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A most trusted musical cohort of mine asked the other day through the medium of the face book to list five songs that made you cry. I...

I find it's always quite interesting when artists name check other artists in the course of their songs. It seems to serve one of three...

In the course of his iconoclastic track "God" released in 1970, John Lennon denounced his belief in all manner of deities and concepts...

As many of you know, one of my major contentions concerning how music is consumed today is that it seems less valuable. We think of...

Say it very quietly but there was a time when the record buying public rather deserted David Bowie. Of course, after his sad passing,...

I'm no great fan of Nickelback but their song "Rockstar" is a guilty pleasure that perfectly sums up how all music fans really feel with...

"Don't Stand Me Down" by Dexy's Midnight Runners, their album release in 1986, has long been considered shorthand for career suicide in...

For those of us who would describe themselves as 'hopelessly romantic and yet romantically hopeless' our national anthem is surely and...

As a rule, I try to write this blog without necessarily drawing on the current context so that any views and opinions remain relevant...

One of my favourite pieces of pop trivia is that the mother of Mike Nesmith - the woolly hatted guitarist in The Monkees - invented...

A good friend of mine and I used to share a joke that when certain songs came on the pub jukebox and you might be feeling a little more...

There are few artists who are prepared to be quite as open as Billy Joel about their influences and for him, it's all about the Beatles....

The Stranglers were always amongst the most sulky or, to use a word I only ever hear in America, ornery, of bands. They had a strong...

When I wrote my previous blog, "Remasters Of The Universe", the mission was to get as many of you as possible to blow the dust off those...

What a week it's been for Stones fans. Firstly, they were one of the undoubted star perfomers at the online Global Citizen jamboree where...

I was inspired to resuscitate my blog-writing vanity by the over-whelming effect of the Covid-19 crisis and its subsequent worldwide...

Nowadays, it seems relatively common that some incredible songwriting prodigy (normally from the Brit School) springs up and delivers...

I imagine that if you were asked to name the world's best selling greatest hits record you might have a guess at something by the Beatles...