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Faygo Kid

(21,478 posts) Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:11 PM Apr 2015

RIP, Percy Sledge. And thanks.

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RIP, Percy Sledge. And thanks. (Original Post) Faygo Kid Apr 2015 OP

"loving eyes can never see" irisblue Apr 2015 #1

Percy... Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #2

I spent one year in a French lycee (high school) in 65-66 aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2015 #3

Me? American School of Paris. Same time, radio station. Similar memories. Kip Humphrey Apr 2015 #5

I went for one year to the American College in Paris in 1968-69 aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2015 #6

That may have been the band I remember... Kip Humphrey Apr 2015 #7

Sadly, YOUTUBE doesn't have the scene.. radiclib Apr 2015 #4

irisblue

(32,974 posts)

1. "loving eyes can never see"

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:18 PM

Apr 2015

ah yes

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

2. Percy...

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:18 PM

Apr 2015

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)

3. I spent one year in a French lycee (high school) in 65-66

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:39 PM

Apr 2015

in Marseille, France and late at night I'd listen to the hit parade coming from radio Luxembourg broadcast in English. That's where I first heard this tune and they were playing it often. Great tune. Rest in peace Mr. Sledge.

Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts)

5. Me? American School of Paris. Same time, radio station. Similar memories.

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 08:05 PM

Apr 2015

Cheers! ...and thank you, Percy. I especially remember slow dancing to that tune at the Junior/Senior prom (my girl friend was a Junior; I was not) in the Eiffel Tower's mezzanine ballroom. VERY memorable!

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)

6. I went for one year to the American College in Paris in 1968-69

Reply to Kip Humphrey (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 08:22 PM

Apr 2015

on the Quai D'Orsay. It was my freshman year of college after which I returned to the States. The American School of Paris I believe is a high school, right? I remember seeing American students from that school who had formed a four-piece rock band appearing on French TV in 1969 to play a tune they'd written. Your prom sounds like a wonderful memory.

Kip Humphrey

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7. That may have been the band I remember...

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 08:42 PM

Apr 2015

Were two of the band members twins? Oh, and yes, ASP was an elementary thru high school. At the time it was located in the Chateau Du Berry.

Those were WILD times! We lived in St Cloud, up the hill from the American military's high school. I was not a military brat, used to sneak into the PX though. Our "General" was General Mills Inc. (my dad was there to introduce Europeans to Betty Crocker and Cheerios!). We were there when De Gaul kicked out the American military so those were some trying times to be an American (kid) in Paris.

radiclib

(1,811 posts)

4. Sadly, YOUTUBE doesn't have the scene..

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:59 PM

Apr 2015

..from "The Commitments", but here's the quote (in the confessional, with the old priest)
Steve Clifford: [in confessional] Used to, when I studied I would sing hymns, but now all I can sing is "When A Man Loves A Woman" by Marvin Gaye
Father Molloy: Percy Sledge.
Steve Clifford: What?
Father Molloy: It was Percy Sledge did that particular song. I have the album.
Steve Clifford: Oh…

Much funnier with the brogue…"Parcy.."

RIP Mr. Sledge.

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