And speaking of people (as I was at the end of that last post) who may have got old and fat and drug-addled but can still perform like fiends and angels, have a listen to this:
(NB this was a concert in Japan in 1991 so the word 'still' is misleading up there, in a way -- though I gather they can still still do this.)
jeepers Catwoman - I thought it was gonna be
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Our House
but bloody McCartney?
The dave crosby sperm bank has me worried too.
That Etheridge kid is sure gonna be weird.
*goes off singing: "our house is a very very very nice house ... with two cats in the yard ..."
Do you know, the word 'McCartney' didn't so much cross my mind, I was just thinking 'Great musicianship, gorgeous harmonies, people who've been singing together since they were virgins, awwww wouldja listen to that.'
ReplyDeletethey are still running on all the artistic-sense-heightening substances they ingested in 1975, that's why it sounds so good.
ReplyDeleteLorraine Crescent is bashing on about 70's music too ... and he did the 10-year meme as well.