Over 50's club

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swittle Jul 2020 8:46am, 21 Jul 2020 66,018 posts	0 swittle Nice
Sharkie Jul 2020 8:47am, 21 Jul 2020 16,234 posts	0 Sharkie Rolling Stone had some brilliant writers in the early days. Really witty and well informed. Do not get me started on pop music cos I'll never stop.
Velociraptor Jul 2020 8:47am, 21 Jul 2020 47,635 posts	0 Velociraptor I haven't bought a popular music magazine since those little pamphlets of words to current pop songs that were published fortnightly in the 1970s (I also got my cousin's hand-me-down copies of Music Star).
McGoohan Jul 2020 8:48am, 21 Jul 2020 46,189 posts	0 McGoohan What does it sound like when he's finished tuning up?
Fitz Jul 2020 8:50am, 21 Jul 2020 2,257 posts	0 Fitz Smash Hits for me too in the late 70s / early 80s. Initially their demographic was a bit older (I recall they had a compo to win a motorbike once!) before they went full teeny-bop after the New Wave / New Romantic eras. Then I was an NME reader for many years, probably stopped buying regularly in the early 90s. Thereafter I would occasionally buy Q, especially for holiday reading. They often had a decent CD giveaway stuck to the cover.
HellsBells Jul 2020 8:54am, 21 Jul 2020 26,973 posts	0 HellsBells Smash Hits for me too. As well as a weekly delivery of Jackie
Nicholls595 Jul 2020 9:01am, 21 Jul 2020 21,692 posts	0 Nicholls595 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5cSGl3gNqM
Sharkie Jul 2020 9:01am, 21 Jul 2020 16,235 posts	0 Sharkie @ Dio - did you buy the first (and any subsequent issues) of Four Four Two, too? (I did!)
Eynsham Red Jul 2020 9:02am, 21 Jul 2020 6,235 posts	0 Eynsham Red Go for it Sharkie! I think that pop music can be somewhat sneered at by many what like to think of themselves as serious music oficionados. As much as I like rock (heavy and prog), blues, soul, R’n’B etc. etc. I also loved the pop music of my youth. Herman’s Hermits, the Monkees, Olivia Newton John (especially pre Grease), Middle Of The Road and dare I say Garry Glitter! The list is pretty endless.
HellsBells Jul 2020 9:04am, 21 Jul 2020 26,974 posts	0 HellsBells I raise you Blue Mink to your Middle of the Road ER