I've never fully subscribed to autograph (or celebrity) culture. I don't mind a signed book or record as a memento of a particular encounter at a concert, reading or whatever. A signed wallpaper swatch because someone bothered Chris Lowe in Wickes, not so much.

When I finally got my own turntable in my bedroom it was well into the CD era, so suddenly all the vinyl was being sold in bargain boxes under the tables in the record shops I went to. My teenage vinyl diving owes a lot to this specific window of opportunity.

Tapes were the dominant format in our house, even though the sound quality was overwhelmingly cack. I went for years thinking Miles Davis' Devil May Care was recorded without a bass, which I thought added freedom to the number. I did a version for my BA final recital with voice and drums only.

Ok, wrong end of stick. Also I realise I asked a cat to praise a dog, which was foolish with hindsight.

Lots of good sax around at the moment that's nothing like Careless Whisper or Baker Street.

Start with Fat Dog.

For me it's this one. It sat unfinished on his shelf for about ten years until his death, it seems he wrote it during a particularly heated confrontation with his Dad over romantic issues. So perhaps it was too personal for him to put out there.

youtu.be/1V0rGf9PjzI?...

There's a difference between early and late Mozart, from the prodigy toast of Royalty to the guy who fell out with his Dad, got booted down the palace stairs when his music wasn't diddly enough and predicted his own damnation when writing his requiem.

Now I'm imagining Tomorrow Belongs To Me as a sea chanty.

That would work as an essay topic.

Fashion plate.

By coincidence I just watched that video and thought the same thing. I'd forgotten about children's variety / street duos, which is weird considering how much time I spent around that scene way back when. Thing and Related Thing is the default for any act built around club passing.

...so for token two I cheered up with:

Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Someday I Suppose
youtu.be/gmOmAuhAQbE?...

Token one is a weepie.

Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives

youtu.be/oB4K0scMysc?...

I'm not counting fictional acts directly referencing the trope, such as Cheese and Crackers (Inside Number 9) or any combination of Fish, Chip, Pin and Cushion (Mitchell & Webb)

Good luck reaching the processing centre with all that stuff flytipped outside.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiing_...

In yer face.