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Post by nogbad on Jun 11, 2020 14:23:58 GMT
The readers' picks are a mixed bag, but Never Ever and Where Do You Go To My Lovely? were not far from my all-important, soaraway top 15. I agree with what the guy says about Lonnie Donegan, hearing him as a kid was quite a revelation even in the 70s, but I can imagine what it was like hearing him in the 50s. I myself have been known to credit him with the invention of punk rock on occasion. While my particular fave, Frankie And Johnny, sounds like proto-Beat Happening to my ears. Gotta admit that I usually turn off my radio when a Lonnie Donegan track comes on! I do like the Sarstetd track though. Never got into All Saints. Used to fancy Mel Blatt but that was as far as my admiration went! The real crime was that this track didn't make the Graun list. I'd have been happy to see it as the No. 1 No. 1. It's well nigh perfect. I'm not keen on that song, but I love their version, the definitive IMO, of Unchained Melody. Perhaps surprisingly, given his terminal one hit wonder status, Peter Sarstedt's eponymous debut LP is rather good, if not challenging. |
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