The first time I heard Attila was on John Peel - must have been one of the times you mentioned - went on to discover 'Pillows and Prayers' (a Cherry Red compilation) and through this developed a love for Tracey Thorn, Benn Watt, Marine Girls, Eyeless in Gaza, the list goes on. Even now it is my...
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Highly recommend the vast majority of the tracks - particular favourite at the moment is Bobby Con.
Still feel like a huge part of my life has been ripped away from me - my...
Saw Dire Straits at the Brighton Centre - must have been '86 (waits to be corrected) - the tour was sponsored by Philips because they were trying to promote some new fangled gadget called a "compact disc". Don't know if the new technology caught on but one thing I can say for sure - as an...
Broken Bicycles - Crystal Gayle (from the soundtrack of One from the Heart)
Play Dead - Bjork
Because the Night - Patti Smith
Virtually anything by the late great Kirsty MacColl
You're so Vain - Carly Simon
The death of anyone in such a callous and brutal way - regardless of their motivation for being there in the first place - is dreadful. However, the bottom line is that the whole affair has been ambushed by the media to throw crap at Blair. Why do they feel the need to do this? Simple really -...
Why do you all keep debating this? It's Tom Waits. Greatest Singer/tunesmith/lyricist. No need for any other threads. Enough, no more. It is not as good now as it was before.
OK - What about "how can you lie the there and think of England when you don't even know who's in the team?"
Splendid. (Billy Bragg by the way)
Am I forgiven?
My dear lammy - I was going to choose one line from the song but unfortunately they are all as great as each other and sadly I was unable to pick just one.
I am sorry if I have committed a Dwaynism. I consider myself suitably ticked off and will not commit the offence again. For the next few...
To be homophobic originally meant to be afraid of being homosexual. Over the years the term has been used to describe people who dislike homosexuals.
I think the word should be returned to its original meaning, allowing people who rant against homosexuality to be simply known as narrow minded...