I stumbled across a CD entitled Guilty Pleasures Rise Again in the darkest recesses of the shelves the other day.
On the premise that there is in fact no such thing as a guilty pleasure I ran my eye over the tracks and a couple of songs jumped to my attention.
These involve artists and/or songs which have featured elsewhere around these parts recently.
I quite liked S-S-S-Single Bed by Fox on it's release in 1976 and still do now. Jamie at For Malcontents Only wrote a fascinating article on the band not so long ago
And hardly surprisingly Kim Carnes was the number one in Rol's top 10 Bette Davis Songs.
It is of course impossible to listen to this song without your mind wandering to Birkenhead's finest
Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
Half Man Half Biscuit -Dickie Davies Eyes (Peel Session)
Any song which begins with the words "Mention The Lord Of The Rings just once more and I’ll more than likely kill you" has to be a classic.
ReplyDeleteGod, I could murder a Cadbury's Flake.
DeleteIsn't Noosha Fox somebody quite famous's mum, or have I just imagined that?
ReplyDeleteAh, for lovers of trivia, it's this chappy:
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Goldacre
I'm none the wiser!
ReplyDeleteFor the past 10/15 years, Goldacre has a blog "Bad Science", which is also a Guardian column. He's exposed dodgy medical data and various wonder cures from the likes of Gillian "weigh your poop" McKeith.
ReplyDeleteThere is no such thing as a guilty pleasure. Unless you're a U2 fan, in which case you're guilty through reasons of insanity.
ReplyDeleteS-S-S-Single Bed is a great track as is Only You Can. I knew a little about Fox's back story but thanks for pointing me toward For Malcontents Only who added plenty more.
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