I read somewhere that Soul Bossa Nova was used as the theme tune for a long-running Canadian TV quiz show, which is why both Dream Warriors and Michael Myers used it. I imagine there’s probably a Rush bootleg […]

I’m not with Sal on this one, I think this has been my favourite Sisters bootleg over the years. I think the versions of Burn and Heartland are good alternatives to the released ones, and I’m looking forward to […]

I think she’s great, She Bop is one of my favourite hits from the fluorescent mid 80s. Great fun. I also think Time After Time has aged very well, and is used excellently in the Napoleon Dynamite film.

Of h […]

God almighty, so the future of live entertainment is Top of the Pops?

I think the Desert Blues that has come out of Africa over the last couple of decades has been the most interesting blues music I’ve heard in ages.

A lot of the white Blues artists I see remind me of Blueshammer […]

Am I Going Insane? (Radio) by Black Sabbath is called that because the Radio referred to Radio Rental, which was rhyming slang for Mental.

Black Sabbath were more Slade than Led Zeppelin ladies and gentlemen.

I’ve told this story before on the blog. A few years ago, Ian Rush was interviewed on Radio Scotland. He talked about his debut game for Liverpool where an opposition defender went in on him hard early on the […]

At the time if the 1999 European Cup Final I had a German friend at work who was from Nuremberg and had no love for Bayern Munich. The day after the game he came into work and there was an email from one of his […]

It’s a bit NME 1977 isn’t it? Sex Pistols yes, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath no.

You’re forgetting Dominique Rocheteau, arguably the most rock & roll footballer who wasn’t Paul Breitner.

I quite like it when the name fools you. For a long time, I thought there was a city in Spain called Sociedad.

Football teaches you Geography. When I was 12, I knew a lot more European cities than my non football-loving peers. Tblisi? Malmo? Lodz? No problem. I was also able to name most of the South American countries as […]

I like the fact that the day after Italy win a game this thread is always at the top of the Recently Updated list.

Give it another go Pess! I listened to it a few months back and thought it was a lot of fun. Step On, God’s Cop, Kinky Afro, Donovan, Loose Fit, lot of good stuff on that album.

It’s a great song, and I agree on the point about lives not working out as planned. I’ve always thought that the line “I would be living down here on my own” suggests that it’s the narrator’s life that is not so […]

I think speakers by JBL, UE and Bose are safe bets.

I would just buy the one from these that is within your budget and you think looks the nicest.

I’m too young to have bought it when it came out, but i maintain that one of the biggest drops in quality in Rock was Technical Ecstasy by Black Sabbath. In fact, not many people know that if you listen to it […]

I was made for introspective social alienation, Ah ah ah all nite long

Yeah, true enough.

On Stage is a bit of a damp squib though, Freddy.

Hear that Gary? DAMP SQUIB.