Are the Nineties the new Classic Rock? And whatever happened to comedy records?

Lowering the magnet of curiosity into the scrapyard of news and seeing what’s attracted, which includes …

 

… does anyone still write satirical songs?

 

… Four Sides of the Circle, Margaret On The Guillotine, From Here To Infirmary … real or fictitious working album titles?

 

… the rarity of hearing new music without knowing what the musician looks like

 

 … the Strokes, the Faces and other confident gangs you wanted to join

 

… Poisoning Pigeons In The Park, the Vatican Rag and the moment Tom Lehrer claimed was the death of satire

 

… the dwindling need to feel ‘contemporary’ - Blur, Primal Scream and the Libertines have made one album in the last ten years

 

… when MTV went ‘lifestyle’

 

… how ‘a 60 year-old rock star’ still feels young

 

… bring on the ‘90s package tour!

 

… “Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?”

 

… and honorary mentions of Chappell Roan, Blink 182, Henry Kissinger, Wet Leg, Randy Newman, PP Arnold and ‘Kicking Pigeons’ by Spunge.

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