Prefab Sprout - Jordan : The Comeback

Still an extremely pleasant journey with tosspots at Hendrix, glorifying the King, God pleading not to aggrandise Him and Satan asking for forgiveness. "Wild Horses" and "We Let the Stars Go" are extremely romantic songs, the former a Lolita-type paean with a gorgeous backdrop of minimalist synthpop and the latter some sort of throwback to the halcyon days of youth and comparing it to the present. I like this a lot. One of the 90s highlights.

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks

Having heard the New York Dolls by now, I'm glad I found their great lost 2nd and a half album. Every single song is just a more angular update of the Dolls, except for Rotten's Damo Suzuki/Captain Beefheart-inspired histrionics. "Anarchy in the UK" is still the 70s answer to "My Generation". I once did a cover of this in a college performance, my partner in crime was barred from performing for 6 months. That was in 91, and the Man still gets pissed by the same sentiments (I adapted the lyrics to suit the college I was in). I wasn't barred as I was leaving for the UK. Best song here is the stomping Gary Glitterish glam pop without the burundi drums "Seventeen (I'm a Lazy Sod). Still like the Clash's debut and Buzzcocks' Spiral Scratch better although I can see now why Steve (some guy on the message board I go to) digs it so much.