Some of our trendy mates are having a ‘bit of a do’ down in that London this Sunday, we’ve no idea what’s going on but it promises to be a good day out and apparently it’s in an elephant’s castle where there’ll be someone cooler than the Fonz on stage,

Much as we hate the term eclectic, that’s pretty much the only way to describe our musical tastes at Proper, from classic folk through to the latest stuff that hasn’t even got a name yet, we like a bit of everything and love trawling the web for something to tap our (immaculately be-decked) feet to.

Well finally, the Serge Gainsbourg biopic has landed on our fair shores. Having purposely avoided any reviews, we’ve no idea if it’s any good or not but going by the trailer it looks pretty special.

Maybe like me, you’ve spent a bit of time working doing shit factory jobs or schlepping round building sites in order to stay away from the breadline at some point in your miserable life.

Even though he’s not done anything too ear-catching for the last fifteen or so years, I’m still fascinated by Mr Rogers Nelson AKA Prince. Many, many times I’ve randomly thought ‘I wonder what Prince is doing right now?’

When our mate Lee posted a link to this video on our forum back in March the responses were emphatic. “The best thing I have ever seen” was one. “That is fucking ace” was another. Unfortunately we didn’t have a website to share it with you all at that point and since then the world and his wife has been trying to decipher the lyrics while trying not to tap their Clarks wearing feet to the tune.

Everywhere and everything is beset by clichés. London? You think of red buses and Waterloo Sunset. Liverpool? The Beatles and shell suits.

For Manchester, the barrel-scraper’s choice is Factory Records and everything that fell from it.

Jane Birkin – Je T’aime – Banned due to the obvious sexual nature and aroused rasping, it certainly wasn’t helped by Serge Gainsbourg singing about the joys of going “entre tes reins” – between your kidneys – i.e. up your bum – 1969 & 1974 Paul Simon – Me and Julio – Banned for referring to Newsweek magazine and therefore [...]

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