I didn't go into detail about the documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man the other day because I knew I had the following in my stack:  from The Guardian, 10 of the best: Scott Walker and 10 of the best: Scott Walker – readers' choice.

But here's the key question posed by anyone looking at Scott Walker's career. How (and why) does a teen idol go from crooning pop hits to making some of the most extreme and original music of the last two decades? 

Between The Guardian and its readers, one gets a fairly good impression of Walker's progression. I started writing about him but it's going to take more than a single post to get through it. Stay tuned.