This is typical trailblazing David Bowie. It’s simultaneously entrenched in its time, and beyond it. There’s just enough weirdness to mark it indelibly as a…
Tag: Pop
13/11/2020: “Cool For Cats” by Squeeze
I must admit, I’m not an expert on Squeeze. That’s partly because “Cool For Cats” is quite different from their other popular songs. It’s much…
10/11/2020: “Feel So Close” by Calvin Harris
I tend to sneer at the sort of ‘hit of the summer’ pop music produced by people like Calvin Harris. Although this doesn’t, in most…
29/10/2020: “A New England” by Kirsty MacColl
Billy Bragg released “A New England” in 1983. It’s a stark social commentary on early 80s Britain. He sings it rather plainly, with just his…
27/10/2020: “Everything She Wants” by Wham!
For many people, Wham! represent everything that’s wrong with the 80s. Campy, over commercialised, cliched. And of course, for many people, it’s songs like this…
16/09/2020: “Valerie (1987 Mix)” by Steve Winwood
The original ’82 mix of this is okay. But this blog is not in the business of okay. It’s all about the bangers here! This…
08/09/2020: “Breathing” by Kate Bush
There’s three distinct sections to this brilliant track – the first single from 1980’s Never For Ever. The first is a slow, creepy verse, bristling with paranoia…