This is another song I discovered watching The Rock and Roll Years with Dad. It tells the story of a bordello in New Orleans. You have to be careful when you sing a long to a song of you are not really sure what it says. At NewVIc one of my team was Linda Daniels. Continue reading “Spend Your Lives in Sin and Misery”
Tag Archives: 60s
You’re Going To Choke On It Too
It was really hard to pick my favourite Who track – it was this or Pictures of Lily. Pictures of Lily would have made for a very different entry. The biggest fan of The Who I have ever known was Darrin Keeble at school. Darrin made me look wild and badly behaved so was notContinue reading “You’re Going To Choke On It Too”
Sunshine in San Francisco
Why do you support your favourite team? Not national teams where allegiance is sort of a given (though I have known a number of people who support Brazil despite not being Brazilian or even having been there). I support Essex Cricket County Cricket Club, but that was the nearest county club. Michael supports Ipswich becauseContinue reading “Sunshine in San Francisco”
Because we’ll see the mountains tumble
1945 to 1965 – the baby boomers. The result of post-World War 2 happiness and, later, prosperity. My Dad was born 10 months before the start of this and I was born 8 months after this, I always think one of us ought to be a Boomer but we do not fit. My Mum isContinue reading “Because we’ll see the mountains tumble”
Nothing Has Been Proved
The Profumo scandal still exerts a curious hold on British history and culture. A British cabinet minister, John Profumo, had a brief sexual relationship with a young woman (Christine Keeler) who, I believe, accepted gifts from him, but was not paid for sex per se (if accepting gifts was the definition of prostitution then thereContinue reading “Nothing Has Been Proved”
Maybe you know some little places to go to
I liked the fact that in Royston there was a book shop, a record shop and a twice weekly market that I could get to without having to rely on anyone else. Brightlingsea was too small for any of these things, Colchester was not but I was reliant on getting a lift in or usingContinue reading “Maybe you know some little places to go to”
In a World of Fantasy You’ll Find Me
Radio 1. In the 1980s this was the main source of pop music for the UK. There were some commercial channels, but they were not devoted to music (though Londoners were slightly better off). I wanted proper music, but some slots of the radio were aimed at other audiences – despite it being the onlyContinue reading “In a World of Fantasy You’ll Find Me”
Per ardua ad astra
There used to be a radio show called Forces Favourites, playing requests for families where one of them was stationed abroad. Later on it became Family Favourites. It was on Radio 1 in the early 70s presented by Annie Nightingale (the only national female DJ). Radio 1 had a very limited schedule in those daysContinue reading “Per ardua ad astra”
Born in the UK
Obviously I did not hear this when it came out. I heard it first at university. I was surprised that the Equals were a group of different ethnicities. Even in the 80s that was not common. I was born in 1966 in Newmarket Hospital. In those days the mother stayed in hospital for day afterwards. Continue reading “Born in the UK”
School’s In
I never really thought about having a good memory. I knew that exam revision was pretty easy for me and once I had studied a subject at school I could remember most of it and only have to polish up on details. What made me realise that it was not normal it was that myContinue reading “School’s In”
Five Miles Out 