Mark Morriss of the Bluetones does some lovely covers. This is a favourite…

That’s the problem with the Dropping Derek Forbes solution. He played the bassline on Waterfront. Actually I like Waterfront but the rest of the album is poor.

An unlikely candidate but James Blunt’s finest moment on Twitter was in in response to people who mixed him up with James Blake “that’s like not being able to tell the difference between cake and c*#t”.

Jaysus. I was just listening to New Gold Dream again this evening and trying to remember my thesis on Simple Minds, one of my most in-depth postings to this site ever… Or maybe the old place. Anyway I think it […]

The first series is on Spotify but, alas, will not play here in Ireland. I presume it would work in UK.

I was in our local charity shop SVP (for Irish readers) today as my wife lost her phone and last remembered using it outside their shop. Anyway, no trace of the phone. Charity shop booty included two Wii games […]

Aliens for me. I saw it in the Ambassador cinema in Dublin when it came out and the whole audience was standing up cheering Ripley on in the climactic fight like it was a boxing match. I’ve never experienced […]

Oh that’s from a film is it? I thought that was Dean Ashton announcing his premature retirement from football.

(very niche reference)

Have you heard this version @gary?

My nomination. I came to know this via the Siouxsie & the Banshees version. Sooooo cooool!

I love minidisc as a format and still have three working decks and a minidiscman. It was always great for putting together compilations or best ofs with 30 or more tracks with the advantage that you could edit and […]

I’ve long regarded Cammell Laird Social Club as their finest hour and probably the most accessible album for novices. It was the only album in my car the first time I dropped my (now) wife home. Listen Honey, […]

Two spring to mind. I’m sure there were many more. Taking the leap to move to London in 1987 in vain pursuit of the woman I loved. It didn’t work out at all and, to be honest, it wasn’t the spectacular romantic […]

No it was “the name of this band is Ambition in Glass”. I can still hear the laughter. Never heard of them again.

The OP may be the best known version but this is the best version. From a Best of Mountain Stage compilation if you’re looking for it on Spotify.

Another favourite of mine…

That tune has been in my head all […]

It was absolutely brilliant @dave-amitri and included most of the first two albums plus the (then) mindblowing cover of Van Halen’s Jump as an encore. Nearly as good was the High Land Hard Rain 30th Anniversary s […]

Aztec Camera – McGonagles Dublin 1985? My first proper gig. I sat between the monitors and touched all of Roddy’s guitars as the roadies brought them on. I loved every minute of it. Bought my first guitar soon […]

Talking Heads – The Name of this Band is…
Aztec Camera – High Land, Hard Rain
Simple Minds – New Gold Dream
Jonathan Richman – Rockin’ and Romance
Edwyn Collins – Hope and Despair

Quite a Scottish […]

As covered by the otherwise great Edwyn Collins

This is the tune (!) I used to reach for when it was time for my friends to leave the hospitality of my teenage home. No further hints were required…