Lyrics

Quite an admission coming up … I’m rubbish at hearing lyrics (cue misheard lyric memories from all readers). Perhaps increasing the sacrilege … I often don’t pay much attention to them. OK, so now I’m a phillistine with bad music taste and no musical talent, who doesn’t listen to lyrics!?

Pop Said, At 25

Pop Said, it said it quite quickly in two and a half minute chunks, it said it relatively loudly without being too intrusive and, as a result, very few people listened to what it actually said.

Dubious Pip

Preamble: Got a little annoyed by some internet morons, requisitioned some copywritten lyrics and have now lightened up again. This is the middle bit … THOU SHALT ALWAYS KILL

2012: Football & Music

There are very few things in my life that are as omnipresent as football and music.  And, as it’s the time of year to jump upon bandwagons, here are my best things in football and music from 2012*. NB *Some are not of 2012 but were very much in 2012

What Time Is Love?

It’s probably about lunch time. Which bits of the following you choose to believe is entirely up to you. I’m not even sure how much of it I believe, in truth I don’t much care. Either way, twenty years ago the KLF brought the curtain down on a relatively short career thumbing the noses of…

Who Do You Think You Are?

London. The inspiration for a catalogue of artists. White Man In Hammersmith Palais, God Created Brixton and Birdman of EC1.  More than most other bands, one has made a 20 odd year career out of observing the physical and social architecture of pop music, England and, often, its’ capital.

Sweden 2:3 England

A musical homage to England’s winning XI .v. Sweden in Euro 2012. With some artistic licence…

Euro 2012 Music Quiz

How about a little Euro 2012 quiz? Below is a list of teams above an embedded youtube track. Each of the tracks is linked to the team by a player. Each of those players is linked. What’s the link?

Christmas Music

My dad’s collected music in various formats for over 50 years and has a fairly eclectic taste so I’ve always thought he was quite unconventionally cool. For an old man (sorry Dad). Let’s not let him get too big headed. HOWEVER. He is obsessed with Christmas music and from the 1st of December every year…

808 Peel

I was looking through a thread celebrating the life and quotes of John Peel and came across this from someone called Alba: “The thing is, I spent my teenage years editing tapes I’d made of records and sessions John Peel had played, excising his voice from the start and end of tracks. I’m now cursing…