tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post7045214617309278218..comments2023-06-04T14:47:02.324+01:00Comments on a sideways glance: Still asking questions of the Englishsimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-86359228543652805282012-04-02T17:45:53.462+01:002012-04-02T17:45:53.462+01:00I guess it's true that English pop and rock is...I guess it's true that English pop and rock is much taken with issues of identity. The Kinks and Blur are obvious contenders to put alongside your excellent choices.<br /><br />I will have to go and give Van's Avalon of the heart a listen.<br /><br />Next week we're at Manna House (well, I'm at Spring Harvest as it happens). It'd be good to catch up sometime.simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-90676103595026104152012-04-02T14:03:24.988+01:002012-04-02T14:03:24.988+01:00A really interesting post... Of course, my pet obs...A really interesting post... Of course, my pet obsession with Mozza could be evoked again here. He is the English punk/bard par excellence, in my opinion. Also - channeling a very heady Ulsterman lyricism - Van Morrison (often found next to Moz in the record stores), whose music is all about identity: real and imagined, memory, mythology, the sense of place.<br /><br />The song that most evokes all those things, for me, is Van's <i>Avalon of the Heart</i>. Probably my favourite song ever. <br /><br />For some reason your rumination on Hockney seems relevant to this, too.<br /><br />I tried to get along yesterday evening but circumstances conspired against me. I will do so next week.Ben Fairhallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945833725845993569noreply@blogger.com