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The Noise Coming From Philippe
What will always win me over is a singer who just makes extraordinary noises. This goes beyond singing a song. This is more than performing a song. This is a song bursting out of the singer.
Palo Alto, 1998
Freebird was more like an orgy of guitars and you could never just start at the guitar section. You’d have to build to it.
Why Cola by Lana Del Rey is Genius
It’s an American dream wrapped in sex, drugs and diamonds.
Conor Oberst and his band Bright Eyes probably never even met Art Garfunkel
I woke up on the plane and thought—
did I actually go to that gig?
The Woodstock of not belonging. Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 28th June 2005.
I felt more ‘there’ watching it on TV
than I did actually being there.
Hyde Park 2018
Same song.
Completely different experience.