Spreading the love | New York Dolls | Football pitches | Them not us | Outage outrageThe newfound hipness of butter would have delighted my dad, who died recently aged 92 (Whipped, hip and drizzled in honey: why Britain is back in love with butter, 7 October). Back in the 1980s, my mum worried about the combined effect on his heart of work stress and overload of the butter that he adored. A regular parting shot from Mum after he’d raided the kitchen was: “Perhaps you should have a bit of bread with that butter, Bryan?”Agnes RileyPoole, Dorset• What about the New York Dolls on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973 (The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!, 6 October)? In a single swoop, they exposed prog rock and commercial pop, creating the space for punk rock to revolutionise what we all thought music should sound, look and be like.Warren BrownIlkley, West Yorkshire Continue reading…
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