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Tanya’s Round of Rubbish: The Beach Boys
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“Get a round, get a round, I get a round” – methinks thou dost protest too much, Brian Wilson. First to the sandpit, last to the bar. I have no first-hand knowledge of whether the rotund surf bard gets his in, of course; it is not m[…]

Tanya’s Round of Rubbish – Songs about booze
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You know me. I’m the attractive, witty, sparkling lady at the end of the bar. With a giant sized fizzy gin and tonic and a word for everyone in the pub. That word may well be “turn that rubbish off” when someone uses the jukebox, bu[…]

Badfinger in Goodfing shock!
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What question do I get asked most? When are you going to pay your bar tab.
What question do I get asked second most often? What music do you like. There must be something. A band or a group, just one piece.
Well I don’t like any music. But I do[…]

I HATE MUSICALS3: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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I HATE MUSICALS3: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Shitty Shitty Bang Bang more like.
Okay, I’ll admit that perhaps that is not the most sophisticated piece of criticism I have ever come up with. (It is equally not the most puerile either). Apparently t[…]

IHM POP CHAMELEON WATCH
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IHM POP CHAMELEON WATCH
Bowie Invites Fans To “Mash Him Up” – this is the sort of headline I dream of, but on this occasion my dream turns quickly into nightmare. The “mash-ups” Bowie is talking about are actually &#8216[…]

MORRISSEY – “Irish Blood, English Heart” – REVIEWED BY A SPORTING CELEBRITY!
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MORRISSEY – “Irish Blood, English Heart” – REVIEWED BY A SPORTING CELEBRITY!
“Stick it up your bollocks. You’re not even Irish, you English cunt.”[…]

IHM LYRIC WATCH: P BROTHERS Ft SCOR-ZAY-ZEE – “Great Britain”
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IHM LYRIC WATCH: P BROTHERS Ft SCOR-ZAY-ZEE – “Great Britain”
Who says political hip-hop is dead? You just might if by some astonishing stroke of bad luck you hear “Great Britain” by the P Brothers, who have come out, bo[…]

I HATE MUSICALS2: West Side Story
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What I went to see was a gritty exploration of the clash between the dissaffected youths of the Puerto Rican and Italian immigrant communities in New York in the early 1960’s; taking into the account that the neo-tribal warfare betwixt these tw[…]

IHM STUPID PLOTS FOR SONGS WATCH 1: Kate Bush:
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IHM STUPID PLOTS FOR SONGS WATCH
1: Kate Bush: Babooshka
She wanted to test her husband, she knew exactly what to do
Was this:
a) Get 20 multiple choice questions prepared for him when he got home from work
b) Hire a Private detective to see if he&#8[…]

Cut it out Scissor Sisters
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One thing that always cheers me in my constant fight against aural dissonance is musics constant quest to reinvent itself. You may think this may make my quest like Heracles battle against the many headed hydra, cut one off and hundreds spring back i[…]

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