They were yacht rock. Not that anyone called it that at the time, it was named that retrospectively and I only found out when I watched a Katie Puckrik documentary about the soft rock/ country crossover music of that period. The Eagles were the sound of the summer for several years in the mid-1970s. ThatContinue reading “We Are All Just Prisoners Here of Our Own Device”
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Straight Out of Zenn-La
This another artist and album I ignored when people were telling me who great it was. It wasn’t just one person either, it was Neil, all of Dumper and various Dumper fans. They all said that Joe Satriani was a genius guitarist. I even missed the chance to see him locally. The album cover featuresContinue reading “Straight Out of Zenn-La”
Exploding out of a tunnel
Julian Cope makes it onto the list as part of the Teardrop Explodes and solo. (His first group was the Crucial Three with Ian McCulloch and Pete Wylie – Echo and the Bunnymen and The Mighty Wah! Make the list too, in one way they may be the most influential band of that period). JulianContinue reading “Exploding out of a tunnel”
Time to close my mind and drift off
I swear John Bonney did much more in life than give me books. Graham and John Bonney stayed in Brightlingsea in the summer of 1982 for a week. Everyone else in the family was away and I was allowed to look after the house for a fortnight. With two dogs, two cats and a tankContinue reading “Time to close my mind and drift off”
Find a place to go
The Fixx were one of those British groups that never quite fit. They were New Wave (like the Boomtown Rats) but were really only making it when the New Romantics were dominating music. In the end they never made it in the UK but were far more successful in the USA. One of the bestContinue reading “Find a place to go”
Revolution a solution
Rap or Hip-Hop. Not my favourite form of music. Yet when I was reading the music magazines in the early 90s (see post https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/05/26/all-of-these-and-seven-more-wonders-i-will-find/) there were thoughtful reviews and features on the groups. NWA were the bad boys out of the West Coast but the Kings of East Coast) and this was years before theContinue reading “Revolution a solution”
Celebrate the great escape
I do think year 10 (or fourth form as it was in the 1980s) is the biggest shock in the education system. Things get more structured at different stages but now it is exam study. Parents and teachers tell you how important these exams are. In the 1980s they were both more important, as youContinue reading “Celebrate the great escape”
This is not a situation for a nervous boy
The first of many mentions for Clive Hook. At the end of the fourth form (year 10) Clive had been put in charge of music for House assemblies (Scott, Rutherford, Kennedy and Churchill – so no over representation of white men there). For some reason I was in Scott when most of my friends wereContinue reading “This is not a situation for a nervous boy”
Oh, oh, oh, memories of yesterday
I have always been a rule taker. Obey the rules. I wear a mask in the supermarket, I do put recycling in a recycling bin, I do not do drugs and I do not bunk class (a touch of speeding does not count). Well, bunking PE in the sixth form doesn’t count – what madContinue reading “Oh, oh, oh, memories of yesterday”
She’s knocked out on here feet again
In 2011 Dad and I went on an 8-day tour of Egypt. It started in Cairo and then we flew to Luxor and cruised to Aswan. Day seven there was a choice – either chill on the cruise ship or pay for an extra trip to Abu Simbel. Abu Simbel is a long way southContinue reading “She’s knocked out on here feet again”
Five Miles Out 