Song Lyric Sunday: Rodents – ‘Willie The Pimp’

Well now, ‘rodents’ as a topic for Song Lyric Sunday certainly takes us off the beaten track, musically speaking, although it may or may not tell us more than we need to know about Clive’s – who set the challenge – psyche. As it turns out, there are quite a few songs featuring rats or…

Song Lyric Sunday: Outsiders – ‘Grow Fins’

This week, Jim’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday is artistes who haven’t been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but who we think should have been. Naturally, the first thing I did, in a process of elimination. was to check out who was actually already in there. Pretty much all of the…

One-Liner Wednesday: Er…okay then

“I’m not really here; I just stick around for my friends.”  – Don van Vliet (aka the illustrious Captain Beefheart)  – – – – – – – Riiiiiight…. One-Liner Wednesday 2 May 2018

My Music Lexicon: B is for Beatles (and Beefheart)

C’mon now: I was born and grew up on Merseyside. My age reached double figures in the early sixties. The B in my Music Lexicon could only possibly be The Beatles. There again, it’s pretty much beyond me how anyone could fail to pick out The Beatles in any review of their popular musical tastes…