Classic Clips

‘TEENAGE KICKS’ By THE UNDERTONES Released 45 Years Ago

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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

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

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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

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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)

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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

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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.

TOM WAITS: Bio – Discography – Instagram

Video Clip For Pure Pop Pearl ‘I COULD BE HAPPY’ By Scottish Heroes ALTERED IMAGES (1981)

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4 April 2023

Band: ALTERED IMAGES
Scottish legends led by the charismatic Clare Grogan 
Active: 1979-1983, 2012-present
Single:   I COULD BE HAPPY

Released: 1981
Score: The song peaked at #7 in the UK
Album: Pinky Blue  – the band’s second LP

A pure pop pearl.
A crystal clear earworm.

ALTERED IMAGES: Facebook 

THE STYLE COUNCIL With Clip For Debut Single ‘SPEAK LIKE A CHILD ‘ (1983)

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25 March 2023

Band: THE STYLE COUNCIL
Who: Paul Weller‘s new project after splitting up The Jam,
assisted by keyboardist Mick Talbot who had left Dexys
Midnight Runners.
Active: 1983-1989 / 5 LPs

Debut single/clip: SPEAK LIKE A CHILD

A horn-fueled and catchy top tune that
peaked at #4 on the UK Charts.

Watch/listen.

THE STYLE COUNCIL: Bio – Discography

Organ-Fueled Nugget ‘THE ONLY ONE I KNOW’ By THE CHARLATANS – 1990

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24 March 2023

Band: The Charlatans
Active: 1988-present

Single: The Only One I Know
From their debut LP Some Friendly
Released: 14 May 1990 – 30 years ago
Score: #9 in the UK

R.I.P. John Brooks and Rob Collins

Video clip

THE CHARLATANS: Bio – Discography – Instagram

‘JOCKO HOMO’ by DEVO – 1978

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23 March 2023

Band: DEVO
Active: 1973–1991, 1996–present
Albums: 9 – with Something For Everybody
as the most recent one (2010).

Track/clip: JOCKO HOMO
From their 1978 debut LP
Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

The song introduced the call-and-response “Are we not men?” / “We are Devo!” and
took its title from a 1924 anti-evolution tract called Jocko Homo Heavenbound
by Bertram Henry Shadduck, where it is explained as meaning ape-man.

In the video, Devo collaborator  Mark Mothersbaugh plays a professor, lecturing
to a class of students in surgical masks, caps, and 3-D glasses. As the song progresses,
the class begins to riot.

Roll the tape.

DEVO: Bio – Discography – Instagram