Might inspire debate.

Then again might just wile away a few minutes/hours (days?)

https://www.wired.com/2016/10/lets-obsess-intricate-map-alt-music-history/

or the belief that one song must follow another. As a result of listening to the same tapes on a Walkman and in the car for several years, my ears are now pre-programmed to expect certain songs to start once the dying notes of another finish.

As The Damned’s Love Song finishes, there should be no more than a second before the opening burst of Eloise As a result of several months continually listening to The Jam’s Snap, Man In The Cornershop MUST follow the closing refrain of Start Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper can only be followed by Uriah Heep – Easy Livin’, or the world might implode (maybe not, but it feels like it) The Byrds – Eight Miles High must always follow Focus – Hocus Pocus, and from the same album (a compilation called Back On The Road), Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser will be followed by The Nice – America (although The Byrds and Nirvana are next to each other on the compilation, there is lughole expectation on my part) And then there is the 3 song run of Sham 69 – Angels With Dirty Faces, UK Subs – Stranglehold and Cockney Rejects – » Continue Reading.

The most obvious example of this is probably Another Brick In The Wall Part II, featuring pupils Islington Green School. The school received a one-off payment of £1000, and no royalties. A change of copyright law in 1996 meant they were entitled to royalty payments, and they were tracked down via Friend Re-United.

Others? Was the use of Mickey Gallagher’s kids to re-record Career Opportunities an inspired piece of “art”, or just a piece of filler-fluff to pad out Sandinista? Roy Wood was helped by Miss Snob and Class 3C (or more properly the Stockland Green Bilateral School Choir) when he yearned for it to be Yule continuously. And the kids are concerned for the future of Grocer Jack in Keith West’s Excerpt From A Teenage Opera. And then there is St Winifreds School Choir – the only group to be One Hit Wonders twice (albeit, first time round they were uncredited and obviously fetured different children). First time was backing Brian and Michael’s art history song Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs. The second was every Gran’s Christmas Present in 1980 “There’s No-One Quite Like Grandma” – it took the death of a Beatle to dislodge this saccharine-infused » Continue Reading.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvPIvoJkmGs

Well this might fill in a few gaps in the knowledge …

It seems that every band , sooner or later, will be getting the DVD Documentary treatment. Next up (in October) – Oasis. It is an official documentary (ie made with the full co-operation of the band) from the producers of the Amy Winehouse and Ayrton Senna docos.

Is there a band that is both AW Friendly and AW Unfriendly? I think Oasis might be that band. Past experience shows that they really split the audience here.

After the googly eyes album covers, now look at the “fun” that can be had with a magic marker

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Radio City is an album that is in every “Essential Albums” list. And it’s been appearing in these lists for as long as I can remember. Yes, I know (and love) “September Girls” (who doesn’t?) but have never – until this week – owned either Radio City or #1 Record. Since arriving on Monday, nothing else has passed through my speakers. Jeez, it’s bloody fantastic. I’m sure there should be a law that states: “If you want to listen to some Big Star, you must listen from Track 1 of #1 Record to the final track of Radio City without a break”.

So fellow dwellers of this corner of the interweb – please forgive my oversight but I have finally arrived on Planet Big Star.

I got 5 and then got bored – I’ll probably go back later

Frustrating, annoying, but ultimately satisfying when you do finally get one right

http://www.guessagain.co.uk/

Facebook News Feed – Top Stories or Most Recent? and does it really matter?

My OCD brain says it should be Most Recent – things in chronolgical order make so much more sense, rather than a Facebook created algorythm that decides what I want to see (interspersed with about 9 million adverts (or “Suggested Posts”). The control freakery part of my brain (which sits next to the OCD part) says I’m missing some breaking news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8CT8XErlDI

After last years please to The Foo Fighters, the Rockin’ 1000 return with a mass playalong and singalong of one of Mr Bowie’s finest

Yes, it’s back.

The most important Football competition on the internet. It is the coveted Afterword Premier League where you could win this virtual trophy – yours to download and show off for a whole year.

The Afterword and Afterword Head to Head Leagues setup (again)

Head To Head: 169330-54830 Classic: 169330-54903

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https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/home

What if it was raining on 6 July 1957, and Paul McCartney decided not to bother going to Woolton Village Fete?

