did 'the jam' have good lyrics'

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william_kent

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luka said:
ive got a signed copy of lemmys autobiography. i love him, i love motorhead, the only rock band i love, pure joy
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there's some bar in LA where Lemmy used to sit and play the slots all day, all sorts used to drink there like Jmmy Hendrix and that, but who have they got a mural of outside? - fucking Lemmy, fucking legend... ( probably the best customer they ever had - there's a bit in the Lemmy film where the owner says that no matter who came in, as long as they didn't interrupt his slot machine addiction, he would sign autographs and pose for photos for them ) - not many 'rock stars' would allow that
 
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luka

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my dad went to kent university, first person to in his family to go uni. made huge money selling lsd and weed there.
really really good drug dealer. didnt have to work for about ten years off the back of the profits he made there
a good man. not ashamed of my dad one little bit. not that anyone was suggesting i should be
you just start feeling you need to defend your family. for no reason
 
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I wish my dad had been a drug dealer... he told me when he was in hospital just before he died from cancer that he was given a questionnaire - 'Q: did you get tattoos?" , A: "no, but I wished I had", Q: "did you inject drugs?", A: "no, but I wish I had', Q: "did you participate in group sex?", A: "no, but I wish I had"...
 
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luka said:
my dad went to kent university, first person to in his family to go uni. made huge money selling lsd and weed there.
really really good drug dealer. didnt have to work for about ten years off the back of the profits he made there
a good man. not ashamed of my dad one little bit. not that anyone was suggesting i should be
you just start feeling you need to defend your family. for no reason
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No digs meant by the 'middle class' comment, just think-typing out loud. It's not like Lemmy ever denied his background.

This is your fault… you now have me pondering the diverse paths taken by Lemmy and Paul Weller and their root causes. Need another drink.
 
luka

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my dad was a good man. i liked my dad. i was sad when he died. he came up from the dirt and made money.
he gave lsd to a friend that spend the rest of their life in a mental home i gave dmt to a friend that spent the rest
of their life in prison. was it our fault? probably. so you will never be happy. oh well. life is not about being happy
he was quite frightening, i spent the whole of my life being scared of him
ok, good, no one is happy. we carry our sins with us
 
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When I had my bag nicked in vejer de la frontera, the guy who drove us back to get spare keys said he used to do a bit of work at Paul Wellers villa, said he was alright.
 
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catalog said:
When I had my bag nicked in vejer de la frontera, the guy who drove us back to get spare keys said he used to do a bit of work at Paul Wellers villa, said he was alright.
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In the Vague anthology "The Great British Mistake", there's a 1980 interview with Crass (who used to bitch about any contemporaries on a major label), and they say they like Paul Weller because The Jam played a No Nukes gig at the last minute and didn't ask for payment.

No clue about him really, as I've never been a fan, but haven't ever seen him act like a dick, bang on about the 'scamdemic', etc
 
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william_kent said:
there's some bar in LA where Lemmy used to sit and play the slots all day, all sorts used to drink there like Jmmy Hendrix and that, but who have they got a mural of outside? - fucking Lemmy, fucking legend... ( probably the best customer they ever had - there's a bit in the Lemmy film where the owner says that no matter who came in, as long as they didn't interrupt his slot machine addiction, he would sign autographs and pose for photos for them ) - not many 'rock stars' would allow that
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Didn't they take the machine over to his apartment when he was dying so he could keep playing it?
 
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william_kent said:
I read some of the Fred Vermorel 'fans' (Starlust ) book recently and one fantasy that stood out was the one some lad had about walking into the boys' toilets at school and the Jam bassist ( something Fox ) was stood at the urinals wanking...of course he encouraged the boy to join in... one of the reasons it stood out was because the vast majority of the book was "women of a certain age" getting wetties over Barrie Manilow, but another reason was just "why"? Was the Jam bassist that hot? I don't understand...
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He had an extraordinary mullet. I don’t know if this explains anything, but it can’t go unremarked on.
 
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blissblogger said:
"Down in the Tubeway Station at Midnight" is one of the my favorites - Weller said it was his attempt to do a Play for Today in three minute pop

but there's things about it that puzzle me

he's bringing a curry home for the wife and then are planning to eat at, what, getting on for 1-AM? that is a recipe for acid reflux

also, the buying of a curry and the taking of public transport - in most places in London your takeaway would be walking distance -

he says to the right wing thugs, "my wife's waiting - she's lining up the cutlery and polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork"

it doesn't quite hang together as a scenario

then he's lying there beaten up and (perhaps) dying

"I glanced back on my life
And thought about my wife
Cause they took the keys - and she'll think it's me
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight
The wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold"

So clearly sparkling wine - in which case why open it in advance?

And how would the thugs even know his home address?
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Further to this, buying a plum from a vending machine sounds unlikely? And even if it was possible then, surely a mistake; I can’t see it being a pleasant plum.
 
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