Thanks for the reviews. I know you are all dying for my opinion.

Roxy is a strange beast. I think their early years are best served by a decent compilation (such as, um, The Early Years) until they suddenly […]

The whole Libertines thing didn’t really translate to anywhere outside of the UK or at least its tabloid media. And if you remove the tabloid frenzy and self-mythologising, there is very, very little left.

And their classic “You’ll never be an Old Man, River”, the chorus of which goes “I’m on the drug, I’m on the drug, I’m on the drug that killed River Phoenix!”.

The song was written while The Beatles were extant, and before Abbey Road was recorded. It is stylistically similar to other Beatles songs of that era.

I wish I did like solo Paul, I’m honestly not making it […]

That’s going a bit far, but it’s obviously a Beatles song. Imagine if that had been on Abbey Rd instead of the execrable Maxwell. It would truly be a perfect album.

I’m one of those annoying people who thinks […]

Judging by the comparative size of him and his bass, he is about 4’8”. It’s like he’s trying to hold a surfboard.

Big up for that one!

You mean Bryan?

It’s time for us to ‘fess up, H.P.
We were having a laugh at your expense. The song you described to us was actually Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples by Parliament. I hope our little joke didn’t adversely impact […]

My interested piqued, I just listened to Lifted and can honestly say that I have no memory of ever hearing this song before. Also, if you asked me in an hour to whistle it I may struggle. These two facts may be related.

I think Dido is in the running.

I didn’t know this was on and it seemed to garner no press attention here in Oz. I went and looked at the three most quoted acts from this thread.

Rod: Voice is shot, but he’s an entertainer. What is the […]

Clever!

Agree. That combination of adenoidal timbre and robust German vowels has not aged well.

I’d go back to the 80s and confiscate every chorus pedal on every guitar pedal board in every studio. And I’d stick a fork into the digital reverb modules. And probably push over the odd Yamaha DX7 fouling the […]

Aussie rap is a circle of hell that even Dante dared not imagine.

In the Wikipedia link above there are some examples of politicians who have done exactly that.

Actually, a quick search reveals that it is, in fact, Pepper’s Ghost, and that they have been forced to remove the term ‘hologram’ from some promotional material.
Here is one of many references: […]

I’m guessing it’s a variation of the old Pepper’s Ghost magic trick. The term ‘hologram’ is thrown around pretty loosely.

Well, sometimes it can work out, with Hendrix for example. Eric Johnson is another one who should stick to guitar playing.