Friday, October 21, 2022

5-4-3-2-1 Mannfred Mann

This is one of my earliest musical memories of the harmonica and if you have never heard this piece of 60s skiffly beat music you are in for a treat. I probably thought it had something to do with the Thunderbirds TV series too as I was only about 5. It namechecks the Charge of the Light Brigade in the lyrics and was of course the theme tune to Ready Steady Go. If you had to encapsulate Britain in the sixties...in three minutes this would be my choice.