Why they MUST make the Cat Stevens movie + rock feuds, the best video & Beyoncé in a Stetson

Facing down the leg spinners of rock and roll news while trying to wallop the odd shot across the pavilion roof. On the scoreboard this week …

 

… has there ever been a rock feud as bitter as Trump v Musk?

 

… what Ray Charles, Taylor Swift and Dave Clark have in common.

 

… the 30-year golden age music video.

 

… things Van Morrison can’t forget.

 

… how some songs about lying in hammocks necking cocktails ended up worth $275m.  

 

… Beyoncé, Stetsons, pink Cadillacs and how all visiting American acts bring with them the aura of America.

 

… the greatest and most influential video ever made.

 

… the song Carly Simon wrote about Cat Stevens.

 

… “Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)”

 

… Nick Mason’s menagerie: things your teenage self never imagined would happen.

 

… Kraft Cheese slices, Kylie videos, the cut above David Beckham’s eye and other things labelled ‘iconic’.

 

… and Birthday guest Paul Thompson’s night at the Music Video Preservation Society!

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