BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY – Marvel or Drivel?
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is no ‘Street Fighting Man’ but in the powerful climax Queen, as a one voice, three instrument unit, rock as hard as anyone.’
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IT’S RAINING SONGS – Twenty With Rain In The Title
SUNNY SKIES NOWHERE TO BE SEEN………………………….. RAIN – The Beatles; LOUISIANA RAIN – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers; A HARD RAIN’S GONNA FALL – Bob Dylan; SIMILAR TO RAIN – Warren Zevon; WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN/HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE…
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HELLO 1967 – GOODBYE 2017: Twenty Great Albums from a monumental year for rock.
TWENTY GREAT ALBUMS from 1967: By now the album had superseded the single as the vehicle through which an artist would most express their visions and true ambition. Few would have predicted the long-player to have travelled so far in such a…
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SHOP WORN – Bob Geldof gives his audience a dressing down……………………….
It was hard for me to stifle a laugh when I read reports of Bob Geldof castigating the audience at a rock festival last year for what they were wearing – taking a fuming dislike apparently to the Primark attire…
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SANTA BANTER – Twelve Alternative Christmas Songs:
12 Alternative Christmas Songs: Hark an angel sings – Linda Ronstadt (‘River’)
EVERYONE’S A WINNER: The best twenty albums of 1971 – the greatest year for rock
The best twenty albums of 1971: HIGH WATER MARK – The Who & ‘Who’s Next’
NO LAUGHING MATTER – Situation Comedy and Serious Situations.
With the death of actor Gordon Kaye earlier this year various television channels have been showing repeats of ”Allo Allo’!’ the situation comedy in which Kaye took the starring role. It was a programme I never found remotely funny so if you…
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No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones – this is 1977:
This is 1977: High Point: DAVID BOWIE: Low;
DON’T KNOCK THE ROCK – Twenty Songs Where Rock and Roll Celebrates Itself
WE KNOW WHAT IT IS – AND WE LIKE IT, LIKE IT, YES WE DO……………… LONG LIVE ROCK – The Who; IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘N ROLL – The Rolling Stones; ROCK ‘N ROLL NEVER FORGETS – Bob Seger & The…
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