A Nod's As Good As A Wink ... To A Ginger Manc

Something’s in life really do render you breathless to the point you have just been fed a roasting hot Sayers sausage roll by some Huyton Ma’. As well as that, the saying “anything is possible” is probably the truest sentence ever used in music. Examples being – Simon Cowell wearing his kex below his tits, Susan Boyle buying hair removal cream and most recently (thinking my eyes were deceiving me) The Faces reforming ... WITH MICK FUCKING HUCKNALL AS LEAD SINGER!!!!

WHAT THE FUCK!!!

I’ve seen some bizarre comings together in the world of music in my time, but none quite as surreal as this it has to be said

Now, some of you know I’m a pretty big fan of The Faces. They were a great bunch of fellas who didn’t take themselves too seriously, told some great stories and wrote some superb songs. Simply Red on the other hand never have been a big hit with me (or most people of Liverpool to that effect) and represented a totally different genre of music to which The Faces adopted.

So you’d instantly think any form of coming together between the remaining members of The Faces and the soul ginger gimp-like driving force behind Simply Red was simply folly? Wrong!

Now, don’t get me wrong here, some come-backs can be pretty good especially for those fans with a certain un-breakable attachment and romance towards their heroes as they were in their hay day, but, let’s be brutally honest here, this just goes against all the rules of what is tasteful (and tasteless) when it comes to judging a come-back and I’m afraid to say my mind is made up here and I’ll give you my honest opinion on the matter – it’s fucking shit!

Imagine these scenarios: David Van Day stepping in for Mick Jigger or Johnny Borrell stepping in for Bono at Glastonbury. You honestly can’t tell me you think they aren’y wrong can you?

So, pending this story not being some sort of tabloid wind-up, what are we to expect from the Wrinkly Old Chaps from ‘Darn Sarf’ and the Legendary Ginger Manc Lothario? Are we going to hear Hucknall break into “Holding Back the Years” as they are half way through “Stay with Me”?

I certainly hope not as poor old Ronnie Lane (RIP) will be turning in his grave!

And I for one will not be attending or subjecting my ears to such crap!

Mol