is one of the most significant British songwriters of the 80’s and 90’s. He recorded four unprecedented albums with his band The Commotions between 1982 and 1989 before he started his solo career in 1990 with the help of Lou Reed in New York. That’s also where he improved his golf handicap up to 5.3, making him – according to Golf Digest – the No. 11 of golf playing musicians – a tie with his good buddy Alice Cooper.
Only bad music does that. The most recent heinous offender I heard was this David so and so who won American Idol, the song is «The Time Of My Life».
record you were looking for the longest
Nashville OST
a record you fell in love to
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
first record you remember
The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
the song to be played at your funeral
I haven’t thought about that, yet.
perfect anthem for Glasgow
Orange Juice - Poor Old Soul
a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
I don't know which one it was, but things were good when «Raspberry Beret» by Prince & The Revolution came out.
your ultimate heartbreak song
Nina Simone - Do What You Gotta Do
perfect anthem for London
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
perfect anthem for New York
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Little Johnny Jewel
your party anthem
Chic - Everybody Dance
I don’t go to clubs very often, but I used to like to dance to Chic. I love them! After punk rock got boring (quite soon so...) Chic, Funkadelic, lots on Stax Records and Isaac Hayes were my thing. Still are, really. I played «Le Freak» after all my shows last year. I think the audience thought it was a mistake.
first record you bought
The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
a song that reminds your friends of you
I don’t know.
a song you would use as a ring-tone
The Leopards - Rot With Me
your sunday morning song
Silence.
a song you wish you'd written yourself
Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through The Night
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you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel? Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome
are finally back. After their very promising debut they took some time to come back with an album that finally shows the full potential of what Johnny Jewel & co is capable of. Where «In The City» left off ...