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And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Songs you turn off when it comes on the radio and why on 20:56 - Mar 21 with 1349 views
I love the records the bloke plays on a Sunday Afternoon on 6music but Elbow have me immediately hitting the mute, or triggering a frantic game of hunt the remote. The voice is the main thing, part Peter Gabriel, part Morrissey, part Hovis. Three things I can all stomach in reasonable quantities but all mixed in a bucket with an egg on top - not for me.
But the one that does it for me right now. Fortunately there’s a bit of an intro which gives me a fighting chance of sweet silence before the vocal kicks in. And I’m talking dropping everything I’m doing - usually in the kitchen to literally fly into the adjoining living room, Lev Yashin-like, crashing length first onto the sofa, hand outstretched - radio is the far side - and slamming the thing off is Mary Tempest. I haven’t got the name right. Rap poet is a fair description. I feel mean about this. The arrangements are pretty good and some of her lyrics are beautiful and heart-felt but her voice just renders it all as a continuous repetition of its not fair, it’s not fair. She’s probably right it isn’t fair but what can I do? By this stage it’s an urgent involuntary reaction.
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Songs you turn off when it comes on the radio and why on 21:18 - Mar 21 with 1328 views
1986, I'm on stand by at LAX hoping to get on a flight to London. All's going well until this fcking ragged arsed crowd with Brummie accents appear and fill every last seat on the plane. Simply Red, had enough of whatever they were doing in LaLa land and made a last minute decision to fly home, bumping me and one of my brothers off that beautiful white shiny BA bird. Needless to say, I couldn't give a rats what they recorded.
In the 90s I had a violent dislike to the Lighthouse Family. The Beautiful South used to mystify me - surely silence is preferable. And the cloying pappy annoyance of the Lightning Seeds - which MOTD decided to play every week over every fcuking montage. Ah Nick Cave. Just no every time. Apart from release the bats. And look where that’s got us.
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Songs you turn off when it comes on the radio and why on 23:20 - Mar 21 with 1243 views
I once put up a shed in midsummer, using the late sunset to work late, and the pub across the way took the chance to run an 80s disco night at full blast.
You might think this would provide some cheery nostalgia while I worked but the bastard DJ had some sort of nightmare crap 80s collection - Jive Bunny, Black Lace, anything by Stock Aitken and Waterman, Joe bloody Dolce....
The chance to turn the bastard off would have been a fine thing.
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Songs you turn off when it comes on the radio and why on 23:34 - Mar 21 with 1234 views
Raayngers, Queens Park Raayngers, Something something about The Superhoops down at Loftus Road
Couldn’t stand that and obviously couldn’t turn it off either. One of those songs that you knew however bad it was at the beginning the soul-sapping shyteness was going to increase exponentially via the use of a key change about two thirds of the way through. Just shut up and read the teams out.
[Post edited 22 Mar 2020 0:12]
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Songs you turn off when it comes on the radio and why on 00:47 - Mar 22 with 1180 views
Fair enough. I probably should have added for my age group. I don't know any of the current stuff. RichBro Radio on line is my station of choice. I'll bet me walking frame!
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Songs you turn off when it comes on the radio and why on 10:13 - Mar 22 with 1101 views
definitely You cant hurry love by Phil Collins . I cant stand Phil Collins anyway - (give me Edwyn any day of the week - but I forever associate that song with QPR blowing a 2-0 lead at home to Luton back in the 80's - they must have played that song at half time and it still brings back memories of that game - don't know why wasn't even that significant - but the opening bars have me covering my ears or rushing for the off button . almost pavlovian .
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Songs you turn off when it comes on the radio and why on 10:46 - Mar 22 with 1085 views
The thing with Portsmouth sinfonia though is that the majority could play their instruments,including Brian ENO who was in it for a while. They just couldn’t play together.
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Songs you turn off when it comes on the radio and why on 13:01 - Mar 22 with 1008 views
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