Music

The Starland Vocal Band killed my innocence

Afternoon Delight or its lyrics have been featured in many works from Boogie Nights, through to South Park.

From the Kitsch List - MacArthur Park

Near the top of my Shit Parade and in the face of some stiff competition from the likes of Plastique Bertrand's "Ca Plane Pour Moi&

My Secret Shame

Assault with a Blunt object. James Blunt's Back To Bedlam I wonder if James is maybe a pretty sharp operator; shamelessly mining an oppo

Nifty Fifty part 2

Icons of musical cool from the archives

Nifty Fifty - my musical catalogue of cool

Coolness is a subjective quality. Claiming to be an arbiter of what is cool is a fraught exercise, being open to accusations of complete wan

Shit List. The worst songs ever

Any list of the worst songs ever is as contentious as any list of the best songs ever. There are any number of contenders - what can't b

21 songs so crap they were good

Kitsch List - shit hits from the 60s and 70s. Sentimentality over-rides good taste when i listen to these numbers from my yoof when bell-bot

Funky But Forgotten

A nostalgic random selection of great popular music from the 60s and 70s mostly; an era that is a treasure trove of styles from pop,...