Christopher McBride

Captain of music blog The Metaphorical Boat, occasionally write elsewhere. Battenberg enthusiast, did a marathon, went on Mastermind.

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@WeirdMedieval I went to Amersfoort about 30mins outside by train. The Mondrian House there is a great museum about the artist, the walls around the city are interesting as well.

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Chrissie.

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Any intelligent museum curator has the opportunity for $000s of free publicity by inviting Christie Hynde to an after-hours tour of their museum -

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Find someone that looks at you the way Chrissie Hynde looks at a mobile phone-less hand.

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What is that song that is being sung by the fans in the #NEDJPN match?

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“Sirius” by Alan Parsons Project is the ultimate “song that everyone knows but doesn’t know what it’s called” song. You’re welcome - https://t.co/QUDtKjzvO9

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“Sirius” by the Alan Parsons Project is going to chart again with all the airtime it’s getting at this World Cup.

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@GabbygalEvs The writer of the lyrics of this song did though.

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@TOTPFacts Was there a song removed from this edition of TOTP? Looks like it's running 5 minutes shorter.

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Ah, the song from the Vauxhall Astra advert. #TOTP

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"Steal My Sunshine" is a classic. Had this on CD single at the time; although the spoken word intro isn't performed here. #TOTP

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@TOTPFacts Apparently Ladysmith Black Mambazo were once accidently booked for Women's Hour on BBC, without the producers realising that they were an all-male band. #TOTP

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@MungoJerryLTD Thank you for your detailed response. Keep well, and best of luck with the new album.

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@Lightning_Seeds Yes, on the "Chartbusters" compilation tape.

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@Translink_NI Hi, are buses on the 2 Metro route out of Belfast City Centre operating as normal?

[Mungo Jerry Official @MungoJerryLTD]

Apart from the fact that I am no longer receiving payment for my voice & guitar samples, apart from the fact that his team tried to take a share of the writer share, & apart from the fact that he made what was supposed to be a “politically correct” version of the song for its use as the title track for the Flipper movie which starred Paul Hogan, I guess that it was ok. I received an award for the version, but awards don’t pay bills. I have several. Thanks for the very good question, & depending on where you are, have a good one, day, morning, evening etc

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@MungoJerryLTD Hello, good sir. What are your thoughts on Shaggy’s rendition of “In The Summertime”? Hope you are keeping well.

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Bored at work? Try my favourite game "noughties indie stars - where are they now?" It involves a vintage copy of the NME and LinkedIn. A lot are graphic designers in Brighton it seems.

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The fact that “Baba O’Reilly” was created by a simple switch on an analog organ is just so fucking cool.

always assumed it was a synth patch. Human creativity and analog gear will always remain undefeated

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@RealTimVine Or Tunecore, upload the file and it adds to to all the services.