Fair pay for Federer?
ROGER is a heart surgeon. For fifty gruelling hours each week he operates under immense pressure with consummate skill, saving lives. For this he is, quite rightly, well remunerated to … Continue readingFair pay for Federer?
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John Cale: Guts
Day four of our ‘songs with rude words in them’ series and this one’s a real doozie. Written after Cale found his wife in flagrante with Kevin Ayers, it contains … Continue readingJohn Cale: Guts
Fairport’s golden years, Part 2
WE left Fairport Convention last week at Farley House, a rented Hampshire country mansion where, battered and bruised, they began their recovery following the motorway crash in May 1969 that killed drummer … Continue readingFairport’s golden years, Part 2
Brinsley Schwarz: Egypt
Or Eygpt, as it read on the original label of the Brinsleys’ 1972 LP Silver Pistol. It was recorded in the country and round about the 2min 15sec mark you … Continue readingBrinsley Schwarz: Egypt
MC5: Kick Out The Jams
Rude words, part 3. In my younger days I heard only the censored version of this song from 1968, which began ‘Right now, right now, right now it’s time to … Continue readingMC5: Kick Out The Jams
Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers: One Way Love
This was slightly unusual for the time as it featured saxophones in addition to the usual guitars and drums. The song had an impressive pedigree, written by Jerry Ragavoy (co-writer … Continue readingCliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers: One Way Love
Warren Zevon: Finishing Touches
Continuing yesterday’s theme of words you don’t often hear in pop songs, here is the late Warren Zevon performing live on the David Letterman show, where he was a regular. … Continue readingWarren Zevon: Finishing Touches
A Corbyn disciple’s school for scandal
AREN’T Lefties wonderful? Latest egregious example of their ‘Do as I say, not as I do’ philosophy is the Corbynite deputy leader of Brighton and Hove Council, Nick Childs. While … Continue readingA Corbyn disciple’s school for scandal
Ian Dury and the Blockheads: You’re More Than Fair
I’m more than prepared to be corrected, but so far as I am aware this is the only popular song to contain the word ‘clitoris’. Here’s a live version performed … Continue readingIan Dury and the Blockheads: You’re More Than Fair
Canned Heat: Going Up The Country
This was based on Bull Doze Blues, recorded in 1928 by Texas bluesman Henry Thomas, which you can hear on a Vocalion record here: These are the words: I’m going away, babe, … Continue readingCanned Heat: Going Up The Country