Madonnas karaoke show, albums that sound their covers and whatever happened to protest music?

Published: Oct. 17, 2023, 1:16 p.m.

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Spicy and nutritious items in the rock and roll bouillabaisse this week include \\u2026

 

\\u2026 Roger Waters at the Palladium: a masterclass in how to insult an audience.

 

\\u2026 \\u201cwithout Andrew Loog Oldham, the Stones would have been Manfred Mann.\\u201d

 

\\u2026 the only rock star who can tell a story onstage.

 

\\u2026 Nempnett Thrubwell, Hinton Blewett, Glaister Fagan \\u2026 Leafy Somerset hamlet or venerable reggae dubmeister?

 

\\u2026 the money Dave Grohl made from Nirvana (and it\\u2019s less than you\\u2019d imagine).

 

\\u2026 why Barry McGuire\\u2019s Eve Of Destruction was so terrifying.

 

\\u2026 please, someone, stage an exhibition of original paintings used on album sleeves!

 

\\u2026 the rise and rise of the rock spectacle.

 

\\u2026 Hogg, Fat Grapple, Makin\\u2019 Bacon? Real or fictitious pork-related acts from the Melody Maker Club Calendar 1971.

 

\\u2026 has social media taken the place of protest music? Why has no-one made a statement the Israel/Hamas war?

 

\\u2026 more smoking-themed album covers.

 

\\u2026 what, in her darkest hour, Madonna must think about Taylor Swift\\u2019s movie triumph.

 

\\u2026 and In The Court of the Crimson King and other albums that sound like their covers.


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