Not like me not to point. I must have been sober.

I think I qualified my statement re the Beatles by saying that at that point in my life (30s?, 40s?) it was impossible for me to have an objective opinion on their music as I had been force fed it since I was running around in nappies eating rusks in the rain.

And not just selected songs but an incredible number as you know they had quite a few hits. Unlike say David Bowie who I also got to know quite well from bbc radio 1 and top of the pops. With him however it was maybe Jean Genie, Suffragete City and to a lesser extent Space Oddity and very few others.

Having been given a taste of his genius, but only a taste, it encouraged me while growing up and even now to explore his musical output much further and appreciate it in all its diversity. I have to say I would much rather hear any Bowie track (from his golden period) than almost any Beatles track. My ears n'est-ce pas.