Mrs Palmer, you are a shocker. When I posted my list of all time top five favourite albums of all time last week her comment was "who is Chris Difford?" Mrs P, you live in a cultural vacuum.
<insert obligatory smart comment about Jonnys record collection here>
So, who is the best lyricist of his generation? Well, he wrote some of these gems;
- Don’t shoot that singer, you’re shooting number one
- The squaw is with the corporal, She is tied against the tree, She doesn’t mind the language its the beatings she don’t need
- The Sweeney’s doing ninety, ‘Cos they got the word to go, They get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow
- Sunlight on the lino, woke me with a shake, I looked around to find her but she’d gone
- They do it down on camber sands, they do it at Waikiki
- I never new it would happen, with me and the girl from Clapham
- Late evenings by the fire, little kicks inside her
The last one is a particular favourite in our house at the moment, strangely enough.
Not guessed yet? Those aren’t just song lyrics, they are poetry. South London poetry to boot. From one half of the writing duo that produced all of the songs for the band Squeeze.
The other party being, of course, one Glenn Tilbrook. His solo album isn’t bad either, certainly worth a listen.
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