Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod the Mod finds his solo footing, headed for stardom, with the Faces in his wake.
6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2011
Features Disc of the day
Dexys Midnight Runners
Let’s Make This Precious
(EMI, 2003)
Kevin Rowland's glittering career overviewed, with two newies adding value.
Wise heads may argue that proper Dexys Midnight Runners albums Searching For The Young Soul Rebels or Don't Stand Me Down should take precedence over this 2003 best-of. But, as well as giving a vivid sprint through the fiery career of style-obsessed auteur Kevin Rowland, two previously-unreleased songs give hope that the story isn't done yet. First the familiar stuff; played by (in turn) a pugnacious docker-boxer soul band, a dungaree'd Celtic soul band and an Ivy League-clad bizarro soul band, here are Geno, Show Me, Plan B and 13 more fantastic singles and album tracks that strive and search for what buttock-clenching Tamla tune There There My Dear calls "the new soul vision". The two new songs, though, reveal a different Rowland to the one who forced his bands to go jogging and dictated what haircuts they had. Terror-stricken but determined, the strident Manhood - suitably his first new recording since this majestic bafflement of 1999 - is the most striking, with its tragic-comic lines, "Are you always feeling guilty? / Yes / Do you envy those who are carefree?/ Listen, I'm so scared that I plan my every move", while in closing track My Life In England he looks back on an early youth spent trying to fit in with bittersweet fondness. Since this release and its accompanying tour, Rowland's been silent but for one song, It's OK Johanna. This sounds like it was recorded at home, but still shows that his voice and willingness to reveal all are holding up. Can we hear some more, Kevin?
Ian Harrison
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 13/05/2009
Further Listening
Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down (Mercury, 1985)
The Specials – The Specials (2-Tone, 1979)
The Blue Ox Babes – Apples & Oranges (Cherry Red, 2009)
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