Bill Bailey: soundtrack of my life

The standup and musician on the Jam, aping Les Dawson's piano-playing at a wake and why Elton John reminds him of drunk photocopier salesmenTHE FIRST SINGLE I REMEMBER OWNING"Down in the Tube Station at Midnight", the Jam (1978)This had a rather exotic appeal because it's about London and the tube. I grew up in the West Country, where we don't have a subway system of any kind, so this sounded very glamorous and grimy and all the things I aspired to. It summed up my yearning for the big city. Whe...

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