Scott Walker and me

Some music i love:

Love - Forever Changes album. My favourite one, and has been since 1987 when i first heard it. Possibly the only album that i have liked EVERYTIME ive played it - which must be about 300 times or more, at a wild guess.

The Faces first aibum, not their best, which is Oh la la for me, But what a cover. i dig the Faces big time. Strangely enough is very cool for young Japanese men now to have an exaggerated Rod Stewart style haircut, similiar to this one he has on this cover here. I say strange because 99.99% of them have never heard of The Faces and have no idea where their hairstyle comes from. Which if we want to draw it right back is actually Beau Brummel of the early 1800's. There is a drawing of him from about 1810 with his haircut exactly like Rod had 160 years later!

The fourth album by Scott Walker, 1969. Still one of my great artistic inspirations - my Boychild name is based on a song of his from this album. Even 'The Drift' is wonderful. Scott Walker is mentioned in my manga THE STORY OF LEE.

The two daft looking guys are the infamous DEREK AND CLIVE (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore of course). Their three outrageous comedy albums in the 70's are some of my favourite stuff. Just love it. I was lucky enough to be GIVEN them by a guy in the carboot sale they use to have in the Edinburgh University carpark every sunday. This guy said to me as i passed by his stall: "Here pal, take these for free will you - if i come home with them again my wife will kill me!" - true! I owe a great debt to that guy's wife...