Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

IntroductionLeonard Cohen: London, June 1974Tony Iommi: Iommi Mansions, Warwickshire, July 1974Van Morrison: Knebworth, July 1974Ray Davies: London, September 1974Roxy Music: Cardiff, September 1974KC and The Sunshine Band: London, October 1974Lemmy: London, January 1975John Martyn: Leeds, February 1975Dave Brock: Devon, February 1975Joe Strummer: London, February 1975Wayne Nutt: Aberdeen, March 1975Mick Ronson: Newcastle, April 1975Alex Harvey: Glasgow, September 1975Gordon Lightfoot: London, October 1975Be-Bop Deluxe: Shrewsbury, January 1976Patti Smith: London, May 1976Phil Lynott's Mum: Manchester, August 1976Bryan Ferry: London, January 1977The Byrds: London, April 1977Angie Bowie: Somerset, April 1977Lou Reed: London | Stockholm, April 1977Olivia Newton-John: Lake Tahoe, Nevada, April 1977The Sex Pistols: London, May 1977Elvis Costello: London, June 1977The Sex Pistols: London, June 1977Stiff Records: London, July 1977The Mont De Marsan Punk Festival: Southern France, August 1977David Bowie: London, September 1977Dr Feelgood: Leicester, September 1977Nick Lowe: Glasgow, October 1977Gregg Allman and Cher: London, November 1977Nick Lowe: Finland, February 1978Tony Iommi: Glasgow, March 1978Elvis Costello: Belfast, March 1978Lou Reed: Philadelphia | New York, May 1978Kenny Everett: London, July 1978John Peel: London, August 1978The Legendary Ariola Juncket: New York |Los Angeles | Portland, August 1978Al Stewart: Los Angeles, September 1978The Clash: London, November 1978XTC: New York, December 1978The Boomtown Rats: Los Angeles | Atlanta | Dallas, January 1979The Clash: Cleveland | Washington DC, January 1979Mike Oldfield: Berlin, April 1979Lou Reed and David Bowie: London, April 1979Robert Fripp: Bournemouth, April 1979The Pretenders: Chester | Blackburn, July 1979The Searchers: Rhydyfelen, South Wales, November 1979Jerry Dammers: Hemel Hempstead, December 1979London Calling: Melody Maker HQ, December 1979Squeeze: Australia, February 1980Def Leppard: Glasgow,

Allan Jones is an award-winning British music journalist and editor. He was editor of Melody Maker from 1984 to 1997 then launched Uncut magazine and for 15 years wrote a popular monthly column called Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, based on his experiences as a music journalist in the 70s and 80s, a prosperous time for the music press. His book, Can't Stand Up For Falling Down, was the Sunday Times' Music Book of the Year 2017.

This is a paean to a lost age of wild rock'n'roll and decadent rock'n'roll journalism Louis Wise Sunday Times - Music Book of the Year 2017 20171126