Spencer4 - Handbags And Gladrags
Spencer4
Jan 05, 2025 11:36pm
<p>I would like to Thank you, my friend Sue:), for picking a good song for me to cover. You have great taste in music, and I've very much enjoyed this round!</p><p>Thanks again, Madam, you are Awesome!</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iumiHCm_vTg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rod stewart and the stereophonics - handbags and gladrags</a></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"</span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Handbags and Gladrags</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" is a song written in 1967 by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_d%27Abo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mike d'Abo</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, who was then the lead singer of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Manfred Mann</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. D'Abo describes the song as "saying to a teenage girl that the way to happiness is not through being trendy. There are deeper values."</span></p><p><img src="https://artwork.anghcdn.co/?id=131718001&size=640" alt="Manfred Mann - Handbags and Gladrags (Live) | Play on Anghami"></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"In 2001, Welsh rock band </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereophonics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Stereophonics</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> released a version of the song on single. It was subsequently added to their previous album's re-release </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Enough_Education_to_Perform" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>Just Enough Education to Perform</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> as track seven and on their </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade_in_the_Sun:_Best_of_Stereophonics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">first compilation album</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> as the final track.</span></p><p><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5PtqStgrWfc/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Stereophonics - Handbags and Gladrags - Live at The o2 London (HD) 06 March 2020 - YouTube"></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> The band originally recorded their version as a demo "for a laugh", but after the record company heard it they saw the potential of it being a single and subsequently had it commissioned as one. Despite receiving criticism, it became one of their most successful singles; in Ireland, it peaked at number three, and it was certified gold in the UK."</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></span><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/9KU3/582ee3ef65_6AU1_media.gif"></p><p class="ql-align-center"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/LOAE/60c0292264_LTIF_media.gif"></p><p class="ql-align-center"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/9KU3/582ee3ef65_6AU1_media.gif"></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Round 3. Pick a song for your opposite number</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">lady number 1 pick a song for guy number 1</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">#12 SSue's Pick </strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Thank you for Listening!!!</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></strong><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/ACEQ/415e4599f4_BFBR_media.gif"></p><p class="ql-align-center">Thank You ALL!! This Contest was such a Blast!!</p><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><p><br></p>