OFF: guilty pleasures

[Maxine Wesley]

For my sins I endured a James Last Concert back in 1978... he's german
and at that time was doing big band covers of popliar tunes. The beatles
section (at which point the central part of the stage became elevated with
the Kings singers (or similar)) was about as bad as it gets, the word
sterile springs to mind, yet he has a really devout following...I seem to
recall the James Last tickets were about £27 (in 1978 !!).

It was about the same time as I first saw Hawkwind, fortunatley for me I
didn't have to pay for either of them (selling programmes) but  Hawkwind
commanding the normal £8.50 of the time. No prizes for guessing which
concert I enjoyed the most...

As for guilty pleasures...

At age 11 I was listening to:

The Rolling Stones, Staus Quo, Queen, (sisters albums)
David Essex (my first album - All the Fun of the Fair!), Darts &
Showaddywaddy
In my late teens my turntable used to be graced incessantly with:
Dead Kennedy's (esp Holiday in Cambodia)
Killing Joke (esp Psyche)
& The Clash (London Calling)
The Undertones
Stiff Little Fingers
The Ruts,
Bob Dylan
Selector/Madness
Lou Reed/Iggy Pop.
Udo Lindenberg ("es ist in Moto Guzzi !!")

Needless to say my mum went prematurely grey. :-(

& simultaneously at the Heavy Rock Disco, headbanging away to :
Led Zeppelin, Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Deep
Purple

Of late I am a little confused about what music to stick on the turntable -
most of my 'collection' is not easy on the ears & approaching 40 I am
hunting out some more chilled vibes, got a long shopping list which
includes more Hawkwind, Ozric Tentacles, Tim Blake, James, Moby......
and maybe even a bit of Judge Trev.....

but then again I also quite like the hard hitting rap stuff/R & B ....

UhOh.... I dunno anymore!

Maxine