tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post4449378759980101147..comments2023-10-27T07:29:26.285+00:00Comments on Polyolbion: The LasMatt Merritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270024178512866290.post-85591567352451498712021-03-25T10:41:21.316+00:002021-03-25T10:41:21.316+00:00I'm not sure you need to be persuaded. Once up...I'm not sure you need to be persuaded. Once upon a time I'd have (metaphorically) fought you for suggesting The Las weren't the greatest...particularly on the evening I played There She Goes 30+ times in a row, but I was 19 at the time and that stuff was important then. It's not now.<br /><br />I've just gone back to my old Las demos and the like to see if there's gold in them there hills and there ain't, IMHO, but I'd stand by large parts of their album being wonderful, and TSG is still a work of genius, but it's not the bestest thing ever (neither was the Stone Roses' debut for that matter). Jealous you got to see them though. I missed out on seeing Cast as they were getting going in Liverpool after the Las had fallen apart. NB i always liked the idea that the last words on the Las album were 'The change is cast..."<br /><br />I wonder who is poetry's equivalent of Lee Mavers..<br /><br />Mat Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12867459255902806306noreply@blogger.com