunes I daringly bought. So square, so tremendous at the same time. Now I don't care. Great is Great and The Seekers were beyond Great. (But give me more "..Another You" than Coke jingles.) _________________ "Gopher, Everett?" |
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Bob Blair
From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 4:25 am
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And "World of our Own"! I loved it when that song came on the radio. |
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Mike Winter
From: Portland, OR
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Mike Winter
From: Portland, OR
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Bent Romnes
From: London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 3 Apr 2009 6:28 pm
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All four could sing. What happened to real singers?
I was a fan in my late teens.
Michael, thanks for bringing back the memories! |
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Chip Fossa
From: Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 3 Apr 2009 8:09 pm
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Absolutely one of my all time groups.
Thought they were part of the 'English Invasion' for some time, until I woke up one day and found out they were Aussies. (No matter).
Missing, tho, in the 2 YouTubes I saw (World Of Our Own) & (Another You) - that great 12-string acoustic lead guitar. That was sorely missing in the YouTubes.
But what a group. Huh? Stand-up bass. Beautiful lyrics and melodies; harmonies to die for. Sure took me away.
They did perform, as far as I can recall, just last year on one of those folk/oldies PBS promo shows. And it looked as if all the original members were front and center, especially the lovely female lead singer.
That music is alive and real and unpretentious.
What more can you ask for?
They were and are the very best. Wish they were still doing it.(but everything can not go on forever - tragically, we are all coming to realize this. Damn! _________________ Chip
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John Haspert
From: Illinois, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2022 7:27 pm Judith Durham & the Seekers
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I will also post in the “Gone Home” section. This was an old post that I found. Yes, she had a very distinctive voice that was absolutely great. Yes, the world is in a slightly dimmed light with her passing. _________________ Pedal Steel Guitar is "Music from Heaven" |
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Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 31 Dec 2022 2:50 pm
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Loved them! Judith had a voice like an angel, and their harmony was very well structured, too. Much better than many of the typical folk groups of that era. |
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Steven Cummings
From: Texas
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Posted 1 Jan 2023 10:27 am
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I liked that band a lot _________________ Lookin' on the sunny side.... |
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Brett Day
From: Pickens, SC
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Posted 1 Jan 2023 10:57 pm
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"I'll Never Find Another You" is one of my favorite songs! |
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Joachim Kettner
From: Germany
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Posted 5 Jan 2023 7:26 am
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Kerrilee Male was a friend of Judith Durham and went to England to join the group Eclection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKNiTcwAygU _________________ Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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