CALL OUT FROM THE CAPITAL – The Clash & ‘LONDON CALLING’…….
LONDON CALLING (1979): It remains a thrilling listen, forever making good on its intentions to exhilarate and enthrall.
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MAKING ENQUIRIES – Twenty Great Songs that ask a question……
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET – hard to imagine anything better being recorded on February 11 1963.
STRINGS ATTACHED – The Clash & ‘GIVE ‘EM ENOUGH ROPE’ (1978):
‘Give ‘Em Enough Rope’ (1978) is not the finest work of The Clash – but when it soars they are still the most essential rock band around.
STOP (the) PRESS: Farewell to the print edition of the NME
On its Thursday publication day there was a time when the NME cover story began pub conversations that evening.
When Two Sevens CLASHED: 77 – The Year of The Clash
From New Years Day, 1977 would be The Year of The Clash – the best debut album of the decade soon to be released.
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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No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones – this is 1977:
This is 1977: High Point: DAVID BOWIE: Low;
MAKE AND MODEL – Twenty Songs About Cars
GOT OUT OF MY CAR – AND INTO THE RECORDING STUDIO……………………… DRIVIN’ – The Kinks; IN MY CAR – Joe Walsh; STUDEBAKER – Warren Zevon; CARS ARE CARS – Paul Simon; TRAFFIC JAM – James Taylor; CAR PHONE –…
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PRECIOUS MOMENTS – Twenty Songs That Watch The Clock
I LOOKED AT MY WATCH AND IT SAID – ROCK N’ ROLL TIME (Roger McGuinn). MINUTE BY MINUTE – The Doobie Brothers; SIX O’CLOCK – Ringo Starr; FIVE MINUTES – Gretchen Peters/FIVE MINUTES – The Stranglers (Different Songs); NINE TO…
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SECOND ALBUM SENSATIONS – Twenty Second Albums That Prove The Follow Up Isn’t Always A Flop
WHAT IS AND WHAT WILL ALWAYS BE (a great second album) LED ZEPPELIN II