Truth Hurts..and the radio never lies
Saturday mornings chez nous include a ten-minute car journey to the kids swimming lesson, on which they insist on listening to Kerrang! (they are disturbingly aged 4 and 6...) Anway, last week in between the emo fare we start listening to a track and the conversation between me and my partner goes a bit like this 'Who's this then?' ' Dunno, it's a bit gothy' 'Sounds like a bloody Bauhaus b-side' 'Without the tune'...and so on. The dj then comes on an announces it's the new Supergrass single. Noooo..not the loveable britpop veterans, tickets to go see being pinned on our kitchen noticeboard for the current tour. So when has your innate desire to instantly analyse and dismiss led to a slightly entertaining double-take once the act is revealed -even better if their mum was in the room as you came over all critical...
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I can't recall but...
The opposite happened to me recently. I was listening to a tune on Radio Two thinking, wow, this must be some awesome Motown track I've never heard before. What a great voice, who the hell is it?
It was Leo Sayer.
Easily done.....
Guilty secret: I heard both Paolo Nutini and James Morrison (not Jim) by being played their CDs blindly. (Sotto voce) They're quite good..........
Also the chap on that bread advert does a good "First time ever I saw your face".
Bubble perm
As far as I remember from the last time I heard him (in the 1970s) Leo Sayer's voice is rather good, and he sings (not sure if he writes as well) some cracking lyrics. There is just an annoying image problem to get one's head round.