Welcome back my friends to the blog that never ends!

Put the old See For Miles records 10th anniversary sampler on to play this morning, mostly because I hankered after hearing Marsh Hunt’s fabulous cover of “Walk On Gilded Splinters”, which is the second track. I let it carry on playing, and my attention drifted as I got on with few boring weekend tasks… until my ears pricked up again because the Kink’s “Waterloo Sunset” came on, and then the next track started and at the chorus I wondered, from the other room, why the office stereo had decided to play an Oasis song….

Morning all, This one does what it says on the Tin. Enjoy

So where and when do you suppose this could have been taken? Maybe Lulu was in America when FZ was in The Monkees’ “Head”. Or were Lulu and Davy an item at one stage?

http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y448/MrMunkie/FZ%20DavyJ%20Lulu_zpsdowoyrya.jpg

That is the headline on the BBC News pages.

Now, I know that Pete is a bit mutton, but where does he get off telling us when and how long we can listen to music.

…to be of advanced years.

A cursory look at some of the biggest selling acts of that most misunderstood of decades reveals the fact that we’re not talking boy-band or X-Factor territory. Opinion as to their musical merits clearly varies but the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Fleetwood Mac, Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie all had huge-selling cross-generational success at the time. Hard to imagine a similar scenario these days.

Presume it’s because any act able to reach that level in those days had to have ‘put in a shift’ to get there. These days, it’s all changed. Changed utterly…

…for better or worse, natch.

“It’s only a couple of small holes”, the dentist said. “We’ll numb you up and sort you out”. Faced with the biggest needle I have ever seen, and 1 hour of terror later, after endlessly enduring both the drill that goes ‘VWWWEEEEEEEEEE’ and the drill that goes ‘BBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRR’, removing what felt like half my face, only to be told the filling may not last because I have a hairline crack, came the worst extraction of all – 240 quid from my wallet. Kind of got my own back when I was asked to rinse though. With no feeling in one side of my head, and no control over my tongue, I accidentally spat the lot out on the floor. Little victories.

Mustt Mustt I first heard by Qawwali legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Here performed by Kiran Ahluwalia and the deep desert groove masters Tinariwen. Produced by Justin Adams Guitar slinger with Robert Plants Sensational Space Shifters. Justin can be seen in the control booth bopping to the grooves.

I found in the past that posting stuff on a Friday – esp after the pint of no return – tended to generate a fairly heavy response. This was even more successful when Team AW could exercise an opportunity to impress itself with its gargantuan wit. I am consequently MASSIVELY indebted to the Daily Mash for ….

Spurs seeking players whose names slot into Bob Dylan songs

TOTTENHAM chairman Daniel Levy has launched a worldwide search for any player named Roland Stone, Tom Bourineman or Des O’Lation-Rowe.

Levy said: “There’s been a lot of talk this season about Harry Kane’s incredible skill and superb goal-scoring ability. However, the best thing about him, for me, is the way that his name blends seamlessly into the lyrics of Bob Dylan’s 1976 hit Hurricane.

SO Luca Rolinstone Ray Needaywomen Al Alongthewatchtower

Over to you …………and remember I’ve got my own breathalyser

I wasn’t too impressed with Begin Again (by the same director who made Once). A fair 3 star movie, but nothing special. But this scene was gorgeously done. It’s the opening scene of the movie. Keira Knightly is reluctantly pushed to take the stage in a New York bar. The crowd pretty much ignore her as she strums her innocuous little ditty. Except a weirdly attentive Mark Ruffalo by the bar. We then watch a few scenes explaining how Ruffalo got there. Turns out he’s a record producer who’s just been sacked from the company he co-founded. He’s gone out and got mad drunk, got into a couple of arguments and wandered into the bar to carry on drowning his sorrows. Then we see the scene from his perspective… (below in first comment)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOPXDB3pAaA

Pick an act, and then list their albums in descending order of quality (i.e. best at the top). Then others can tell you where you’re wrong.

I’ll start us off – Kate Bush:

Aerial Hounds of Love The Dreaming The Kick Inside 50 Words for Snow Director’s Cut The Sensual World Never for Ever Lionheart The Red Shoes

Over to you…

Following Juniors soulful post I thought I would post from my album of 2104.

Jarrod Lawson is a young white American soul/jazz singer with a knockout voice.

Some of you will clearly point at the Stevie influence but nothing wrong with that.

Classy soul for 2015.

I was planning on posting a bit more soul and funk on the new site as a balance to all the prog but others are doing a sterling job already.

Oh, and great job all in getting the site back up,