Crispen "I'm better than the Beatles" St Peters - dead.
TheWalrusWasDanny
sinking under the weight of his own ego. Having achieved a number two
hit in January 1966 with his self-penned song, You Were on my Mind, he
declared that he was a better songwriter than Lennon and McCartney and
would be bigger than Elvis Presley. Unfortunately his second effort,
The Pied Piper, only reached number five. Undismayed he gave an
interview to a music magazine in which he said he was a more exciting
live performer than The Beatles, thereby earning himself the nickname
"The Cassius Clay of Pop". Born Robin Peter Smith, he began writing
songs at the age of 11 and had a stint as one half of a touring duo
called The Two Tories. The Pied Piper was to be his last hit.
(from the BBC site)
Danny
AllaBest
wrote:
Len Barry, who had been with The Dovells and had hits with them as
lead singer like "Bristol Stomp", "The Continental", "Hully Gully
Baby" and "You Can't Sit Down", and solo hits like "1-2-3" and "Like A
Baby" said something very similar. I remember it pissed me off at the
time for dismissing The Beatles was just not something that was to be
done.
Eric Ramon
why I've never liked REM
“I've always referred to the Beatles as elevator music, because that's
exactly what they were.” - Michael Stipe
Eric Ramon
wrote:
BBC is wrong if they say he wrote You Were On My Mind. That's an Ian
and Sylvia song. Interestingly, although it was his biggest hit in
England, Pied Piper is what we know him from over here, so to say
"unfortunately....only reached number five" understates the success of
the record.
What'd he die of? Old age? Was 70 or so.
The Nice Mean Man
wrote:
Never even heard of her. Was she a lesbian...?
globular
> On Jul 1, 2:08 pm, TheWalrusWasDanny <dannyisthewal...@tesco.net>
> wrote:
>> A singer of a different kind, Crispian St Peters found his career
>> sinking under the weight of his own ego. Having achieved a number two
>> hit in January 1966 with his self-penned song, You Were on my Mind, he
>> declared that he was a better songwriter than Lennon and McCartney and
>> would be bigger than Elvis Presley. Unfortunately his second effort,
>> The Pied Piper, only reached number five. Undismayed he gave an
>> interview to a music magazine in which he said he was a more exciting
>> live performer than The Beatles, thereby earning himself the nickname
>> "The Cassius Clay of Pop". Born Robin Peter Smith, he began writing
>> songs at the age of 11 and had a stint as one half of a touring duo
>> called The Two Tories. The Pied Piper was to be his last hit.
>>
>> (from the BBC site)
>>
>> Danny
>
> BBC is wrong if they say he wrote You Were On My Mind. That's an Ian
> and Sylvia song.
Thanks, the version by We Five was a hit earlier than Crispian St.
Peters and the one I am most familiar with.
Jeff
Yeah, but 70 these days isn't that old.
Stephen X. Carter
<yourimag...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Yeah, but 70 these days isn't that old.
Ringo is 70 next week.
--
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Jeff
> On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 02:01:55 -0700 (PDT), Jeff
>
>
> >Yeah, but 70 these days isn't that old.
>
> Ringo is 70 next week.
>
> --
> steve.hat.stephencarter.not.com.but.net
> Nothing is Beatle Proof!!
> Mr Kite posters and more athttp://www.zazzle.co.uk/mr_kite*
He'll live to be 100 like Paul.
marcus
Anytime anyone declares they are better than, or are going to be the
next, Beatles, it's the kiss of death, from the Bay City Rollers to
Oasis to the disappointing career of Eddie Murphy(who declared that he
was "The Beatles of Comedy".
marcus
Ditto...same goes for Jackson Browne.
Any music personbality who disses The Beatles is just expressing their
own insecurity, jealousy, and lack of judgement.
The Nice Mean Man
>
> - Show quoted text -
Go away. We don't like you and we don;t like your fucked up ideas....
The Nice Mean Man
AllaBest
I like Marcus, and his ideas always seem "right on" to me!
Eric Ramon
> marcus <marcus...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > ³I've always referred to the Beatles as elevator music, because that's
> > > exactly what they were.² - Michael Stipe-
>
> > Ditto...same goes for Jackson Browne.
>
> heard that one.
>
> > Any music personbality who disses The Beatles is just expressing their
> > own insecurity, jealousy, and lack of judgement.
>
> at least, a grouchy feeling that it is overrated).
>
> Your nutty self-righteousness is just SO consistent. Anyone who has a
> different opinion from you must have some fatal character flaw. And it's
> probably going to involve "jealousy."
>
> Reality check: It is not "wrong" to dislike Beatles music.
funny enough, I also don't like Todd Rundgren because he dissed some
Todd Rundgren songs that I like.
and naturally, and contradicting this particular prejudice, I just
disregard John Lennon's criticisms of his own Beatle songs
("*especially* Strawberry Fields!")
rwalker
wrote:
> "The Beatles of Comedy".
That title belongs to Monty Python.
The Nice Mean Man
>
> - Show quoted text -
Go away. We don't like YOU and we don't like you fucked up IDEALS.
The Nice Mean Man
> marcus <marcus...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > exactly what they were.² - Michael Stipe-
>
> > Ditto...same goes for Jackson Browne.
>
> heard that one.
>
> > own insecurity, jealousy, and lack of judgement.
>
> at least, a grouchy feeling that it is overrated).
>
> Your nutty self-righteousness is just SO consistent. Anyone who has a
> different opinion from you must have some fatal character flaw. And it's
> probably going to involve "jealousy."
>
> Reality check: It is not "wrong" to dislike Beatles music.
Kinda of figured that out already, have we not?
The Nice Mean Man
> On Jul 3, 2:39 pm, poisoned rose <pro...@realitychex.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > marcus <marcus...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > ³I've always referred to the Beatles as elevator music, because that's
> > > > exactly what they were.² - Michael Stipe-
>
> > > Ditto...same goes for Jackson Browne.
>
> > Did Browne make some notorious anti-Beatles comment? I guess I haven't
> > heard that one.
>
> > > Any music personbality who disses The Beatles is just expressing their
> > > own insecurity, jealousy, and lack of judgement.
>
> > Or more likely, expressing their simple *dislike of Beatles music* (or
> > at least, a grouchy feeling that it is overrated).
>
> > Your nutty self-righteousness is just SO consistent. Anyone who has a
> > different opinion from you must have some fatal character flaw. And it's
> > probably going to involve "jealousy."
>
> > Reality check: It is not "wrong" to dislike Beatles music.
>
> funny enough, I also don't like Todd Rundgren because he dissed some
> Todd Rundgren songs that I like.
>
LOL...!!