Wednesday, January 17, 2007
A Preponderance of Bs
To save space I'm sticking all my CDs on my computer then shoving them in the cellar.
So many of them I never listen to, yet feel I should rip just in case e.g. four Velvet Underground albums. Four! Unbelievable.
One thing is becoming increasingly obvious - the number of bands which start with a B. Beatles, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, Beta Band (!).
And it's not just bands.
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz.
Bradman, Botham; Bobbys Charlton and Moore.
Blair, Bush and Brown.
Berlin and Barcelona.
Baltimore and Baton Rouge (if there's a better name for a city than that I haven't heard it).
The other Romantic poets get a bit of a kicking nowadays - Blake and Byron largely escape censure.
But one should beware the double B, too many plosives can be exhausting. Combined with the whipcrack "ck", Beckham was always going to be a star, but he needed the softening "David" for universal appeal. Bill Beckham would be king of the football pitch, but too masculine for his appeal to crossover. A double B is too powerful for most to bear: who but a Brian Blessed would have the vigour in his 60s to attempt an ascent of Everest? And wonderful as he is, Brian Blessed is better in small doses. Peter Parker is sinuous and will escape from danger. Bruce Banner will tear your bloody head off.
Also: Bobby Ball.
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To save space I'm sticking all my CDs on my computer then shoving them in the cellar.
So many of them I never listen to, yet feel I should rip just in case e.g. four Velvet Underground albums. Four! Unbelievable.
One thing is becoming increasingly obvious - the number of bands which start with a B. Beatles, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, Beta Band (!).
And it's not just bands.
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz.
Bradman, Botham; Bobbys Charlton and Moore.
Blair, Bush and Brown.
Berlin and Barcelona.
Baltimore and Baton Rouge (if there's a better name for a city than that I haven't heard it).
The other Romantic poets get a bit of a kicking nowadays - Blake and Byron largely escape censure.
But one should beware the double B, too many plosives can be exhausting. Combined with the whipcrack "ck", Beckham was always going to be a star, but he needed the softening "David" for universal appeal. Bill Beckham would be king of the football pitch, but too masculine for his appeal to crossover. A double B is too powerful for most to bear: who but a Brian Blessed would have the vigour in his 60s to attempt an ascent of Everest? And wonderful as he is, Brian Blessed is better in small doses. Peter Parker is sinuous and will escape from danger. Bruce Banner will tear your bloody head off.
Also: Bobby Ball.
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