first world problems

howdy pop pickers


so, you know how it is. one gets home from verk, look you see, and discovers an email which heralds the best of times and, possibly, the worst of times. what's the fancy posh word for something that is good and is bad? is it bittersweet or similar?

yes, then, Ian Brown is a man of his word. back in 2011 when The Stone Roses announced their return, he assured the people that his solo career was not over, simply "parked". out of the garage it is, then.

indeed, i came home to one of them "email" things informing me that i, right now, could purchase the new solo single off of Ian Brown, First World Problems. and so i did.

my thoughts? instantly on hearing it i thought "this is Movin On Up" by Primal Scream,. but done on a Moog or similar. i mean, yes, it's a rather decent tune, and it's always good (for me and hopefully for you) to hear something off of Ian Brown, but successive plays have given every indication that Ian Brown recently played Movin On Up by Primal Scream and said to himself "i will have some of that, to be sure".

an inevitable question concerning the (welcome and splendid) return of Ian Brown in solo form is going to be what of The Stone Roses? is that "it" again, or are they simply now "parked" in the garage what his solo career was. whereas it's not fair that his solo career should be overshadowed by a band he was in, let us not forget he was in The f****** Stone Roses. i am pretty confident he is used to it.

whereas it seems, for another year at the least, my dream of Christmas With The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses being released will not happen, bring forth 2019, i say, with particular emphasis on March 1. yes, i dare say you shall find me in HMV that day, around 9am or whenever they open.

undoubtedly there is good reason for the name of the album, Ripples, but my immediate thought, i must confess, was that he wished to call it Nipples. and why not.

any chance that this is a Stone Roses album masquerading as an Ian Brown solo release? no. the press release notes, etc, all say that it's him and him alone on the majority of the instruments, with some family members being part of it.

should you, like me, wish to buy this new single, First World Problems, off you go to the Ian Brown website for links. alas, a "digital download" only; a shame as a 7" single would have been smart with that artwork.



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