Allegedly written in about half an hour in a back room in the 100 Club.

And both SDG’s UK number ones were written by the same bloke – Jackie Edwards.

Me too. I’d never had a pet before, but we adopted a 9 year old chocolate lab. She died 2 years ago, aged 14. I was devastated. I know what you’re going through, Saucey.

Is Armando Ianucci’s David Copperfield the one with Dev Patel as DC?

What is Jeff Lynne’s doing? It looks like he’s dancing to an entirely different song!

Robert Palmer.

First three albums (which I really like) are funky and soulful. Being backed by the Meters and/or Little Feat doesn’t hurt, right?

Then he goes a bit pop, then he thinks he’s Gary Numan. Then […]

I think I’ve got something in my eye.

Bugger! I wasn’t going to post on this thread!

I would just like to state for the record that I will not be posting on this thread.

“Sueperman” was spelled like that because he was threatened with legal action if it was “Superman.” It was “Sueperman’s Big Sister” when it first came out.

“The Girl from Ipanema goes to the Gorbals??”

Short and pale and old and ugly
The girl from Errol Gardens goes walking
And when she passes, each one she passes
Goes “away an’ boil yer heid, hen!”

That was my initial thought. Kind of like buying an album of note-for-note perfect cover versions. Why not just listen to the original?

‘West of the West’ from 2006 is a great album. I saw the Blasters last summer and Phil wasn’t well at all.

I had no idea anyone was writing J&W books! This sounds like it might be right up my street, as I’m a huge fan of Plum’s books. Does he really pull it off, though?

Apart from the language, I always thought […]

“I must say, I found that a very interesting, clever and thought provoking analysis, Mueslimiles.”
Me, too! I just wish I could think like that… and come up with an example.

… or just buy 20 pairs of the same socks!

I should also say that there are almost certainly many people who have not registered to vote, so I’m sure some of the TV footage is people lining up to register. Every other ad on TV is insisting that you […]

The USA is a huge country with a population of around 330,000,000. I don’t know how many of those are eligible to vote, though. I got my ballot in the mail last Friday, I’ve completed it, and I could mail it in […]

They really are!

Georgie Fame has, or had, his son playing drums for him. At least he did the one time I saw him (not counting his days as Van’s musical director).

Chicago Transit Authority (as they were), knocking out horn laden slices of soulful rock in the late 60s, to the awful, insipid dreck of “If You Leave Me Now.”

Roy Harper’s son is a mighty fine guitarist, as is Glenn Tilbrook’s son.

Aubrey Drake, known professionally as Drake, the Canadian rapper, has had a career that, so far, has been significantly more successful […]