BOB DYLAN finds merciful redemption on ‘OH MERCY’
‘OH MERCY’ is outstanding – his most compelling collection since ‘Desire’ so by virtue a landmark 80s album.
RANTS & REFLECTIONS
BOYS ON FILM: The Who & ‘THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT’
With Moon’s last live performance captured for posterity, it emphasises the sense of finality forever attached to ‘The Kids Are Alright’
TALKING OF MEMPHIS – Dusty Springfield makes an all-time great album
Now an obvious inclusion in any Greatest All-Time Albums list, ‘Dusty In Memphis’ still stands as the most perfect fusion of pop and soul.
BUT SERIOUSLY – The good and bad times of JOE WALSH
THE SMOKER YOU DRINK THE PLAYER YOU GET (1973) – Joe Walsh invents mellow-metal…………
TYNE MACHINE – The chequered history of LINDISFARNE…….
With Hull writing imaginative lyrics over folk-rock melodies, Lindisfarne were quickly a force to be reckoned with.
THE KID WAS ALRIGHT – the 1974 League Cup Final from the perspective of a 12 year-old
The ball rolled into the path of Richards whose low shot brought Wolves their first major honour for fourteen years.
THE EAGLE WHO DARED – The solo career of Don Henley
‘The End Of The Innocence,’ (1989) is an embarrassment of riches, barely wasting a second through ten superbly constructed songs.
BANKS FOR THE MEMORY – Gordon Banks (1937-2019)
In denying Denis Law at Wembley in the 1967 England v Scotland international Banks actually appears to defy gravity
SHOWING FAVOURITISM ‘The Favourite’ finds favour on every level………..
Superb performances, top draw script, excellent direction – so good is THE FAVOURITE (Yorgos Lanthimos, 120 mins), a darkly comic account of the conniving and conspiring taking place at the 18th Century court of Queen Anne, it seems strange to reflect there…
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THE PRINCE OF STOPPERS – Herbert Roberts remembered……
As Arsenal swept all-comers aside, Alex James provided guile and Cliff Bastin offered directness. But for inspiration they looked to Herbert Roberts.