pacman

Well, I was certainly more of a fan of their early stuff than their later stuff!

Me too. Saw them live in 1969. I was still at school. 

I think 'Hot Rocks' was an excellent album, just abut every song was a hit and really well-done.....I think it was a collection of hits and .45's, no?  Never got into their post-1980 stuff, save for a song or three.  I'll be damned if I will think of this guy's name, but I DID know it at one time  grrrrrrrrr

Hot Rocks? That album was only released in the US. It was their first greatest hits album & Mick & Co didn't want to call it 'Greatest Hits'.

What name was it called in the rest of the world?

Should be easy for the fans. (Not so easy for JaiDee.)

The manager's name I know, too easy for me, ALO, but the name of the song... probably not "Sympathy for the Devil" ? 

I know the guy but it's a long time since I read his name & I am also struggling to recall it.

Thanks to the initials you provided, I remember his first name is Andrew & I remember he has a hyphenated surname. He was 16 or 17 when he became the manager of the Stones. He had great chutzpah to do what he did & he was gone before he was 21. Or very young at the least.

I might recall his surname but that's all that comes to mind at the moment.

Question: What is her nickname for that particular Bass guitar

Based on your clues, I'll guess Marilyn.

I like your modesty Paccers, there are other guys who have been to Los once or twice on an LB holiday and would see themselves as experts in all things about the scene.

Thanks BB. I didn't want to sound like another of those bar room experts who claim to know everything about Thailand. I know enough to know I barely understand the place, hence my reluctance to make claims I can't substantiate. 

Now that you mention it Paccers, in my travels I stumbled across a small amphur somewhere in

Nakhon Pacmon with rather unusual looking kids!

 

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FAAARRRK.

Don't do that to me PD. The thought I might have children back in Issan is something that could haunt my dreams.

Where do we imagine all the farang/Thai babies come from? They are the inevitable result of holiday romances between holiday makers & local girls. And they are the children most likely to turn out katoey.

Think about it....          

He could have said say hello to his own children. Condoms were rarely used & the number of girls who fell pregnant was vast. 

Bangkok had a VD clinic on every corner back then. 

As I wrote in a trip report many years ago when reminiscing about those days  -  "We (a few farangs I met up with) must have fathered entire villages with our exploits."

A thought that sends a shiver down the spine.

Run?

As for the southern boundary of the Caspian Sea, is it Iran?

(Otherwise Iraq, Saddam Hussein had his personal yacht parked there somewhere.)

1976 was my first visit to LOS. I had such a good time I was there twice that year, both times for a month.

I have read that katoeys have been around for hundreds of years. They hold some special position in society. Or they did but I really don't anything about their history. I will leave it for someone better qualified to comment about how long they have been around & their place in society.

Looks familiar.

Couldn't resist also. 

(Am I that predictable?)

Act?

Thanks RX. It's logical & it works.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was from the sixties band Iron Butterfly

Correct Sam.

This place has been in the news a lot recently.

Syria? 

Brian Warner goes by which stage name?

Marilyn Manson?

Not Black Sabbath thanks Willie. And IMO they (Sabbath) are a much better band than these guys. 

Tibet.

Obsessions is the only place I know of in LOS where every drink order is signed by the customer. If there's any dispute they will show you the order & where you signed for it. It has stopped 1000 arguments.

Plus it is owned by a farang who does everything possible to stop overcharging including the installation of a computerised till that tallies exactly with the signed-for orders. 

The one thing he can't do is to step inside his own bar & oversee it himself. As he owns the last major parcel of land in Pattaya not held by a Thai, the police will arrest him & seize his property if he even so much lifts up a glass. They ever installed a camera on a pole outside the entrance so they could monitor him 24 hours a day.

The reason for the camera was given as 'street security'. A good idea except it is the only one anywhere in Pattaya. In a quiet soi, not on Walking Street, just the place you need extra security.

I stand corrected. Thanks...       

Cunt

Love it Sam. There's hope for you yet...          

I always heard it was the slurring of "In the garden of eden".

Yes, a band member was suggesting "in the garden of eden" as a name for new track but he was drunk & that was the best he could do.

C'mon Hefe, you'll kick yourself if you don't remember their name.

There's a Simpsons episode where Bart switches this for the music sheets for the church's elderly organist & she gets possessed by the tune while the congregation sing it, excellent.  

 

Goddammit! I thought I had seen all the episodes of The Simpsons but I haven't seen that show. Thanks, I will look out for it.

Without doubt The Simpsons are the cleverest, most ironic satire on television.....   EVER! 

And so many people just don't get it.....         

But who wrote and produced it? They are mentioned earlier in this thread or was it the band names thread.

They? I don't know of any "they" but Murray Head sang it, I think he wrote it too.

I did look at his background once, he never had another big hit like One Night In Bangkok. But in its day, it was HUGE!!

Angels Disco, yes, that the place. And as a 21 year old back packer who never went there sober, I thought it was one of the best bars in the world. And I can imagine hearing the clip for the first time, you may be wondering what the fuss is about but every year or so I will chance upon it on some oldie radio station & I am instantly transported back there.

I won't blame you for switching off half way but imagine it really loud in Angels with the dance floor full of local girls dancing. And it is dark & hot & there is sex hanging in the air, that's the memory it brings up whenever I hear it. 

OK,  the deal with the Skynyrd boys is that a few of them were in High school together and had a real pain in the ass teacher whose name was Leonard Skinner;  he hated boys with long hair and gave them a lot of shit about it and apparently was a mean SOB.  They bastardized the name a little and came up with Lynyrd Skynyrd.

That's the story I've been trying to remember. I vaguely recalled it was the slurring of someone's real name.

Speaking of strange names, who or what is Innagadadavida & what's the story behind it? And who is the band?

And for bonus points, who is the band named after?

Madonna

 

I believe her Surname is Ciccone  . the first name is maybe Maria but im not 100% but im in with it

 

(Actually i think she has a middle name as well ..like Maria Donna Ciccone)

Isn't her middle name Louise?

Vincent Damon Furnier is who in the world of Rock Stars ?.. in other words whats his Rock Star name ?

 

clue = He lives in Arizona

I think that's Alice Cooper. 

The Philippines is correct NR. Now we just need the other island nation and it's not where I am from but many ladyboys think it's the same same, hint hint... and of course the town on the south coast of England where a famous battle took place also.

Now you've given such a major clue there is no challenge left so just to get this thing wrapped up, the other island nation is Iceland.

You gave me that one BB but as for battle towns, I dunno, is it Hastings? 

And how come I don't remember these names after hearing the song so often?