As you said over at the Orange Juice/ Postcard piece, probably too much was expected from Josef K, and they couldn’t possibly have met the desires of Morley and Penman, to name but two, to be something they wanted them to be.
On the Talking Heads/Television thingy? I believe David Byrne says a secret prayer of thanks for the existence of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd…ha-ha!
Marquee Moon? One of the greatest records of all time. You can’t say that about any of Talking Heads’ efforts. Good, perhaps sometimes great, but nothing to touch Marquee Moon.
Never saw, nor much liked, Josef K, but I’m popping them on the player now to see if your great insight changes my mind, Alastair.
And whatever happened to McCullough? Was he eaten by Bushell?
I think Marquee Moon is pretty perfect, so it’s hard for anything to measure up against it. I do love Talking Heads, though. For pure pleasure, it’s 77 for me.
As far as I know, Dave McCullough is no longer with us. More than that, I don’t know. I asked some people who were on the end of his criticism and was told he was “a funny guy”.
It’s sad, anyway, that the world is becoming more Bushell-shaped.
Great article and just finishing the book and also been going back and revisiting all the music and they certainly left us with many gems.
Cheers - the music has got better, somehow!
I liked “that predecessor of artificial intelligence, accidental stupidity.”
Thanks£
Made me laugh. Those pseudo-intellectual boy writers were SO tiresome!
I used to like them. I don’t know what I was thinking.
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As you said over at the Orange Juice/ Postcard piece, probably too much was expected from Josef K, and they couldn’t possibly have met the desires of Morley and Penman, to name but two, to be something they wanted them to be.
On the Talking Heads/Television thingy? I believe David Byrne says a secret prayer of thanks for the existence of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd…ha-ha!
Marquee Moon? One of the greatest records of all time. You can’t say that about any of Talking Heads’ efforts. Good, perhaps sometimes great, but nothing to touch Marquee Moon.
Never saw, nor much liked, Josef K, but I’m popping them on the player now to see if your great insight changes my mind, Alastair.
And whatever happened to McCullough? Was he eaten by Bushell?
I think Marquee Moon is pretty perfect, so it’s hard for anything to measure up against it. I do love Talking Heads, though. For pure pleasure, it’s 77 for me.
As far as I know, Dave McCullough is no longer with us. More than that, I don’t know. I asked some people who were on the end of his criticism and was told he was “a funny guy”.
It’s sad, anyway, that the world is becoming more Bushell-shaped.
I also love ‘77; their best effort, methinks.
Sorry to hear about Dave McCullough; yes, the world should be less Bushell and more him.
Saw JK with OJ in London, still love Chance Meeting.
A good show to see, I’d imagine!
ah...if I could go back in time!
I'm going to say "Kafka would be ashamed" a lot now. Great piece. ❤️
Thanks, Sean. The funny thing is, Kafka didn’t like music at all.
Still, I wonder what he would have thought of the metamorphosis of the scene...