The Associates, like Roxy Music before them, had the good fortune to precede the deleterious 'pop'/'indie' dichotomy - just like Bogart or Powell & Pressburger were lucky enough to live before Hollywood split into 'the blockbusters' and 'the arty stuff', both of which were painfully incomplete.

I have heard plenty of McFly, and not one second of it belonged anywhere but third on the bill at the Dublin Castle.

Also, I love Johnny Boy live.