The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!
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This came on the radio today, hadn't heard it for ages. Highly suspect lyrics but it has a certain charm I can't put my finger on. The Limeys will know the singer as Wayne from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
I was also reminded of this classic theme tune from the early 80s...
I was also reminded of this classic theme tune from the early 80s...
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Haha I just sang along to the Murphys Mob theme but hadn’t heard it in 30 years. How do you remember stuff like that when you can’t remember your own car rego?Heston wrote: ↑13 Mar 2018, 8:01pmThis came on the radio today, hadn't heard it for ages. Highly suspect lyrics but it has a certain charm I can't put my finger on. The Limeys will know the singer as Wayne from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
I was also reminded of this classic theme tune from the early 80s...
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Gary played with The Damned on occassion.Heston wrote: ↑13 Mar 2018, 8:01pmThis came on the radio today, hadn't heard it for ages. Highly suspect lyrics but it has a certain charm I can't put my finger on. The Limeys will know the singer as Wayne from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
I was also reminded of this classic theme tune from the early 80s...
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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I was reminded of this the other day and have played it several times since. Such an affecting cover, suggesting dread and yet wonderment.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I'd never encountered until today a music video by the delightful Elisabeth Esselink aka Solex. Her album Low Kick and Hard Bop is a fully satisfying bit of collage music.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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The stuff they threw away on b-sides...
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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I like that, kinda Blur meets early Floyd meets Hawkwind.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Never been a huge Stars fan—their singles are often stellar and the rest quite meh—but I've been listening to them a bit more intently this week. They do alienated/doomed love song as well as anyone, and there's something about Amy Millan's voice—a bit defeated but nonchalant—that I just trust.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Yep pretty much spot on mate. The band feature Ian Skelly (Coral) and Paul Molloy (Zutons) as I like both of those bands I thought I would check out Serpent Power and picked up their album "Electric Looneyland" it's a fun listen.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
- Heston
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Always loved this song, pleased to stumble upon a live version tonight...
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Great stuff.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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I thought of ME Smith when i first heard this.