ALTERED IMAGES - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

 

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

 

Happy birthday, happy birthday
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Happy birthday, happy birthday

 

Happy, happy birthday in a hot bath
To those nice nice nights
I remember always, always
I got such a fright

 

Seeing them in my dark cupboard
With my great big cake

 

If they were me
If they were me
And I was you
And I was you
If they were me
If they were me
And I was you
And I was you

If they were me and I was you
Would you have liked a present too?

 

Happy, happy birthday in a hot bath
To those nice nice nights
I remember always, always
I got such a fright

 

Seeing them in my dark cupboard
With my great big cake

 

If they were me
If they were me
And I was you
And I was you
If they were me
If they were me
And I was you
And I was you

If they were me and I was you
Would you have liked a present too?

 

Happy birthday, happy birthday
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Happy birthday, happy birthday

 

TINGLE IN THE NETHERLANDS - 365

 

Tingle in The Netherlands - 365

 

Toothy tunnels bite into the traffic
Birds survive on seed that stores the sun
Baubles yawn adornment from the attic
Refuseniks hibernate and shun the fun.

Consign modish winter to the dustbin
Skirts the florrid bulbous drinkers’ hue
Gypsy moth’s a silkworm in a tailspin
Green fashionista’s thinly skinned anew.

Imbibe languid pomegranate sunscapes
Tequila orange juice smears on the page
Wizened wiser fruit mature from free grapes
The final act the sepia flames of age

Twizzling toffee apple solar systems
Cowebbed Ebenezer greys your soul
Happy bop Halloweens red headrush with them
‘Top of the Pops’ is making me feel old.

WHIPPING BOY - WE DON'T NEED NOBODY ELSE

 

Whipping Boy - We Don't Need Nobody Else

 

In the morning I am a recluse, lost in memories
Ideal situations and convulsions
I'm never in and I can't remember
They built portholes for Bono, so he could gaze
Out across the bay and sing about mountains
Maybe. You are what you own in this land
You can be King and it all depends on the view and what you can see
And around here nobody tells me what to do anymore

We don't need nobody else
We don't need nobody else
We don't need nobody else
We don't need nobody else

Why say words that I do not mean
They only serve to amuse, ridicule and destroy,
Hardly ever to teach
I hit you for the first time today
I didn't mean it
It just happened
You wouldn't let me go to the phone,
You wanted to make love and I did not
Now I know the distance between us
Christ we weren't even fighting, I was just annoyed
Silence and you started to cry, that really hurt
You said, yeah and you thought you knew me

We don't need nobody else
We don't need nobody else
Just you and me
Just you and me

Consider this as the wine takes hold
And sinks into your veins
I try to force it but it's not there
Love gives you comfort
And comfort makes you dim
She's in the kitchen
Putting beads in her hair

It all came out tonight
The queen of drugs broke down and cried
'Cause she'd been shagging her best friends guy
She knew the form, she knew the lie
She wasn't shy and she refused to try
That's why I'm gazing out of portholes
And I'm wondering why

We don't need nobody else
We don't need nobody else
Just you and me

THE CIRCLES - OPENING UP

 

 

The Circles - Opening Up

 

TV SMITH - THE LION AND THE LAMB

TV Smith - The Lion and The Lamb

I see you sparkle in the mud
Like a little diamond in the rough
Ready for the cut, ready for the cut
And you could either way
Potentially twoBoth sides battling for a place

Stand and say
I am the lion and the lamb
I am part of the plan
I am the lion and the lamb

And your glamour fades so quick
Soars up like a rocket
Down like a stick, down like a stick
Well, be strong when they want it
Be weak when they want it
If you Want to fit

Stand and say
I am the lion and the lamb
I am part of the plan
I am the lion and the lamb

Now you sparkle in the mud
Diamond in the rough
Ready for the cut
Some stay dull
Some stay blunt
But you will shine

And say
I am the lion and the lamb
I am part of the plan
I am the lion and the lamb.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE - CALL OF DEATH

 

Criminal Damage - Call Of Death

 

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - FIREWORKS

 

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Fireworks

 

 

The body is wrapped in shadow
The face is built of cinders
And panic tears thro' your silhouette
As you're squeezed by burning fingers

 And he crackling in our colours
With teeth of gelignite

When he sighs his song and pirouettes
Thro' a dance of dynamite

 

We are fireworks - slowly, glowing
Bold and bright
We are fireworks - burning shapes
Into the night

 

His fuel is our frustration
And dreams begin to ache
And all the while we wear a party smile

And happily we shiver
And happily we shake
Oh shake, shake, shake

 

We are fireworks - slowly, glowing
Bold and bright
We are fireworks - burning shapes
Into the night

