Meldrew moment: I don't f***** believe it!
Posted: 04 Oct 2012, 10:45
I remember the record's release and bought my copy (which I still own) in the record shop in whose basement the Beatles (then k/a Quarrymen) had made their first recordings. But I wouldn't learn of that little historical footnote until several decades later.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19807418
For a member of that particular generation - what you could call the X Factor generation - [0.52] to say "Yes, kind of boring because they keep repeating the same stuff over and over again" must count as being straight out of the deepest slough of irony.
On the other hand, some things never change. At 1:08, one girl remarks, in best Janice Nicholls mode: "It's alright. It's got a good beat to it".
JN
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19807418
For a member of that particular generation - what you could call the X Factor generation - [0.52] to say "Yes, kind of boring because they keep repeating the same stuff over and over again" must count as being straight out of the deepest slough of irony.
On the other hand, some things never change. At 1:08, one girl remarks, in best Janice Nicholls mode: "It's alright. It's got a good beat to it".
JN