Music Review
 By David Thorpe
The Who
Endless Wire
The great survivors of the truly outstanding era of rock music release
their first album of new material in 23 years and a whole new generation
of fans will soon realise what all the fuss has been about.
Two of the original members of the band are dead but the remaining original
members —Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend — are a lesson to
some of the younger musicians of the day, constantly experimenting with
new styles when they could live off their musical fame and constantly
rehash their best work from previous decades.
That versatility is displayed with the mini-opera The Glass Household
which is a revelation beside more typically rock tracks such as It’s
Not Enough.
You don’t have to have been a previous fan of The Who to enjoy this
album — just a fan of good music performed by good musicians.
By Phil Savva
Various artistes
Now 65
The latest collection from the NOW... gang (is it really 65 compilations
they’ve released?) as usual offers up a great mixture of something
for everyone.
A little bit of pop, R&B, soul, dance, indie and rock with the latest
chart releases.
This particular edition has some of the true anthems of the past few months
none more so than opening track on CD1 the Scissor Sisters Don’t
Feel Like Dancin’. Phenomenally successful over the past year this
particular track has really seen them take off big-time with the catchy
tune becoming a favourite across both pop and dance genres.
Other stand-out tracks on CD1 include gravel-voiced Amy Winehouse’s
Rehab, Nelly Furtado’s Promiscuous and two dance tracks that have
really surprised with their appeal — Bob Sinclar’s Rock This
Party and Fedde Le Grande’s Put Your Hands Up For Detroit.
CD2 opens with a mini-indie fest with Razorlight (America), Snow Patrol
(Chasing Cars) and Keane (Nothing My Way) preceding offerings from Kasabian
and The Killers.
Pop afficianados are catered for with McFly, Lily Allen and Pink.
As with any compilation album there will be tracks you love, tracks you
are indifferent to and tracks you absolutely loathe — step forward
Mr Baywatch himself, yes David Hasselhoff, aka The Hoff, with Jump In
My Car. And I’m not quite sure why Meat Loaf’s All Coming
Back To Me Now is here either (I guess it’s been re-released) but
didn’t we get enough of it the first time round?
Oh well happy listening to one and all.
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