Chronologically the Cream of Cockney Rebel:
(My subjective view. You may disagree with me. Predominantly edgy. Always melodious.)
1. Sebastian (released August 1973, as a single). The first commercial single in at least two countries in mainland Europe.
2. Hideaway (released September 1973, as the first album track)
3. What Ruthy Said (1973)
4. Mirror Freak (1973)
5. My Only Vice (Is The Fantastic Price I Charge For Being Eaten Alive, 1973)
6. Muriel The Actor (1973)
7. Death Trip (1973)
8. Judy Teen (1974). The first commercial single, in the UK.
9. Sweet Dreams (1974). The first album track, on the second album.
10. Psychomodo (1974)
11. Mr Soft (1974)
12. Singular Band (1974)
13. Ritz (1974)
14. Cavaliers (1974)
Not all the songs I like, from Cockney Rebel, but for me, the cream...
I'll edit in the same, for Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - STILL TO GO IN
The third part will be a continuum of the subject matter adjacent.to this thread - STARTED BELOW
Happy New Year !
Continuum 2: Actually, I had intended to include the Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel songs as part of the first 'canvas' and the second part of the triptych was to be the same for some solo songs, as follows;
Sensationally Steve (the ultimate selection)
Continuum 3:
(Jem's subjective selection, by rank):
1. Victim of Love (1992). The live at the BBC version (1995) is the better, for me, over the studio album version- Yes You Can. Such heart. Edgier. A collaboration. I feel (rightly or wrongly) if this had been released by Cockney Rebel, in a new set of New Bond Street boots from the 90's - like my 1996 pair (but earlier), which have never been re-soled or re-heeled, and with uppers that, when polished, only look six months old (in 2026!) - together with a new set of Cockney Rebel 'suits', this should or probably would, have charted! - when I jumped on to that tube carriage in 1998, Glen Matlock looked at them first, then looked at me...Sorry, I have now name dropped GM a few times on various threads herein but not only is he an under valued bass player, he's an under valued writer. I watched, on 30 December, Sky Arts and, "I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol". Excellent.
2. Star For A Week (Dino), also 1992.
3. Riding The Waves (For Virginia Woolf), 1978.
4. The Lighthouse (1992).
5. All in a Life's Work (1996)
Continuum 4: Further to Hb thread 'The Impression of Being Relaxed Vol 2?', the thread in the 'Forum Questions' section, and some of my comments under the adjacent thread to this one, 'The Best Year Of Our Lives - A New Novel'.
Looking at Wikipedia and Steve's Diary Entries herein, it looks like the main more recent gaps would be between 2009 and 2014 inclusive. The first six months of 2015 also seem absent (if Steve made any - of course that was the year he got messrs Cregan and Mackay back together with himself and Stuart, for the 40th Anniversary of 'The Best Years Of Our Lives Tour'). From halfway through 2015 until late 2022, the entries become occasional. Maybe he was thinking of another volume?
Was Steve in the habit of keeping a diary, way before the documented (more recent) periods (from 2000?) He might have been, but somehow I can't see it. I don't know why. On four occasions between 1992 and 2022, I was only a few feet away from him, he was busy, performing his work...and I never met him...other than performer to audience...
To be continued...
