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Kevin Ayers
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Kent, United Kingdom (1964 – present)
Kevin Ayers a songwriter, musician from Kent, United Kingdom, who was one of a group of avant garde musicians who came together in Canterbury in the 1960’s and developed a whole new approach to the psychedelic, progressive rock genre, known as the canterbury scene. His early work included works with artists like Daevid Allen, David Bedford and Mike Ratledge. Since then Kevin Ayers has written and recorded some of the wittiest and most poignant songs imaginable and has produced more banana related lyrics than anyone ever dreamed possible.
The first serious band was The Wilde Flowers (1964 - 1967) with Hugh Hopper, Robert Wyatt and Richard Sinclair. This early hippie group transformed into Soft Machine. While the Softs went on, others split to form Caravan and Gong. Ayers put together his own band Kevin Ayers & The Whole World featuring Lol Coxhill, David Bedford and a very young Mike Oldfield.
Ayers career is littered with great music and fine collaborations with more fine artists like Danny Thompson, John Cale, Nico, Brian Eno, Ollie Halsall and wizards of twiddly. With 18 albums to his credit Kevin Ayers is the Guru Banana
In 2007, Ayers recorded in a Glasgow studio with long-time admirers Teenage Fanclub, contributions came from Euros Childs from Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, Francis Reader from the trash can sinatras, Robert Wyatt provided his eerie Wyattron in the poignant
Cold Shoulder. Phil Manzanera contributed to the brooding Brainstorm, Hugh Hopper from Soft Machine played bass on the title track Unfairground and Bridget St.
The first serious band was The Wilde Flowers (1964 - 1967) with Hugh Hopper, Robert Wyatt and Richard Sinclair. This early hippie group transformed into Soft Machine. While the Softs went on, others split to form Caravan and Gong. Ayers put together his own band Kevin Ayers & The Whole World featuring Lol Coxhill, David Bedford and a very young Mike Oldfield.
Ayers career is littered with great music and fine collaborations with more fine artists like Danny Thompson, John Cale, Nico, Brian Eno, Ollie Halsall and wizards of twiddly. With 18 albums to his credit Kevin Ayers is the Guru Banana
In 2007, Ayers recorded in a Glasgow studio with long-time admirers Teenage Fanclub, contributions came from Euros Childs from Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, Francis Reader from the trash can sinatras, Robert Wyatt provided his eerie Wyattron in the poignant
Cold Shoulder. Phil Manzanera contributed to the brooding Brainstorm, Hugh Hopper from Soft Machine played bass on the title track Unfairground and Bridget St.
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The Best of Kevin Ayers
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Bananamour
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Shoutbox
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Lord_Krichian wrote:
wicked
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Skimma wrote:
genius! genius! genius!
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adult-child wrote:
android9791: Eno was in the same room with U2 and Coldplay as well - does this make U2 and Coldplay any good? Anyways, K. Ayers is one of the unjustly ignored national treasures of British pop, that's for sure
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Verasigh wrote:
He has lovely voice..so dreamy.....
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android9791 wrote:
i'm thinking he is probably good, if Eno has been in the same room with him...
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Led_Zayatts wrote:
Brilliant music, strange that he isn't well-known.
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adaam2 wrote:
kevin ayers- just getting into his wonderful music. at the tip of the iceberg at the minute. much to listen to!
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fergalmc wrote:
Ahh I see .. although Indonesian and Malay are very similar languages ...so I was close ... thank you!
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adejitna wrote:
it's malay, the song is based on a malaysian folksong. i think it means "because of bandu bandong".
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fergalmc wrote:
Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong?... what the hell does that mean?.. is it Indoneasian ?
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GilmoursAngst wrote:
Sadly, I think Bananamour is his worst....but man! The Unfairground is so good!
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JohnnyMarques wrote:
Parcels with castles inside, women eating cakes, butterfly dances, Ayers is fabulous.
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Nicast wrote:
Banana !
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green_pencil wrote:
so what are his best banana related songs?
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Camascaranga wrote:
WHAT ABOUT ME? WHAT ABOUT ME?
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Actopus wrote:
But you never say that you like me or something nice like that!
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GreenSheep wrote:
YOU SAY YOU LIKE MY SHIRT YOU SAY YOU LIKE MY HAT
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TheDazman wrote:
Mmmm, thank-you very much indeed.
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wilsonthenext wrote:
i´ll think.... every rule is made to break....
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Camascaranga wrote:
Time for a little rediscovery, folks.
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