Comments on: There will always be an England

By: mdhatter

mdhatter — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:25:19 +0000

Bearded nutter who loves his Horses

By: secondharmonic

secondharmonic — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:56:43 +0000

Ach ye ouanqere. Here’s the ooother celto-electric-eclectic band of note for the period in question:

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:28:46 +0000

Jazz flute is for little fairy boys.

By: The Editors

The Editors — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:17:40 +0000

Oh, man. I’m totally growing a beard now.

By: Ganesh Bengal Cat

Ganesh Bengal Cat — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:11:18 +0000

Bearded nutter who loves cats:

http://www.j-tull.com/musicians/iananderson/wittering.html

By: Sebastian Dangerfield

Sebastian Dangerfield — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:32:20 +0000

OK, kids, you asked for it:

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:51:06 +0000

All the prog that’s fit to try.

http://gnosis2000.net/

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:26:37 +0000

The Strawbs are nice. As for JT, I like “Farm on the Freeway.”

Martin Barre = Beast.

By: grandlaff

grandlaff — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:25:33 +0000

You slubberdegullions should know that any tribute to Englishness and English wordplay MUST include Vivian Stanshall, the last great English eccentric (and sorely missed):

And though “slubberdegullion” was already in my vocabulary (thank you Peter Gabriel) I found this translation of a Rabelais paragraph most instructive, as no doubt will you ninny-hammer flycatchers and jobbernol goosecaps:

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-slu1.htm

By: Dain Brammaged

Dain Brammaged — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:35:07 +0000

I really do mind if you sit this one out. Although I prefer Hawkins on Ghosts to the pre Yes Wakemen. Pardon me, but my love’s in the sink, and I must get her out.