THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY (Day 18) : RECORDED HISTORY (2)

The Smiths – This Charming Man (1983): This is listening to John Peel. This is a special new world. The excitement of something new and vital when music had seemed to go downhill in the aftermath of the demise of The Jam. This is snobbish rejection of mere ‘chart pop’. This is the exclusivity of the ‘in’ and the ‘unknown’. This is identifying with sensitivity whilst being at a rugby-dominated University (it was Wales after all). This is rejecting acc...

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