Things we do to fit in"When I was fifteen," writes No3L, "I curled up in a Budgens trolley while someone pushed it through the supermarket doors to nick vodka and Benny Hedgehogs, just to hang out with my brother and his mates."
What have you done to fit in?
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chthonic, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 12:30)
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Jesus of CoolWhen I were nobbut a lad of 14, the village youth club put on a series of gigs for us Midlands Yokels to attend. Very early 70's, they had Lindisfarne, Van Der Graaf Generator, Medicine Head, Chicken Shack and Genesis, all for the princely sum of £40 per band.
Genesis were the epitome of cool. THE next big thing. We all knew it,and so did they.
Being 14 and being with The Lads, I asked the roadies (tuff looking blokes, with real beards who could count up to two without stopping!)if we could meet the band.
"Fuck off" we were told, in a manner which left us in no doubt that we should indeed fornicate elsewhere.
However....
One of the band appeared, remonstrated with the roadies, and sat with us awhile, on the side of the youth club stage, chewing the cud, being generally a Top Bloke, talking to us about Yes, school, girls and being just the nicest future rock star you could hope to meet.
F***ing Phil Collins - we never lived it down.
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The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Thu 15 Jan 2009, 22:07,
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Ha...Lovely. I can imagine you wishing you'd met a cooler rock star.
Have you seen Alan McGee's 'non-ironic revival' thing in The Guardian?
www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jan/13/phil-collins-non-ironic-revival
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*Click!!!*I bet that story got you laid loads, you cool fucker, you!!!
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SpankyHanky, Fri 16 Jan 2009, 8:03,
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