Was it worth it?
The President Is Positive For Covid 19
I’m sure there is a word for this…..
He will already have started Remdesivir, which might help a bit, and Hydroxychloroquine, which won’t. The oxygen, CPAP machine and Dexamethasone will be ready.
Anything else that might help?
Big Sam
What a berk
Your Introducing the Band classics please
Listening to Black and White by the Stranglers I was reminded of the old rock tradition that is the ‘Introducing the Band’ number, as in the amazingly crass, sexist and quite entertaining number here. It shares many of the defining characteristics of this curious feature of the gig:
It’s not really a song is it, more a throwaway riff with the frontman demonstrating his wit and charisma over the top. Musical genre – riffy blues-rock. Each band member introduced in turn with a hilarious quip that sounds just as spontaneous on the 93rd date of the tour as the opening night (‘Dave Greenfield on his huge swelling organ’) Solos by instruments and players that were never meant to solo (check out Jean-Jacques Burnels ‘bass solo’ here, a masterpiece Some call-and-response riff here (She’s got 36-24-36 hips etc) for the crowd to sing along to.
Baby Drives Me Crazy on Live and Dangerous is another classic of the genre. It’s testament to the power of the seventies double live lp that many of these were committed to vinyl to torment those far away from the front row at the Hope and Anchor or Glasgow Apollo. The Stranglers track was originally on » Continue Reading.