Sticks and stones, Dick. I'll trade you the 'pillock' in my PM for the 'prat' in yours! Anyway, this thread is degenerating into a childish and rather incomprehensible dribble now. I stand by what I said earlier - critics are useful beasts, and I'd be much more in the dark without them. And I'd rather read a piece by an articulate critic who was not a musician than by an inarticulate musician. So, Captain Swing, I think we should agree to disagree.