Fair enough, but if you pull up a track from side two of Yellow Submarine, say on Spotify, the artist credit is George Martin.

However, A Beginning is a track credited to The Beatles which features no Beatles […]

1 – Graceland – Paul Simon
2 – McCartney II – Paul McCartney
3 – Zooropa – U2
4 – Brutal Youth – Elvis Costello
5 – Oranges & Lemons – XTC
6 – Together Alone – Crowded House
7 – John Henry – They Might Be […]

This went down very well in our house last night. The pop kids were very excited that Dua, Anne-Marie, Jess & Sigrid we’re all on the one track. (I liked it too!)

Yeah, I don’t think you’d watch the shows for the interviews, rather for the music. They’re reminiscent of Jools Holland’s technique, which is not designed to be rigorously investigative, but rather is to put the […]

Towards the end of 2017, Elton appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote the newly- announced Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. I had never seen Elton live, the gig was over 18 months away, tickets […]

Yes to Dua Lipa.

My kids are now 11, 10 & 8 and so in the last 1-2 years pop music has reappeared in my life and it’s interesting to see how they interact and consume music. Dua Lipa is great, Ann-Marie, Ava M […]

There’s a great documentary on Netflix about the guy called Won’t You Be My Neighbour? from 2018. It’s a fascinating watch.

Also: Eddie Murphy used to parody him on Saturday Night Live:

It was an interesting Brits because it was the first one my kids (11, 9 & 8) wanted to see. Missed the first 15 minutes so missed their fave Mabel (and Capaldi). They enjoyed the whole malarkey, Lizzo is always […]

I remember watching that somewhat perplexed when it went out and it being followed by Crowded House doing Fall At Your Feet and Neil Finn commenting “it’s grim down south”.
And although I hadn’t seen it since 1 […]

This feels like a lost opportunity. It’s only five CDs of music, and three of those are rejigged versions of what’s already out there. There’s properly unreleased stuff like The Big Spliff (precursor to The E […]

It was excellent.

The 50th Anniversary In The Court Of The Crimson King arrived this week and I was delighted with how small it was physically versus how much content is in it. It’s 3 CDs and a Blu-ray in two double gatefolds, w […]

I know Chas & Dave was the error, but also, Noel’s bigger than Liam.

Liam has 2 number one albums, Noel has 3
Liam’s first album has sold 300k, Noel’s 835k
Liams second album: 100k to date, Noel’s 310k
N […]

I did an 80s Elton playlist a while back. I’m very fond of this period because it’s when I became aware of him. https://open.spotify.com/user/jasongrayson/playlist/3pphs0PEyfv2othTvFIeWg?si=7aK38c6ET1mozDYFL3xkaw

Well I very much enjoyed that, but… I’d have to raise an eyebrow at some things:
– The graph didn’t demonstrate any dropping off of sales figures after 2001-2, the great Napster music biz collapse. If any […]

The abridged version, as far as I know: ML was having a profile written about him for the New Yorker and the reporter wanted to follow him around and see him working in archives. ML got permission from EMI to do […]

Not sure if anyone is still checking this thread, but anyways…

We recently put up a two-part interview with Beatle Guru Mark Lewisohn. He was very generous with his time, and very interesting.

Find your […]

I’ve been thinking a bit recently about John & Yoko’s Bed-Ins. I was lucky enough to meet Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn recently, and in relation to the Bed-Ins he said (I’m paraphrasing) “they did it for pea […]

In related news, there’s a comprehensive box set on the way from **checks notes** DOLLAR!