Advantages: Good music, haunting songs, thought provoking Disadvantages: A little dated?
What can I say? The CD about which I am about to write is likely to be, at the very best, obscure to most people. At worst it will be totally unknown, which is a real shame in my view.
The Artist
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Mike Harding was born in 1944 in Manchester. He was brought up in an Irish catholic household, and many of his experiences have formed the basis of his comedy routines. Throughout his life he has had many jobs – bus conductor, boiler scaler, ... ...those in power who were inclined to abuse their power, and consequently was always in favour of the underdog. This is particularly apt as, for quite some time, he was one himself.
I first encountered Mike Harding in the early 1980s, when I watched his comedy show on BBC2 (repeat it or release it on DVD BBC, okay?). I thought he was hilarious. He would tell tales of life in Australia with its lethal wildlife, the battles with English in the USA, ...
Nolly 09.09.2004
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