We lobbed the feathered arrows of enquiry at the rock and roll dartboard this week and these got the highest scores …
… rock stars v the new league of the Super-Rich.
… package tours of the mid-‘60s – eight acts, an interval, a compere plus God Save the Queen.
… ‘Hits, Flops and Other Illusions’ by Edward Zwick and the fantastic tale about arrogance, money-squandering and Julia Roberts at the Halcyon Hotel.
... pop music used to be about persuading people to cut loose; now it’s about getting them to tighten up.
… why you can read Ron Wood’s memoir as either comedy or tragedy.
.. Chris Blackwell’s post-production trickery that sold Bob Marley to a rock audience.
… Master Tape Rescue: the arduous task of panning for gold.
... and why there should be a movie about the making of Shakespeare in Love.
Plus birthday guest Chuck Loncon in Savannah, Georgia – Neil Young v Spotify, Lady Antebellum, the Dixie Chicks and the tangled world of political correctness.
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In praise of Bernard Cribbins, Clive James and the noble art of guitar-smashing
Why half the people at a gig don't really want to be there
Dave Grohl reaches ‘Meldrew age’, Be Here Now’s 25th birthday and the sex life of Dave Davies
How much of ‘Indie’ is just shoes and hair?
Chris Blackwell remembers the “underdogs, rejects and misfits” he signed to Island Records
Danny Baker and Graham Gouldman at our live McCartney 80th birthday special!
Paul McCartney in the Park: our 80th birthday special (Part One!)
What links The Day Of The Jackal, Supertramp, the Sun and James Callaghan?
The new Elvis movie and why we loved it
Why music is largely about everything but music
Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp and how to ‘rockwash’ your tarnished reputation
Has any actor played a rock star convincingly?
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Can bands still “sell out”? - plus 50 years of Exile On Main Street and RIP the iPod
The world’s rarest records and the sartorial splendour of the satin tour jacket
Kate Rusby (12) bought Bon Jovi tapes on hire purchase from Casa Disco in Barnsley
It’s our fantasy seven-decade Queen’s Jubilee line -up!
You’re either a t-shirt act or a non t-shirt act: discuss
Which band played the Old Grey Whistle Test and was then completely forgotten?
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