Misunderstood

Dear Daniel,

Those celestial-types who make the decisions about who lives, who dies and when they go have been particularly active in the world of music recently. Two which were not widely reported last week in the rush to fill airtime/columns with Michael Jackson tributes were the deaths of Jay Bennett and Sky Saxon.

I don't think the former features on the above version of the first track of Wilco's Being There, but he is on this one:



You'll notice that version is a tribute to Jay Bennett although unfortunately his input has reduced it to derivate, Gram Parson-esque, shit-kicking yeeha country. But suffice to say he was involved in the second and third Wilco albums and that should be enough.

Sky Saxon had one of the best names in pop.



This next one is my favourite song by The Seeds. Another sharp Sky suit. Poor lip synching. Good of the bloke from Steptoe and Son to step in on keyboards at the last moment, despite clearly never having seen a keyboard before...



Dear James,

Did you get into The Seeds off a Nuggets collection? They sound like the kind of band you get on a Nuggets collection. As for Wilko, am I the only person who likes them when they play Red Eyed and Blue but then instantly goes off them when they play 6-minute dullness? Surely not.