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Herbert Augustus Chapman
01-08-2018, 03:25 PM
Stop apologising
For things you never done
Herbert Augustus Chapman
01-08-2018, 03:38 PM
Oops - should have said favourite. His best line can only be selected by SW, our resident Weller pervert :nod:
Stop apologising
For things you never done
Lots of good words in that song.
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:
71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
01-08-2018, 03:45 PM
Stop apologising
For things you never done
The last thing that I saw
As I lay there on the floor
Was "Jesus Saves" painted by an atheist nutter
The last thing that I saw
As I lay there on the floor
Was "Jesus Saves" painted by an atheist nutter
:thumbup:
That would have been my third suggestion.
Also the line starting "Standing on the vortex floor..." but it gets a bit yukky :-(
redgunamo
01-08-2018, 03:53 PM
Oops - should have said favourite. His best line can only be selected by SW, our resident Weller pervert :nod:
Difficult to look past "Eton Rifles", I think.
Difficult to look past "Eton Rifles", I think.
Which line/s though?
:music: Eating trifle! Easting trifle!
?
redgunamo
01-08-2018, 04:01 PM
Which line/s though?
:music: Eating trifle! Easting trifle!
?
Oh, good point. I misread :homer:
Herbert Augustus Chapman
01-08-2018, 04:10 PM
Which line/s though?
:music: Eating trifle! Easting trifle!
?
your tea
. . .
Stop apologising
For things you never done
Fúck sake's Herb, don't generalise. The Jam? TSC? Solo?
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.
Oh, good point. I misread :homer:
It's okay Red, I knew what you meant.
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.
Sir C
01-08-2018, 04:21 PM
Stop apologising
For things you never done
Oh but I'm caught up in a whirlwind and my ever changing moods
Dylanesque.
Herbert Augustus Chapman
01-08-2018, 04:21 PM
Well yes, I asked about Weller's best line. He's been the lyricist at every stage of his career whatever his outfit.
We could be here all day.
I knew it would send you into a tailspin :-)
Herbert Augustus Chapman
01-08-2018, 04:23 PM
Oh but I'm caught up in a whirlwind and my ever changing moods
Dylanesque.
We can't put him in the same constellation as the Mighty Zimster though c. The lad is simply too course
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
As if he could remember what travelling on a bus was like by the time he recorded that.
Getting drugged up with his trendy friends, no more ground chalk now it's only cocaine. Didn't he have a nice time etc.
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 :-)
It has to be fair made me quite emotional and I am willing to overlook whatever differences we have had in the past.
redgunamo
01-08-2018, 04:25 PM
It's okay Red, I knew what you meant.
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.
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.
redgunamo
01-08-2018, 04:26 PM
Oh but I'm caught up in a whirlwind and my ever changing moods
Dylanesque.
Right. Good call.
Oh but I'm caught up in a whirlwind and my ever changing moods
Dylanesque.
Part of his standard live set these days of course Dutch, he will often slip two TSC numbers in early doors.
Twice next month :music:
Herbert Augustus Chapman
01-08-2018, 04:32 PM
It has to be fair made me quite emotional and I am willing to overlook whatever differences we have had in the past.
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 ;-)
It's okay Red, I knew what you meant.
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.
And this one, lyrically, was a cracker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXmPEsuipUw
And this one, lyrically, was a cracker.
A filler which came from sessions at the ITC recording and a live staple in those days.
The fact The Who did it was good enough for them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmxwHr57C1Y
World's End Stella
01-09-2018, 10:13 AM
Every lyric of his I have read in this thread has been sh1t.
And this is his good stuff? :yikes:
Herbert Augustus Chapman
01-09-2018, 11:09 AM
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!
Tell me you appreciate his Bobness at least?
Every lyric of his I have read in this thread has been sh1t.
And this is his good stuff? :yikes:
:fishing:
Go club a seal, fùck a moose and listen to yer Bieber. :vsign:
World's End Stella
01-09-2018, 12:52 PM
You big ugly, syrup schlepping, know-nowt, philistine lummox you!
Tell me you appreciate his Bobness at least?
Oh god yes, Herb. I have a playlist on Spotify and everything.
I have fond memories of experiencing Highway 61 Revisited as a 17 year old. Wonderful times.
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01-09-2018, 02:16 PM
Oops - should have said favourite. His best line can only be selected by SW, our resident Weller pervert :nod:
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