Playlist 15 September
I like aÌýgroup that makes one great record and then decides not to hang around afterwards. The Table were one such band, who predated punk rock but managed to make their OGRÌý just in time to be labelled punk. They weren't punk , of course, they were quite possibly hippies, but I don't know for sure because they are untraceable. Unless IÌýemploy private detectives. There's a thought.
Another thoughtÌýfor Rob Tyner, mighty afro-ed singer with the MC5, who died twenty years ago this week.ÌýGreat rock and roll starÌýwho enjoyed the rise in the band's reputation when young punk rockers in 1977Ìýreclaimed their first two LPs from the racks of deleted records. What else ? Oh yes, The Exploited, in response to a call from some listeners to revisit the 1980s class of punk rocking minstrels. Just because they had mohican haircuts didn't mean they made bad records. Not the most elegant sentence construction but fitting for bands like the Exploited.
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The Table - Do The Standing Still
Teardrop Explodes - Treason
The Cold - Wake Up
That Petrol Emotion - Spin Cycle
McCarthy - Monetaries
Velvet Underground - Hey Mr Rain
MC5 - High School
Young Marble Giants - Music For Evenings
Exploited - Dead Cities
Flamin' Groovies - Slow Death
Hard Ons - All Set To Go
Dictators - Baby Lets Twist
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Lurkers - Countdown
Despair - Andy Warhol
Comment number 1.
At 16th Sep 2011, Harry May wrote:Yet another outstanding show, Mickey. Great to hear The Exploited 'Dead Cities', but why the get the wee dig in after the track was played? Listeners should track down the Top Of The Pops appearance of the track and take note of the guitar player with rather ample proportions. His name is Big (for obvious reasons) John Duncan who later went to play second guitar for a post ‘Nevermind’ Nirvana.
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