Watched 'Episode 2' last night - words fail me!!

As far as I can see we were invited to believe that a descent into drug-soaked, navel gazing and self-indulgence (albeit accompanied by impressive guitar work) represented some sort of benign revolution and a triumph over the reactionary, fuddy-duddy 'Traddies'.

Still, I suppose they had it coming! Fancy believing that your ancestors had triumphed over adversity and created something beautiful and worth conserving, re-creating and developing? Far better to inject yourself with heroin, drop some LSD and produce some fancy licks on your Martin Strato-fender Caster. And it worked didn't it? I mean the Folk Rock boom was fashionable and 'commercially successful' for, oh ... at least 3 weeks in the early 70s.

And according to the trailer for next week's episode it gets even better ... The Pogues were there to carry on the flame! ... for another 3 weeks. Fantastic!! I can't wait!