The Continuing Story of Buffalo Bill
Hmmmmm Peter over at Naked Blog is of the opinion that The Beatles never did anything after Sgt PepperNow maybe he was being a bit "Birchillian": I don't know, but really - nothing after Pepper ? An album that I personally rank among their worst. An album that contains a lot of filler dressed in the psychedelia of the day to make it sound cutting edge. The really innovative Beatles' albums were Rubber Soul and Revolver. Pepper, in retrospect, has suffered.
But what of the post-Pepper era ? I am the Walrus, Lady Madonna, Hey Jude, Get Back and Let it Be for starters. Any one of them would knock Lovely Rita, Good Morning, Good Morning or Fixin' a Hole into a cocked hat. The cool-as-fuck White Album, and the exquisite Abbey Road also followed Billy Shears and friends.
Let it Be (the album) was a disappointment I'll grant you, but any disappointment that contains the title track and Across the Universe ain 't that much of a disappointment really.
Dearest finally went out on a shopping trip today. I drove her up to Oldham so she could amble around the shopping mall and re-acquaint herself with the nightmare that is the general public and Xmas in close proximity. Tat, of the highest order, was draped hither and thither. Sparkling this and glowing that. The entire place was dressed up like Bet Lynch on the pull.
An hour later and we're both knackered. Dearest's purchases consist of one pack of face wipes. I had perused the charity shops and snapped up novels by Sebastian Faulks, Ben Elton, Val McDiarmid and Tony Parsons. All in pristine condition and all for less than £6:50. I can only assume the theatre directors, TV executives and stars of Coronation St who inhabit the renovated weaver's cottages of Saddleworth donate their paperbacks to charitable causes.
I reckon Roy Cropper donates the most - he's a deep one that Roy Copper. Oh yes.
No comments:
Post a Comment