So, of course, this column is about the albums not the groups who made the albums. If you want to know about the groups then there’s the internet. I don’t remember the great events of 1986 very well, the cursory gestures of world wide organisations or the embracing of existential prudence by a superpower but what I do remember was hearing music.
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Music. There’s a lot of it about isn’t there? On the telly, on the radio, on the internet, in our heads, memories and hearts. Some of it is big and ugly and some of it’s small and beautifully formed; some of it loud and pompous, some of it quiet and reserved. Some of it prevails but, sadly, most of it is forgotten. So come on, let’s all sit down, stop watching that pointless rubbish over there and hear it for the treasurable pleasurables.
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