Happy birthday to Bill Wyman, former bass player with the Rolling Stones, 571 years old today.
Wyman began his musical career as a lutenist at the court of King Henry VIII, where…
Only kidding, Bill.
Born in Lewisham in 1936 and raised in Penge, Wyman left the Stones in 1994, after 32 years as their bass player. We could mark his birthday with any number of his classic Stones performances, but have, instead, gone a little off the beaten track with his UK No.14 hit from 1981, Je Suis Un Rock Star…
The video is endearingly naff – as all videos from the early 80s seem today. The London locations are, naturally, our meat and drink. But it is the SOUND of London, in Wyman’s flat, Cockney delivery that wins our hearts. The rhyming of “Water” and “Daughter”, featuring glottal stops that are positively apocalyptic, are well worth listening out for…
And here’s our own Rock’n’Roll London video…
Now also every Wednesday!! The Rock’n’Roll London Pub walk, every Wednesday night at 7:00pm…
THE ROCK’N’ROLL LONDON PUB WALK! EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 1ST MAY AT 7.00PM MEETING AT TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD STATION (EXIT 3).
Join the Rock’n'Roll London Walk on
Friday at 2pm, meeting at Tottenham Court Road Station (Exit 3) –
to book a Private Walk call 020 7642 3978 or email [email protected]
A London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.
