Although not too familiar with Tony Bank’s solo career, his work with Genesis is nothing short of outstanding. If he had never done anything else, his piano intro, and synthesisers on Firth of Fifth, would mark […]

Very much looking forward to this on Prime, although I wish I’d have known it was in the cinema yesterday. I recently read the accompanying book which came out at the end of last year. Wings-The Story of a Band on […]

Ha! So we’re Brothers in Arms then…Oops, that might be another one to consider for this thread. Bloody Charlene, not just a one hit wonder, but a dreadful one hit wonder, who rained on our parade. That summer […]

A couple from Phil, plus a stinker from his mate Rod. Sussudio A Groovy Kind of Love Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? Also:- Cliff Richard- Millennium Prayer Elton John- Candle in the Wind 1997 Michael Jackson- […]

That Charlene record is awful, but unfortunately I have a connection to it. It was only Number 1 for one week, and that was the same week I got married. I couldn’t have picked a worse song to be my wedding week […]

There are more Questions than Answers.

That’s a beautiful looking bike Twang!

Thanks Freddy for your kind words. If there’s one consolation to this situation, it’s that my mother-in-law has reached a ripe old age, and has had a full and healthy life. Your sister was taken from you far too […]

Late to the party as usual, but like they say, better late than never. I can’t believe how quick this thread seems to come around. That reminds me how quick time flies, and that some of us of a certain age, really […]

This is the reason that Rick’s channel is one of the best on YouTube. His recent interviews with Ken Scott and Glyn Johns were just wonderful.

I bought Shamrock Diaries on it’s release, mainly because I loved the singles Stainsby Girls, and Josephine. I haven’t played it for ages. Will have to give it a listen.

Thanks for writing this. I love stories like this and it makes you realise that it’s a fine line between failure and success for a struggling artist. This song also reminds me of my youngest brother, who loved […]

Anyone playing the whamageddon game, I would advise you to avoid BBC2 from 9 o’clock tonight as they are showing 3 hours plus of George Michael and Wham, including at 10.15 the story of Last Christmas. Don’t say […]

Thanks very much, will check him out.

I quite liked Aneka.

Yes, I remember those 70s shows very much. A great time to be a child I would say, as they don’t make shows like that anymore. Talking about the Sunsets, I looked them up online, and they seem to have had more […]

It’s funny you mentioning Shaky, as I was talking to his nephew just last week. Shaky, or Michael Barrett as he was born, grew up just a mile or so away from where I live. He was from a huge family, the youngest […]

At the start of the month, both myself and my wife came down with covid. It really knocked us for six, and it’s the roughest I’ve been for about 20 years, when I last had the flu. I only read one book, but it […]

So sorry to hear this awful story. There really are some very dodgy and nasty people out there. The same thing happened to my in-laws a few years ago, but nothing as bad as what you’ve been through. It still shook […]