The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!
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This is pretty great:
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." - Oscar Gamble
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Fascinating stuff from 1969.
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"
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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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Really digging this track. Reminds me of "When I Was Cruel".
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
Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!
Hello,Marky Dread wrote: ↑30 Oct 2020, 3:41pmReally digging this track. Reminds me of "When I Was Cruel".
I've listened to most of the new tracks. It's got a lot styles with an Elvis touch. I'm going to listen once or twice more and I'll post some reflections.
Re: The Great Thread of YouTube Magnificence!
Hello,
Alpha Boys School - No Excuse
I've got a few albums by this bunch. They're very good - perhaps too good. They could use a little chaos or rough edges. They attempt this at the end of the video. They're worth pursuing.
Alpha Boys School - No Excuse
I've got a few albums by this bunch. They're very good - perhaps too good. They could use a little chaos or rough edges. They attempt this at the end of the video. They're worth pursuing.
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"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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So laughably bad
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My class is discussing a book on new wave tomorrow, so I'm checking out some early videos by some of the bands. Jesus Christ but early B-52s were visually compelling. This is equal parts arty craziness and playfully cool. It's such a fuck-you to rock seriousness, including punk anger. More and more, I can't help but think that what was happening on the American side of early punk was so much more interesting and thought-provoking, even if it's the UK stuff that changed my life.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Just a killer tune and a visually great band. The perfect combo.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Nov 2020, 7:30pmMy class is discussing a book on new wave tomorrow, so I'm checking out some early videos by some of the bands. Jesus Christ but early B-52s were visually compelling. This is equal parts arty craziness and playfully cool. It's such a fuck-you to rock seriousness, including punk anger. More and more, I can't help but think that what was happening on the American side of early punk was so much more interesting and thought-provoking, even if it's the UK stuff that changed my life.
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'd say laughably good. Living After Midnight is better though.
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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Did this ever cross the border or the ocean? Helix were a typical meathead Canadian metal band that produced this gem. Just a perfect bit of cliched headbanging, fist shaking mainstream 80s metal. Perfect for cutting off the sleeves to your jean jacket.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Heard the song. Some metal dudes probably played it in high school.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑22 Nov 2020, 3:57pm
Did this ever cross the border or the ocean? Helix were a typical meathead Canadian metal band that produced this gem. Just a perfect bit of cliched headbanging, fist shaking mainstream 80s metal. Perfect for cutting off the sleeves to your jean jacket.
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My recollection is that at my school it had sufficient crossover that non-heshers dug it. It's something I like more now—semi-ironically, kind of like Ratt's "Round and Round"—than at the time.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft