Fools

Dear Daniel,

We've all got to be careful reading Bill Drummond. Calling for a new year zero for music is all well and good if you want to make a statement about innovation or shake up some cobwebbed pre-conceptions about what music should be. But if you end up feeling that guitars and drums simply bashing out a good tune is without merit, you're going to miss out on a whole world of enjoyment.

Here is Dodos playing Fools. Another fine song from 2008 featuring guitars and drums and just as valid as Justice or Hercules and Love Affair or, for that matter, the Justified Ancients of MuMu.

Dear James,

That's the thing though, isn't it? If you say that all music is dead and you have to start all over again, you're left with a fairly unlistenable mish-mash of Gregorian chant over a remixed KLF breakbeat. In fact, Drummond gives in at the end of 17 and slips on some Pet Sounds and, oh dear, James Brown as he drives his merry way to Scotch Corner.

I liked this one more than your other song of the year. I like any stuff with funny drums. And bands that are two-pieces. Like the mighty Scroops. Must dash, the milanesas are ready.