Insert ‘wait ages for a bus’ comment here (if you like)…
Those who despair at the likes of Pop Idol and Britain’s Got Talent often talk about ‘the good old days’, when yer average pop star was a true ‘artist’, which is a POV that smacks of serious revisionism. From the beginning of popular music, the industry has co-opted absolutely anything that would sell, from the bland to the extreme, it’s all grist for the mill…
Happily, this has led to some amazing anomalies, including the late, questionably great Screaming Lord Sutch. Featuring plenty of mayhem (including firing guns into the audience!), the video above is the first part of a 1964 BBC documentary about Sutch, the other three parts of which can be found by diving headfirst into the murky pool that is being YouTube…
Sutch’s real rockin’ pianist in the clip posted above, Paul ‘Just Good Friends’ Nicholas, earned hisself eternal rock’n'roll cred, the likes of which remain unattainable by Bonio or that jazz gonk, Cullum. And that’s not counting his first two 45s, cut under the name of Oscar, which were penned by Dave from Bromley and that bloke Townshend…
Anyhoo, I digresetheth…
