This is one of those posts where a couple of randome things that you talk about with people sort of come together in an
Edward De Bono lateral thinking kind of way , or like the
Kevin Bacon , EE $G , interconnected digital world kind of way. Anyway basically I'm not sure where I should start so I'll just jump in and see where I land.
This year
Malik Bendjelloul brought out a film Searching For Sugar Man about the Mexican artist Rodriguez who brought a couple of albums out in the 70s and was very with in the southern hemisphere. The film has brought
Rodriguez deserved worldwide recognition albeit 40 years late , but he can still tour , sing and deliver the goods and is now reaping the benefits. POssibly a similar situation was
Nick Drake who unfortunately commited suicide , but his music is now finally recognised for how good it is / was.
Anyway I then read that another artist from the 70s ,
Graham Parker , was also enjoying a resurgence with his excellent band The Rumour with a major part as himself in the film
This Is 40 produced by fan
Judd Apatow. There's a Rolling Stone article
here.It's not quite the same but will mean that Graham Parhker and The Rumour get deserved worldwide exposure. Always loved Graham Parker and this leads to another discussion I was having with a friend about bullying in the workplace.
It isn't nice or clever and it is horrible when you are subjected to . I have experienced it , fortunately that's fifteen / twenty years years behind me now , but thinks were'net going well for Graham Parker when he was at Mercury Records and he responded by actually releasing the excellent "Mercury Poisoning" which while not being the most subtle of analogies certainly hit the spot , I think Mercury dispensed with Parker soon afterwards. He kept making great records and Mercury lost a talent that could have raked in a fortune for them. So this has turned out to be a bit of a ramble but it is and excuse to listen to the excellent "Mercury Poisoning":