Good points TracyJosh

Dizzzy - you will need to read this thread throughout, to get the drift.

I don't think TGE is any worse than 'Parklife'. Of the three in the 'trilogy', Parklife probably has a slight edge over MLIR and TGE. I agree that the singles from TGE were a bit generic, though thankfully 'Country House' with its oompah sing-a-long feel was released as the lead single - it grabbed ...

Roy was & remains a great musician, though is amongst many contenders for album of the decade.

Check out the period c.1970-72 when The Move/ELO/Wizzard and his solo work overlapped.

Yes, absolutely.

doug - don't get too tired....

But I think that it is quite a long way in the past now, and as Tom suggests, not of much interest beyond dedicated fans. It could likely go on YT and not attract controversy.

Kevin Ayers is perhaps another artist who can be grouped in with Alan Price, Roy Wood and Peter Skellern.

It is a bit of a relief when the mischief night/Halloween/bonfire night period ends - unfortunately, it attracts various kinds of anti-social behaviour.

Yes, I can particularly recommend the Alan Price one which is a forgotten gem, though it was a big hit for him in 1974. The Roy Wood one was good too. I have never got beyond the (few) hit singles of Peter Skellern, though like Roy and Alan he was a kind of 'quintessential English' type of artist.

Is that the same song that Michael McDonald did?

Yes there are residents like that - we have some more or less exactly as you say, with England flags draped from their windows, setting fireworks off on green space between the houses.

It is a rather different take on the Britishness that Blur promote in 'Parklife'.

Yes you are absolutely right PaulG. Fireworks seem to be on general sale again, and in recent weeks I have seen them set-off in my neighbourhood, regardless of whether people are passing-by. There is much anti-social behaviour at the moment amongst young people, I suspect influenced by the gradual r...

One of his greatest solo songs.

Genesis always worth a listen to, up until the mid-80s.