In a courageous stand against AI technology, a pair of old lags communing via two cocoa tins and a piece of string attempt to put the rock and roll world to rights. Which this week involves …
… what David saw in the HMV record store in Oxford Street “that shook me to the ground”.
... music that only works played loud.
… Marianne Faithfull - there’s no middle ground between Sacred Figure and Outrageous Diva.
… why ‘60s fame is like no other fame.
… is there a more enduring example of bad press than Sting’s tantric sex?
… John Mendelssohn’s West Coast adventure with David Bowie.
… which is musically more significant: punk or disco?
… Tom Waits reading the weather forecast.
… which musicians make convincing actors - Sinatra, Lady Gaga, Elvis, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Costello, Mick Jagger?
… Bowie singing Jacques Brel songs on a waterbed in Hollywood.
… why we miss the great press ‘hatchet jobs’.
… do slogans last longer than music?
… what kind of world plays When The Levee Breaks softly and in a Chelsea café?
… why rock music is like the Catholic Church before the Reformation.
… plus birthday guest Kevin Rose wonders which musicians made the best actors.
Order John Mendelssohn’s ‘Peculiar To Mr Bowie’ here:
https://www.nortonrecords.com/a4-peculiar-to-mr-bowie-by-john-mendelssohn/
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