WEARING WELL – Rod Stewart & ‘NEVER A DULL MOMENT’
NEVER A DULL MOMENT: At the end of ‘True Blue’ Rod revs his Lamborghini and drives home – which at this point is still closer to Holloway than Hollywood
RANTS & REFLECTIONS
‘WHERE WILL IT LEAD US FROM HERE?’ – TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1973-74…………..
Twenty Great games of 73/74: And the Law won – Denis back-heels City to victory at Old Trafford and nudges United toward the Orient……….
HARVEST FESTIVAL – Neil Young & ‘HARVEST’
In equal measure ‘HARVEST’ is brilliant, becalmed and baffling. Bought by millions it has divided Neil Young fans and the critics for almost fifty years.
IT’S ONLY TROPHY WASTELAND – Ten fine 70s sides who didn’t win a major honour…….
Ten fine 70s teams who didn’t win a major honour: QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1975-76 – Total Football/title despair……..
BLOODY MINDED – Twenty great albums of 1969…….
Twenty Great Albums of 1969: Chaos, copulation, conflict – the Rolling Stones cover it all on ‘LET IT BLEED’.
BRIDGING THE GAP – Simon & Garfunkel ‘BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER’
‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ was in the collection of most people who bought LP’s during the 70s – giving a less abrasive sound to what was now known as ‘rock’.
NEVER A DULL MOMENT – Twenty great games of 1972-73……………
CRYSTAL PALACE 5 MANCHESTER UNITED 0 (18/12/72): Pre-Christmas stuffing for United at Selhurst Park.
NUMBER CRUNCHING – The Who & ‘THE WHO BY NUMBERS’
Despite evidence to the contrary, the previous year bringing a star-studded, big screen adaptation of their rock opera ‘Tommy‘ along with a run of sell-out shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden, the world’s greatest rock band were in a…
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BEST PLACE IN LONDON: August 1976 – Fulham sign George Best & Rodney Marsh………
Like it or not, we live in an era when 24 hour TV sports channels give credence to the most inconsequential football story and social media provides a platform for views most sane followers of the game could live without…
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GRAM FINALE – Gram Parsons & ‘GRIEVOUS ANGEL’
There is an acute sense of finality attached to ‘GRIEVOUS ANGEL’ – an album affirming his genius, occasionally flawed, always engaging, often deeply moving.
