What am I listening to. Ep 20. Julian Cope. Billy Bragg. Frankie. Tubes. Rezillos. Damned.

Join me as I have look back at the last six LPs that have graced my turntable. I'll spend a couple of moments on each one giving my unrehearsed instant thoughts and feelings. May contain swearing.

[@dirkbogarde44]

I have a very love/hate relationship with BB. Great songwriter in the past but he's gone way left field politics wise for me. Tank Park Salute still kills me. Played it the day my dad died.

[@neilbower9052]

Cope's next album, Jehovakill, definitely needs to be heard. Surprised you gave Liverpool 2 points, it's dire. Absolutely correct about the tubes first four albums. Nina Hagen does an amazing version of white punks. great vid me ode.

[@OldJockRadio]

@neilbower9052 thank you mate. Much appreciated. Yes the Frankie album is chronic but I had to give it something. Being that 5 is average I think a score of 2 is fair enough. Cheers.

[@grizcuz]

Don't know where your belief that Julian Cope was a 'massive Heroin addict' has come from? Are you confusing him with someone else? Admittedly, he's ingested enough psychedelics to incapacitate a small nation, particularly during his Teardop Explodes years (read his autobiography about that time, if you haven't already). But he certainly wasn't doing Heroin in that period, or at the time of Peggy Suicide. He's also been married to the same woman for decades and raised 2 kids with her. Which isn't very typical for someone who struggled with a major opiate dependence.Nor is his extensive travels and research/books/TV show about ancient archaeological sites in the UK and Europe. Been a fan for many years, this is the first time I've heard him described like that. Thought you may know something I don't, but can't find any references to his supposed addiction to that stuff anywhere online.

[@fishandchipdiaries]

He also says that Peggy Suicide is his third solo album. You could argue that it was his 7th if you include Skellington and Droolian. But certainly not his third.