Most played – ABC – Lexicon Of Love Human League – Dare Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel Of Love Lou Reed – New York Adam and the Ants – Prince Charming Don Henley – The End of the Innocence Robbie Robertson – […]

Yes and loved the film too. There are so many soundtracks they have done its hard to keep up!

For me its more in the Abattoir Blues style.

This may fall under your definition of ‘whilst melodramatic songs are usually dramatic, not all dramatic songs are melodrama’

First Single – Bye Bye Baby, Bay City Rollers. Bought for my sister who had just had a tooth pulled. First Album – Prince Charming – Adam and the Ants

One of the first albums I bought and probably the one I return to most. The opening strings of Show Me, captivated me and I have never looked back. Tessa Webb’s backing vocals always send a shiver down my spine. A […]

Jennifer Warnes Famous Blue Raincoat and Ryan Adams remake of Taylor Swift’s 1989 are two I listen to regularly.

From the lovable guru of pessimism Bernard Black,

If it wasn’t the way it is, it wouldn’t be the way it is.

My daughter and I watched Bombshell a few months back and her comment at the end was ‘You don’t know the half of it!’ She has her own interior design business and the stories she has told me from being on site and […]

My contribution

Behind the mask, due to the pandemic.

Is number 3 Nick Straker?

1 – Lexicon of Love – ABC
2 – Tunnel Of Love – Bruce Springsteen
3 – Dare – The Human League
4 – Purple Rain – Prince
5 – Hounds Of Love – Kate Bush
6 – So – Peter Gabriel
7 – Robbie Robertson – Robbie Ro […]

This response had me standing and applauding

Walter Shaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics, added: “It is incomprehensible to me that a moron like this holds the highest office in the l […]

I didnt mean to say any of the culture novels are dispensable, far from it. I loved Iains work both with and without the ‘M’. Thr only one I’ve struggled with was the Algebraist. I need to revisit it.

I really enjoyed the first volume of Steven King’s Dark Tower series but lost interest by the end of volume 3.
Iain M Banks culture novels are primarily individual stories, Consider Phlebas and Excession being the stand outs.

Probably the best episode of Live from Daryl’s house (even though it’s from Todd’s!)