SOARING & DIPPING – The Flight of THE BYRDS…..
‘The Notorious Byrd Brothers’ as important to 1968 as ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ had been to 1965.
RANTS & REFLECTIONS
NORMAN TIMES – NORMAN HUNTER (1943-2020)
Few forwards found anything funny in being on the receiving end of a full-bore Norman Hunter challenge.
TWO SONGS SAY SO MUCH – Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne each return with a gem….
Each a work of notable originality, from Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne, anything less would have been a surprise.
BLINDERS ‘KEEPERS – PETER BONETTI (1941- 2020);
Peter Bonetti will be best remembered for wonderful finger-tip saves that displayed coordination and nimbleness of the highest order.
PITCH IMPERFECT – THE 1970 FA CUP FINAL
1970 FA CUP FINAL – Chelsea v Leeds United: Captains Billy Bremner and Ron Harris decide on kick-off and choice of weapons……
THE BEATLES: 50 years gone, 100 per cent still with us……
Along with Bob Dylan they opened up an awareness of attitudes that without them might have lay stifled for years.
CHEERIO TO THAT 70s SHOW – Twenty great albums from 1979………..
‘Lodger’ – another example of why the influence of David Bowie is so lasting and profound.
THE FINE REIGN OF CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
The finest Creedence records rock like Eddie Cochran, have the lyrical potency of Dylan and fill a dance floor as fast as The O’Jays.
CHILLY TIMES – Bob Seger and ‘Against The Wind’……
The frustration with ‘Against the Wind’ lies not in the fact it was a failed experiment, more its formulaic approach.
BRICKS & STONES (IRON & STEEL) – Twenty songs with walls or bridges in the title……….
Songs with Walls or Bridges in the Title – SIMON and GARFUNKEL: Bridges/Subway Walls….