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Best album sleeves, what’s ruined singing and pop as ‘empowerment porn’
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Once again the ping-pong ball of conversation is batted across the rock and roll net and these are the scores on the doors …
… how to wreck the national anthem.
… cover versions that are better than the original.
… the genius of Bob Newhart - "nutty Walt", Abraham Lincoln and that gag about country music.
… virtue signalling in rock magazines.
… why we connect with pop stars on the slide.
… how Tainted Love went from the Northern Clubs to the top of the American charts via a cloakroom in Leeds.
… Ingrid Andress and the curse of ‘cursive singing’.
… the comedy album that saved Warners Brothers Records.
… parenthood and Bruce Springsteen: “the world of love and the world of fear – and they’re the same world”.
… who’d rather Elvis Costello played (whisper it) other people’s songs?
… have there been any great album sleeves since the arrival of CDs?
… why Don Rickles and Bob Newhart’s friendship proves all showbiz is just an act.
... musicians, athletes, comedians, politicians and the addiction of adrenaline.
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