| Influences | Or, in some cases, just “Things I Like” as remembered on Feb 1st ‘08 ....Ray Davies/Kinks, Midlake, Shirley Collins’ “Within Sound” box-set, Sufjan Stevens, Curtis Mayfield, Mark Hollis/Talk Talk, 50’s/60’s country music, Brian Wilson/Beach Boys, Joni - especially “Hissing”, Stuart Murdoch/Belle and Sebastian, Bill Fay, Arcade Fire, Bob Dylan, Sigur Ros, “Shawshank Redemption”, Ealing Comedy, Joe Gibbs, The Byrds, “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”, Jane Siberry, Roger Eagle, “The Third Man”, Hank Williams, Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers, Four Tops, Oliver James’ “Affluenza”, Larry David/"Seinfeld", Syd Barret/”Piper”, Mary Gaulthier, Arthur Lowe, Johann Johannson, C3’s/Phillicordas (in fact almost any old organ), David Axelrod, “Carlito’s Way”, old Hofners, Bilko, Wurli/Rhodes, George Jones, U-Roy, Stephen Merrit/Magnetic Fields, Suskind’s “Perfume”, Morricone, Laura Veirs, Jason Lytle/Grandaddy, “Midnight Run”, Arthur Brown, “School for Scoundrels”, Sly Stone, early Zappa/Mothers, 40’s-50’s Film Noir, Pentangle, PG Wodehouse, David Bowie, “Quiller Memorandum”, Alastair Sim, S.F.A., Geoffery Household’s “Rogue Male”, La Dusseldorf, Harmonia, Kraftwerk, The Stones with Brian, Peter Hammill/VDGG, “Nuggets”, Ron Sexsmith, Psychedelia, Daft Punk’s “Discovery”, the delgados, Harry Hill, Stevie’s good period “Music of My Mind” to “Songs in the K.o.L.” Buzzcocks’ singles, The Gladiators , Scott 1,2,3,4, Television’s “Marquee Moon”, pianos, Lou Reed/Velvets, Julian Cope, The Beatles, Hull City AFC & Pop.....................................
Guilty Pleasures: Pilot “January”, First Class “Beach Baby”, Yes ‘s Ist LP through to “Relayer”, more Prog, Toto “Rosanna”, & ”Broadsword calling Danny Boy”!
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