Stop apologising
For things you never done
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Stop apologising
For things you never done
Oops - should have said favourite. His best line can only be selected by SW, our resident Weller pervert :nod:
Lots of good words in that song.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Easier to cite verses or part verses "... send you home in a pine overcoat. With a letter to your mum. Saying find enclosed one son - one medal and a note - to say he won."
or
:music:
Alone at 6 o'clock - you drop a cup -
You see it smash - inside you crack -
You can't go on - but you sweep it up -
Safe at last inside your Private Hell.
Sanity at last inside your Private Hell. :music:
Always gets me that. :cry:
The last thing that I sawQuote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
As I lay there on the floor
Was "Jesus Saves" painted by an atheist nutter
:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
That would have been my third suggestion.
Also the line starting "Standing on the vortex floor..." but it gets a bit yukky :-(
Difficult to look past "Eton Rifles", I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Which line/s though?Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
:music: Eating trifle! Easting trifle!
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Oh, good point. I misread :homer:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
your teaQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
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Fúck sake's Herb, don't generalise. The Jam? TSC? Solo?Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
You can't just wade in like a public school plumber and ask for his best line.
In respect of the original power pop trio from Woking I have always had a soft spot for Saturday’s Kids:
Saturdays boys live life with insults,
Drink lots of beer and wait for half time results,
then again to overlook Tube Station or even snippets of Going Underground seems wrong:
You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust
You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns
then again there is the 10 minute written snapshot of life that is That’s Entertainment:
Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight
Two lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude
Getting a cab and travelling on buses
Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs
We could be here all day.
It's okay Red, I knew what you meant.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I disagree all the same. Quite often I thought their best tracks were hidden almost – album tracks, b-sides (for those over 30).
Art School, Life From a Window, In The Crowd, the aforementioned Saturdays Kids, The Butterfly Collector, Private Hell, Ghosts, Man in the Corner Shop, Boy About Town.
Oh but I'm caught up in a whirlwind and my ever changing moodsQuote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Dylanesque.
Well yes, I asked about Weller's best line. He's been the lyricist at every stage of his career whatever his outfit.
I knew it would send you into a tailspin :-)Quote:
We could be here all day.
We can't put him in the same constellation as the Mighty Zimster though c. The lad is simply too courseQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
As if he could remember what travelling on a bus was like by the time he recorded that.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Getting drugged up with his trendy friends, no more ground chalk now it's only cocaine. Didn't he have a nice time etc.
It has to be fair made me quite emotional and I am willing to overlook whatever differences we have had in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Sure, but a famous, popular effort raises the writer's accomplishment to another level. The "opening line" of Eton Rifles is just such an achievement.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Right. Good call.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Part of his standard live set these days of course Dutch, he will often slip two TSC numbers in early doors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Twice next month :music:
Differences? My dear boy, I wouldn't call our occasional manly bantering differences! I have you down as one of the good guys in spite of your occasional sanctimony ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
And this one, lyrically, was a cracker.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXmPEsuipUw
A filler which came from sessions at the ITC recording and a live staple in those days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
The fact The Who did it was good enough for them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmxwHr57C1Y
Every lyric of his I have read in this thread has been sh1t.
And this is his good stuff? :yikes:
You big ugly, syrup schlepping, know-nowt, philistine lummox you!Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
Tell me you appreciate his Bobness at least?
:fishing:Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
Go club a seal, fùck a moose and listen to yer Bieber. :vsign:
Oh god yes, Herb. I have a playlist on Spotify and everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
I have fond memories of experiencing Highway 61 Revisited as a 17 year old. Wonderful times.
Somethings happening here todayQuote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
A show of strength with your boys brigade