Parkerilla, The (Live) - Graham Parker & The Rumour

Advantages: Great live sound, superb twin guitar workouts, superb songs
Disadvantages: Not nearly long enough

...guitarists of the time Brian Robertson & Scott Gorham have yet to have been bettered by anyone else that i've ever heard of in my humble opinion, the rockers such as emerald, the boys are back in town, jailbreak and the rocker are fantastic and you can almost imagine the intensity that there must have been when it was being recorded and yet Lizzy do simple beautiful ballad type songs just as well and in this case perhaps even better, still in love with you, dancing in the moonlight and southbound prove to be case in point on this occasion For the record there were also guest appearances by members of the support bands for Lizzys world tour from which this live performance came, Huey Lewis the harmonica player from clover and also John Earle the saxophone player from graham parker & the rumour and both provide a superb performance in dancing... Read review

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Advantages: A diverse musical choice, the good, the bad & the ugly.
Disadvantages: No Damned, Costello or Dury! Oh, the humanity!

...such as Lene Lovich's slightly OTT song 'Lucky Number', a nicely demented song sung by what appeared at the time to be an unhinged young gypsy lady. Memorable, I think is the best word to apply there. And let's not forget Kirsty McColl's cover of Billy Bragg's 'New England'. Throw on top of that Costello's old friend Nick Lowe ('Heart Of The City'), Jona Lewie ('Stop The Cavalry') and Ten Pole Tudor ('Swords Of A Thousand Men') and you have a nice selection of late 70's pop hits to thrill your lugholes. In the second category we have The Members, The Adverts, Department S, The Tyla Gang, old underground hippies The Pink Fairies (making a last stab before they gave up for good. Maybe Stiff DID pick the right slogan after all...), The Rumour (without Graham Parker) and Lew Lewis (with a great little gem of an old fashioned blues track). All tracks... Read review

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Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: not many

...Let's take a little trip back…picture the scene, it's the beginning of the 80's, Thatcher's Britain, riots on the streets the miners on strike. A feeling of gloom descends on the nation… Musically the nihilistic punk explosion as subsided, Punk is not quite dead but it's definitely in intensive care and the outlook isn't good! A new wave of …New Wave music is starting to surface, bands like Elvis Costello, The Jam, Eddie and The Hotrods, Joe Jackson, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Joy Division and from across the Atlantic, Blondie, Talking Heads… So what's this got to do with The Strokes? I hear you shouting at your computer screen… well you know how Proust said that a smell can vividly trigger memories, well music can do the same and listening to the Strokes debut album transported me back to the bad old days of the early 80's. Just... Read review

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