The music’s not too bad – there’s even a nice little Squire guitar solo – but the lyrics sound like they were written by Rod, Jane and Freddy.

Why are you still here?

Fook off. No seriously, fook off.

Yes! And also responsible for Man on the Moon too. He claims, himself, that he misplayed a chord on a guitar (because he was reaching for a beer!) and the rest of the band thought it sounded good and the song […]

Yes, that’s right – and Everybody Hurts is Automatic’s elephant in the room song. In fact, I don’t think it’s been mentioned once in this entire thread. Is this because it’s regarded as their “I Just Called to Say […]

It’s been telly all the way in the Peeking household: Billions – excellent; Vinyl – absolutely bonkers but strangely compelling; The People v. OJ Simpson – worth watching just for Travolta’s eyebrows which deserve […]

Late to this thread (as usual) but I adore REM – a band I’ve grown up with and bought their albums on release. Difficult to pick my 3 favourite albums but, after much consideration, I would say Reckoning, New […]

Hot Chip – personally, I find them visually offensive.

I don’t get Danny Baker at all. I remember years ago on a telly panel show, everyone had to say what their secret talent was, and his was that he had a brilliant falsetto voice. He demonstrated by singing the […]

O for “over my head” – am I the only one who doesn’t understand what people are talking about (90% of the time)?

If I played either of those clips to my parents (both in their 80s and reasonably sound of mind) they’d say something like “I like the dancing, I like the music but not what they’re wearing”.

I guess not, but nothing would surprise me.

How can you be so sure that there are no paedophiles in the higher echelons of the RCC. It was clear from the film that all they’d uncovered was the tip of the iceberg so, if it was rife in Boston, it seems […]

He’s never actually done anything like that – but if I’d known that such behaviour can have such a positive influence on your kids’ professions, I would have let him.

I’ve got hundreds – he bought a second-hand drum kit (from a desperate drug-user he was supposed to be counselling) for £40 on the week before I gave birth to our first child. I managed to narrow down my line of […]

Thanks for the nice comments and I will try to post more. I only really get time late at night (which, as I mentioned, isn’t always a good idea) – or, as in this case, the morning, when everyone else is out (very […]

I’m in bed on the iPad.

The reality is, I’m more of an Afterword mum, than he is an Afterword dad. Not in terms of subjecting our kids to “our” music, but in enjoying this website. Whereas I enjoy a little “peek” at the end of the day to […]

I think the greatest test of how much you’ve influenced your kids in music taste is when you’re going on a car journey and you ask “what do you want to listen to?” I haven’t done it yet, but one of these days I’m […]

Sorry about the lack of paragraphs – I was terrified of pressing return as I thought it would post the comment before I’d finished.