The Clash had something to say about that:

Punk rockers in the UK
They won't notice anyway
They're all too busy fighting
For a good place under the lighting

The new groups are not concerned
With what there is to be learned
They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny
Turning rebellion into money

From "White Man in Hammersmith Palais"


I think they were talking about Mr. Weller and friends, among others.

Last edited by bosthist (2007-02-28 18:01:19)

V:

Very little surprises me when it comes to people and their musical tastes.  I don't know the people in question so I can't comment--some people like music as aural wallpaper, some like the energy, others actually listen to the words.  Just listen to the Clash's "Death or Glory" a couple of times and all will become clear: "Every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the world/And ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl"....

but thinking further,of the time spent on the forums (by those, wearing bespoke, or not), this lyric touches many (myself, inside):

"The kids in the halls and the pipes in the walls
Make me noises for company
Long distance callers make long distance calls
And the silence makes me lonely."

Last edited by Vaclav (2007-02-28 20:09:56)

Cambridge Grad., Anthony H. Wilson, as I recall.

Hepworths were the other name back then at that level I think...

Back when my kit came from Austin Reed or Simpsons & my shoos from Church...

terry the trad.

The problem with Punks:

THEY LOOK LIKE PUNKS!

Study the Cambridge Spys....  That's the way to do it.

Yes, brother, yes.

First is the inner feeling.
Then comes the outward expression.

I walk around the internet and I see the Cambridge Spys called 'traitors' by the silly-headed. Andy's Britland forum says this.
No, no, no, no, no -
The Cambridge boys were true to themselves and loyal to what they loved...
And hated what they hated and did what little they could do to tear it down.

Not traitors, but loyalists.

t.

*I fly a big black flag*