Day 8 – A song that you know all the words to: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Bohemian Rhapsody clearly isn’t the only song to which I know all the words. But setting aside Mahna Mahna by the Muppets and Ernie (the fastest milkman in the west)…

Living with…Patti Smith…for a week

“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine”
(Gloria, opening lines to Patti Smith’s Horses album)
It is easy to hear an album over 30 years later and not realize that this was a pioneering sound, attitude and look.
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Living with…Sir Tom Jones…for a week

Why we throw knickers, cheese, bats and flowers at stars?
Sir Tom has had possibly more reincarnations in his career than anyone…
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Living with…Kraftwerk…for a week

Ode to Swiss Railways

All hail
my Swiss rail.
You’d never be late
for our first date.

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Living with…ABBA…for a week

ABBA are as 70’s as candlewick bedspreads and plastic Adidas shoulderbags. After all. what would a world be like without candlewick?

And what a world be like without ABBA? This week is a celebration of ABBA-inspired moments.
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Living with…James Bond themes…for a week

C’mon chaps…we all know that we’d like to be James Bond. Suave, dapper, always ready with the quick line. Dry martini in hand.  The inventor of the double entendre. A man of action.… Continue reading →

Living with…The Undertones….for a week

Sax by marlenekzio They say you haven’t lived until your next door neighbour has played along to Teenage Kicks at 2 o’clock in the morning on his saxophone. I guess that means I’ve lived. Neighbours… Continue reading →

Living with…Stevie Wonder…for a week

Innervisions 1973 This’ll be short, I haven’t had much time this week! For the most part, I’ve always loved Stevie Wonder and his music. His early Motown work is just plain infectious in… Continue reading →

Living with…Queen…for a week

This week is being spent as a Night at the Opera. Queen’s classic 1975 album. “Mama, I just killed a man…” I start with a Sunday car journey on a dark winter’s evening… Continue reading →