"When I was a teenager I joined a mail order music club called Britannia Music. The selling point of this club was that you got to pick five albums for free, before then committing to buying one full price record per month for the next 12 months.
"I'd picked four reasonably respectable albums when my pen hovered over Otis Redding. A man respected the world over for his amazing musical talents.
"It was at that moment that I spotted, out of the corner of my eye, the flame haired Irish songstress Kirsty MacColl. I have no idea why, but I chose Kirsty's Galore over the great Otis.
"It's a pretty throwaway record of feelgood, sugary Irish diddley-dee music. It's basically quite rubbish. But I've still got a soft spot for it.
"One of my mates in patricular has never let me live this down. On the day when poor Kirsty met her demise in a speedboating accident, I received a text message from my mate asking me whether I was alright."
Dave, you shouldn't feel too bad about your Kirsty MacColl fandom. She does have a bit of street cred. She performed with The Pogues on classic Christmas single 'Fairytale of New York' and even appeared on stage with The Happy Mondays on Top of the Pops once. Still, Galore is a pretty dire album. Well done for getting this off your chest mate. Hope you feel better now.
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