Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, fine songwriters all, but let’s face it none of their lyrics can hold a candle to AWOPBOPALOOBOPAWOPBAMBAM!

With this in mind I wish to hear your favorite songs which contain pure gibberish. The whole thing need not be gibberish, but gibber must be prominent. I will start things off with a favorite of mine, Mickey Lee Lane’s “Shaggy Dog.” It features lines like…

“Do the bop, sugar flop til you blow your top Now you stomp, flip flop and you shake your mop Like the frog and the log and the shaggy dog I said a ya ya yaga yaga boom chick a ga ga”

… which we can agree are sheer poetry!

The next box set comes later this year, covering the period 1992 – 2001.

Yesterday my stepson and I took my daughter and her stuff in a rental van to her hall of residence for the start of three years at University. They have the same mother, but she’s been as present and maternal as Thomas Pynchon, though, I suspect, with considerably more violence. So it’s been pretty much me raising my daughter from the start – the discovery of free babyccinos at the Starbucks in Borders where she learned to read; those primary school years which make Motherland look like a sanitised documentary; the switching secondary schools which made such a goddamn difference; the ferrying her to band practice which opened up new worlds; I could go on. I’ve known yesterday was coming. I’m already prone to tearing up at the passing of time: I was going to link to Abba’s Slipping Through My Fingers, but even just writing that title took me twenty minutes. So here’s the thing, the zinger. Because of the covids, she’s had the equivalent of two gap years, and in that time, gloriously, her independence has grown exponentially. Big circle of friends, out and about all the time, all marvellous, all the age appropriate developmental stages, though poignant » Continue Reading.

Im not as frequent a visitor to the AW as I used to be but this is still a site that remains important to me. I was thinking the other day, for no good reason, about some of the things that have really grabbed me here and we do have some very talented wordsmiths. The one that that has stuck with me was on the thread I started a few years ago about songs that have a special and personal meaning and @Chiz wrote a hauntingly beautiful piece based around Paul Simon’s ‘America’. Im pasting it below and the point of this thread is to celebrate the best of the AW -whether it be poignant or funny (or both). So come on make your fellow AfterWorders blush with pride or embarrassment and post it again here.

This is the piece that Chiz wrote:

When I was 17 I found myself, through no conscious effort on my part, going out with the prettiest girl in the school. I was in a band and had a car, and she was quite short-sighted; maybe that was it. Our music tastes met in the middle – Japan, Ultravox, Human League, » Continue Reading.

Lots of rumours in the Irish press about his regular promoter trying to get dates at Croke Park in late April.

Not sure why as Croke Park is a shit venue for concerts (dreadful sound ruined the gig the last time he was on there in 2016) and late April is hardly the best time of year in Ireland rain wise.

Would have thought two sets of weekend shows at Slane Castle later in the summer would be much better.

Then there’s the fact that, despite the fiasco that happened last time they booked him at CP*, Garth Brooks and his hat want to do a run of gigs there.

Anyone else heard about this?

* The venue only allows four. non-consecutive gigs each year and Brooks promoters went ahead and booked five straight nights which then never happened

My nice RHA TrueConnect ear buds don’t work well with my phone – which led me to wonder about the different versions of Bluetooth and how they affect audio quality and usability. Any thoughts?

I bought the deluxe version.

Had a listen to all 5 discs. Stunning. Certainly you are not missing much music wise with the first 2 discs but the last 3. Wow. Great sound crystal clear vocals and great versions. Lovely to hear some Mick Taylor solos

As these songs evolve – I found myself singing one song and then switching to another as he has reapplied a section to another song.

I was never a fan of Tight Connection. A bit too quick and poppy but this version and Someone’s Gotta hold. If they were released I reckon he would be paying a fair royalty to Lou Reed for the appropriation of the Sweet Jane riff.

Interesting period. There’s a nice uncluttered version of Senor but not much from Street Legal. Not top of the bootleg series but plenty to enjoy.

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After some initial trepidation re quality of pressings, I was delighted with the Beatles collection that Deagostini did a few years ago – yes, there was some tat involved (a Beatles turntable mat, anyone?) but the records were decent value overall (especially the triple album pressings of the Anthologies and At The BBC, which were only £24.99). So on seeing a TV advert for a similar Dylan collection* I must admit ‘I’m in’. And the extra £2 an issue for a Pro-ject turntable looks a right good bargain too, so count me in for that also. * I notice no Dylan though. Or Knocked Out Loaded. Or Christmas In The Heart. There may be others too

https://www.dylanvinyl.com/index

I thought Black Celebration’s thread deserved a little twin!

It’s more often that I will refuse to buy a record that had been raved about and had five star reviews. And I suppose a lot of the time I’m just being stubborn and wanting to be my own man (man).

Some that spring to mind for me are: – Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run – Oasis – any album! (and I think I was right with that, from the songs of theirs I know) – Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly – Joni MItchell – Blue (although I should really give that a go, to be fair).

I think they’ve nailed it. Every position correct

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767

New album from the YIABW hitmakers is a beautiful thing. Full of woozy, unhurried, atmospheric sketches. In the style of a pretentious wine drinker I’m getting hints of Eno, a definite flavour of Air and a waft of Massive Attack. The reviews have been great. Could it be their best work after a mere 30 years together?

Am off to Brittany via the ferry next week for 2 weeks of good food and wine and a chance to catch up on my cd and book backlog. I need your help as to the situation Covid-wise as everywhere I look seems to say something different. We are both double-jabbed. Any of you been there recently and can confirm what the current requirements are ? Thanks

Does anyone else doze off and become mildly aroused when dreaming of naming exotic chalet bungalows?

It seems Rick Astley is playing some gigs composed entirely of Smiths’ songs…

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.nme.com/news/music/watch-blossoms-and-rick-astley-team-up-to-cover-the-smiths-3044696%3ffbclid=IwAR3o4DcGRMlY_eqsnym5u1I9y7mIw06q4I0ls3M9saiPqUVUXw-dZHhn9m0&amp