There's been a deliberate focus on new songs recently on Crotchety Man so I think it's now time to remember an old favourite. Brass In Pocket was the first big hit for The Pretenders in January 1980. Chrissie Hynde never liked the song but the public loved it and she still plays it when she's touring…Read more Brass In Pocket
Month: April 2017
Redemption Song
I realised the other day that I have sinned. This blog has no mention of Bob Marley! Fortunately, it's Easter and Jesus died to redeem us of our sins (or so the Christian Church would have us believe). So, by way of penitence, I have chosen Redemption Song as my Track of the Week. Both the…Read more Redemption Song
Something Different
Crotchety Man lives in two parallel worlds. There's the real world of solid objects like houses, apples and people. Then there's the insubstantial world of the imagination. The other day, at the click of a mouse button, a bubble of the imagined world burst into the mundanity of real life. My computer screen had given a link into a province of La La land…Read more Something Different
Bottle
Paul Weller will be a father again this summer. It will be his eighth child. The announcement came hard on the heels of the news that The Modfather's 13th solo studio album, A Kind Revolution, will be released on 12th May. Shortly after that a film called Jawbone will reach the movie screens. The soundtrack to Jawbone was written…Read more Bottle
Thight Lines …
... and Screaming Reels No, I haven't spelled that wrongly¹. My Track of the Week really is called Thight Lines and Screaming Reels. Then again, it must be a spelling mistake. Somewhere between Colin Hodgkinson's pen and the record company an extra 'h' must have crept in. Perhaps it was a communication problem between an English…Read more Thight Lines …
