Tune for President’s Day. This one was allegedly written for Tricky Dicky.
Unhidden
50 years ago on Sunday, The Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. It went quite well.
Roxy
The Coachella festival lineup has just been announced. Nick (music head colleague) and I were giving Daniel (young buck colleague) advice on bands to see. We put together a homework assignment on Bryan Ferry and picked a few choice Roxy Music songs to get into. Hard to pick one for tune of the week (Mother of Pearl, Oh Yeah, Virginia Plain, Editions of You, All I Want Is You and more in the frame).
Special
The Special AKA brought Nelson Mandela’s story into the consciousness of teenage Britain in 1984.
Magnificent
Everyone has their personal opinion on the best movie theme tune of all time.
They’re all wrong.
Ringtone
For this week, the most played piece of music of all time.
Animal
No mess no fuss, just hair, guitars and circus performers.
Disco
There comes a time when the generational gap has widened to such a degree that you can no longer see the other side unless you squint and, when you do, you feel rather nauseated by what you see.
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Teatime
The keen students of history amongst you will be aware that July 4th marks the anniversary of the British Empire gaining its independence from the most irksome deadbeat in its glittering portfolio.
Like a 12th-generation Duke, once down on his uppers, revisiting the ancestral home he ceded to a gauche, nouveau riche Lotto winner, we remain underwhelmed by what they have done with the place.
Beatle
Paul McCartney is coming to Seattle this Friday. This will be the second time I’ve seen him live. Although the first I’ve heard him live.