Even music fans who aren’t fans of Massive Attack seem to appreciate them and when this song popped up on Spotify the other day I thought to myself ‘this might just be the coolest song ever recorded and I think everyone might agree’ The only other contender that came to mind was something by Steely Dan off either Aja or Gaucho, but they are as hated as they are loved so I’m not sure they would get many votes on here. But anyway, enough of my rambling, what do you think? Am I wrong, or could I possibly be right? And if [as I suspect] I am wrong, then what IS the coolest song ever recorded?

This was posted by BC Camplight today

(Please add your own f**ks in the comments. It’s good for you).

I know there is a lot of love for Prefab Sprout here, so some of you will be interested to know that Sony are beginning a re-issue campaign with “remastered vinyl editions of 1984 debut Swoon, along with 1988’s From Langley Park To Memphis, the sumptuous 1990 album Jordan: The Comeback and 1991 best of, A Life Of Surprises.”

CD-based deluxe editions with extra tracks are also expected.

‘Dropping’ on August 30th, they are available to pre-order now.

http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/prefab-sprouts-reissue-campaign-confirmed-by-vinyl-reissue-listings/

A ‘Breaking News’ banner just popped up on the BBC News website saying that Prodigy member Keith Flint has died, aged 49. No other information available just now.

An unfortunately slight, but nevertheless interesting video interview with the Sproutmeister can be found on the BBC website. But you don’t need to look for it, just click the link.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4kd2gNLqDQdKwTvnRb8Jw8q/hot-dog-jumping-frog-albuquerque-the-pop-genius-behind-the-strangest-lyric-of-the-1980s

The extract in the first comment is from the newest [unpublished] book by a famous author.

I was excite when I saw that [she/he] has a new book on the way and thought that it’s one to watch out for.

But then I read the ‘sneak peek’

I was disappoint. But am I being too critical? After all, taking lines out of context and judging them is harsh, no?

I welcome your thoughts

[and should you know who wrote the lines, please don’t give it away]

Amazingly the world continues to exist today, and these are some of the stories I found interesting whilst perusing the internet. Your thoughts are encouraged [links to articles in comments]

If you have a song that’s exciting you as we hurtle into 2019, please share it here. I’ll start with this. I wasn’t taken with his breakthrough hit ‘Take Me To Church ‘ although I appreciated his vocal on the track, but this song has hit me hard. I think it’s exceptional.

If you would be so kind, I’m compiling a playlist of songs for a friend and it’s turned into ‘Songs About Fishing’ I currently have two 1. Van Morrison – ‘And It Stoned Me’ & 2. Chas & Dave – ‘Wonder Where He Is Now’. If you could help me out with further suggestions that would be just super!

Or, if you prefer, come up with a clever pun on pop star names, for example, Johnny Marmite [gedditt?] Think you can do better? Go on then

Ryan Adams sounds, for the most part, like Ryan Adams. Ok, he has gone ‘off piste’ many times with his unofficial output, but on record you pretty much know what you’re gonna get and the same is true of most artists. But back in 2001 his band Whiskeytown released their album ‘Pneumonia’. Track nine was a song called ‘Paper Moon’. which is notable for sounding like nothing else in his catalogue, so much so that I would argue that you would be hard pressed to identify the artist if you heard it ‘blind’. Can you think of any other examples like this? Remember that Richard Thompson techno track that closed his last album, or the Manic’s foray into skiffle? Any more?