David Quantick - Record Collector Magazine
David Quantick 46 Views Naffness in rock is an odd thing. We can all identify the super-naff, the naff basic, of popular music. Nobody, other than some dick selling individual Weetabix to hipsters in East London, is ever going to claim that, say, Jive Bunny are cool or that Stars On 45 were ahead of their time (I mean they were: they invented the proto mash-up). But what about The Wombles? Enough pop kids have grown into middle-aged rock critics to acknowledge the craft that went into those records. And the same with modern Wombles like Ed Sheeran and Coldplay: often mocked by the cog...
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