Old Musical Express – Page 2 – 'pinions about music. Mostly old.

[Album] Ram (Walked right out of the machinery)

25th April 202025th April 2020Album

So as a Beatles fan, in 1970 I was fascinated to see what our Paul would do on his own. His first album, McCartney, was a very ramshackle construction made at home with a mixture

[Song] Orbital adventures

10th March 202021st June 2021Song

The first record I bought aged 8. Actually it wasn’t it was in fact Fireball XL5, the music from an execrably bad TV series for kids. (Yes it’s on Youtube). But I saw sense and

Lost in music

3rd March 20203rd March 2020General

The old cliche about rock stars being self destructive is kind of true. The problem is that we’ve moved out of the age of rock into the age of hiphop. The old stars are few

[Video] The cover I never knew I wanted to hear

28th February 202028th February 2020Videoprince, radiohead

This one’s actually new to me, despite being 12 years old. I was looking for something else, and came across this gem. From a cursory reading of internet news stories it seems that there was

[Album] Imogen Heap – Speak for Yourself

19th February 202019th February 2020Albumbadly drawn boy, ben folds, chris moyles, dave matthews band, david ford, elliot smith, imogen heap, jami sieber, lemon jelly, matchbox twenty, radio 1, scott mills, singer songwriter, synth pop, the head and the heart, tubular bells, weezer

I’m about to write another piece on an album by artist where I have failed to explore the full catalogue of said artist. I think in many ways this is kind of consistent. I’m writing

[Video] The familiar group of several young males have returned to the vicinity of neighbouring residential buildings

17th February 202017th February 2020Video

Heard this on the radio today and it still cuts through and sounds so fresh. The coolest bassman (and frontman) ever, Phil Lynott, the black Irish cowboy, a very unusual sight when they first emerged.

[Album] Flick – The Perfect Kellulight

3rd February 202021st June 2021Albumash, columbia records, flick, marc bolan, radiohead, t.rex, whirling wheel

Another more obscure album, although to my knowledge not critically acclaimed. More’s the pity. Flick was a band started by brothers Oran and Trevor Thornton. When this album came out on Columbia Records, they were

[Gig] The first gig

29th January 202029th January 2020Gig

Although I’d been a music fan and buying records since I was eight, I didn’t get around to the live experience until I was sixteen. As with my first album, my partner in crime was

[Video] Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks

25th January 202025th January 2020Video

This is out there. I hate country music (is that what it is? you decide), but I promise you these guys are awesome. And the ladies, something else. Your life will be enriched, or your

[Video] Björk – Human Behaviour

23rd January 202023rd January 2020VideoBjörk, ITV Chart show, Michel Gondry, The Mighty Boosh

Came back to Björk’s debut album, Debut, recently and remembered how much I loved it, in particular this song.