scotlad Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 11 hours ago, aaid said: TBH, when was the last time that Lydon said anything positive about anyone? Apart from himself, you mean? 😂 That's a good point but he was especially scathing about Keith Levene. The people Lydon said nice things about in his book tended to be folk he met randomly rather than people he worked with. He's been very unlucky, in that almost everyone he's ever worked with turned out to be an arsehole. Funny that. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 1 hour ago, TDYER63 said: A while back I mentioned on the Series worth watching thread, the documentary Citizens of Boomtown is worth a watch. I see its back on BBC Iplayer for a couple of weeks. Its not solely about the Boomtown Rats there is a fair bit about the punk scene in general. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jjr5 A couple of mates of mine play in a tribute band and earlier in the summer they played on the same bill as the Boomtown Rats at a festival. They got on really well with them, had a few beers backstage and reported back that they were all great lads with one exception. No prizes for guessing who. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, aaid said: A couple of mates of mine play in a tribute band and earlier in the summer they played on the same bill as the Boomtown Rats at a festival. They got on really well with them, had a few beers backstage and reported back that they were all great lads with one exception. No prizes for guessing who. Is this the small fakers you are talking about? Going to see them on Saturday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, bonzo said: Is this the small fakers you are talking about? Going to see them on Saturday night. The very fellows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 2 hours ago, TDYER63 said: A while back I mentioned on the Series worth watching thread, the documentary Citizens of Boomtown is worth a watch. I see its back on BBC Iplayer for a couple of weeks. Its not solely about the Boomtown Rats there is a fair bit about the punk scene in general. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jjr5 I wouldn't have had the Boomtown Rats down as part of the Punk Scene? I wonder what Jonny Rotten would have to say about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 13 minutes ago, Orraloon said: I wouldn't have had the Boomtown Rats down as part of the Punk Scene? I wonder what Jonny Rotten would have to say about that? First 2 albums I would say were definitely punk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 1 hour ago, aaid said: A couple of mates of mine play in a tribute band and earlier in the summer they played on the same bill as the Boomtown Rats at a festival. They got on really well with them, had a few beers backstage and reported back that they were all great lads with one exception. No prizes for guessing who. I had a massive crush on him in my mid teens. Went to see them at The Apollo and found out the following day a girl from school had also been there and hid in the toilets at the end of the gig and met them. She had a stookie on her leg and they had all signed it. Remember being so jealous. I wonder now what I saw in him. Funny how an arrogance in a person that is attractive when you are young becomes quite the opposite as you get older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 24 minutes ago, bonzo said: First 2 albums I would say were definitely punk. From memory the documentary touches on them ‘selling out’ as they became more successful, though I could be wrong I saw it a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 I saw a documentary not so long abo, about Geldof/Boomtown Rats and he came across as massively arrogant and egotistic (who knew) and also pretty bitter. As if he was annoyed they never properly 'broke' America and never got the credit for what they coulda done. As if they were a brilliant band but just in the wrong place and wrong time. Like, they were ahead of their time, coulda shoulda been as big as U2, but paved the way for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Father Abraham now too The Horror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 54 minutes ago, TDYER63 said: I had a massive crush on him in my mid teens. Went to see them at The Apollo and found out the following day a girl from school had also been there and hid in the toilets at the end of the gig and met them. She had a stookie on her leg and they had all signed it. Remember being so jealous. I wonder now what I saw in him. Funny how an arrogance in a person that is attractive when you are young becomes quite the opposite as you get older. My first gig was the Rats at the Apollo. Wonder if it was same one..🤔 79 I think it was. Need to double check that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 28 minutes ago, stocky said: My first gig was the Rats at the Apollo. Wonder if it was same one..🤔 79 I think it was. Need to double check that. I would have been 15 so I am pretty certain it would have been the same one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, TDYER63 said: I would have been 15 so I am pretty certain it would have been the same one. 🤘😎 🐀🐁it was october ''79 (or is it 79'🤔😉) had just turned 16....🤘😎 Edited November 13, 2022 by stocky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamP Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, stocky said: 🤘😎 🐀🐁it was october ''79 (or is it 79'🤔😉) had just turned 16....🤘😎 I see what you did there!! I mean who in their right mind or the brain level over 11 put an apostrophe after a year??? LOL. 😒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 If ever the phrase "hanging's too good for them applied" Edinburgh's War Memorial set on fire by vandals - BBC News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 3 hours ago, aaid said: If ever the phrase "hanging's too good for them applied" Edinburgh's War Memorial set on fire by vandals - BBC News Absolutely mindless, closely followed by all those on twitter blaming Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Hilarious https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63623502 London loses position as most valuable European stock market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 1:12 PM, bonzo said: Is this the small fakers you are talking about? Going to see them on Saturday night. How were they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 34 minutes ago, aaid said: How were they? Brilliant, that must be the 8th or 9th time I've seen them. Always a great crowd as well 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, bonzo said: Brilliant, that must be the 8th or 9th time I've seen them. Always a great crowd as well 👍 Did they support themselves as The Veras? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, aaid said: Did they support themselves as The Veras? No, Who's who were the other band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 CBI giving the Uk government a kicking. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63697458 Mr Danker will say people might be "arguing against immigration but it's the only thing that's increased the potential growth of our economy since March". "Growth is a precondition to a stable society. Without growth the NHS gets worse not better. People's lives get worse not better. And we lack the resources we need to transform ourselves to a zero-carbon world," he will say. "Yet Britain's had 15 years of low growth and flat-lining productivity. We can't afford a repeat. Mr Danker will also call for trading regulations to be reformed, saying politicians could not longer blame EU rules. "The biggest regulatory barriers facing businesses today are based on British laws, created by a British Parliament, and administered by British regulators," he will say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Wilco Johnson deid 😥 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Sad news. Awesome with Dr Feelgood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 hour ago, jailender said: Sad news. Awesome with Dr Feelgood Indeed, although given that he'd previously been told 10 years ago that he had 9-10 months to live, he's had a very good run at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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