Thursday, November 2, 2023

Paul Morley - Van Der Graaf Generator live - NME - December 18 1976


 

2 comments:

  1. Not sure what's more interesting - that Morley was writing like himself basically from jump, or that he was a Van der Graaf fan (albeit one who's trying to stealthily extricate himself in the light of Year Zero)

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  2. Hammill was the thinking music fan's choice for a lot of people pre-punk - most famously John Lydon. Also I think he was from Manchester (?) so there's a bit of rooting for the local boy maybe.

    Yes, he's fully formed, isn't he, aged what something like 20 or 21.

    I like the bit where he has the Coca Cola girl speechifying his own aesthetic viewpoints. The Art versus Entertainment polarity fits my Triangle of Folk / Art / Showbiz.

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