It might be hard to believe but there was a time when Bruce Springsteen was not only unknown in the UK, but even a lot of the people who had heard of him were quite dismissive. In the UK he had minor hits from The River album that I heard on evening radio, they evenContinue reading “My heart rushes through my brain”
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My life’s a vain pursuit of meaningless miles
On the same program that Paul Gambaccini played the Beatles (https://wordpress.com/post/fivemilesout.home.blog/2177 ) he played Jackie by Scott Walker. He admitted that Walker was actually an American and, as this was meant to be a show about his favourite British artists, that this was a cheat. Walker had lived in the UK for twenty years byContinue reading “My life’s a vain pursuit of meaningless miles”
From the pouring rain, very strange
The Beatles were your Dad’s band. A relic of the past with the individual ex-members producing music that probably would not have got the attention it did without their legacy. Dad had the second Beatles album and I listened to it, but it seemed like nothing special. Like many things you had to compare itContinue reading “From the pouring rain, very strange”
Sing it with me, just for today
I know there have been too many posts about comics in a short time– it is just how the music, and what it reminds me of, come up. When I was a comic loving child and teenager the idea of there being comic shops was almost as outlandish as costumer superheroes. The most famous wasContinue reading “Sing it with me, just for today”
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