The greatest sax solo, YMCA, musical one-night stands and Tom Hanks’ wise advice

Paddling the three-man conversational kayak across the rock and roll rapids this week involved …

… Olive Mess, Candied Yams, Gorilla Biscuits …? Challenging indie act or seasonal vegan recipe?

… the amount YMCA earned through Donald Trump and why the man who wrote it is complaining.

… Tom Hanks’ valuable words of wisdom.

… Neil Tennant’s favourite bridge in a pop song (and it’s not We Can Work It Out or I Will).

… musicians and the modern world of the “one-night stand” circuit.

… Baker Street, Money, Careless Whisper, Giant Steps, Jungleland … and the sax solo that outranks them all.

… the genius of Henry Mancini and the powerful DNA of film music.

… the lost world of small ads – eg this pasted by Roxy Music: “The perfect guitarist for avant rock group: original, creative, adaptable, melodic, fast, slow, elegant, witty, scary, stable, tricky. Quality musicians only.”

… Beatles ’64 - “randomly assembled and directionless”, a listener declares!

Here’s Plas Johnson playing the Pink Panther theme with Henry Mancini:

 https://youtu.be/jBupII3LH_Q?si=brjVwsPlmcnii1Md

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