Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll

If rock'n'roll is the sound of life beginning afresh, why are we so obsessed with ranking it in end-of-year lists? Philip Larkin has the answerAlong with half the pop-loving population of Britain, I tuned in to listen to Morrissey on Desert Island Discs recently. Amid all the reminiscences of Moss Side record shops with sawdust on the floor, and standing on the kitchen table singing Marianne Faithfull songs, and the musical choices – Nico's I'm Not Sayin', the New York Dolls' (There's Gon...

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