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Tuesday 26 December 2017

Born To Lose

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers

From the album L.A.M.F. (Like A Motherfucker), 1977


Influential 1970s New York punk act formed by Johnny Thunders (guitar, vocals and principal songwriter) and Jerry Nolan (drums) after they quit the New York Dolls, along with Richard Hell (vocals, bass) who had just left Television.










The Flying Lizards - Lovers and Other Strangers




"Men's club, take one. We had to be pretty tricky to get these men to break a tradition."

Lovers and other strangers
Challenge other dangers
Lovers and other dangers
Challenge other strangers

Living's such a misery
But do it all - die peacefully
Hey living's just for history
Write it down - it's poetry


Quarter to four knock on the door
The day begins forget some more
Looking for sin - tempting the law
Always get through it - wonder what for?

Really I try - hurting inside
You ask me what's wrong?
You want to know why?
I tell you the truth
And wish I had lied

"I don't know what to do"






Monday 25 December 2017

Nobody's Hero

Stiff Little Fingers


TOTP 1980





I think it's time we talked this over
I think you've taken this too far
I never wanted to be different
Didn't ask to be nobody's star
Try and take control of it
Cos what you see is what you get
Try and take control of it
And not me

You say there's talk of revolution - so what's new?
You say there's fighting in the air
You think that I've got the solutions
But do you really think that's fair?
Try and take control of it
Cos what you see is what you get
Try and take control of it
And not me

Don't wanna be nobody's hero
Don't wanna be nobody's star
Don't wanna be nobody's hero
Get up get out be what you are

You think it's time you took me over
To do what you can't do yourself
But don't let heroes get your kicks for you
It's up to you and no-one else
Try and take control of it
Cos what you see is what you get
Try and take control of it
And you'll see

Don't wanna be nobody's hero
Don't wanna be nobody's star
Don't wanna be nobody's hero
Get up get out be what you are

You think you're nobody
And I get all the fun
But no-one is a nobody
Everyone is someone

Don't wanna be nobody's hero
Don't wanna be nobody's star
Don't wanna be nobody's hero
Get up get out be what you are

Be what you are...















Friday 22 December 2017

Heart And Soul

Joy Division








No Little Boy Left



Instincts that can still betray us,
A journey that leads to the sun,
Soulless and bent on destruction,
A struggle between right and wrong.
You take my place in the showdown,
I'll observe with a pitiful eye,
I'd humbly ask for forgiveness,
A request well beyond you and I.

Heart and soul, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.

An abyss that laughs at creation,
A circus complete with all fools,
Foundations that lasted the ages,
Then ripped apart at their roots.
Beyond all this good is the terror,
The grip of a mercenary hand,
When savagery turns all good reason,
There's no turning back, no last stand.

Heart and soul, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.

Existence well what does it matter?
I exist on the best terms I can.
The past is now part of my future,
The present is well out of hand.
The present is well out of hand.

Heart and soul, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.
One will burn, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.






The Price of Glory

Something Must Break

Joy Division










Two ways to choose,
On a razor's edge,
Remain behind,
Go straight ahead.

Room full of people, room for just one,
If I can't break out now, the time just won't come.

Two ways to choose,
Which way to go,
Decide for me,
Please let me know.

Looked in the mirror, saw I was wrong,
If I could get back to where I belong, where I belong.

Two ways to choose,
Which way to go,
Had thoughts for one
Designs for both.

But we were immortal, we were not there,
Washed up on the beaches, struggling for air.

I see your face still in my window,
Torments yet calms, won't set me free,
Something must break now,
This life isn't mine,
Something must break now,
Wait for the time,
Something must break.





The Kill






Lured, 1947