Well that’s just nit-picking, isn’t it?

Baby bird surely? Hence ‘chirpy chirpy etc.’

You know, I think she might be singing about having it off.

P&P invent Houses of the Holy: speed everything up to make it sound better.

I just hope Paul Young keeps going. Ah-aye-ee-yah!

Most of the acts that probably should retire won’t. I’m taking about the ones who need constant affirmation and love (or income to fund their offshore investment companies). McCartney, Elton, Stones, Van Morrison, […]

I’ve embraced the fact that all pop music is daft. Even serious stuff like King Crimson, Bob Dylan and the Vengaboys. Enjoy it one moment, hate it the next, it doesn’t matter in the overall scheme of things.

The real story is that in nearly four years, this is one of the first people to properly challenge the orange ignoramus. It’s really easy, no idea why it isn’t done more often.

I hate to say this, in all honesty.

As the news of the news of the pandemic started to come through, I sold most of my amplification gear (amateur muso only) and pa system. I figured there would be little […]

Porridge – Godber

True that!

Ed in Radiohead.

If you start with Sgt Pepper, and work backwards, you hear the Beatles throw away the old fashioned brass bands, old classical music, ancient Indian sounds, gradually stripping down to guitars, bass and drums, […]

I’m also not sure why taking pop music seriously is such a good thing. Is it worth it? Occasionally.

‘Wind’ out of Earth, Wind and Fire.

Interestingly, another Jeff – Jeff Tweedy, mentioned above – has a similar approach to production. Remind them of who they are.

You Got It (which is on an Orbison album, but part of the same setup) is great. I read in an interview with Jeff that he wanted to remind Roy Orbison that he was the actual Roy Orbison, not the disinterested […]

Based on the general tone of the coverage in the media at large for this, Taylor Swift is now eligible to be taken seriously because she’s made some songs with beardy blokes who have sold probably 0.001% of the […]

I agree. I don’t like everything she does, but I’m glad she does it.