Re: the Critics - just goes to prove that experience provides the best basis for writing anything, be it poetry, prose or song.... So much of MacColl's stuff bears little resemblance to the real thing, he did some great stuff, but if I were him, I wouldn't let 4-5 great songs stop me feeling ashamed for the rest of the crap, which is why there are three songs I wrote years ago that will never see the light of day again. I read them again last month. They're still shite...

LTS