Monday, October 15, 2018
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-star Fantasist by Simon Armitage (Viking 2008)
Me: OK, one last question.Man: In a fist fight between you and Jarvis Cocker, who'd win?Me: Er . . . I've never met him, but from the pictures I've seen I'd have to fancy my chances.Man: He's outside.
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
The Next 30 Day Song Challenge - day 05
Day 05 - A song that would make a great national anthem
Monday, April 18, 2011
30 Day Song Challenge - day 18
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
Originally released in 2006, it should have been that year's sound of the summer but - and I'm hazarding a guess here - lack of radio play meant it never reached its intended audience. If ever a song earned the right to be played on the radio, it was this one.
I still hold out the hope that one day it'll be the beneficiary of a Facebook type campaign and it becomes the number one it so richly deserves. Maybe with 'Cocaine Socialism' as the b-side. (My dreams are still coated in vinyl.)
Such is the world we live in, I can't see the lyrics becoming redundant any time soon. :
Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock by John Harris (Harper Perennial 2003)
Friday, April 23, 2010
Different Class
This is probably from the Labour stable - don't the cheeky bastards remember Cocaine Socialism? - but I love it nonetheless:
Whatever happens, May 8th I'll still be singing this, though.
Hat tip to Tricky Mickey over at Urban 75.