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THE POP GROUP With Post Punk Classic ‘SHE’S BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL’ (1979)

Posted on April 24, 2023 by JL

Last Saturday the sad news of the passing of 62-year old MARK STEWART
best known as the astounding frontman of experimental post-punk band
THE POP GROUP from Bristol who hit the scene back 1977. He also recorded
multiple albums solo and collaborated with lots of other artists.

Their innovative, mercurial, and left politics-infused
debut LP Y is still regarded as a classic album of the era.

The album’s wilful single SHE IS BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL
(more than 1 million streams on Spotify) is one of their
unforgettable exploits.

In memoriam of Mark Stewart. R.I.P

THE POP GROUP: Bio – Discography

40 Years Ago – SISTERS OF MERCY With ‘TEMPLE OF LOVE’

Posted on April 23, 2023 by JL

23 April 2023

‘TEMPLE OF LOVE’ by SISTERS OF MERCY
came out in October 1983, 40 years ago.
It was a non-album track.

The song was written by the band’s general Andrew Eldritch. It was the fifth SOM single. Despite the fact that Temple Of Love became a classic corker in Goth-rock it did not chart on the UK’s main singles chart, but it reached number one for a week on the UK Indie Chart and stayed on the chart for 36 weeks.

Watch.

And they’re not done yet.

SOM: Bio – Discography – Instagram

‘TEENAGE KICKS’ By THE UNDERTONES Released 45 Years Ago

Posted on April 20, 2023 by JL

20 April 2023

Northern Irish pop-punk heroes THE UNDERTONES released their most famous
and lauded debut single TEENAGE KICKS 45 years ago today (21 October 1978).

It was written by guitarist John O’Neill.

Upon first hearing the classic in September 1978, the late great (1939-2004)
BBC Radio DJ John Peel is reported to have burst into tears, and readily admitted
to still being moved to tears upon hearing the song in interviews granted to
journalists up until his death.

I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

Go, Feargal.

THE UNDERTONES: Bio – Discography – Instagram

E-tastic Cracker ‘STEP ON’ By HAPPY MONDAYS For Birthday Boy BEZ

Posted on April 18, 2023 by JL

18 April 2023

Manchester’s 24-hour-party people HAPPY MONDAYS scored big time with their timeless cracker STEP ON 33 years ago. It was actually a reworked version of 1971 hit He’s Gonna Step On You Again by South-Africa born, Greek singer/songwriter John Kongos.

The legendary accompanying clip was shot in a small town
in Spain, named Sitges on the roof of Hotel Subur Maritim.

I featured the clip multiple times here on the blog in the past and will definitely
do so in the future. Today it’s to celebrate the 59th birthday of the Mondays glorious maraca player/dancer/DJ BEZ, born Mark Berry on 18 April 1964 in Bolton, Lancashire.

E we go.

HM: Instagram – Facebook

Debut Single ‘WHAT DO I GET?’ By BUZZCOCKS – Happy 68 PETE SHELLEY

Posted on April 17, 2023 by JL

17 April 2023

Band: BUZZCOCKS
Single/clip: WHAT DO I GET?

Released: 3 Feb 1978
Score: No. 37 in the UK

Happy 68 to frontman Pete Shelley , born on 17 April 1955
in Manchester UK. He passed away in 2018, only 68.

BUZZCOCKS: Facebook

Another sleeve vesion with the title in the past tense. Weird.

‘STOB YOUR SOBBING’ By THE PRETENDERS – 1979

Posted on April 16, 2023 by JL

16 April 2023

Power pop heroes PRETENDERS fronted by the utterly charismatic
Chrissie Hynde released their tremendously infectious poppy debut
single STOP YOUR SOBBING in 1979, amidst the punk explosion
in the UK.

It was a cover. The original was written by kink Ray Davies about
a crying girlfriend he broke up with. It was released as a single in
1964 only in… South-Africa!

Guess what? Ray Davies & Chrissie Hynde had a relationship and
a child. No sobbing for them, until they split up sometime later.

C’mon Chrissie.

THE PRETENDERS: Bio – Discography – Instagram

‘CELEBRITY SKIN’ – HOLE (1998)

Posted on April 15, 2023 by JL

15 April 2023

Band: HOLE
Active: 1989–2002, 2009–2012 / 4 LPs

Track/Video: CELEBRITY SKIN
Year: 1998

You love her or you hate her.
I love her and even more after
I saw her playing live twice.

When I wake up in my makeup
Have you ever felt so used up as this?
It’s all so sugarless, hooker/waitress
Model/actress, oh, just go nameless!
Honeysuckle, she’s full of poison
She obliterated everything she kissed
Now she’s fading somewhere in Hollywood
I’m glad I came here with your pound of flesh

HOLE: Bio – Discography

TOM WAITS – ‘I DON’T WANT TO GROW UP’ 1992

Posted on April 12, 2023 by JL

12 April 2023

Artist: TOW WAITS
Born in Whittier, California 73 years ago
Active: Since 1969 / 17 studio LPs

Song/video: I DON’T WANT TO GROW UP
Album: Bone Machine (1992)

When I’m lyin’ in my bed at night
I don’t wanna grow up
Nothin’ ever seems to turn out right
I don’t wanna grow up
How do you move in a world of fog
That’s always changing things
Makes me wish that I could be a dog
When I see the price that you pay
I don’t wanna grow up
I don’t ever wanna be that way
I don’t wanna grow up

Watch.