tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771251997362421942.post392679206365393002..comments2023-10-25T07:15:13.725-07:00Comments on Tigers of Love: Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some ActionGalen Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05874798999047903643noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771251997362421942.post-11549299853451169912011-09-15T14:55:19.175-07:002011-09-15T14:55:19.175-07:00It's where Badfinger meets Big Star...peppered...It's where Badfinger meets Big Star...peppered with a dash of Mersey. Although I would have wished greater success from this album both commercially as well as monetarily, I feel (selfishly) that it has kept its luster purely because of it's low-level of public notoriety. So much great music has been bastardized...this remains unspoiled.R.Treacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805373795481428353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771251997362421942.post-64734376182694684072011-01-30T01:07:34.372-08:002011-01-30T01:07:34.372-08:00a standard to shot for as far as merseybea...a standard to shot for as far as merseybeat bands are concerned. equal to or better then big star, The Knack, plimsouls. the shoeshuskyfrkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757527189947166859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771251997362421942.post-19295548621162682692011-01-30T01:07:26.013-08:002011-01-30T01:07:26.013-08:00a standard to shot for as far as merseybea...a standard to shot for as far as merseybeat bands are concerned. equal to or better then big star, The Knack, plimsouls. the shoeshuskyfrkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757527189947166859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771251997362421942.post-90828985220422927022011-01-30T01:06:51.059-08:002011-01-30T01:06:51.059-08:00they set the standard for merseybeat bands, ...they set the standard for merseybeat bands, ahead of the knack , and the rest of the skinney tie set. a very much underrated songwriting team of jordan/wilson. only now in 2010 and 11 are the groovies getting airplay on little stevens show.. 30 years too late.huskyfrkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757527189947166859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771251997362421942.post-30575263695704301022007-07-23T04:12:00.000-07:002007-07-23T04:12:00.000-07:00Shake Some Action was the Flamin’ Groovies finest ...Shake Some Action was the Flamin’ Groovies finest hour - fact. A great, and sadly underrated, band that should rightly have been a garlanded success rather than a celebrated footnote to music history. <BR/><BR/>However, ex-front man, Chris Wilson is going back into the studio very soon to start work on a new album. For more details see: www.flamin-groovy.comKing Womblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862737364341990643noreply@blogger.com