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Post by roddy byers on Oct 1, 2008 10:10:51 GMT
I guess we can all change our minds..like some do their clothers..
Its also funny how all these socialist all live in very large houses..
maybe im just jealous?
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Post by Stewart Rennie on Oct 1, 2008 11:41:52 GMT
I've met Wellers folks and there dyed in the wool tories through and through, his mum told me that she didn't know where Paul got his politics from .
Let's face it no system works capatilism,socialism,communism as there's always greedy people out there.
I thought The Housemartins did some good pop songs in the 80's which had some clever lyrics in them about greed etc etc.
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Post by roddy byers on Oct 1, 2008 14:05:44 GMT
I GUESS EVERY MAN HAS HIS PRICE?
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Post by Hugh on Oct 1, 2008 15:10:59 GMT
My mum's a Thatcher hating anti-royalist whose friends burned Union Jacks from castle tops in Wales while she was enjoying the finest education Britain ever offered and graduating in the top of her class at Aberystwyth University. She definately didn't arrive at her perspective through ignorance. She has fond memories of the kids she taught at her first job in a high school in Hainault in the fifties, and she and her fellow teachers worked very hard to impress learning and education upon them. Many of those kids seemed tough until you met the parents.
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Post by fredperry on Oct 1, 2008 17:16:58 GMT
You ony get a good education in this country if your rich. Everyone else has that knowledge (power) kept away from them. And then they start punishing youngsters for acting like idiots with knives or looking at them as if they're lower than themselves because they can't string a proper line of English together. I don't blame teachers, the goverment controls things. You reap what you sow - and they're gonna find that out (if they haven't already).
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Post by stevo on Oct 1, 2008 18:04:28 GMT
Never bought that one, but after London callin ild moved on.. Well "Sandanista" is a spralling mess. You could condense it down to a good single LP...Whose idea was it to do "Somebody Got Murdered" on "Today's Specials"?, I thought it might have been yours Roddy. |
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Post by rudiecantfail on Oct 1, 2008 18:09:01 GMT
I always thought Weller was a Labour bloke. Im sure he did some stuff for the Labour Party in the 90s. But Roddy is right that Weller did say he'd vote conservative back in the 70s. He apparently said it after a tiff with The Clash over the White Riot tour. He was only a kid when he said it (18 or 19 ?) and I think he's regretted saying it ever since. I think his actions over the following 30 years have spoken louder than these words and clearly show his political stance. Also Joe gave his reply in the last verse of White Man in Hammersmith Palais. |
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Post by rudiecantfail on Oct 1, 2008 18:25:05 GMT
Never bought that one, but after London callin ild moved on.. Well "Sandanista" is a spralling mess. You could condense it down to a good single LP...Whose idea was it to do "Somebody Got Murdered" on "Today's Specials"?, I thought it might have been yours Roddy. Wouldn't exactly say it was a mess, works well as a double CD, while there are a couple of fillers,some of the other tracks are top notch (Up in Heaven, Washington Bullets, Police on My Back, Somebody...) and the crossover stuff such as Mag 7 was years ahead of everything else. I think they'd achieved their aim on London Calling by creating a fusion of several styles to come up with their own original rebel beat, and they ambitiously tried to top it with Sandinista and probably come unstuck due to a combination of smoking too much weed, and trying to have one over on the record company. |
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Post by Hugh on Oct 1, 2008 18:42:38 GMT
I like Sandinista, exspecially the Blockhead input - Davey's Saxamaphone, Norman onna base and Mickey on keys.   |
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Post by stevo on Oct 1, 2008 19:54:29 GMT
Well "Sandanista" is a spralling mess. You could condense it down to a good single LP...Whose idea was it to do "Somebody Got Murdered" on "Today's Specials"?, I thought it might have been yours Roddy. Wouldn't exactly say it was a mess, works well as a double CD, while there are a couple of fillers,some of the other tracks are top notch (Up in Heaven, Washington Bullets, Police on My Back, Somebody...) and the crossover stuff such as Mag 7 was years ahead of everything else. I think they'd achieved their aim on London Calling by creating a fusion of several styles to come up with their own original rebel beat, and they ambitiously tried to top it with Sandinista and probably come unstuck due to a combination of smoking too much weed, and trying to have one over on the record company. It depends on your taste I suppose. One man's Poison.ect...... |
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Post by roddy byers on Oct 2, 2008 15:39:54 GMT
Well "Somebody got murdered" reminded me of my tune "Reckless Romance" as the chorous had similar feel, and as some of the MK2,s insisted on a cover album at least i could get a Clash song in*
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Post by rudiecantfail on Oct 2, 2008 16:57:55 GMT
I like Sandinista, exspecially the Blockhead input - Davey's Saxamaphone, Norman onna base and Mickey on keys. Too right Hugh, Mikey also done a great job playing on the Take The 5th and 16 Tons tours, his input really enhanced the live sound. |
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Post by roddy byers on Oct 3, 2008 7:28:59 GMT
I suppose i never did get Rap or Hip hop?
But i never liked Disco or Funk either..
not saying they are crap just they never appealled to me*
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Post by Hugh on Oct 3, 2008 14:44:45 GMT
From Bombay to Santa Fe
Over hills and far away...
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Post by roddy byers on Oct 3, 2008 16:05:51 GMT
Must admit Hugh Mr Dury did work for me*
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