James Last

In 1976 my parents came home from one of
their grownup parties, mildly tipsy and
in possession of a James Last LP
which as a vinyl deficient household
was certainly something rather than nothing but
even then I was never going to listen to it

Years passed
    decades passed
        centuries in their way
and now here I am
        way older than they were then

Watching James Last at the Royal Albert Hall on Sky Arts
        with the sound down
        the snobbery runs deep and long
man do they look like they're having fun...

And the audience - such pure joy
    this is the best night of their lives!

Wonder if I took the wrong step years ago
    and there are 190 albums to check out
        but I'll never be part of this communal joy

The man's been dead for nearly 10 years
    and like Rave or countless other areas
        you missed the boat