Me neither, any attempt just results in a high pitched raspberry.

English Country Garden was also the bed for the schoolboy singalong… What do you do if you want to do a poo in an English country garden Dig a little pit and fill it up with .. The Campfire sing- song of […]

The Stranglers Popular: Rattus Norvegicus / No More Heroes Connoisseur: Black and White Dire Straits Popular: Brothers In Arms Connoisseur: Love Over Gold Blur Popular: Parklife Connoisseur: 13

The further adventures of Georgie: Georgie Best, Superstar Went down the hill on a Yamaha Did a skid, hit a kid Smashed his balls on a dustbin lid No Hymns … are Carols allowed? Jingle Bells, Batman […]

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The Jam Popular: All Mod Cons Connoisseur: Sound Affects Paul Weller Popular: Stanley Road Connoisseur: As Is Now or Sonik Kicks

Tend to agree (despite my “trying to be clever” choice). Certainly true(er) when broken to individual tracks. Stairway vs Achilles …

True, but I’d still be yearning for Quo Live.

A Steven Wilson remix of The Greatest Cockney Rip Off and Flares & Slippers may well be the next unexpected Super Deluxe Edition release

For REM, the awkward sod choice is Monster (yes, I am that awkward sod)

Sham 69 – That’s Life. It’s a concept album

It’s the way he tells ‘um

AC/DC Popular: Back In Black Connoisseur: Powerage (with a side serving of If You Want Blood) Pink Floyd Popular: Dark Side Of The Moon Connoisseur: The Final Cut (I would suggest The Wall, but I know […]

But Bat 2 is let down by some recycling – half the songs had been out before on Steinman’s Bad For Good and Pandora’s Box. Then again, many (if not all) were written for Meat’s pipes so why not get them as Jim […]

For Brooce, popular choice is true, but the connoisseur choice is “anything but the popular choice”

Iron Maiden Popular: Number Of The Beast or Seventh Son Connoisseur: The Book of Souls (although Seventh Son is a very close second) Madness Popular: Complete Madness / Utter Madness / Divine […]

Yes it is … for most (or those that stuck with it) I think once they got over the initial “this isn’t what I was expecting” what was left was a fine album that many bands would be really pleased to have in their canon.

Don’t mention the second album … I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it. Released in a wave of expectation and hype, common opinion is it failed to deliver. I like it – OK it’s not the equal of […]

Excellent song with an excellent title. Almost like he came up with the title, tried to lever it into a song lyric and wrote a song (a mini-play?) around it. And 1973 doesn’t feature greatly in the history of […]

Faces – You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog for a Walk, Mend a Fuse, Fold Away the Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings) When I first heard the full title, I thought the DJ […]