Welsh Number Ones

[Gromit]

Did Hearsay make no 1? They had a welshman, Noel.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Bob Marley's Dad was Welsh

Scottish, I believe

 

[rekil]

You're shitting me.

Now I'm going to have to go and look for hidden meanings in his songs.

'Green Door' is obviously about entryism and the protagonist's internal ideological struggle between the discipline and sacrifice of scientific socialism and the sentimentalism and decadence of the fledgling environmental movement. The listener is left in no doubt which side is ultimately superior.

'Oh Julie' is somewhat more difficult to deconstruct.

Shaky is on our side, we will bury you.

 

[charlie mowbray]

Stuat Colman died in late April. A great promoter of real rock n' roll, rockabilly and rhythm and blues on his radio shows and as curator for many re-issues