Quite agree with I Will Always Love You; Whitney’s version is like being smacked in the head while Dolly Parton’s is restrained and gentle. Earlier on in her carer though, my word. Not many people have rocked […]

Is it High by the Lighthouse Family?

Irreversible was the first film that popped into my head too. Not an experience I would like to repeat.

Oh The Wicker Man definitely. Each time I watch it it horrifies me more – it really is one of the scariest films out there; there’s nothing outwardly horrifying until the end when it knocks your socks off.

It’s a wonderful film – everything works, and even though you know what’s going to happen it pulls you in to watch it again. It’s lovely to hear that it still appeals to kids now – I think I was about 8 when it […]

Oh, I hadn’t even thought of Jamie Lee Curtis! I think that bit might have been worn out on a number of rental copies over the years though. The end bit in the stock market is so oddly thrilling that even though […]

Trading Places Full Metal Jacket Die Hard (1,2 and 3) Predator Aliens Raiders of the Lost Ark Back to the Future The Running Man Robocop There must be a name for the type of film where, if it’s on a […]

He was just picking up a few chocolates that had landed on the floor nearby having been dropped there by some over exuberant sweet grabbers – that’s where the wild Roses go, anyway.

I have a Latin GCSE. We were forced to do it for the first 2 years of school, then it was up to you if you took it. 5 of us took it for GCSE; one chap I knew took it on to A-Level and did Greek as well. It […]

Birdhouse in Your Soul is another great shout for this topic.

Shows the reach of adverts at the time, particularly jeans adverts which have always propelled records into the higher echelons of the charts (see also Nanny in Manhattan by the Lilys).

Oh, Doop is fantastic. I hated it when it was out (I was 16/17, so it wasn’t cool) but my word, what a banger.

How about Rock me Amadeus by Falco? Massive hit, contains a lyric that sounds like (but isn’t) a very rude word and is entirely brilliant and completely barmy at the same time. Oh and Killer by Adamski popped […]

The Goodmen – Give It Up Basically sounds like Blue Peter friendly bin-bashers “Stomp!” with some ravey whistling and shouting over it. Sampled by Simply Red on the more conventional Fairground. Radiohead – […]

Think I was absolute nailed on target age for that when it came out (we got shown the full length video at school with Rupert the Bear in and everything).. Consequently I still well up when I hear it.

Was this unlikely? I’m not sure. Worked though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ZIErShjw0

Quite appropriate for Kim Wilde to hook up with a band called Lawnmower Deth too, considering her interest in gardening.

I listen to a podcast which I really enjoy but pretty much everything slightly memorable is described by the main presenter as “iconic”. It brings everything to the same level which means that everything that was […]

With all this wet weather, I think I need to get the old wellies oot!