Budgie plays his Big Bass Harp The Cult and Subbuteo keep everyone Sharp Introducing a Liverpool theme You’ll Never Walk Alone, now choose your team! Lol delivered Newspapers for 25 Bob Delivering milk was Wayne’s other Job The Beeb Top 40 on Sundays recorded 5 Pounds a week a new album afforded
David K Jones had a Brian Connolly haircut Young Budgie’s Skinhead made the Headmaster Tut! Banshees and Cure played soccer together The Cure played the crew but it made Heavy weather! Wayne played for Charity and Drew with the Frankies Nasher the Smasher drew Coronation Street hankies!
Wayne and Budgie played in a band It lasted two days and then they were canned Wayne with Pete Burns in Dead or Alive Built like a builder - Pete tolerated no Jive
‘Gimme Dat Harp Boy’
Budgie blows the Whistle Test intro Wayne and Lol speechless, ‘He plays like a Pro!’ Lol first met Wayne in the 80’s euphoria saw the Mission play a blinder at London’s Astoria And on into the sunrise of a new friendship’s Gloria!
Whispering Bob Harris and Annie Nightingale hosting Morning already? Imaginary boys toasting Sugarcubes’ Einar and Bob had a Ruckus? The Zillow in Germany was it playful then serious? Wayne once lived in the Columbia Hotel Budgie stayed at One Queensway for a similar spell
Wayne’s Solo book tour - music and reading Lol toured Chuck Berry style with local Cure-heads leading Chile, and Peru where the Cure’s pick-up glistens Pornography is one of Wayne’s favourite listens
Albie Singer was Wayne’s hotel pseudonym Budgie was Chad Valley and Lol, Mr Lazlo When Wayne asked reception, Hey what room am I in? The room for Mr Pussy must be Wayne’s alter-Ego Turned out Mr Pussy was the room Johnny Lydon was in!
‘Delusions of Grandeur’ Lol spends 4 months at the Beverly Hills 4 Seasons Wayne drives around strange places on tour in New Zealand Onwards to Moscow or was it Rio or Bangkok? Lol used a matchbox to find his hotel Budgie did too but which matchbox is it? It’s Spinal Tap again!
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