'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
The last time I sat in the 3 Arena in Dublin was for one of U2’s flatulent Innocence And Experience shows which proved, once again, that all of the smoke, mirrors and lighting tricks can’t definitively mask the inevitable: U2 have long had the drabs and have real difficulty writing new material. As far back... Continue Reading →
The liner notes on Idle Race’s second album, ‘Idle Race’, released in 1969, are giddy with adjectives and end with a short biography of each of the fledgling Birmingham group’s four members. One of that number, Jeff Lynne, is described by the author, Ray Coleman, as ‘the chief songwriter’. ‘He rides a bicycle’, the piece... Continue Reading →
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