Music
I’ve never heard of Betsy Legg before and I bet you haven’t either. This eponymous album – “Betsy” – is, as far as I know, her only record.
The feature-length Luther film is far from brilliant, replacing characterisation and intrigue with action and a dollop of torture porn. But the music makes up for it.
Dorothy Moskowitz & The United States Of Alchemy – Under An Endless Sky
21st March 2023 · 2020s, 2023, MusicNot many people reading this will have heard of Dorothy Moskowitz, an iconic counter-cultural figure from the late Sixties, apart from my friends familiar with the avant-garde fringes of music.
This was apparently the first punk single to reach the Top 20 anywhere in the world, when it reached No.17 in the Irish charts in May 1977.
Looking back at the landmark albums released in 1979, it’s hard not to conclude that it was the best year for music. One of them was Fear Of Music by Talking Heads.
The Cure made their debut in 1979 with a single containing 10.15 Saturday Night and Killing An Arab, two songs dating back to Robert Smith’s mid-teens.
This early punk effort is the solitary single by The Rings, a band created by Twink, former drummer with The Pretty Things and Pink Fairies.
In April 1978 my favourite group of that time, The Only Ones, released their eponymous* debut album. Everyone’s favourite track was Another Girl, Another Planet. Except me.