A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
Live version with Gabriel hamming up the West Country accent. There are some classic lines in here: the opening ‘There’s always been Ethel’, for one, and ‘There’s a future for … Continue readingGenesis: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Probably my favourite 10cc track of all time.
A live version from their 2006 tour, and very nice too.
Winsome little number from the film soundtrack The Lovely Bones.
Recorded during the 1968 sessions for Liege and Lief, this beauty finally emerged on a CD reissue of Unhalfbricking. Here’s a live version by Tom Petty. And for good measure, … Continue readingFairport Convention: The Ballad of Easy Rider
In tribute to Gary Brooker, who has died aged 76. It does get going eventually.
The eggshell blond makes his solo A & M debut on this cover version from 2010. And that concludes our ‘nowhere’ series.
Sorry, couldn’t resist a band called Rebel Duck. Don’t suppose there’s one named Recalcitrant Rhode Island Red, is there?
‘I’m from a town so small they didn’t put it on the map.’
A very different selection from the previous two of the same title; here we get two nowheres for the price of one.