I Love It When You Call Me Names

That’s what Joan Armatrading said.

Now, I like sarcasm just as much as the next man, but she went too far when she urged us to “drop the pilot”. That just goes against all logic, not to mention CAA regulations.

My dad calls her Joan Armourplating. I find this amusing. A friend of mine calls Hugh Masekela “huge massacre”.

If you don’t know Hugh Masekela, then check him out. Also get hold of “Sweet Jane (With Affection)” by Two Nice Girls, which blends Joan Armatrading’s Love and Affection with The Velvet Undergrounds’s Sweet Jane, because the two songs, when you slow them down, are very, very similar.

Cowboy Junkies did a great version of Sweet Jane on the Trinity Sessions album, but the Two Nice Girls version is achingly beautiful. It will tear and strengthen you heart like love and springtime. Stick that on and it’s like the blossom falling across the city while caterpillars explode into butterflies.