I try as hard as I can to be as 'inclusive' to many different music styles on this site, I know, I have a preference for more punk/goth/garage and R&B type styles at times, but I think it is important (at least to me) to include other sounds that I maybe found later in life that still give me some happy memories, not all of them perhaps would necessarily be expected based on previous posts, still that is the beauty…

For all those people out there who were ever 'let down' by others, perhaps held someone on a 'pedestal' that couldn't have given a s**t about you, well this song might just be your anthem... Catch it at the youtube link here: 'You Ungrateful Bastard' Possibly one of the best 'un-requited' love songs ever made, the video to which is quite brilliant in that it uses 'pastiches' of previous music videos such as Bob Dylan 'Subterranean Homesick Blues', The Levi…

Razzle In My Pocket... He was a fella I admire a lot, let's face it he didn't exactly have it easy, but rather than letting the world slap him in the face, he slapped back...only harder. From reading and watching the film about him I understand he possibly wasn't the easiest person to work with though. He wrote songs about many and varied subjects and used a lot of places from Essex/East London in the titles ranging from 'Billericay Dickie',…

A Tale Of The Four 'Johns'. A graceful bow and nod to the whole Pub Rock Scene from the 70's. With great respect to Lee 'John' Collinson (Lee Brilleaux) John Wilkinson (Wilko) John B Sparks (Sparko) John Martin (The Big Figure), all part of Essex Pub Rock/R&B band Dr Feelgood. I posted this back on 29th April of this year, but I am giving it a re-post in memory and respect to Wilko Johnson who sadly passed away on 21st…

Rocking that whole Kinks 'So Tired Of Waiting'/'All Day & All Of The Night' riff, The Milkshakes aka Thee Milkshakes (and many other variants) with the track 'It's You' released on their own 'Milkshakes' Record Label from 1982. Another one of those no-surname bands that I love so much!😉 Thee Milkshakes were part of the Medway Scene, the Medway being a river in Kent and the 'Medway Towns' surrounding are places such as Rochester, Gillingham, Chatham and Strood, the areas…