Today I try to describe the sounds heard from the machine when I had my first MRI Scan and ponder the question: Is it music? I had thought this was going to be a very boring half-hour with nothing to do but keep still and put up with it. I had no idea this wouldRead More
Prog Rock or , to give it its full title, Progressive Rock had its heyday in the early 1970’s but is still alive and kicking today. Although I was big fan in the original days I haven’t been following it recently so missed the emergence of this band, Gandalf’s Fist, in 2005. Comprising of Dean Marsh and LukeRead More
This morning I watched Songs of Praise, not a programme I would normally think of seeing, but I was round friends having stayed the night and it was just before the Thames Jubilee Pageant. Listening to “I Vow to Thee My Country” was very moving and reminded me of the days as a young boyRead More
I have just heard that yesterday Davy Jones died of a heart attack in Florida at the age of 66. Although he had been in Coronation Street and played the Artful Dodger in the musical Oliver in both the West End and Broadway, I remember him best as the British member of the Monkees. The original manufacturedRead More
Peter Gabriel has just released (10 October 2011) his ninth studio album New Blood. The album is an orchestral re-interpretation of some of his greatest hits including San Jacinto, The Rhythm of the Heat, In Your Eyes and Red Rain. As much as I like the work of Peter Gabriel I shall not be rushing out to buy it.Read More
This is the song that started it all: Dancing With The Moonlit Knight from the album Selling England By The Pound by Genesis recorded in 1973. I never did manage to see Genesis live while Pete Gabriel was in it so I missed all this theatricality. Lyrics “Can you tell me where my country lies?”said theRead More