The mistake here is referencing the NME for anything at all post 1983ish. Some would say earlier.

I mean other publications would have made you aware of this album without the NME bollocks, especially tiresome at this time.

Surely Common People wore out it’s welcome years ago. Rudimentary music. Some good lyrics, not much more. Always thougt Babies was one of Pulp’s best. They have others better than CP too. Year 2000 for one.

I thank you. 😊

Stormy sex lives? Featuring a certain Donald? I’ll give it a miss.

I could have been more generous to The Killers. They do good pop, or did. Not sure if newer material cuts it.

True.

There was a bit of a thing with new guitar music at that time that was quite refreshing. You had Franz Ferdinand, Killers, The Strokes, Razorlight, Libertines, Kaiser Chiefs etc. Some made decent debut albums but […]

Yes because rockstars so rarely resort to posing. *sideways look to camera*

Look at it from their angle.

But it’s our freedom, to make others inhale our exhaled foulness, just as we should be free not to wear a mask or say no to the vaccine, so says my friend Eric. You’ve got to fight for your right to bankrupt the […]

Well that’s what they said themselves, that he tried to sing like Dylan. It’s in the Aja classic albums doc I believe.

They were encouraged by the example of Dylan as someone who didn’t have a conventionally fine singing voice but it worked and sought to emulate him, without resorting to an impersonation thankfully.

I say never say never. I’ve come round to things after the event and gone off things. I’m happy to read that things are shit as well as otherwise, especially if it’s well written, funny even, not boring at least. […]

Only her: Florence, The National, Lars Winnerbäck, Håkan Hellström, Adele, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Take That, Keane, Manics, Green Day, Tracy Chapman

Both: Stones, Floyd 73-79, Nirvana, Suede, RE […]

Thinking of utility, club music is not really suited for home alone listening I suppose but certain forms of it can work. Chillout music was made for a specific setting or situation but it can transfer. These […]

Well I find certain sources more trustworthy than others and if the consensus from them is that something is shit then I suspect I shall agree. Probably. They could be wrong sometimes. There’s clearly subjectivity […]

For me music is mainly what I want to hear by myself. I’ve tried playing that stuff to others but I find their lack of enthusiasm or even derision makes it an unhappy activity not surprisingly. Not worth the […]

I remember buying She’s So Unusual and Neneh Cherry’s Raw Like Sushi on the same day. A good day’s shopping. Somethings are well regarded because they are good. Positive critical consensus happens for a reason, […]

Young Americans was a bit of an abrupt shift though it has it’s moments. The next album was where he had the right musicians and had worked out what to do with what he had discovered. Not sure if it will impress […]

What’s the alternative? Where’s the money coming from? Before streaming a mass of people helped themselves to free music and the music business was finished. Now with streaming record companies are making money […]