Dunno really. Just passed me by. I’m sure it’s great but I’m just not terribly interested in most music post 1978. As you can gather, I have skipped a hell of a lot of bands and artists and yet my life is none the […]

I have successfully skipped the whole of Massive Attack’s output.

I don’t mind it. I think there’s a strange musicality to it after a few listens.

My favourite track on this though, by a mile, is ‘Martha My Dear’. Unpretentious and stupidly catchy. Effortless Macca could whip […]

I stand corrected. I only know them from the Greatest Hits album so for me they were always ‘singles’. Tried various albums off the back of the singles I liked as a teenager but, for some reason, the band never […]

Possibly. But I can’t think of a Roxy album track that is as good as Editions of You or Do the Strand.

A rare instance of the record company making the right decision. Another one was to include ‘Starman’ on Ziggy. Both albums would be considerably poorer without the tunes which brought n the fans in the first place.

Ah right. My apologies.

Always thought it went on a bit. Not a patch on ‘Virginia Plain’. Which was perfect.

Curiously I find that my most skippable tracks are album openers. So many LPs for me start with track two. Openers often seem like the ‘soundcheck’ tune at gigs to make sure the levels are ok before the real show […]

I think Roger Taylor has a rather good ‘rawk’ voice but it was his misfortune to be in the same band as Freddie Mercury.

I find that I skip every Roxy Music track apart from the singles. Same goes for REM.

The equivalent of being cornered by a bore at a party telling you all about his new conservatory at great length when you’d previously been happy discussing guitars and football with the lively crowd by the drinks.

Tis true that Lord Hargreaves was indisposed by a loose thorn to the eye during this conflict but such instances, sir, are thankfully quite rare.

The effectiveness of flora on the battlefield, as von Clausewitz himself has demonstrated, is severely limited.

I fear this dispute can only be settled in the traditional manner. Sirs, my second shall call upon you and arrange a meeting tomorrow at dawn. Hampstead is as good a place as any. The choice of weapon will be […]

Then I can only assume, sir, that you are immune to the powers of pop music.

Dah! Rumbled.

You little charmer you.

For me the single most joyous recording of last year. Imagine if you knew nothing of Morrissey beyond this luscious cover of a Laura Nyro tune. You’d be dancing like fools.

Sooty was an undeniable bastard at times.

But at least he wasn’t up himself…

I guess if I emptied my record collection of all the artists who were ‘up themselves’ I’d only be left with an old Sooty fan club 7 inch that I got when I was ten.