I agree with Brad on "Lodi" (which is basically a country song), John Fogerty could make simple truths resonate, as in "Someday Never Comes", it's true in many peoples' experience that even as you "grow up", some things are just never understood. "Up Around The Ben...

I vote NOT CRAP. The song "Mother", on the "Moonhead" LP, is one of my favourite things of theirs. A sinuous bassline, eerie arpeggio on the first guitar and the second guitar blowing throughout like a cold desert wind. The macabre vocals and lyrics adding to a spooky piece of mu...

I like "Dusted" a lot, the guitars and bass work well together. Very atmospheric band, "Brains Big Enough" from the "Bringing Home the Bait" LP being a good example. The bass playing of Marnie Greenholz was a very important element in their sound and I also like her voc...

A difficult song to assess, even in the context of their other work of the period. I quite like it, not as much as "Eardrum Buzz" or "Kidney Bingos". After a relatively featureless first verse the chorus and subsequent verses build on the initial harmonic base; amusing contrivanc...

I watched the trailer, the music was felt as a clarion call to the child in me, nostalgia. That stirring music apart, I felt no real excitement at the suffusion of golden light and the voice-over. Another remake of a Richard Donner directed movie is scheduled for release this year and the omens are ...

I wish Middlesbrough all the best in the UEFA Cup Final. I have always had a fund of goodwill towards the England team. They usually provide at least one very absorbing match in a major tournament. Regarding the selection of Theo Walcott: In recent international tournaments the incumbent England man...