One of my grandfathers was in India too, in the education corps. The other was in the merchant navy. He spent a couple of months in Ceylon as it then was when his ship was sunk by a German submarine,… (View Post)

Fairytale of New York may be cleverer with the duet structure etc but there's something buried in Rainy Night in Soho that gets me every time I listen to it. The lyrics have that kind of unknowa… (View Post)

Nothing beats a comfy pair of baffies. (View Post)

The last line of the song gets me every time. It is so beautifully opaque but also somehow freighted with meaning. It's probably my favourite line in any pop song. (View Post)

McGowan was the real deal, not least a fantastic lyricist. Look at the lyrics to A Rainy Night in Soho, below - just beautiful poetry. I've been loving you a long time Down all the years, down a… (View Post)