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[Flem]

Whilst the music was quite pleasant, and the guitar and flute was good, the vocals and lyrics ruined it for me.

I'm in a state of shock! I haven't been this shocked since I learnt that some people actually liked Lance Armstrong, and thought he was clean. No, even before that - since I learnt that some people preferred Sebastian Coe to Steve Ovett. "Quite pleasant"! "Ruinied it"!. Good grief.

I wasn't a music-buying youngster in 1968, either, but it is still possible to buy albums after the year of their release, you know. And, if you have older siblings, to listen to their records. Although I must admit, I've always been one for living in the past. (I thought I'd throw in a Jethro Tull reference.)

If you think Bookends is better than Bridge OTW, A Saucerful of Secrets is better than Wish You Were Here, and you don't like Astral Weeks (god help you), and given that I take the opposite view in all three cases, then maybe you'll (bizarrely) like Avalon Sunset. It certainly takes all sorts. (And the world's a better place for it.)

Incidentally (and to bring this thread back on topic), does anyone know if there have been any reported cases of Covid-19 inducing a loss of musical taste?

[Flem]

Now - early Neil Young, Randy Newman, Dylan - obviously, Paddy McAloon, Gene Clark, (some)Bruce Hornsby,... I will wager Van Morrison listens to them!

Randy Newman and Neil Young. Good old boys, both of them. Although Newman's appalling attack on people of diminutive stature was utterly disgraceful. And Young writing "Rockin' in the Free World" in suppoort of Donald Trump is staggering beyond believe. I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around, anyhow.

Incidentally, I don't know about the weather where anyone else lives, but what has happened down here is the winds have changed. Earlier today clouds rolled in from the north and it started to rain. It rained real hard and it rained for a real long time. (I really must cut down on my drinking. Too much tea is bad for one.)

[Flem]

New restrictions are apparently vital. But apparently not until Monday.

It's Dominic Cummings' wife's sister's best friend's birthday on Sunday (apparently). They've organised a big party (also apparently). Once bitten, twice shy, presumably.

[Witton Park]

Interesting slide from the press conference last night.

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[Dave_Mole]

"Now - early Neil Young, Randy Newman, Dylan - obviously, Paddy McAloon, Gene Clark, (some)Bruce Hornsby"

Fro R'n'R straight to MOR. Did you miss the counterculture, Graham 😄

No Doors, Hendrix, Pink Floyd? Not even Iron Butterfly?

[Witton Park]

Interesting 1 hour interview with Karol Sikora.

[Derby Tup]

An hour to say ‘lockdown was an overreaction’. Is the Prof actually Oracle?

[Marco]

Interesting Marco. Have you tried Veedon Fleece?

I had to google In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida btw. Not a lot wiser mind

I will try Veedon Fleece in the near future. Again, I will listen to it in its entirety before reaching an opinion.

[Marco]

If you think Bookends is better than Bridge OTW, A Saucerful of Secrets is better than Wish You Were Here, and you don't like Astral Weeks (god help you), and given that I take the opposite view in all three cases, then maybe you'll (bizarrely) like Avalon Sunset. It certainly takes all sorts. (And the world's a better place for it.)

I never said Bookends is better than Bridge OTW, or A saucerful of secrets is better than WYWH. I was just pointing out they were albums of note that were released in 1968. As has been discussed, at length on this thread, you can't compare the Covd-19 figures from one country with another. Likewise, you can't compare an album from 1968 with one from 1970 or '75.

[Flem]

Is the Prof actually Oracle?

In the interview with Prof Karol Sikora he says (at time 1:18) "In February, we could see it building up. I said it's not going to happen. Nothing's going to happen. It's all back to normal by Easter. And, of course, we know it's not back to normal." So, he's admitting that he got it wrong at the start.

He also says (at time 3:00) "Whether the decisions at different time points are going to prove the correct ones - we won't really ever know." So, he's admitting that there's some uncertainty to contend with.

Given that Oracle never got anything wrong, and that he (or she) never saw uncertainty in anything (everything was always obviously, blindingly clear and deterministic to Oracle) then it seems pretty obvious to me that the Prof is NOT Oracle.

And, no, I didn't listen to the whole interview. I stopped listening shortly after one of the interviewers said (at time 1:36) "I said myself, it's just the flu". I'm afraid I simply wasn't open-minded enough to spend another 57 minutes listening to the rest of it.