The "anti-English jag" were written by Greg as "The boy looked at Roky, by the Rev. & Mrs. Tommy Parasite" and appear as liner-notes on the Pebbles vol.8 LP.
Tim is entitled to his opinion Nick and to be honest I agree with a lot of what he has to say about The Beatles in particular. My slant has always been toward the US and almost anywhere else but here. Just this weekend there, Roy Loney told me that what he was thankful to the Beatles for was giving him The Kinks and The Stones. My own particular take is that I think the Americans twisted the safe nature of the British Invasion and infused it with the sickness of the culture. That's what pilots the greatest stuff. Rock'n'roll is an american invention, no question about it. Greg did champion UK beat and a ton of other stuff. He was a voracious, enthusiastic and passionate music fan who gave us all the green light to get on board the train. I just wish he'd kept on rolling.
I completely forgot about that Rev and Mrs T. P. thing. Must dig it out later. I actually live by a lot of Greg's spoof and have a great letter from Pars-hole written on IPC headed notepaper to prove it.
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The "anti-English jag" were written by Greg as "The boy looked at Roky, by the Rev. & Mrs. Tommy Parasite" and appear as liner-notes on the Pebbles vol.8 LP.
Tim is entitled to his opinion Nick and to be honest I agree with a lot of what he has to say about The Beatles in particular. My slant has always been toward the US and almost anywhere else but here. Just this weekend there, Roy Loney told me that what he was thankful to the Beatles for was giving him The Kinks and The Stones. My own particular take is that I think the Americans twisted the safe nature of the British Invasion and infused it with the sickness of the culture. That's what pilots the greatest stuff. Rock'n'roll is an american invention, no question about it. Greg did champion UK beat and a ton of other stuff. He was a voracious, enthusiastic and passionate music fan who gave us all the green light to get on board the train. I just wish he'd kept on rolling.
I completely forgot about that Rev and Mrs T. P. thing. Must dig it out later. I actually live by a lot of Greg's spoof and have a great letter from Pars-hole written on IPC headed notepaper to prove it.
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