Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

jimmy, is that cos it keeps getting in me eyes?

just listening to some frank, and thinking , does it get any cooler?

Yes bos it can , try the Verve or someone like that ,your not old yet ..

Or how about a packet of marmite flavoured twiglets and the Black Lace party album???

Now your talking Al ,,,i always knew you were the cool one amongst us ,,don't forget Chris De Burgh...

verve my arse!!! one good, stolen rift and ashcroft is elevated to god-like status. in truth, there was the stone roses. all the rest are just copies.

Get a grip.
The only true songwriter the world has seen for decades is Mr Paul Weller.
Now that is musical genius.

Bollocks ,, the Verve made some great stuff (as did the stone Roses ) Oasis nicked a lot of rifts but they were still good.

Don't forget Rog ,,how cool was he !!

Oh the classics Roger wrote. They just trip off the tongue.
Remember all those wonderful memories like...............
Erm..........I'll get back to you on that.

Well c'mon Al ,,your not really a fan are you !! what about ,i'm going to leave old Durham Town ,,classic ..

Sorry mate. I have been neglecting my Roger Whittaker studies for some time now in favour of smearing my testicles in crab paste and dangling them in our local pike pond.
Still think Paul Weller is the top man though.

alan, not going to disagree about paul weller, a true genius proved by his sustained acclaim in the industry and constant, successful reinventions. but i don't think you should dismiss writers like bowie, or others in europe who have had similar careers. also , there have been one-offs, like jeff buckley, whose music will always be around.

LOL Al' , well i've suuffered enough abuse on this thread for one day ,,,,actually i was feeling a bit left out ,i never seem to get any ,,i'm thinking of coming over to the SEO thread and talking to Blinger .

Not dismissing Bowie, Townshend or any of that ilk. I just think for absolute musicianship, Weller takes some beating.
His songs are so beautifully orchestrated and intricate in their construction and yet such a simple melody is the end result.
You're right about the re-inventing though.
Listen to In The City (single), Cafe Bleu (album) and English Rose (All Mod Cons album track) and you wouldn't believe they all came from the same pen in the space of about 8 years!!!

Don't mention Bling to me, Jimmy.
I've recently posted a public apology to him and that was not the easiest posting I ever wrote, believe me!!

i'm sure he can afford more than one pen after all the hits he's had ;)

home ill today . heating's on but i'm bloody freezing. i want to go back to bed , but the lady wants to go look at cars!!! how the hell can you negotiate with a car salesman when you feel like someone's taken a baseball bat to you and you've got a stream of snot running down your nose?? women just don't take man-flu seriously.

Why's that Al ,,,apology to Blinger ? why would anyone do that ,,i havn't been reading it of late.

Bos tell her you've made appiontments for Monday ,,it's special deals day ..