Could be great, could be awful…I think a lot depends on whether you like musicals per se. For myself I’m in, daahling!

I’d attempt a joke about a madman across the water, but the reality would trump it.

I wanna get off…

One of my indelible childhood memories is watching the Apollo 11 mission. The current plethora of celebratory programmes brings back the same sense of wonder and awe at this epochal event, and a huge emotional […]

I was sat in a bar on holiday in Phuket when an Elton John song came on. A local suddenly jumped onto my legs and started doing an elaborate routine. The barman said “Don’t worry sir, she’s just a Thai knee dancer”.

When I was nine or ten I wanted to be in Gary Glitter’s gang. I feel I dodged a bullet there…

And so I gotta say somethin’ to ya
You don’t think much of Len, do ya?

So because you personally don’t like him, you don’t think he has ‘mass appeal’? Tell it to the many thousands who have seen him on tour over the past few years.

Prince – has to be The Hits/The B-Sides, purely for the B-Sides. The actual ‘hits’ are better served by 4Ever. All clear with that? 😉

Roxy Music – Street Life

Madonna – The Immaculate Collection

Van Mo […]

I think it’s the little lyrical idiosyncrasies like this that make a lot of songs so endearing and memorable.

Glad to hear that Ferry was in good voice … most hardcore fans seem to agree that it’s a pale, frail shadow of what it was. Agree with you about the wonderful Jorja – she’s the perfect foil for the great man, […]

I still think the first one is the best, tbh.

I saw them on the ‘Curtains’ tour at Leeds City Varieties Music Hall, the absolutely perfect venue for them. They were magnificent.

I thought the previous post had just debunked the ‘cheesy’ connotation?

This is it precisely: Guardian below the line music snobbery writ large.

Yes indeed, accompanied by mockingly ironic choruses of this song aimed at his retreating back on every occasion. 😉

Not sure about the ‘cheesy’ bit; that spot has also had Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen, critical darlings both. I’d suggest longevity and – heaven forfend – mass popularity are the criteria.

This is the only really viable market left for record companies to exploit; appeal to the demographic that grew up buying physical product, and seduce them into buying it again with trinkets and baubles, aural and […]

You can be concerned if you want; lots of us like her. And regarding your earlier comment – ‘cutting edge’ be damned, Kylie was signed up for the’Legends’ slot, and attracted and royally entertained probably the […]

Yeah but…the slow start did include possibly my favourite song of theirs ‘Pictures Of You’.