Goodness Talking Heads were good in those days. They hit their stride. That was the year they appeared on “the South Bank show” and instantly became my favourite band.

Personally Superstition is the only song I never seem to tire of hearing.

I’ve never been a massive fan of Dylan but “Like a Rollin’ Stone” must have contributed greatly to the nobel prize and has had a whole […]

I always thought Laura Nyro’s “Christmas and the beads of Sweat” was her masterpiece – particularly side 2. That’s the problem with lists. Paul Stanley of Kiss was a big fan of Laura Nyro apparently.

Who sang “Young hearts run free”. “Candi Staton” says I. “It’s Stanton but I’ll let you have it” – said smug tw@t. Not that big a mistake but still bothers me 5 years later.

That’s fantastic – better than the original

Nope. “Portishead” is the best IMHO although I’d lost interest by “Third” and probably didn’t give it the attention it deserved.

I’ve always been afraid of heights. I masochistically watch the trailers for these docs just to see how long I can take it. 23 seconds for this one (as his foot slipped). 1.42 for free solo ( drone shot looking […]

Cardiacs – Sing to God

Low too. I think I’ve reached my nadir

I too am in Australia although originally from the UK. I love New Zealand and always thought that one of the things that Kiwi’s should be most proud of is that nothing really important ever seems to happen there. […]

Overture,
Its a Boy
Amazing Journey
Christmas
Pinball Wizard
Go to the Mirror
Tommy Can your Hear Me
Im Free
We’re not Going to Take it

….. Comes to 33 mins. Thats enough for me. Of course big […]

It Mek also hitting the charts in 69.

My ears are alight yeah

I was seven and one of my earliest memories is watching TOTPs and being fed up of this song still being number 1 after 8 weeks or whatever it was.

It’s a big call but I’m finding it hard to disagree. Both bands chock full of the best musicians of their generation but they lacked good tunes – except MOTW which is one of the very best ever. (“Badge on the […]

Always liked “The Show must go on”. Its not surprising he worked with Daltry as I think it sounds a bit like “Squeeze Box” era Who. Hated pretty much everything else he did.

You presumably already know of Adam Buxton’s solo podcasts which are very good although I find his guests are a bit of a clique. If you enjoy history may I recommend Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast. He’s […]

Good call. Hard to imagine now but UB40 where once great . Here’s “King” to remind us