Forever Young
- 26 Jan 07, 11:06 AM
Tonight, on Radio Ulster, we΅―re gonna party like it΅―s 1955. We΅―re got a tremendous session from The Sabrejets, who play down-the-line rockabilly with little fuss and considerable style. They΅―ve put together some of their own songs, plus a stomping version of the Ramones record, ΅®Blitzkrieg Bop΅―. And if you think it΅―s a bit peculiar to hear a punk tune played thus, then remember that the Sabrejets singer is Brian Young, who fronted one of the classic Ulster acts, Rudi.
It was Rudi that released the first single on the Good Vibrations label, back in 1978. It was called ΅®Big Time΅― and it roared and snarled, a put-down of some posing chancer on the local scene. And while Brian and his band never got the same recognition as The Undertones or Stiff Little Fingers, they are still dear to anyone who ever saw them.
Many players from that period have moved on to safer jobs, but Brian is still utterly into the music, and he wears it exceedingly well. So what΅―s the secret of his youthful demeanor? Well, when you watched him lashing out those tracks in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ studio, hollering about hot rods and dance crazes, you could tell that is mojo was emphatically working, that the inspiration has never left him.
Tune in at 10pm to hear the proof.
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Hiya Stuart,
the days spent in Terri's Good Vibrations records and the nights spent watching Rudi (and a few others) in the Pound weren't wasted on me. Brian Young must be the single-handed cause of the formation of a hundred power pop/punk bands and he was certainly instrumental (hee hee) in me picking up a guitar. Great to see he's still got it.
Old punks never die - they just go a bit country rock ... well I did. To prove it your station mate RALPH McLEAN gave us a spin last week.
We're doing a Bob Harris session in March so look us up sometime before the big time looms too large ...
RAIN
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