What if Mick Jagger had been carrying albums by Jim Reeves and Perry Como rather than Chuck Berry and The Best of Muddy Waters when Keith Richards saw him at Dartford Train Station?

What if Bob Dylan had not fallen of his motorbike?

What if Joe Strummer thought the Sex Pistols were “a bit rubbish” when they supported the 101’ers

Wnat if Lemmy had not been kicked out of Hawkwind?

What if Ronnie Wood had not been at that party with Mick Jagger the night Mick Taylor left The Stones?

What if, What if, What if … none of it happened, but we can always speculate how different (or not) the world may have been

Sainsbury claim to now have an 8% Market Share of all Vinyl Sales. Yes, it’s another story about supermarkets and their surprise by the popularity of vinyl sales.

The one line that didn’t sound correct somehow though was: More than two million LPs were sold in Britain in 2015, which the BPI says could be the most since at least 1994 – the year of Oasis, Bon Jovi and The Beautiful South.

OK, 1994 saw Carry On Up The Charts nestle on just about everybody’s coffee table. But Oasis were still a year away from selling by the shedload, and Bon Jovi’s contribution was a Greatest Hits set – likely to be bought in big numbers, but more likely to be on CD than vinyl.

Now, anyone got a Pink Vinyl copy of Sound Affects, or do I have to scour ebay for a copy at a vastly inflated price (its like Record Store Day wall over again)

http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/94056#Z0LuiIhjrqS7wFKi.01

Is there a more worthwhile way of spending 25 minutes on a Bank Holiday Monday?

The BBC considered the return of Top Gear to be that important, it provided an ‘x days to go’ countdown leading up to last nights first show. All the elements were there – the aircraft hanger, the track, the audience, the cars liberally distributed in the studio, the special guests (in a Rally car, rather than a Reasonably Priced car (see what they did there)), and a preposterous challenge to drive from one end of the country to another in a (possibly) unsuitable vehicle. In short, the format remains just the people fronting it have changed. And therein lies the difficulty for me – it felt too formulaic, too forced and very disjointed. Part of the appeal, and success, of the previous incarnation was it was basically 3 mates dicking about doing daft things in cars. Yes, much of it was contrived, but the way it was presented and the relationship and comfort of The Oaf, The Short One and The Posh One added something to the proceedings. OK, its the first show, and the banter, camaraderie and comfort of the presenters and the presentation may well improve in coming weeks. Chris Evans Dodge Viper report just felt like an » Continue Reading.

This book may be worth further investigation.We all know the iconic covers, but what of the photos that weren’t used? Maybe that’ll be the next re-issue/anniversary Project – more remastering with new cover art.

Interesting? I think so, but then I find interest in the most mundane of things

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/16/album-covers-book-outtakes-photoshoots-blondie-david-bowie-the-specials-70s-80s-pop

Posted by a Sunderland supporting friend of mine. He is in a strangely good mood – no idea why

The Black Crowes album Shake Your Money Maker bears striking similarities to The Stones 70s sound. As does The New York Dolls debut album, complete with David Johnassens ‘Jagger in Drag’ look and Johnny Thunders Keith-esque wastedness. Not content with nicking the sound of The Stones on “Movin’ On Up”, Primal Scream went one stage further on their next album and nicked the title too (“Rocks Off”). They repeated the trick with “Country Girl” which also has a touch of Faces about it. Ahh, Faces … “Stay With Me” could well have come from the Stones early 70s catalogue (and I’m sure this is more to do with Ronnie Wood than any form of plagarising/copying on the part of Rod and the lads). Indeed, Faces had two albums in the shops before The Stones rock-phase proper commenced with Sticky Fingers, so maybe (just maybe) The Stones took the lead from Faces? But I digress …

For me, it comes down to a choice between Black Crowes “Jealous Again” and The Dandy Warhols “Bohemian Like You”, with The Dandy Warhols winning in extra time (despite it being a terrible name for a band)

Really? or is it just a big publicity stunt?

Malcolm McLaren was a jumped up Barrow Boy who thrived on being contradictory and causing chaos (and riding on the backs of others for his own gain). His son seems to have inherited much of his attitudes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35819847

I visited Bristol today and sought out Fopp. 30 minutes later I exited the shop and had bought … nothing.

I’m really not feeling myself today