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Good to see Tony acknowledged here at the HH forum. You're right, he was one of those voices that we grew up on, and that seeped into our musical appreciation whether we wanted it to or not. My only Tony-related story concerns a Gilbert O'Sullivan gig I attended about ten years ago (climaxing with an extraordinary Abba-meets-Can trancelike twelve-minute version of 'Get Down', if you're looking for 'gnostic'...) - Gilbert mentioned how Tony's agent contacted him to say that Mr Bennett loved his song 'We Will', and wanted to cover it. But they wanted to check over the lyrics first. A copy of the words was duly dispatched - the agent replied after giving them the once-over, saying "yeah, we love the song - but there's a line we just don't understand. What the hell does 'I bagsy being in goal' mean?"
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