Dancing is so silly, vulgar and- let’s face it- completely unnecessary. I often point this out to Lady G during Strictly.

The wounds are beginning to heal.

Well obviously I’m very familiar with Chic. I never said disco as a genre was plagued by poor musicianship. I personally don’t really care about technical ability as long as the end result is in any way […]

Oh I’m sure that’s all true. It’s just not a genre that has ever greatly interested me I suppose.

Mmm. I have a natural- or unnatural- aversion to music which is only there to make you dance. I tend to dance (mentally) to lyrics and interesting chord changes.

I think a major hindrance to the enjoyment of disco is my sheer reluctance to dance. I’ve never felt the urge to express my appreciation of the music via any form of physical exhibition beyond toe-tapping and […]

The Yes Album

In my old village discos I used to pester the DJ for ‘No Fun’ by the Sex Pistols (it was a b-side. Six minutes long.). He said ‘if I do will you dance?’ I said ‘of course not.’

He then played some Boney […]

All valid points of course. There is still good music being made and all the rest of it. I suppose the difference for me is that I’m not fifteen anymore and nothing I hear is likely to spark the same kind of j […]

I shall leave Mr Farquar to his sterling work of courageously breaking new pop ground for us less worthy creatures to follow.

I fear it’s well beyond that stage and that pop and rock has been regurgitated so often that it now has the condition of bland and over-milked Ready Brek.

All four Tyrannosaurus Rex albums are startlingly original and I love them more than some of my actual friends.

I would interject at this juncture that T Rex were- and always will be- very, very cool indeed.

Indeed. I reckon a lot of people view it as a form of inferred superiority to adopt a tone of wilful ignorance when it comes to pop culture. They wouldn’t dream of doing it with literature or opera.

Yes indeed. But hey. Most of my favourite bands haven’t registered with the great unwashed. I like the first Church album mainly cos of The Unguarded Moment which reminded me of Syd Barrett but with a power pop backing.

Most people in the real world haven’t heard of them.

‘Junk’ is a lovely tune but it had been around for a while- as had ‘Teddy Boy’. Both hummable (as you’d expect) but ultimately both White Album rejects and fluffy (I would respectfully argue) alongside Maybe and Every Night.

Indeed. But the Stranglers did have a genuine aura of sheer nastiness and ‘don’t mess’ about them somehow, which the Rats never had.

I’ve no problem with their ‘nicheness’ (after all, vinyl buyers are all pretty much ‘niche’)- it’s just that this year’s niche ain’t mine.

Yes I love those half-speed doo-dah’s too but, even so, I’m thinking I’ll pass on the queuing for this. I might grab it later if I see one in the racks (which is quite likely). If it was ‘Ram’ I’d be out there in […]