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Honeysuckle’s bloomin’ on the honeysuckle vine

We were wrong, and the classic Gillan video bonanza continues unabashedly. In this instalment: frenetic miming to New Orleans at the Top of the Pops, dated March 26th, 1981.

Thanks to steve4422 for the vigilance.

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Posted by Nick on Saturday, March 8th, 2025, filed under Blog. You can follow comment on this post through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a comment. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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7 Comments to “Honeysuckle’s bloomin’ on the honeysuckle vine”:

  1. 1
    Karin Verndal says:

    Amazing 🤩
    So full of lust for life 🥰

    March 9th, 2025 at 00:53
  2. 2
    Uwe Hornung says:

    The 1960 original, it was a dance number:

    https://youtu.be/8tgAqnIqT1I

    Another cover of it – from 1968 by someone who also penned songs for Purple:

    https://youtu.be/zMDzwZ2jsKg

    Listening to both, ole Neil took more liberties reinterpreting it than GILLAN, they basically just added the metal descending chords towards the end of their version, but otherwise stuck to the Gary U.S. Bonds template.

    Don’t knock Neil, I like him.

    March 9th, 2025 at 01:50
  3. 3
    John says:

    I love it!. It’s exciting &100% awesome. There’s nothing more that needs to be said. So there.

    March 9th, 2025 at 01:58
  4. 4
    Adel Faragalla says:

    I wish one of those voice experts on YouTube could do a clip on analysing when and where did Ian Gillan reached the peak of his vocal power.
    For me this song sounds like the peak of Ian Gillan vocal power and spectrum.
    I think this is much harder to sing than child in time or Lucille
    Pure Madness and Madness at its best 😁
    Peace ✌️

    March 9th, 2025 at 08:33
  5. 5
    Karin Verndal says:

    @2

    Imo, both the original and Neil Diamonds versions are nothing compared to Gillan!
    I mean Ian’s voice suck all life and courage out of the two you link to 😄😄

    @3 Agree John, wholeheartedly 💜

    March 9th, 2025 at 12:20
  6. 6
    Steve says:

    What a fantastic band !
    You never knew where to look with Gillan …so much character and charisma
    https://youtu.be/GK1zZ8Ph09w?si=Zfb3gt_U32TII2LD

    Here is Hadely Bop Bop …Bop.. Bop
    Live !
    It seems all this Gillan mania is having the desired effect …the boxed set is sold out on Amazon !
    I think some people have got it and it’s supposed to be available..ill keep looking I guess

    March 9th, 2025 at 14:48
  7. 7
    Uwe Hornung says:

    Come on, it’s “Junger Mann zum Mitreisen gesucht!”fairground music/Autoscootermusik. IG even said so himself when he mentioned that when he and the band visited a fairground, the owner of one of the fast rides played it over and over for them while they were rollercoasting along.

    I pride myself in the fact that when I took my children (when they were still small) to fairgrounds, other parents would always have their children hand me their admission tickets/chips thinking I worked at one of the rides! 😂 I obviously looked the part.

    March 9th, 2025 at 16:44

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