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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 402553" data-attributes="member: 22">Bob Stanley, brilliant music writer, Saint Etienne member and all-around pop obsessive, recently started a thingy on Patreon where you pay him a few quid each month and in return he posts a different musical obscurity every morning as well as weekly articles and videos and other stuff. A few days ago, he featured a song by &#039;70s singer-songwriter Peter Skellern (biggest hit: &#039;You&#039;re a Lady&#039;) and said, &quot;I like that he came from Bury, like Victoria Wood and John &#039;Kid In A Big World&#039; Howard; there&#039;s definitely a soft, friendly East Lancs kinship there.&quot; I can&#039;t say I&#039;ve ever made a connection between Skellern and Wood before, but all week I’ve had this sort of imaginary visual ear worm (a video worm?) of VW at the piano singing “you’re romantic, I’m a fool, you’re the teacher, I’ve come to school” while tossing her bowl-cut fringe about.[MEDIA=youtube]7RnLkiBaesY[/MEDIA]At the time, I didn&#039;t pay much attention to the songs on her sketch show. They kind of felt like the price you had to pay for the proper funny stuff (a bit like Barbara Dickson&#039;s weekly spot on The Two Ronnies*), but suddenly I feel strangely nostalgic for them.*That&#039;s just me trying to sound cool: the reality is I&#039;ve always had a soft spot for Dickson and really didn&#039;t watch The Two Ronnies all that much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 402553, member: 22"] Bob Stanley, brilliant music writer, Saint Etienne member and all-around pop obsessive, recently started a thingy on Patreon where you pay him a few quid each month and in return he posts a different musical obscurity every morning as well as weekly articles and videos and other stuff. A few days ago, he featured a song by '70s singer-songwriter Peter Skellern (biggest hit: 'You're a Lady') and said, [I]"I like that he came from Bury, like Victoria Wood and John 'Kid In A Big World' Howard; there's definitely a soft, friendly East Lancs kinship there." [/I] I can't say I've ever made a connection between Skellern and Wood before, but all week I’ve had this sort of imaginary visual ear worm (a video worm?) of VW at the piano singing “[I]you’re romantic, I’m a fool, you’re the teacher, I’ve come to school[/I]” while tossing her bowl-cut fringe about. [MEDIA=youtube]7RnLkiBaesY[/MEDIA] At the time, I didn't pay much attention to the songs on her sketch show. They kind of felt like the price you had to pay for the proper funny stuff (a bit like Barbara Dickson's weekly spot on [I]The Two Ronnies*[/I]), but suddenly I feel strangely nostalgic for them. [SIZE=2]*That's just me trying to sound cool: the reality is I've always had a soft spot for Dickson and really didn't watch [I]The Two Ronnie[/I]s all that much.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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