No instrumentals please, we’re British
“When was the last time we had an instrumental UK number one?” I ask, apropos of nothing in particular.
A little out of the blue to be sure, but the question had popped into my head and the topic is entirely in keeping with the kind of abstract ‘media, popular music & culture’ themed conversation that tends to get lazily batted about on a Friday afternoon in our office like a game of keepy uppy with a partially deflated helium balloon.
It is, after all, a research centre for media and culture – and Craig and I tend to handle the music industry side of things – so basically, this is more or less what we do for a living.
“Ooh, that’s a good one,” says Craig. “One for Twitter.”
