Monday, 6 March 2017

In Which The Facade Crumbles

Over the years I have been doing this blog, I have carefully cultivated an image of being a hip and happening guy with his finger on the pulse of whatever musical scene is about to burst forth - a surfer of the zeitgeist, if you will.

Sadly, I must reveal that has all been a facade. I am in fact a middle-aged man with an alarming weakness for Gilbert O'Sullivan. I went to see the Great Man last night on his 50th anniversary tour, and while not without the occasional moment of naffness - it was Gilbert, after all - he put on an excellent show. His leap onto the keyboard to conduct the communal singing on "Get Down" was surprisingly sprightly for a man of 70.


Here are a couple of personal early favourites of his, followed by a video of him performing his neglected 1980s funk standard, "So What". Herbie Hancock, eat your heart out.

"Houdini Said" - Gilbert O'Sullivan

 "We Will" - Gilbert O'Sullivan

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5 comments:

  1. FurryBootsCityBoy6 March 2017 at 10:15

    Never been a fan of Gilbert O, but I'm delighted that you have plucked up the courage to reveal your secret shame. I hope you're not the subject of constant mocking now your guilty secret is out.

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  2. Charity Chic6 March 2017 at 20:54

    I kept a Gilbert O'Sullivan scrapbook as a kid!

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    1. George6 March 2017 at 21:04

      You looked for stories and pictures of Gilbert o'Sullivan, cut them out and kept them? I've known you for decades now and never knew that about you.

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    2. Charity Chic7 March 2017 at 19:40

      It is not something I widely broadcast but I suspect that has now changed!

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  3. Ernie Goggins6 March 2017 at 22:28

    Apologies, CC. I knew I was condemning myself, but I didn't mean to take a good man down with me

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