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DanP commented on the post, 'And on maracas…' 1 week, 6 days ago

Nice! Great song, I remember it well. A sizeable hit too. The shock of recognition of some of those artfully lit shots of Jenny’s back suggest they must’ve featured highly in my adolescent experience of […]
DanP commented on the post, Do Root Note Plodders feel any shame? 2 weeks, 5 days ago

I think Adam would be the first to say he’s the least technically able of the Luminous Times (Hold Onto Love) Hitmakers. On the other hand: Two Hearts Beat as One; New Year’s Day; Lemon; Some Days are Better […]
DanP wrote a new post 3 weeks, 5 days ago

The EndIn a previous post, I’d suggested that the final Beatles song was more an experience or epilogue than a song, and is best enjoyed as such. Peter […]
DanP commented on the post, "New" Beatles Release 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Just one listen, then straight here! I like it. I think they’ve had to make what would have been a bridge into the “chorus”, but that’s Ok. The outro is lovely. They’re definitely better served by the […]
DanP commented on the post, Owning your inner plonker 1 month ago

One of the more refreshing things I’ve learned from investigating Buddhism is the idea that none of us is truly separate, that all is a connected and interrelated experience. Like soup, if you will. Accordingly, […]
DanP commented on the post, An artist's "game over". 1 month ago

Sadly, they only come to Australia every third or fourth tour. It used to be every tour up until Joshua Tree – Australia was one of its earliest hit markets – but then it became prohibitive once the production […]
DanP commented on the post, An artist's "game over". 1 month ago

No, that was on Real Life, though they’re very much of a piece to my ears. Though SFY still has Mick MacNeil on board. By Real Life they were down to Kerr and Burchill, with Gaynor as kinda in the band but kinda a […]
DanP commented on the post, An artist's "game over". 1 month ago

I love Street Fighting Years. One of my most played albums. There, I’ve said it. 🙂
DanP commented on the post, An artist's "game over". 1 month ago

By any objective measure, Beautiful Day is a cracker, but All That You Can’t Leave Behind, and most of U2’s output since the ‘failure” of the Popmart era has had the air of contrition about, crafted by committee, […]
DanP commented on the post, Wordle Not 1 month, 2 weeks ago
DanP commented on the post, A Safe Space for Those of Us Who Like the Post-1978 Rolling Stones 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Yes, but. I think some of those trend-chasing instincts have attained a timelessness of their own in the ensuing years. Some Girls is derided by some as a response to punk but, given their excellence as a unit, […]
DanP commented on the post, A Safe Space for Those of Us Who Like the Post-1978 Rolling Stones 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Three beers in on a Friday night, what do I reach for? Brown Sugar, nope. Sympathy, No. Midnight Rambler, no. The answer is always Slave off Tattoo You.
DanP commented on the post, Pop lyrics trivia quiz 1 month, 2 weeks ago

“Would?”?
DanP commented on the post, Dreadful Band Names 1 month, 2 weeks ago

In Australia, a new(ish) group called… Bad//Dreems Only a text-based internet (rather than a word of mouth gig scene) could give rise to that name.
DanP commented on the post, The Darkness – Permission to Land…Again 1 month, 3 weeks ago

My younger brother-in-law, upon first hearing it, said “I immediately threw all my other CDs in the bin.”
DanP commented on the post, More terrifying Australian wildlife 2 months ago

Aaaargh!
DanP commented on the post, More terrifying Australian wildlife 2 months ago

I concur: pricks. Sydney’s Western Suburbs were rife with the buggers in the 70s and 80s as the burbs were growing. Got swooped on many occasion and was left traumatised. I’ve put a pause on riding my bicycle to […]
DanP commented on the post, Stop Making Sense 40 years on restored and on at IMAX – review 2 months ago

Magic. Thank you!
DanP wrote a new post 2 months ago

Exit Music (For a Gig)On the thread about intermissions, I mentioned how, rather than just leave the stage and then have the sound engineer pipe through […]
DanP commented on the post, The Lost Age of The Intermission 2 months ago

Why Something for Kate are not world famous is beyond me, but anyway… Saw them do a ‘play the whole album’ gig, in this case Echolalia, and then a set of ‘hits’ and newer stuff after an intermission. Just coming […]
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