 

Twist and turn - burn, burn, burn
Twist and turn - burn, baby, burn

NINA SIMONE - I WISH I KNEW HOW IT FEELS TO BE FREE

 

Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Feels To Be Free

 

 

I wish I knew how

It would feel to be free

I wish I could break

All the chains holding me

I wish I could say

All the things that I should to say

Say 'em loud say 'em clear

For the whole round world to hear

I wish I could share

All the love that's in my heart

Remove all the bars

That keep us apart

I wish you could know

What it means to be me

Then you'd see and agree

Everyone should be free

I wish I could give

All I'm longin' to give

I wish I could live

Like I'm longin' to live

I wish I could do

All the things that I can do

Though I'm way overdue

I'd be starting anew.

I wish I could be like a bird in the sky

How sweet it would be

If I found out I could fly

I'd soar to the sun

And look down at the sea

And I sing 'cause I know 

STAR ANNA - POWER OF MY LOVE (live)

Live and powerfully kick ass cover of the Elvis song

 

 

Star Anna -Power of My Love

 

Oh break it, burn it, drag it all around
Twist it, turn it, you can't tear it down
Cos' every minute, every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love

Crush it, kick it, you can never win
I know baby you can't lick it
I'll make you give in
Every minute, every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love

Baby I want you, you'll never get away
My love will haunt you yes haunt you night and day
Punch it, pound it, what good does it do
There's just no stoppin' the way I feel for you
Cos' every minute, every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love

Yeh, yeh, baby I want you, you'll never get away
My love will haunt you yes haunt you night and day
Touch it, pound it, what good does it do
There's just no stoppin' the way I feel for you
Cos' every minute, every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love

I said every minute, every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love

Every minute, every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love

OCTOBER GOOD STUFF

20 GOOD THINGS IN OCTOBER

Dedicated to the memory of Lou Reed

 New discoveries, gigs, songs / albums on heavy rotation and general rock n roll influenced greatness.

1. Drongos For Europe – Freedom video – brilliant video from the Brummie punkers
 

2. Good Vibrations – great film about Terri Hooley and his record a label, set amongst the late seventies Northern Irish punk scene, even bought a tear to the eye.
 

3. Filth – Very dark but funny as fuck film based on the Irwin Welsh novel
 

4. Beans On Toast – live at the Rainbow, Digbeth
 

5. The Mission – The Brightest Light.  This was a surprise - brilliant album from Wayne Hussey & the gang.
 

6. CBGB – Original Sound Track – Haven’t seen the film but the soundtrack is a blast.
 

7. INVSN – INVSN album.  Sounds like one of those great brooding 80’s albums but with a 2013 make over.  From the Refused front man.
 

8. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Repent, Replenish, Repeat – new release from the electronic hip-hop duo, darker and heavier than previous releases but still great stuff. 
 

9. Tim Burgess – the first Ten punk singles he bought – great feature from Louder Than War on the first punk singles purchased by the young Charlatan.  Some great (and maybe surprising) choices in there – take a look here: http://louderthanwar.com/the-first-10-punk-singles-bought-by-tim-burgess-of-the-charlatans/ 
 

10. Bad Manners – Firstly because I’ve been listening to a lot of ska recently and only just got round to getting (30 odd years late) the first two Bad Manners albums, which are great.  Secondly for Buster Bloodvessel’s definition of what a skinhead is to him as featured in the 2003 German documentary Skinhead Attitude, ending with the passionate words ”… and most importantly, anti-racist.” 
 

11. Franz Nicolay – Did Your Broken Heart Make You Who Are You? Multi instrumentalist having played with The Hold steady, The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Star Fucking Hipsters.  From Do the Struggle album.
 

12. Shellac – Excellent Italian Greyhound.  Only just listened to this album, and it’s a corker.
 

13. Criminal Damage – Call Of Death.  Heads down no nonsense punk rock from Oregon.
 

14. Star Anna – Go To Hell .  Fuck this is good.  
 

15. Joan Jett – Unvarnished.  Still got it.
 

16. PiL.  Back on the road.  I didn’t get to see them so been dragging the albums out, and especially appreciating the under played Happy? / 9 / That What Is Not stuff. 
 

17. Rhoda with The Specials – The Boiler.  Still hard hitting but brilliant single.  With virtually no airplay it still reached number 35 in the charts.  Ironic that the BBC saw fit to effectively ban it due to it’s sensitive nature while turning a blind eye to the antics of some of it’s celebrities.
 

18. Southern Death Cult – Moya.  Dragged out of the archives to much excitement (for me anyway)

19. Crass – Penis Envy.
 

20. Dead Kennedys – Halloween- because it was