Today's question
Should I stay or should I go?

You see, there are several issues with this, mainly:

If I go there will be trouble and if I stay it will be double.

so, basically, you gotta let me know...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:21, 34 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

hmmm
where are you going and why?
Sorry - need more details.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:27, Reply)

I'll consider that carefully
No rush though.

I'll be here till the end of time.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:30, Reply)

sorry VC
looks like you missed out on the joke ;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:33, Reply)

@Vipros
She's young. She won't remember. :-)
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:38, Reply)

There's a Clash of generations

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:40, Reply)

woke up with this stuck in my head this morning
no idea why. can't remember the last time I heard it.

Nice sig by the way k2k6, made me smile :-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:42, Reply)

*woosh*
there goes something over my head.

Darn.
:(
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:44, Reply)

VC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqH21LEmfbQ

listen to that, it's good for you
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:46, Reply)

Ever since I read the first line
I've had that song stuck in my head. Damn you Vipros! :-)
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:51, Reply)

mwahahahahhaha
!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:51, Reply)

@k2k6
Same here! I've got the line and what I think is the guitar riff going around on loop now...
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:54, Reply)

*laughs*
Now that I'm listening to this song I'm mentally spanging myself. I know this song!
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 30 Apr 2009, 8:57, Reply)

Damn you Vipros
*shakes fist*
( Captain V, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:01, Reply)

When I first heard that
I thought it was a country and western song, done by somebody like Billy Ray Cyrus.

Who would have thunk that it was a semi-punk band from wherever it was they were from.
(Bert's other profile wants to wear your balls on a necklace, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:08, Reply)

Stop press!
shocking news

I was just about to try and get you all to click on a link that would take you to ilovehorses only to find that the site no longer exists!

www.gopetition.com/petitions/i-love-horses.html?utm_medium=RSS
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:09, Reply)

Don't let your indecision
Take you from behind

Trust your inner vision
Don't let others change your mind.

And than you're really gonna burn it up
And make another fly - by - night

get a run for your money
and take a chance
and it will turn out right
And when you can see how it's gonna be
You're making your mind up.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:10, Reply)

*whips off skirt*

(Bert's other profile wants to wear your balls on a necklace, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:17, Reply)

OJ with your champers, light?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:19, Reply)

bands Monty just does not 'get' no.846122626:
The Clash.

'White Riot': very good.
Entire rest of career: Dismal.
Cod reggae factor: 9
Dreadful home-customised clothes with 'socialist' slogans factor: 8
Middle of the road pedestrian rock masquerading as 'edgy punk' factor: 11
Mockney son-of-a-diplomat factor (aka 'Westwood Bishopric Factor'): 7

The outlook in summary: damp and windy with occasional showers.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:25, Reply)

*cockswipes*

(Bert's other profile wants to wear your balls on a necklace, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:26, Reply)

Monty
to tell the truth, I don't much get the whole punk thing. I like a few songs, but it doesn't do it for me.

I like your summary. very good.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:27, Reply)

Not the horses!
Lucky I downloaded the tune eh?
( Captain V, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:28, Reply)

Punk
The Pistols' LP is fucking brilliant, as is the Damned's 1st one - pretty much everyone else in that UK punk scene was awful. There's a very good reason why practically no one can name a Generation X or Slaughter & The Dogs song.

US punk (by which I mean NY Dolls, Ramones, Stooges etc), however, I love with a passion - and 'proper' punk rock - mid-60s US garage, I could and regularly do listen to all day.

I do appreciate that my opinions about music (and indeed anything else) are of strictly limited interest to everyone but myself.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:36, Reply)

Cut the crap.
Look here, you are going straight to hell boy. You fought the law and the law won, somebody got murdered and now it is Armagideon time.

I just hope you know your rights.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:38, Reply)

monty
Don't forget the Buzzcocks. They were the best of all and still sound great.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:41, Reply)

Tugnut
I also have a soft spot for the Undertones, despite Sharkey's 'Larry the Lamb joins Sinn Fein' vocal stylings.

The original version of I Fought The Law by Bobby Fuller - his self-released single, not the major label 45, is a work of Buddy Holly-esque genius. Luckily for Fuller he was murdered in mysterious circumstances long before Strummer (and what a fucking 'strummer' he was) murdered his song in equally mysterious circumstances, and was thus spared the indignity.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:55, Reply)

Monty I hate you
IHATEYOUIHATEYOUIHATEYOU

Because I love the Clash. Sure he was the son of a diplomat but from what I've read and watched he had a tough upbringing and walked the way he talked once he moved permanantly to London.

The Clash - One of the best Punk Albums of all time (and I've heard a lot of punk).

Give Em Enough Rope - A criminally underlooked album, due to the cleanness of the production - but the songs are incredible. You won't find a better start to any album than the first 2 tracks.

London Calling - A Masterpiece.

Everything after - awful awful albums punctuated with classic songs. But remember this was the 80's and the band had self-imploded.

And remember the Clash were the only decent UK punk band not to re-form for the money.

[edit] Strummer murdered 'I Fought the Law'? - He made I Fought the Law!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 9:58, Reply)

@Weeker
I was waiting for you to pop up!

Admit it, you're Mick Jones, aren't you?


*BONUS FACT*
I once very nearly killed Don Letts by mistake, by barging him into oncoming traffic on Old St, not looking where I was going. When I cast my mind back to Big Audio Dynamite, I wish I'd shoved him a bit harder...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 10:02, Reply)

I am Mick, Paul and Topper rolled up into one! :)
I scour b3ta day and night until a Clash reference appears. If positive, I will immediately fellate whoever brought it up. But if negative, by the power of my telecaster I will strike you down!

*edit* I'll give you that though - BAD were terrible! You shoulda dressed him down.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 10:06, Reply)

In my opinion...
This is BAD was more interesting than most of the Clash's work. As was the Mescaleros.

I still see the Clash as a great singles band but otherwise I couldn't be arsed with them. Same with the Jam - and Paul Weller since they split is dire.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 10:30, Reply)

@Monty
The Undertones and the Dead Kennedys were great.



Anyway punk wasn't about producing great music. It was about anarchy. It was about sticking your middle finger up at Elton John and all the other grand dames of music and saying 'swivel'.
( girlinthehole, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 10:45, Reply)

@BGB
Exactly - and I fail to see the anarchy in middle of the road outraged-student rock. Punk is surely an attitude - an I don't give a fuck aggression, not the musical equivalent of a right-on student debating society meeting. Che Guevara, man, he was just so, like, y'know revoluuutionary, yeah?

*sniffs some glue*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 10:58, Reply)

Nah.
Punk was about arty kids having a laugh, dressing up, whining and pretending to have read Situationist literature, Ballard and Burroughs. When it started to define itself it became all that shite awful stuff like the Exploited or Anti Nowhere League, humourless and self righteous.

It did however pave the way for the much more interesting post punk period.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 11:07, Reply)

Well whether Punk was great or shite lets just agree that it was a catalyst for change.
Not to mention a boom for the safety pin manufacturers.
( girlinthehole, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 11:17, Reply)