Rabbitte Guts:

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Jimmy Rabbitte knew his music.  He knew his stuff alright.

They were two sentences from the first page of the first book Jimmy Rabbitte had been in, The Commitments.

But, actually, he hadn’t a clue about music.

He did – he used to – back when Doyle wrote The Commitments.  But not now, in this new book Doyle’s after writing, The Guts.  This thing, ‘feat.’, for example.  Like, Pink (feat. Lily Allen).  What the fuck was that about?  Selfishness – that was what Jimmy thought.  Ego.  Back in the days when music was roundy, it was ‘and’.  It was Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood.  They shared the glory.  It was Roy Orbison and k.d. lang.  It wasn’t Roy (feat. k.d.).  It wasn’t Laurel (feat. Hardy), or the Lone Ranger (feat. Tonto).  And the ‘feat.’ people; the guests singers or whatever – Jimmy … Read More »