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The Godfather: Peter Corris on the Rolling Stones

The Godfather: Peter Corris on the Rolling Stones

by NRB | 20 Jan 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 1 comment

When I first heard the rasp of the Keith Richards riff kicking off ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ (1965), it was like hearing ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ (1956) for the first time. I knew that something fundamental had happened to popular music. The songs were an attack on...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on Elvis

The Godfather: Peter Corris on Elvis

by NRB | 9 Jan 2015 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

In a column last year I expressed the opinion that Elvis Presley was one of the two greatest popular singers of the 20th century. The other, incontestably, was Frank Sinatra. Sinatra brought an insouciant, louche intimacy to crooning that hadn’t been there before. He...

The Godfather: Peter Corris on druthers

by NRB | 5 Jul 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

Champion sportspeople are often asked what they would have liked to be were they not the footballers, golfers or swimmers they are. Golfer Nick Faldo, for example, said he would have liked to be a racing-car driver. Sterling Moss said he’d have fancied being a...

NEIL YOUNG Waging Heavy Peace; PETE TOWNSHEND Who I Am. Reviewed by Toby Creswell

by NRB | 6 Dec 2012 | Non-fiction | 3 comments

Neil Young reveals and Pete Townshend conceals in these contrasting rock & roll memoirs. The rock & roll confidential has occupied one of the least edifying shelves in the bookstore. The hazy memories of too many girls and too many drugs were shaped by...
             

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