Lovely review. I was considering this and it is now firmly on my Christmas list. I listened to sone 50s Cliff in preparation for the With The Beatles 60th anniversary review and I think some of it holds up […]

Watching Match Of The Day last night with Luton v Crystal Palace first game on I was thinking is the the mid 80s? Terry Venables Crystal Palace was for a time the “team of the eighties”. Exciting attacking […]

I think James Milner did…

Moose is back. Let’s hope the rest of the world returns to normal too. Great to see you Moosey. Fair made my day…

Scooby Doo stopped when the 70s stopped so he never had to put up with that nightmare Scrappy.

Gary, you have just reminded me of one of my favourite ever compilations. He could have packed it all in after this. My listening tomorrow sorted..

OK, I feel like an imposter up against your detailed knowledge and impressive prose. You’re right though we do kind of draw the same conclusions of it even though we listened to it for the first time almost 60 years apart

Tigger, this deserves its own post. Your experience of the album is a million miles from mine. Please post your own 🙏

Thanks Dai. I just found George’s parts interesting among the more traditional accepted Beatles sound. Lennons voice was clearly a gift.

That Royal Command Performance

The relentlessness of Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins is so impressive. They’ve not stopped since April. Remarkable fitness and mental strength to keep pounding in. Multi format fast bowling must seriously hurt sometimes.

Lo energy Cliff and Janet Jackson and the Georgio Moroder produced Two To The Power Of Love…. Not Cliff or Janet’s finest but so of the time

Bronski Beat had a great 1984 Smalltown Boy obviously but also the majestic hi energy Why? What. A. Song.

That sounds great. I’ll look out for that… Edit. The notes from Rough Trades website… Before the Fab Four released their recipe for mania in 1963, Britain’s top selling beat group was unquestionably Cliff R […]

Great story. His vocal on We Don’t Talk Anymore is brilliant. Range, interpretation, tone. He’s a fantastic singer.

I would have bought it. A mate from work saw him at Hammersmith Apollo last week with his wife. Cliff did 2 hours of hits, entertained, a bit of chat and everyone went home happy. Mate had a great time. For […]

As I’m listening to With The Beatles and some 50s rock n roll at the moment I can’t help doing some mortality maths here. 25 years between With The Beatles and Public Enemy. It’s now 35 years between Public Enemy […]

Whenever the conversation turns to bass playing I feel I have to mention John Taylor on Save A Prayer. Blimey it’s good…