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[Christmas Tree 5103]

True story

 

I I spoke with someone yesterday who truly, yes truly believed that mankind was 2024 years old  

[Sonatine 11917]

Just now, Christmas Tree said:

True story

 

I I spoke with someone yesterday who truly, yes truly believed that mankind was 2024 years old  

 

He hasn't been posting in the Elon Musk thread by any chance?  

[PaddockLad 18998]

Were you at this @spongebob toonpants?? Anyone else? 
 

 

 

 

[Dr Gloom 23607]

On 15/11/2024 at 18:13, ewerk said:

Bar wise you can’t go far wrong with the Cathedral Quarter. The likes of The Harp bar, Duke of York or John Hewitt are decent.

 

 

[Kid Dynamite 7628]

Speaking of old gigs, I found a music paper from 1990 in a charity shop on Saturday. Remember what gig prices used to be like!

 

 

 

 

[Gemmill 49867]

I saw Madonna once. An hour late on stage. She'd already lost the dressing room at that point. I don't think I unfolded my arms for the full show. 

[Dr Gloom 23607]

24 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

I saw Madonna once. An hour late on stage. She'd already lost the dressing room at that point. I don't think I unfolded my arms for the full show. 

 

this must have been during the early days of your bromance with CT 

[Gemmill 49867]

Pre-CT. Early 2000s. The whitest man in the Oakland Arena. 

[spongebob toonpants 4359]

54 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Were you at this @spongebob toonpants?? Anyone else? 
 

 

 

 

I was never a Jam fan tbh.

 

I had tickets to see them at the Rainbow in Finsbury Park in 1979. I got as far as the George Robey the pub across the road and couldn't be bothered going in

 

 

Edited November 18, 2024 by spongebob toonpants

[Renton 23625]

26 minutes ago, spongebob toonpants said:

I was never a Jam fan tbh.

 

WTF SB? 

 

[The Fish 11313]

6 minutes ago, Renton said:

 

WTF SB? 

 

He's more a Marmalade Man.

 

[spongebob toonpants 4359]

27 minutes ago, Renton said:

 

WTF SB? 

 

 

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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

Joe Strummer had them sussed

 

 

 

 

[Renton 23625]

I see. You're from Brighton and taken the rockers/punk side? Howayyyyyy thennnnnn!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PaddockLad 18998]

12 minutes ago, spongebob toonpants said:

 

Joe Strummer had them sussed

 

 

 

 

Son of a diplomat v son of a milkman… that imho was pure jealousy . WMIHP is easily as good as anything the jam did but Joe knew he wasn’t from a council estate and all his good words & works wouldn’t change that and I think it genuinely fucked with him 👍

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4266]

2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Son of a diplomat v son of a milkman… that imho was pure jealousy . WMIHP is easily as good as anything the jam did but Joe knew he wasn’t from a council estate and all his good words & works wouldn’t change that and I think it genuinely fucked with him 👍

I also think it had fuck all to do with the jam and all about the power pop scene 

[spongebob toonpants 4359]

1 minute ago, PaddockLad said:

 Joe knew he wasn’t from a council estate and all his good words & works wouldn’t change that and I think it genuinely fucked with him 👍

Well we can agree to disagree on that one

Thinking back there was just so much stuff going on that I found more interesting 

Also all that mod union jack stuff really fucked me off, and the majority of their fans (at the time in my opinion) were sheep

[PaddockLad 18998]

1 minute ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:

I also think it had fuck all to do with the jam and all about the power pop scene 

I’ve heard that too Kev. Were you at the Mayfair gig? 

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4266]

Just now, PaddockLad said:

I’ve heard that too Kev. Were you at the Mayfair gig? 

No unfortunately I was a couple of years away from my first gig then.

[spongebob toonpants 4359]

4 minutes ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:

I also think it had fuck all to do with the jam and all about the power pop scene 

Art is in the eye of the beholder as they don't say

 

It summed up the Jam to me 

[Gemmill 49867]

 

 

Strummer fans! £1200 gets you one of these, complete with accurate "relic" job. 

 

[Monkeys Fist 45126]

5 hours ago, spongebob toonpants said:

Also all that mod union jack stuff really fucked me off, and the majority of their fans (at the time in my opinion) were sheep

I was still really a nipper, but I fucking hated the Jam because I shared a room with my older brother, who was bang in to them. 
He’d come in, take my AC/DC off the record player, and put the fucking Jam on 

 

Any argument resulted in a mild chinning. 
 

Our bedroom was like Brighton Beach in tbe 60s, my half was all Rock, biker jackets and Converse baseball boots, his was The fucking Jam, trousers with creases, and parkas. 
 

After hating/beating the shite of each other for our formative years, we did eventually become the very best of friends, even largely sharing musical tastes now. 

[Alex 36695]

The Clash were much better imo. I do like some of their stuff but I was a bit young when they were at their peak. Wella’s a funny one for me. I love the odd thing he’s done but don’t see the hype with most of his stuff. And the hardcore devotees who still consider him to be some sort of god? ‘Sheep’ nails it. 
It’s a bit like with the Mod movement. Some of the aesthetic is great. But the ones fully emerged in it, especially the older ones are more than a bit having breakfast in Spoons telling it like it is. The look looks fucking daft when it’s observed to the nth degree too. Especially as most of them are too old to pull it off 

[spongebob toonpants 4359]

33 minutes ago, Alex said:

The Clash were much better imo. I do like some of their stuff but I was a bit young when they were at their peak. Wella’s a funny one for me. I love the odd thing he’s done but don’t see the hype with most of his stuff. And the hardcore devotees who still consider him to be some sort of god? ‘Sheep’ nails it. 
It’s a bit like with the Mod movement. Some of the aesthetic is great. But the ones fully emerged in it, especially the older ones are more than a bit having breakfast in Spoons telling it like it is. The look looks fucking daft when it’s observed to the nth degree too. Especially as most of them are too old to pull it off 

And as the mighty Chart Music say, all WellerDads voted for brexit

[PaddockLad 18998]

I think the Jam (and the Specials) were the first two bands that I properly became obsessed with as a kid. I’ve gone in and out with Weller over the years, wasn’t fussed about seeing him earlier this year but the missus said she’d like to go and it was only 10 mins down the road so we did and it turned out to be a really good night. All the Farage/Weller dads were there and I hope they enjoyed the Palestinian flag he had draped over his amp. Say what you want about his music but his principles have remained intact to a much larger extent than any of his peers. That fuckin prick Lydon supported Brexit ffs.. 

[Monkeys Fist 45126]

I like some of what Mr. Weller has done, musically, but I hold him entirely responsible for every single bloke who still sports the absolute tonsorial abortion that is…