August 3rd.
Bought music papers. Hadn't got Melody Maker.
[I bought ALL the music papers? Blimey. I
guess I demanded the balanced view. The weeklies were Sounds, NME and Melody
Maker. I think Disc was still going but no one bought it unless it had a special
in it.]
August 10th
Bought music papers.
[OK, I guess I did buy them all each week.]
August 11th.
Bought Killer. Alright.
[Maybe Alice Cooper was wearing off. My dad
hated the record, but mainly because of the snake on the cover. I hid the
cover. I never played it for him. I mean, Dead Babies. ]
August 14th.
New joke – Mummy, mummy, I hate daddy's guts. –
Well dear, put them to the side of your plate and eat your vegetables.
[These were a fad. I remember a handful. For
instance – Mummy, mummy, why am I going around in circles? – Shut
up or I'll nail your other foot to the floor. Mummy, mummy, can I play with grandma? – No
dear, you've dug her up twice this week already.]
August 18th.
Roxy Music in charts. Schools Out very high in
charts.
[Due to the sort of incompetent marketing I
thought only Brits were capable of, Schools Out was released in England as a
single AFTER the start of the summer holidays. It doesn't seem to have hurt its
chart places, but I think we would all have enjoyed it more if it had given us
something to look forward to. Since I read ALL THE MUSIC PAPERS I, of course,
knew about it much earlier.]
August 23rd.
Joke: What do you say when you see an elephant
on the table? - Shout, "Look! An
elephant!"
1 comment:
Thanks for the reminder.
Fond memories of a holiday to England in the summer of 1972. I was 9 years old but remember 'Top of the Pops' on TV and 'School's Out for Summer'!
Cheers,
Chris
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