CASHING IN – Twenty songs with MONEY in the title……. neilsambrook@btinternet.com March 17, 2020 THE BEATLES: We might find some on the road………… LET'S LIST AGAIN Alan Hull, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor, Oasis, Randy Newman, Roger McGuinn, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon
GOING OUT ON A HIGH OR SIGH – Twenty ‘last’ albums that are great or grate…….. neilsambrook@btinternet.com March 9, 2020 ‘The title cut is a powerful piece, but too many other songs lack trademark Beatle originality.’ LET'S LIST AGAIN Buffalo Springfield, Byrds, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Faces, Free, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Mott The Hoople, Queen, Small Faces, Stephen Stills, The Band, The Beatles, The Clash, The Jam, Wings
LIGHTS, CAMERA, MUSIC – Twenty songs that share their title with a film…… neilsambrook@btinternet.com January 6, 2020 Twenty Songs Sharing Their Title with a Film: BOB SEGER ‘Started thinking about a film from 1975’…. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Clash, The Who, Warren Zevon
MAKING ENQUIRIES – Twenty Great Songs that ask a question…… neilsambrook@btinternet.com November 25, 2019 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET – hard to imagine anything better being recorded on February 11 1963. LET'S LIST AGAIN Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Buffalo Springfield, Carole King, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Frank Sinatra, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Ruffin, John Lennon, Linda Ronstadt, Marvin Gaye, Ringo Starr, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Clash, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison
TAYLOR MADE: James Taylor – The Warner Bros albums (1970-76)……. neilsambrook@btinternet.com October 22, 2019 James Taylor – The Warner Bros albums: SWEET BABY JAMES (1970). Mature songs at the age of just 22. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Carly Simon, Carole King, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Peter Asher, Sweet Baby James, The Beatles
SHINING STARR – In 1973 ‘Ringo’ makes a brilliant solo album………. neilsambrook@btinternet.com May 15, 2019 ‘Ringo’ easily holds down a top five place in the pantheon of Beatle-solo albums. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Abbey Road, Billy Preston, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, Jim Keltner, John Lennon, Let It Be, Marc Bolan, Paul McCartney, Richard Perry, Ringo Starr, The Band, The Beatles
SEASON FINALE: Liverpool and Wolves meet May 1947, 1976 & 2019……… neilsambrook@btinternet.com May 9, 2019 ‘With every gangway overflowing, from the opposite end of Molineux, the South Bank looked like a red and white Mount Everest.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Birmingham City, Charlton Athletic, Liverpool FC, Molineux, Queens Park Rangers, Roy and Shirley Sambrook, Sheffield United, The Beatles, The Valley, The Who, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
JOHN & YOKO do Peace, Pop & Politics in ‘ABOVE US ONLY SKY’ documentary neilsambrook@btinternet.com December 6, 2018 ‘Those in thrall to John may have appreciated more of the singer and composer and less the sometimes contradictory political activist.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Above Us Only Sky, George Harrison, Imagine, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Plastic Ono Band, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
CAUSING A BIG SENSATION – Michael Caine reflects on Swinging London in ‘MY GENERATION’ documentary neilsambrook@btinternet.com November 29, 2018 Caine reflects on the huge cultural changes that saw the Swinging 60s emerge from the Frugal 50s. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Alfie, John Lennon, Marianne Faithful, Michael Caine, Mick Jagger, My Generation, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Ipcress File, The Italian Job, The Kinks, The Who
THE VILLAGE PEOPLE – ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.’ neilsambrook@btinternet.com October 12, 2018 VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY is renowned as the greatest album most people have never heard – Ray Davies describing it as ‘the most successful failure of all-time.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Dave Davies, John Dalton, Mick Avory, Pete Quaife, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society