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Chapter 6 ZURICH
“ You start with a theme and then you play it in loads of different ways, sometimes even backwards and then after this musical journey you return to the theme, then end”
Jer was explaining to Steve why classical music wasn’t “a load of boring crap”
“Like jazz with an orchestra then?”
“Yes that’s not a bad analogy”
“ Still prefer Sonic Youth”
“Yes so do I but you know it’s not ‘boring crap”
“Hmm....
“Tell you what is crap” piped up Brooksie
“What”
“Bananarama”
Much agreement, shouting out of titles and various out of tune renditions of ‘Robert de Niros’s waiting’
“Yes but it’s not shit it’s just not to your taste”  Jer insisted.
Steve contemplated
“So you’re saying nothings shit , only a matter of taste”
“Yes, it’s lazy to be so black and white. You can always at least appreciate somethings craft or its commercial acumen or even the triangle players timing”
 



 
Steve paused before dealing the killer blow
“What about Phil Collins, Face Values?”
He gave a challenging and triumphant stare at Jer
Jer looked resigned, there was a limit ....
Of course this resulted in a flurry of lists.
Little legs top 5 worst foods
Olives, Salad (any and all),Ready salted crisps, Blue cheese, Green vegetables (except peas)
Jer top 5 worst films
The Wall, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Musicals generally (except Chitty Chitty bang bang), Roger Moore bond films, Rambo
Getting more surreal
Mo top 5 worst hats to wear to a funeral
Sombrero, Kiss me quick, Bearskin, Fez, Beret
Steve top 5 worst meals on tour
Pasta with mustard, boiled kohlrabi surprise (there was only kohlrabi), chilli with partially cooked kidney beans (chronic diarrhoea), smazeny syr (fried cheese) 14 nights in a row (chronic constipation), paprika crisps (one pack divided in 5)
And ending up plain weird and desperate
Brooksie top 5 worst places to place a jelly
On a pencil, New York(???), Inside a photocopier, inside a scuba divers helmet, the cretaceous era.
Fortunately in the distance a lone hitcher came into view