--- John van Tiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Last - or as he was called here James Overlast > (Dutch for noise > pollution) - was/is a German band leader who has > been running a very > successful show for over 35 years here. In the 70s > he was a downright > phenomenon in Germany, Holland, Belgium and, I > believe, the Scandinavian > countries.
John, I don't think I've read anything this funny in a long time! I remember James Last - he was kind of popular over here for a while. I might have heard him the year I spent in Quebec City, where a lot of the music you hear is European (although mostly French, of course.) but then again, it could have been here in Toronto. I certainly remember the look - esp. after you described him to a T. And whoever mentioned the style of the music (?) that's it too - all instrumental with vocalists doing a lot of da-da-dah stuff. Exactly the kind of stuff you might expect your parents to listen to (ha ha!) Or what you might hear if you decided to go drinking in some oom-pa-pa bar. The Netherlands can be forgiven for its part in syrupy music - they made up for it with chocolate and cheese, and some guy named John that everyone seems to call Uncle. ______________________________________________________________________ Web-hosting solutions for home and business! http://website.yahoo.ca
